warp : Idioms & Phrases
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guess warp
Guess" warp"
Definitions
(Naut.) A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.
Webster 1913
high-warp loom
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noun a handloom in which the warp is carried vertically; for weaving tapestry
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low-warp-loom
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noun a handloom in which the warp is carried horizontally; for weaving tapestry
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Warp beam
- the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.
Webster 1913
Warp fabric
- fabric produced by warp knitting.
Webster 1913
Warp frame , ∨ Warp-net frame
- a machine for making warp lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for each needle.
Webster 1913
Warp knitting
- a kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side; also called
warp weaving .
Webster 1913
Warp lace , ∨ Warp net
- lace having a warp crossed by weft threads.
Webster 1913
Warped surface
(Geom.) , a surface generated by a straight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane.