Warp beam, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.Warp fabric, fabric produced by warp knitting.Warp frame, or Warp-net frame, a machine for making warp lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for each needle.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.Warp lace, or Warp net, lace having a warp crossed by weft threads.

3. (Agric.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. Lyell.

4. A premature casting of young; — said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

6. [From Warp, v.] The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.


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