warp

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Setting the warp is a matter of patience and precision, and we will leave the workman with it, to make it the whole length of the tapestry to be woven, and to fasten the loops of thread around each _chaîne_ and to fasten those in turn, alternating, to the bar by means of which they may be shifted to make the in-and-out of the weaving.

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  1. transitive verb To turn or twist (wood, for example) out of shape.
  2. transitive verb To turn from a correct or proper course; deflect.
  3. transitive verb To affect unfavorably, unfairly, or wrongly; bias. See Synonyms at bias.
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  • I'm also concerned about something happening to this mandolin - warp, split, etc. and am going to return it to the family. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • And speaking of time flying whiz-warp, not to mention padding an essay, I can't believe it's only been a year since I wrote this: —  Express Milwaukee
  • Another distinct point from the previous work is that in addition to the case where the deformation is a warp, the case where the deformation is a one-armed pattern symmetric with respect to the equatorial plane is considered. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • "The facilities and the things that I saw during that tour were frankly like going through a historical time warp, as far as I was concerned, and that was disturbing to me," state board member Lewis Frederick said. —  statesmanjournal.com - Top Stories
  • He does indeed pop out of warp, the Interceptor smoking like mad, and heads straight for a planet. —  Pretty, Fizzy Paradise
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English werpen, from Old English weorpan, to throw away; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English warp; from warp, v.
 

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