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warp: see weaving weaving, the art of forming a fabric by interlacing at right angles two or more sets of yarn or other material. It is one of the most ancient fundamental arts, as indicated by archaeological evidence.
..... Click the link for more information. . WARP (1) See OS/2 Warp.(2) A parallel processor developed at Carnegie-Mellon University that was the predecessor of iWARP. warp 1. a mental or moral deviation 2. the yarns arranged lengthways on a loom, forming the threads through which the weft yarns are woven 3. the heavy threads used to reinforce the rubber in the casing of a pneumatic tyre 4. Nautical a rope used for warping a vessel 5. alluvial sediment deposited by water warp [wȯrp] (geology) An upward or downward flexure of the earth's crust. A layer of sediment deposited by water. (navigation) To move a vessel or other waterborne object from one point to another by pulling on lines fastened to a fixed buoy, wharf, or such. (textiles) Yarn extending lengthwise, under tension on a loom. Also known as end. warp 1. See carpet warp. 2. Distortion in shape of a parallel plane surface; in lumber, usually results from a change in moisture content.
Warp in weaving, the parallel threads running lengthwise in a fabric. A fabric is formed on a loom by sucessively interweaving two perpendicular systems of threads, the warp and the weft. During weaving, the warp threads are stretched and bent much more than the weft threads. They also are abraded more by the loom. Therefore, the yarn for the warp must be stronger, have more twist, and be made from higher quality fibers than the weft. It is often treated with a glue solution, or sizing, before weaving. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Handling the long lance lightly, glancing twice or thrice along its length to see if it be exactly straight, Stubb whistlingly gathers up the coil of the warp in one hand, so as to secure its free end in his grasp, leaving the rest unobstructed. He has also neglected in that treatise to point out how the governors are to be distinguished from the governed; for he says, that as of one sort of wool the warp ought to be made, and of another the woof, so ought some to govern, and others to be governed. And Jerry, far-journeyer across life and across the history of all life that goes to make the world, strugglingly mastering the abysmal slime of the prehistoric with the love that had come into existence and had become warp and woof of him in far later time, his wrath of ancientness still faintly reverberating in his throat like the rumblings of a passing thunder-storm, knew, in the wide warm ways of feeling, the augustness and righteousness of Skipper. |
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