Warp (wa̤rp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warped (wa̤rpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Warping.] [OE. warpen; fr. Icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, fr. verpa to throw; akin to Dan. varpe to warp a ship, Sw. varpa, AS. weorpan to cast, OS. werpan, OFries. werpa, D. & LG. werpen, G. werfen, Goth. waírpan; cf. Skr. vṛj to twist. √144. Cf. Wrap.]
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1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
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2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
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The planks looked warped. Coleridge.
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Walter warped his mouth at this
To something so mock solemn, that I laughed. Tennyson.
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3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
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This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind. Dryden.
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I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy. Addison.
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We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men. Southey.
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4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] Nares.
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While doth he mischief warp. Sternhold.
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5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
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6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
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7. (Agric.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance. [Prov. Eng.]
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8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
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9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
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10. (Aeronautics) To twist the end surfaces of (an aerocurve in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.
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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. Davies & Peck.
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