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A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.

To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry.

A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.

A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers.

An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc.

To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp. Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly glide My feathered hours. Sandys.

surface such that in general two successive generating straight lines do not intersect; a warped surface; as, the helicoid is a skew surface. -- Skew symmetrical determinant (Alg.), a determinant in which the elements in each column of the matrix are equal to the elements of the corresponding row of the matrix with th…

A machine for applying size to warp yarns.

To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.

, must enter on the stage. Pope. Lo! Where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. C. Sprague.

A thread; especially, a warp thread.

A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.

To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby. They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen. Addison.

ause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion. As bowls run true by being made On purpose false, and to be swayed. Hudibras. Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more durable interest. Tillotson.…

A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery. Tapestry carpet, a kind of carpet, somewhat resembling Brussels, in which…

A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for w

ing the weft threads to pass over one and under two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving.

whatever, yet so that the consecutive positions of the line shall not be in one plane; a warped surface.

twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.