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warper

[wawr-per]

noun

a person or thing that warps.

Textiles. a machine used to wind warp ends in preparation for weaving.

Origin:
before 1000; Old English weorpere thrower (in ME only in compounds); see warp, -er¹

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warp (wɔːp)

—vb
1.	to twist or cause to twist out of shape, as from heat, damp, etc
2.	to turn or cause to turn from a true, correct, or proper course
3.	to pervert or be perverted
4.	(tr) to prepare (yarn) as a warp
5.	nautical to move (a vessel) by hauling on a rope fixed to a stationary object ashore or (of a vessel) to be moved thus
6.	(tr) (formerly) to curve or twist (an aircraft wing) in order to assist control in flight
7.	(tr) to flood (land) with water from which alluvial matter is deposited

—n
8.	the state or condition of being twisted out of shape
9.	a twist, distortion, or bias
10.	a mental or moral deviation
11.	the yarns arranged lengthways on a loom, forming the threads through which the weft yarns are woven
12.	the heavy threads used to reinforce the rubber in the casing of a pneumatic tyre
13.	nautical a rope used for warping a vessel
14.	alluvial sediment deposited by water

[Old English wearp a throw; related to Old High German warf, Old Norse varp throw of a dragging net, Old English weorpan to throw]

'warpage

—n

warped

—*adj*

'warper

—n

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