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warped |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Warp \Warp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warped}; 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. wa['i]rpan; cf Skr. vrj to twist. ????. Cf {Wrap}.] 1. To throw; hence to send forth, or throw out as words to utter. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise. The planks looked warped. --Coleridge. Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock solemn, that I laughed. --Tennyson. 3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert. This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind. --Dryden. I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy. --Addison. We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men. --Southey. 4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] --Nares. While doth he mischief warp. --Sternhold. 5. (Naut.) To tow or move as a vessel, with a line or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object. 6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc [Prov. Eng.] 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.] 8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns. 9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: warped adj : used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"
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