warpingn.1
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun]
warpinga1150
throwinga1325
casting1557
whirling1579
jaculation1608
tossing1711
a1150 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 117 27 Iactura, werpinge.
14.. Hist. K. Boccus & Sydracke (?1510) T j b And whan the fowle is a lofte..With the warpyng of his wynge He doth the ayre a sondre mynge.
2.
a. The action of preparing a warp for weaving.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > preparing warp
warpingc1440
slaying1613
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 517/1 Warpynge, of webstarys werkynge, staminacio.
a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 167 The charges in the wholl manufactory soe particularly in..spoolinge, warpinge, quillinge..and the like.
1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 106 My mither sent me..To warp a plaiden wab; But the weary, weary warpin o't Has gart me sigh and sab.
1878 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving 68 Warping, therefore, consists in arranging the threads according to number and colour, or in any special manner that may be necessary, and to keep them in their relative places after they have been so laid.
b. concrete. = warp n.1 1. Also in plural, the threads of a warp. ? Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > threads in process of weaving > [noun] > warp
warpc725
abbeOE
weba1398
warping1684
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > threads in process of weaving > [noun] > warp > threads of
portee1699
warping1824
1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento 97 From the sides of these shoot out other small Threads close together like feathers, or Palm branches; these are as it were the first warping, and..they proceed shooting and increasing till the Woofe closes all with a total freezing of the Water.
1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 330 My feet had slipped down through the double warpings of a web.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [noun]
devisingc1400
invention1531
devisement1541
frame1558
warping1583
polymechany1592
contrivage1610
contrivance1699
devisal1856
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Li But the Deuill loues al colliers and thou selflike reasons of thine owne warping.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 497 Lampsace..acquainted the Greeks under-hand with this treason, which was a warping against them.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. ix. 50 One Lords it, and bears his head aloft, for whom The web is now a~warping.
4. The action of moving a ship from one place to another by means of warps.
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society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > by hauling on ropes
warping1513
transporting1850
1513 T. Howard in A. Spont Lett. & Papers War France (1897) X. 163 I trust agaynst nyght this W.N.W. wynd will ly, and then we woll forth with warpyng.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. viii. 35 His Mate [is to have] the command of the long boat, for..weighing..an anchor, warping, towing, or moring.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Warp Warping is generally used when the sails are unbent, or when they cannot be successfully employed.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 310 During five days we persevered in the most laborious exertions, in towing, boring, warping and mill~dolling.
1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 196 Q. What is warping? A. Transporting a ship from one part of a harbour to another by means of hawsers.
5.
a. The process of flooding low-lying land near a tidal river so that the muddy alluvium may be deposited when the water is withdrawn. Also warping up, the process of filling up hollows by deposit of alluvium.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun]
field pondage1612
pondage1612
irrigation1626
floating-trench1649
masterwork1652
floating1669
catchwork1794
warping1799
watering1799
basin irrigation1903
sprinkler irrigation1908
sprinkling irrigation1910
spray irrigation1931
spray line1961
trickle irrigation1969
chemigation1981
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > sediment or alluvium > [phrase] > filling up hollows by deposit of alluvium
warping up1839
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 284 It is not by the canal that the warping is done, but by a soakage drain on each side of it.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 307 By repeating this operation, which is called ‘warping,’ for two or three years, considerable tracts have been raised, in the estuary of the Humber, to the height of about six feet.
1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 450/1 It was found necessary to encourage the warping up of the old floor pits, by introducing fascine jetty work, which greatly accelerated the deposit of the sea warp.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 171/2 Warping gives an entirely new surface to soil. It may be best explained as a process by which the suspended mud which occurs in certain rivers is allowed to deposit itself upon a prescribed area of land.
b. concrete. The silt or alluvial matter deposited by the sea or a tidal river.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > sediment or alluvium > [noun]
siltc1440
warpingc1440
slitch?a1475
sleech1587
alluvium1665
sediment1685
sullage1691
warp1698
wash1707
washing1707
alluvion1731
silting1739
warp land1794
alluvial1818
siltage1876
flood-loam1880
putty1883
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 517/2 Warpynge, of the see or oþer water, alluvium.
6.
a. The action of twisting or bending, or the fact of becoming twisted or bent; an instance of this.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > action or fact of putting or being out of shape > distortion > twisting and bending
warpingc1440
casting1823
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 517/1 Warpynge..of vessel þat wax wronge or avelonge..oblongacio.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 60 Who fears to set straight or hide the unhandsom warpings of bow leggs?
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 27 Letter-Boards are..Clamped..to keep them from Warping.
1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 364 This may be no more than the natural warping of dry wood.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 221 Casting or Warping, the bending of the surfaces of a piece of wood from their original position.
1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 16 The multitudinous small noises, and creakings, and warpings of the vacant house.
1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 53 See that the hinged backs of your frames are clamped, and then defy warping.
b. figurative. The action of distorting or perverting from the right course or direction, or the fact of deviating or going astray; an instance of this.
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society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > going astray
misgangc1330
misfarea1387
misgoinga1387
wilsomenessa1400
misfootinga1456
swerving1545
by-walking1549
warping1608
degression1618
deviation1625
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > action of perverting
perversiona1450
overthwarting1552
warping1608
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > going astray > instance of
errorc1330
mistreading1598
warping1608
1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. xi–xii. 168 For the same causes it will appeare that the warping of sinfull courses wil turn to their hurt that imagine them.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 36 The heart is upright, without any sinfull warpings.
1681 T. Manton Serm. Psalm cxix 80 (1725) 413 The old Man is not so put off, but there will be many warpings and deceitful workings still.
1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 271 If these Bents and Warpings of the Will had destroy'd all Freedom in us.
1782 Burke Corr. (1844) II. 460 These old warpings of the human heart and understanding.
1838 R. W. Emerson Oration before Lit. Societies 16 This starting, this warping of the best literary works from the adamant of nature, is especially observable in philosophy.
1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. xvi. 388 The warping of opinion which the bias of patriotism causes.
1884 Contemp. Rev. 45 28 The mischief done by asceticism was the warping of the moral nature of man.
7. Carpentry. A strengthening brace.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > specific pieces of woodwork
top-rail1679
sea-brace1776
angle bead1799
staff1812
angle-staff1825
warping1833
lipping1963
1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1070 The trevises..to have angle warpings (braces) 4 inches by 1 inch and a half.
1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1212 The trevises..to have angle spars or warpings (diagonal braces) on each side.
8. Rope-making. (See quots.)
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > rope-making > [noun] > other specific processes
warping1688
self-twist1851
pointing1867
snugging1875
wimbling1964
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 113/1 Warping, is the laying of so many Thrids or Rope Yarns together, as will make a Rope.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 58 Warping is running the yarn off the winches into hauls to be tarred.
9. Angling. The wound thread which attaches the artificial fly to the hook.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > materials
herla1450
warping1676
hackle1706
hackling1845
1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler v. 40 Where the warping ends, pinch or nip it with your thumb nail against your finger, and strip away the remainder of your dubbing from the silk.
1836 A. Ronalds Fly-fisher's Entomol. 31 A little of the dubbing may be left out in the warping, or picked out of the body with a needle, after the winding or warping, to serve for legs instead of the hackle feather.
Compounds
General attributive. C1. In collocations concerned with the ‘warping’ of land.
warping bank n.
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1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVII Warping-Banks.
warping clough n.
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1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVII Warping Clough, Hatch, or Sluice.
warping cut n.
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1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVII Warping Cuts, Drains, or Gutters.
warping district n.
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1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 436 The business being discontinued in the warping districts during fresh-water floods.
warping drain n.
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1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 280 The aforesaid warping drains to be 18 feet wide at bottom.
warping gutter n.
warping hatch n.
warping operation n.
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1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel II. 418 The vast ‘warping’ operations; that is, the reclamation of marshy land irregularly flooded by the Trent.
warping sluice n.
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1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 279 We should recommend a warping sluice to be built.
warping works n.
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1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 278 The first warping works which I viewed were at Morton Ferry.
C2. In names of machines and parts of machines used in the preliminary process of weaving.
a.
warping-bar n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > warping bar
warp-bar1538
warping-bar1808
whip-roll1863
back-rest1894
warping board1910
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xvi. 395 A stripe that measures 31 inches..should be laid in the warping-bars full 29 yards, and contain 1440 threads.
1885 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Great Smoky Mountains i. 20 The great frame of the warping-bars on one side of the room.
warping board n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > warping bar
warp-bar1538
warping-bar1808
whip-roll1863
back-rest1894
warping board1910
1910 L. Hooper Hand-loom Weaving iv. 42 Although the warping board..is very useful for small warps of moderate length,..it would not be convenient for very long warps, or accurate enough for warping several thousands of fine silk threads.
1960 G. Lewis Handbk. Crafts 99 The warping board and the mill have the same process in common, the main difference being that when using the board you have to walk backwards and forwards to get your length, whereas when using the mill you revolve it the required number of times.
warping-frame n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > preparing warp > machine for
warping-frame1688
warping-machine1819
warper1847
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxi. 251/1 He beareth Sable, a warping Frame, Argent.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 112 Apartments for winding the cotton on the large bobbins used for the warping-frame.
warping-jack n.
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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Warping-jack.
warping-machine n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > preparing warp > machine for
warping-frame1688
warping-machine1819
warper1847
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVIII. at Weaving The most improved warping-machines.
warping-mill n.
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1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 399 The silk is now taken to the warping-mill.
warping-wheel n.
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1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 106 I sat beside my warpin-wheel.
warping-woof n.
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1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Warping woof (or bars).
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warping-room n.
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1871 Daily News 27 Jan. The carding, winding, and warping rooms at the west end were preserved.
C3. Special combinations:† warping-fat n. [compare warpfat n.] Obsolete ? = warping-trough n.† warping-trough n. Obsolete (see quot.).
warping-block n. a block used by rope-makers in warping off yarn.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > rope-making equipment > [noun] > other rope-making equipment
warping-tree1404
throw-crook1557
warping-stock1588
spun-yarn winch1627
winch1640
woolder1750
register1793
top minor1793
laying-top1794
warping-block1794
whirl1794
reel1797
warping-post1797
whirl-hook1797
strand-hook1825
spreader1830
register plate1832
wimble1863
snugger1875
strop1875
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 157 Warping-block.
warping-buoy n. a buoy used in warping a vessel.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > buoy > buoy for warping or mooring vessel
transport-buoy1793
warping-buoy1874
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 110 All warping buoys, are coloured white.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > preparing warp > trough for holding yarn for warping
warpfatc1000
warping-fat14..
warping-trough1688
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 577/11 Cupatorium, a worpynfat.
1565 Burgh Rec. Prestwick (Maitland Club) 69 Ane warpene fat, price xijs.
warping-hook n. an iron hook for hanging the yarn on when warping into hauls for tarring.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > cleaning and recoating bottom > covering bottom with tar > tools
pitch mab1623
pitch mop1759
warping-hook1815
1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Warping-Hook, for hanging the yarn on.
warping-post n. a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > rope-making equipment > [noun] > other rope-making equipment
warping-tree1404
throw-crook1557
warping-stock1588
spun-yarn winch1627
winch1640
woolder1750
register1793
top minor1793
laying-top1794
warping-block1794
whirl1794
reel1797
warping-post1797
whirl-hook1797
strand-hook1825
spreader1830
register plate1832
wimble1863
snugger1875
strop1875
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 486/1 The other block..is fixed to a firm post, called the warping post.
warping-stock n. = warping-post n.
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1588 in Aston's Manch. Guide (1804) 24 A warpinge stocke with ryngs and yarne in yt, 00 02 06.
† †warping-tree n. Obsolete = warping-post n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > rope-making equipment > [noun] > other rope-making equipment
warping-tree1404
throw-crook1557
warping-stock1588
spun-yarn winch1627
winch1640
woolder1750
register1793
top minor1793
laying-top1794
warping-block1794
whirl1794
reel1797
warping-post1797
whirl-hook1797
strand-hook1825
spreader1830
register plate1832
wimble1863
snugger1875
strop1875
1404 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 22 j. warpyngstok et warpyngtree.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > preparing warp > trough for holding yarn for warping
warpfatc1000
warping-fat14..
warping-trough1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 346/1 He beareth Sable, a Weavers Warping Trough, Or;... The Weavers Trough is that in which he puts his Clews of Yarn, when he runs them off for Warping.
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warpingn.2
/ˈwɔːpɪŋ/ The mole's action of throwing up earth into mole-hills.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Talpidae > genus Talpa (mole) > throwing up earth
warping1829
1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 143 I am not aware of any benefit occasioned by their [the moles'] presence; their warpings certainly give our pastures in the spring a very unsightly appearance.
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warpingadj.
/ˈwɔːpɪŋ/ That warps or is warped, in senses of the verb.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > putting out of shape
warping1598
perversive1693
distortive1823
deforming1870
racking1874
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > putting out of shape > that is warped
warping1598
1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) vi. sig. M3v Who like a fleering slauish Parasite, In warping profit or a traiterous sleight, Hoopes round his rotten bodie with deuotes.
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. ii. sig. Kiii The warping condition of this greene and soggie multitude. View more context for this quotation
1631 T. Dekker Match mee in London iii. i. 127 How easie were it, For you to set this warping Kingdome straight?
1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 101 A crooked warping line from the angle, above the hill of Jupiter.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Fable Acis, Polyphemus & Galatea in Examen Poeticum 89 More warping than the Willow [L. lentior et salicis virgis].
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 230 Warping beasts and barren heifers..are begun to be fatted with hay from Christmas.
1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. ii. 143 The swallow..Skims 'long the brook,..Where dance the midgy clouds in warping maze Confused.
1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 121 The warping influence of faction.
1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary i. v. 43 You see thro' warping glasses.
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