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.
2. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the
weaver. --Craig.
{Warping bank}, a bank of earth raised round a field to
retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land.
--Craig.
{Warping hook}, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the
yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring.
{Warping mill}, a machine for warping yarn.
{Warping penny}, money, varying according to the length of
the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying
the warp. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
{Warping post}, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.