Warp

wawrp, v.t. to turn: to twist out of shape: to turn from the right course: to pervert: to move a ve el by hauling on warps or ropes attached to buoys, other ships, anchors, .: to improve land by distributing on it, by means of embankments, canals, flood-gates, ., the alluvial mud brought down by rivers: ( rare ) to change.— v.i. to be twisted out of a straight direction: to bend: to swerve: to move with a bending motion.— n. alluvial sediment: the threads stretched out lengthwise in a loom to be cro ed by a woof: a rope used in towing.— adj. Warped , twisted by shrinking: perverted.— ns. War′per ; War′ping ; War′ping-bank , a bank to retain water in the proce of warping land; War′ping-hook , a rope makers' hook used in twisting rope-yarns; War′ping-post , a post in a rope-walk, used in warping rope-yarn. [A.S. weorpan , werpan ; Ger. werfen , to cast; conn. with Ice. varpa , to throw— varp , a casting, a throw with a net.]