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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Warping

Warp′ing, n. 1. The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.

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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty. Of the others, 1,362 (a word or a single letter each) were inferred by AI from the context by the dictionary’s own rules and are marked with a wavy underline (tap or point at one to see the note); the rest, which could not be inferred with confidence, are left as “?”.