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Ml/Ill irnriiinn talfp hfifiH warn — OHG war- Servants in husbandry [23 Hen. VI., c. 12] are required 
«mw, warman, '^?'^f^^^3^a, warn, _ unur. !ra» tMrnm;;, aud to engage with some 
twn, warn, warnen {wernen), MHG. icnrnen, pro- ^^^^k^. ^^^^^ ^^j,,^^ quitting their present service. 
vide, take heed, protect, warn, G. warnen, warn, Ribtm-Tumer, Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 66. 
= Icel. rania = Sw. mrna, warn (cf. OF. war- naming (war'ning), 2>. a. In Mol, serving as 
»ir, ^Mflniir. (/flriifr, provide, garmsh, preserve, ^ menace to enemies; of threatening aspect: 
somewhat specially used of a strikingly con- 
spicuous coloration. See the quotation. 
Anever-failing interest attaches to the subject of (Fam- 
ing Colors. The history of the discovery of warning colors 
in caterpillars is quoted with many examples, showing 
that the education of enemies is assisted by the fact that 
warning colors and patterns often reserable each other, 
and there is abundant evidence to show that insect-eating 
animals learn by experience. Amer, Nat., Oct., 1890, p. 929. 
wamingly (war'ning-li), adi: In a warning 
manner; so as to warn; byway of notice or 
annoy. admonition. 
Queen £Zi2'o6e«A, quoted in Puttenham's Arte of Eng. 'waniing-piece (war mng-pes), TO. bometning 
> ult. E. garnish, garniture, etc.) ; (6) < ME. «f)-- 
M<'H,< AS. wijrnan, refuse, deny, = OS. wernian = 
OHG. warnen = OFries. warna, werna = Icel. 
varna, refuse, deny; from the noun: see warn, 
«.] 1 . To put on guard by timely notice ; wake, 
ware, or give notice to beforehand, as of ap- 
proaching dangeror of something to be avoided 
or guarded against; caution; admonish; tell 
or command admonishingly ; advise. 
The doubt of future foes exiles my present ioy, 
And wit me wames to shun sucli snares as threaten mine 
[Poesie, Int., p. xii. 
Being warned by God iu a dream that they should not 
return to Herod, they departed into their own country 
another way. Mat. ii. 12. 
And then I fear'd 
Lest the gray navy there would splinter on it. 
And fearing waved my arm to warn them off. 
Tennyson, Sea Dreams. 
2. To admonish, as to any duty ; advise ; ex- 
postulate with. 
Warn them that are unruly. 1 Thes. v. 14. 
3. To apprise ; give notice to ; make ware or 
aware; inform previously; notify; direct; bid; 
summon. 
William & hise wises were warned of here come. 
William ofPalerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4288. 
Er the sun vp soght witli his softe beames, 
Pelleus full prestly the peopull did wame 
To appere in his presens, princes and dulcys. 
that warns, (a) A warning-gun ; a signal-gun ; the dis- 
cliarge of a cannon intended as a notification. Compare 
piece, 4 (b), 
Harii ! upon my life, the linight ! 'tis your friend ; 
This was the yearning-piece of his approach. 
Bea^l. and Fl., Wit at Several Weapons, v. 2. 
The treason of Watson aud Clearls, two English semi- 
naries, is sufficiently linown ; it was as a '' prseludium " or 
warning-piece to the great "fougade," tiie discharge of 
the powder-treason. Jer. Taylor, Vforka (ed. 1835), II. 97. 
(6) In horol., a part of the striking-mechanism of a 
clock that, by the movement of the lower wheel, throws 
the striking-system periodically into action. It is also 
operated by the strike-or-silent mecltanism, so that the 
striking-mechanism may be thrown out of gear at will. 
When in position to work, it causes a slight noise at the 
instant of starting the striking- parts, aud thus gives warn- 
ing that the cloclt is about to strike. _ 
■warning-wlieel (war'ning-hwel), TO. In horol., 
'Ve's7ructionofTroy''(£'T^. '^'s.\\. 1092. wamisllt, Wamiset,'-- '• Middle Englishforms 
Who is it that hath jrarii'd us to the walls? ot garnish. „ . ., ^ , , 
Shak., K. John, ii. 1. 201. He wi3tly hem of-sent, 
„,, „. t . Ti • 'J u 11, T J. „» t\,„ r',,1,.. & het hem alle hige thider as harde as thei mijt, 
The Bishop of Koss IS warn d by 'he Lords of the Co. n- u-arnished for the werre with clone hoi-s & armes. 
cil, that he shall no longer be esteem d an Ambassadoi, WiUiam of Paler/ie (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1083. 
but be punish'd as his Fault shall deserve. ,,,„„. ^ . , ,• ^ j 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 34."). war-office (war of'is), n. A public omce orde- 
4t To deny refuse; forbid. partment in which military affairs are superiu- 
Thou canst not wa,me him that with good entente tended or administered. („) The department or bu- 
Axeth thyn help. Chaueer, A. B. C. , 1. 11. reau of the British government presided over by the Secre- 
The kynges lied, when hyt ys brojt, 
A kysse wyll y icame the noght, 
For lefe to me hyt were ! 
Octavian (ed. Halliwell), 1. 821. 
5t. To defend ; keep or ward off. Spenser. 
warner (war'ner), TO. 1. One who or that which 
warns; an admonisher. — 2. See the quotation. 
Sotiltees . . . were nothing more than devices in sugar 
and paste, which, iu general, . . . had some allusion to 
the circumstances of the entertainment, and closed the 
service of tlie dishes. The Warners were ornaments of 
the same nature, which preceded them. 
R. Warner, Antiquitates Culinarise (ed. 1791), p. 136, note. 
warnesturet, '■• '■ [ME., < OF. wamesturc, gar- 
iiestiire, garnistnre, garniture, provision, stores, 
furniture, garniture: see garniture.'\ To fur- 
nish; store. 
Wel thei were warnestured of vitayles i-now, 
plentiuosly for al peple to passe where thei wold. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1121. 
I shal warneMoore myn hous with toures, swiche as 
han castelles and other manere edifices, and armnre and 
artelries. Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus. 
warning (war'ning), TO. [< ME. icarningc, a 
warning, admonition, < AS. wcarming (= (JHG. 
warnunge, G. warming, a warning), verbal n. of 
wearnian,warnia)i,w&ra: seewnj'M,i'.] 1. No- 
tice beforehand of the consequences that will 
probably follow continuance in some particular 
course ; admonitory advice to do or to abstain 
from doing something, as in reference to ap- 
proaching a probable danger. 
Hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning 
from me. Ezek. iii. 17. 
2. That which warns, or serves to warn or ad- 
monish. 
Let Christian's slips before he came hither, and the bat- 
tles tliat he met with in this place, he a warning to those 
that come after. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, ii. 
3. Heed ; the lesson taught by or to be leai-ned 
from a caution given. 
I think it is well that they stand so near the highway, 
that others may see and t.ake irai~ning, 
Bttnyan, Pllgiim's Progress, ii. 
4. Previous notice : as, a short warning. 
Somewhat too sudden, sirs, the warning is. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 2. 14. 
5. A summons ; a call ; a bidding. 
It [sheiTis] illumineth the face, which as a beacon gives 
warning ... to arm. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 3. 117. 
6. A notice given to terminate a business re- 
lation, as that of master and servant, employer 
and employee, landlord and tenant; a notice 
to quit. 
tary of State for War, assisted by a parliamentary, a per- 
manent, and a financial under secretary. It is subdivided 
into various departments, as the military, ordnance, and 
financial. (6) In the United States, the War Department. 
warp (w&rp), V. [(a) Trans., cast, throw, < ME. 
werpen, weorpen, worpen (pret. icarp, pp. wor- 
pen), < AS. weorpan (pret. wearp), cast, throw, 
= OS. werpan = D. MLG. werpen = OHG. wer- 
fun, MHG. G. werfen, throw, east, = Icel. rerpa 
= Goth. «!«Jr;M«, "throw; cf. Lith. werpti, spin, 
Gr. penetv, incline downward, piirretv, throw, (fc) 
< ME. warpen (pret. scarped), < Icel. t'arpa, throw, 
cast, also east or lay out a net, = Sw. varpa = 
Dan. rarpe, warp (a ship), < varp, a casting, also 
a cast witli a net, also a warping, = Sw. varp, 
the draft of a net, = Dan. varp, a warp; from 
the strong verb above.] I. trans. It. To oast ; 
throw; hurl. 
Wente to liys wardrope, and warpe of hys wedez. 
Morte Arthnre (E. E. T. S.), 1. 901. 
Ful sone it was ful loude kid 
Of Havelok, how he warp the ston 
Oner the londes euerichon. Ilavelok, 1. 1061. 
2t. To utter; ejaculate; enunciate; give utter- 
ance to. 
Hit fyrst mynged, 
Wylde wordez hym warp wyth a wrast noyce. 
Sir Oawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1423. 
A note ful nwe I herde hem warpe, 
To lysten that watz ful lufly dere. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 878. 
3. To bring forth (young) prematurely : said of 
cattle, sheep, horses, etc. [Prov. Eng.] — 4. In 
rope-making, to run (the yarn of the winches) 
into hauls to be tarred. See haul of yarn, un- 
der 7i«)(^— 5. To weave; hence, in a figurative 
sense, to fabricate ; plot. 
But now ; How, Where, of What shall I begin 
This Gold-growud Web to weave, to warp, to spin'? 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Battle of Ivry. 
She acquainted the Greeks underhand with this treason, 
which was a warping against them. 
Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 409. 
6. To give a cast or twist to ; turn or twist out 
of shape or out of straightness, as by unequal 
contraction, etc.; contort. 
Oh, state of Nature, fail together in me, 
Since thy best props are wurp'd ! 
Fletcher {and another), Two Xoble Kinsmen, iii. 2. 
Confess, or T will warp 
Your limbs with such keen tortures . 
Shelley, The Cenci, v. 3. 
The cracked door, ill-fltting and warped from its origi- 
nal shape, guided us by a score of glittering crevices to the 
room we sought. 
D. Christie Murray, Weaker Vessel, xxxiii. 
warp 
7. To turn aside from the true direction ; cause 
to bend or incline ; pervert. 
This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind. 
Dryden, Sig. and Guis., L 402. 
By the present mode of education we are forcibly warped 
from the bias of nature. Goldsmith, Taste. 
His heart was form'd for softness — warp'd to wrong. 
Byron, Corsair, iii. 23. 
Men's perceptions are warped by their passions. 
H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 182. 
8. Naut., to move into some desired place or 
position by hauling on a rope or warp which 
has been fastened to something fixed, as a buoy, 
anchor, or other ship at or near that place or 
position: as, to warp a ship into harbor or to 
her berth. 
They warped out their ships by force of hand. 
Mir. far Mags., p. 881. 
Seeing them warp themselues to windward, we thought 
it not good to be boorded on both sides at an anchor. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, IL 41. 
9. In agri., to fertilize, as poor or barren land, 
by means of artificial inundation from rivers 
which hold large quantities of earthy matter, or 
warp (see warp, »., 4), in suspension. The opera- 
tion, which consists in inclosing a body or sheet ot water 
till the sediment it holds in suspension has been deposited, 
can be carried out only on fiat low-lying tracts which may 
be readily submei-ged. This system was first systematical- 
ly practised in Great Britain on the banks of the I'rent, 
Ouse, and other rivers which empty into the estuary of the 
Humljer. 
10. To change. [Kare.] 
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, 
Tliou dost not bite so nigh 
As benefits forgot ; 
Though thou the waters warp, 
Thy Bting is not so ahan) 
As friend remember'd not 
Shak., As you Like it, ii. 7. 187. 
II. intrans. 1. To turn, twist, or be twisted 
out of straightness or the proper shape. 
After the manner of wood that curbeth and warpeth 
with the fire. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 56L 
It 's better to shoot in a bow that has been shot in he- 
fore, and will never start, than to draw a fair new one, 
that for every arrow will be warping. 
Dekker and Webster, Northward Ho, v. 1. 
Ye are green wood, see ye vxtrp not 
Tennyson, Princess, U. 
2. To turn or incline from a straight, true, or 
proper course ; deviate ; swerve. 
There is our commission, 
From which we would not have you icarp. 
Shak., M. for M., i. 1. 15. 
Now, by something I had lately observed of Mr. Trea- 
surer's conversation on occasion, I suspected him a little 
warping to Rome. Evelyn, Diary, May 17, 1671. 
By and by, as soon as the shadow of Sir Francis hath 
left him, he fals off again warping and warping till he 
come to contradict hiniselfe in diameter ; and denies flatly 
that it is either variable or arbitraiy, being once settl'd. 
Milton, Apolt^y for Smectymnuus. 
Whatever these warping Christians might pretend as 
to zeal for the Law and their ancient Keligion, the bottom 
of all was a principle of infidelity. 
Stillingfleet, Sermons, II. iii. 
3. To change for the worse ; turn in a wrong 
direction. 
Methinks 
My favour here begins to warp. 
Shak., W. T., 1. 2. 365. 
4t. To weave ; hence, to plot. 
Who like a fleering slavish parasite, 
In warping profit or a traitorous sleight. 
Hoops round his rotten body with devotes. 
Marlowe, Hero and Leander, %■!. 
5. To fly with a twisting or bending to this 
side and that ; deflect the course of flight ; turn 
about iu flying, as birds or insects. 
As when the potent rod 
Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, 
Wav'd round the coast, up called a pitchy cloud 
Of locusts warping on the eastern wind. 
Maton, P. L., i. 341. 
6. To wind yarn off bobbins, to form the warp 
of a web. See the quotation. 
Warping, therefore, consists in arranging the threads 
according to number and colour, or in any special manner 
that may be necessar.v, and to keep them in their relative 
places after they have been so laid. 
A. Barlow, Weaving, p. 68. 
7. To slink; cast the young prematurely, as 
cows. — 8. Naut., to work forward by means of 
a rope fastened to something fixed, as in mov- 
ing from one berth to another in a harbor, or in 
making one's way out of a harbor in a calm, or 
against a contrary wind. 
I gat out of the Mole of Chio into the sea by warping 
foorth, with the helpe of Genoueses botes. 
Haklvyt's Voyages, IL 101. 
warp (warp). H. 1<ME. warp; < warp, r.'\ It. A 
throw; a cast. — 2. Hence, a cast of herrings, 
haddocks, or other fish; four, as a tale of count- 
