warp 
[Prov. Eng.] — 3. A cast lamb, kid, 
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ing fish. [Prov. Eng.] — 3. A cast lamb, kid, notch in it to lead hawsers through in warping, 
calf, foal, or the like ; the young of an animal See chock*, 3. 
when brought forth prematurely. [Prov. Eng.] warping-hook (war'ping-huk), ». 1. In rope- 
— 4. The sediment which subsides from turbid making, a brace for twisting yarn. — 3. A hook 
water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water to which yarn is hung as it is prepared for the 
artificially introduced into low lands in order warp of a textile material. 
to enrich or fertilize them. The term warp is some- warpUlg-jackCwar'ping-jak), n. Inawarping- 
ttmes applied to tidal alluvium. "The Humber wai-p is a machine, a contrivance hung between the trav- 
marine aDd es^arine silt and clay, which occurs above the ^gg ^nd the revolving warp-frame, and serving 
Peatbeds. (Woodicard.) As the word is used by J. Trim- •- "^ " , ., °., 'j • i 'tu i i 
iner, it has nearly the same meaning as «(r/a«-»oi(. The to separate the warp-threads into the two al- 
word is rarely, if ever, used in the United States as mean- temate sets called /ffls ; same as /iecA-fioJ'. E, 
ing a sedimentary deposit H. Knight. 
8. A cast or twist; the twist or bending which carping-machine (war'ping-ma-shen"), «. A 
occurs in wood in drying; the state of having machine for preparing and arraiiging the yarns 
a cast, or of being warped or twisted. intended for the warp of a textile material. 
Somebody in Berkshire, I fancy, had warped his mind warping-miU (war'ping-mil), «. In wearing, an 
•calnst you, and no mind is more capable of warps than apparatus for winding the warp-yarns from the 
•«••■ ■^- S""''**' 1" ««"•*»>». "■ 337. ijo^jijins to a large cylindrical reel, and areang- 
6. The threads which are extended lengthwise ing them in two leas or sets, ready for the hed- 
in a loom, and across which the woof is thrown dies iu the loom. 
in the process of weaving. warping-penny (war'ping-pen"i), n. Money 
The ground of the future stuff was formed by a number paid by the spinner to the weaver on laying 
of parallel strings called the icarp, having their upper the warp. Wright. [Prov. Eng.] 
end. attached to a horizontal bewn, and drawn taut by ^arp-lace (warp'las), H. Any lace havingwarp- 
weights hunK from their lower ends. ^i *^ i \lt_ j i j i. _Jv,i i.\ 
* * Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 20«. threads, or threads so placed as to resemble the 
warp of a fabric. 
warp-land (warp'land), n. Low-lying land that 
has been or can be fertilized by warping. See 
warp, V. t., 9. [Eng.] 
The warpland, as it is called, over which the waters of 
the Ouse and the Aire are permitted to flow by means of 
sluices which absorb and retain the water till the sediment 
is deposited, is peculiarly rich and luxuriant. 
T. Allen, Hist. County oi York, H. 307. 
warple (war'pl), r. See warble^. 
A warp ot weeks, four weeks ; a month. [Obsolete or war-plume(war'plom),H. A plume worn in war. 
The tomahawk . . . cut the war-plume from the scalp- 
Weaving through all the poor details 
And homespun warp of circumstance. 
Whittier, Snow-Bound. 
7. Naut., a rope, smaller than a cable, used in 
towing, or in moving a ship by attachment to 
something fixed ; a towing-line. 
We furled now for the last time together, and came 
down and took the warp ashore. 
B. H. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 430. 
prov. Eng.] 
Cerdicus . . . wa» the first May-loril or captaine of the 
Morris-daunce that on those embenched shelves stampt 
his footing, where cods and dog-flsh swomme not o warp 
o/ )r«*» forerunning. A(i»A<, Lenten Stufle. (Davies.) 
To part a warp. .Same a.^ to jxirt a line, (which see, 
under iin.?2). - Warp-dyeing machine, an apparatus 
for drawing wari>*threari8, laia out in sets, through adye- 
beok. SiLch warp is separated from the next by a pin, and 
the aet is passed through the dye between rollers, and de- 
livered from between 8<iueezing-cylinder8, which press out 
the superfluous dye. E. H. Knight. 
warpage (wftr'paj), n. [< warp + -age.'] The 
act of warping ; also, a charge per ton made on 
shipping in some harbors. 
war-paint (war'pant), n. 1. Among some sav 
ing-tuft of Uncas, and passed through the frail wall of the 
lodge as though it were hurled from some formidable en- 
gine. J. F. Cooper, Last of Mohicans, xxiv. 
war-proof (war'prof), 11. The qualities of a sol- 
dier; proved fitness for military life. [Rare.] 
On, on, you noblest English, 
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof! 
SAoJ-.,Hen. V.,iU. 1. 18. 
warp-stitch (warp'stich), n. A kind of em- 
broidery in which the threads of the weft are 
pulled out in places, leaving the warp-threads 
exposed, which are then held together by or- 
namental stitches. 
M. One of the 
age tribes, paint applied to the face and other warp-thread (warp'thred) 
parts of the person, according to a recognized threads which form the warp of a web. 
and traditional system, as a sign that the warxagal (war'a-gal), n. [Australian.] The 
wearer is about to engage in war. Its origin 
may have been an attempt to strike terror to 
the mind of the enemy. 
The war-paint on the -Sachem's face, 
Unwet with tears, shone fierce and red. 
Whittirr, Bridal of Pennacook, ill. 
2. Hence, full dress and adornment; oflicial 
costume. [Slang.] 
war-path (war'pftth), «. Among the American 
Indians, the path or route followed by a war- 
like expedition ; also, the military undertaking 
itself. - To go on the war-path, to go to war. 
"The warrior whose eye Is open can see his enemy," 
said Magua. ..." I have brought gifts to my brother. 
His nation would not go on the warpath, because they 
did not think It well." 
./. F. Cooper, Last of Mohicans, xxviii. 
warp-beam (warp'bem), n. In a loom, the 
roller on which the warp-threads are wound, 
and from which they are drawn as the weav- 
ing proceeds. It is placed at the back, oppo- 
site the cloth-beam, which receives the finished 
fabric. E. U. Knight. 
warp-dresser (warp'dres^'^r), «. In trenring, a 
machine for treating yarns with size before 
winding them on the yarn-beam of a loom. It 
is superseded in some mills by the larger ma- 
chine called a slasher. E. H. Knight. 
warper (wftr'pfer), ». [< icarp + -<rl.] If. A 
weaver. — 2. One who winds yarn in prepara- 
tion for weaving, to form the warp of a web. — 
3. A warping-machine. 
warp-frame (w&rp'fram), «. In lace-manuf., a 
machine employing a thread for each needle, 
the threads being wound on a beam like the 
warp-beam of a loom (whence the name). Also 
called warp-net frame. 
warping-bank (war'ping-bangk), n. A bank 
or mound of earth raised around a field for re- 
taining the water let in for the purpose of en- 
riching the land with the warp or sediment. 
warping-block (war'ping-blok), «. A block 
used in a rigging-loft in warping off yarn. 
Warping-ChOCk (war'piug-chok), ». Naitt., a 
large chock of timber secured in a port, with a 
Australian dingo, t'a«j.s- dingo. Also warrigal. 
See cut under dingo. 
warrandice (wor'an-dis), n. lAUowarrandisc; 
var. of irarrantise.'] In Scots iair, the obliga- 
tion by which a party conveying a subject or 
right is bound to indemnify the grantee, dis- 
ponee, or receiver of the right in case of evic- 
tion, or of real claims or burdens being made 
effectual against the subject, arising out of 
obligations or transactions antecedent to the 
date of tlie conveyance; warranty. Warrandice 
is either personal or real. Personal warrandice is that by 
which the grantor and his heirs are bound personally. 
Real warrandice is that by which certain lands, called 
mirrandke lands, are made over eventually in security 
of the lands conveyed. 
warrant (wor'ant), /(. [Formerly also warrand; 
< ME. warant','< OF. warant, guarant, garant, 
(/arent. a wan-ant, also a warranter, supporter, 
defender, protector, = Pr. garen, guaren = Sp. 
Pg. garente = Olt. guarento (ML. reflex waran- 
titm, warrantum, waranda). a warrant; perhaps 
orig. appr. of OF. irarir, tcarer, defend, keep, 
< OHG. icarjiin, werjtin, MHG. wcrn., weren, G. 
icchren, protect: see ware^, wear". Hence war- 
rantise, warranty, guaranty, etc. Cf. warren.'] 
It. Protector; protection; defense; safeguard. 
He griped his suerdeinbothehondes, and whom that he 
raught a full stroke was so harde smyten that noon ar- 
niure was his warante fro deth. 
Merlin(E.E. T. S.), iii. 408. 
Tliy safe warrand we will be. 
liable Noble (Child's Ballads, VI. 100). 
2. Security; guaranty; assurance; voucher; 
attestation ; evidence ; pledge ; that which at- 
tests or proves. 
His pioraise is our plain warrant that in his name what 
we ask we shall receive. 
St. Cyprian, In Hooker's Eccles. Polity, v. 'ih. 
Before Emilia here 
I give thee warrant of thy place. 
Shale., Othello, iii. 3. 20. 
Any bill, warrant, quittame. or obligation. 
' ' .Shak., M. W. of W.,i. 1. 10. 
His books are by themselves the warrant of the fame 
which he so widely gained. 
Stabbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 376. 
warrant 
3. Authority; authorization; sanction; justi- 
fication. 
May we, with the warrant of womanhood and the wit- 
ness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further 
revenge? Shak., M. \V. of W., iv. 2. 220. 
Nay, you are rude ; pray you, forbear ; you offer now 
More than the breeding of a gentleman 
Can give you warrant for. 
Beau, and Fl., Love's Cure, iv. 4. 
4. An act, instrument, or obligation by which 
one person authorizes another to do something 
which he has not otherwise a right to do ; an 
act or instrument investing one with a right 
or with authority, and thus securing him from 
blame, loss, or damage ; hence, anything which 
authorizes or justifies an act; a license. 
A pattern, precedent, and lively warrant, 
For me, most wretched, to perform the like. 
Shak., Tit. And., v. 3. 44. 
It was your own command to bar none from him ; 
Beside, the princess sent her ring, sir, for my warrant. 
Beau, and FL, King and No King, iv. 2. 
I have got a Warrant from the Lords of the Council to 
travel for three Years any where, Rome and St. Omers ex- 
cepted. Howell, Letters, I. i. 3. 
Specifically — (a) An instrument or negotiable writing au- 
thorizing a person to receive money or other things : as, a 
dividend warrant. See dock-warrant, (b) In law, an in- 
strument authorizing the officer to whom It is issued to 
seize or detain a person or property, or carry a judgment 
into execution. Some instruments used for such a pui'- 
pose are, however, called writs, executions, etc., rather 
than warrants. 
The justice keeps such a stir yonder with his charges. 
And such a coil with warrants ! 
Fletcher, Pilgrim, iii. 7. 
Did give warrants for the seizing of a complice of his, 
oue Bliukinsopp. Pepys, Diary, I. 263. 
(c) In the army and navy, a writ or authority inferior to 
a commission. See wairant-ojfficer. 
5. In coal-mining, underclay. [Leicestershire 
coal-field, Eng. ] — Clerk of the warrants. See clerk. 
— Dispossess, distress, dividend warrant. See the 
qualifying words.— General warrant, a warrant directed 
against no particular individual, but against suspected per- 
sons generally. 
Nor is the case at all parallel to that of general warrants, 
or any similar irregularity into which an honest Kovem- 
nient may inadvertently be led. Hallam. 
Jedge and warrant. See jedgei . — Justice's warrant, 
a warrant, usually of arrest on a criminal charge, issued 
by a justice of the peace. Compare bench-warrant.— 
To back a warrant. See JacAri.— Treasury war- 
rant. .See treamiry.—WaXTSLnt Of arrest, warrant of 
attachment, a written mandate or precept directing an 
officer to arrest a person or to seize property.— Warrant 
of attorney. See o«(onici/2.— Warrant of commit- 
ment, a written mandate directing that a person be com- 
mitted to prison, {^ee rIeo bench-warrant, death-warrant, 
searcli-warrant.) 
warrant (wor'ant), r. t. [< ME. waranten, war- 
enten, warranAen,< OF. warantir, later guaran- 
tir, garantir, warrant, F. garantir = Pr. garentir 
= Sp. Pg. garantir = It. guarentirc, guarantire, 
warrant; ifrom the noun.] If. To protect; 
defend; safeguard; secure. 
Our lige lordes seel on my patente, 
That shewe I first my body to warenle. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Pardoner's Tale, 1. 52. 
Thei hem diffended to warante theire lyves. 
-Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 531. 
2. To guarantee or assure against harm ; give 
assurance or surety to ; give authority or power 
to do or forbear anything by which the person 
thus authorized or empowered is secured or 
saved harmless from any loss or damage which 
may result from such act or forbearance. 
By the vow of mine order I warrant you, if my instruc- 
tions may be your guide. Shak., M. for JI., iv. 2. 180. 
3. To give guaranty or assurance for, as the 
truth or the due performance of something; 
give one's word for or concerning. 
A noble fellow, I warrant him. Shak., Cor., v. 2. 116. 
I . . . warranted him, if he would follow my directions, 
to Cure him in a short time. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 46. 
Mail. Is my wife acquainted with this? 
Betl. She 's perfect, and will come out upon her cue, I 
warrant yon. Dekker and Webster, Northward Ho, v. 1. 
4. To declare with assurance or without fear of 
contradiction or failure ; assert as undoubted ; 
pledge one's word: used in asseverations and 
governing a clause. 
Yond is Moyses, I dar warand. 
Toumeley Mysterieft, p. 60. 
I warrant 'tis my sister. She frown'd, did she not, and 
looked Ilghtingly ? Bromt, Northern Lass. 
I han't seen him these three Years — I warrant he's 
grown. Congreve, Love for Love, iii. 4. 
5. To make certain or secure; assure by war- 
rant or guaranty. 
He had great authority oner all Congregations of Israel- 
ites, warranted to him with the Amirs scale. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 163. 
6. To give a pledge or assurance in regard 
to; guarantee (something) to be safe, sound. 
