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Such troops of citizens to come to him, 
His grace not being warn'd thereof before. Shakspeare. 
Milton put no preposition before the thing. 
Our first parents had been warn'd 
The coming of their secret foe, and ’scap’d 
His mortal snare. Milton. 
To keep off; to ward off.—Yet can they not warne death 
from wretched wight. Spenser. 
WARNBQROUGH, Nokth, a township of England, 
in Southamptonshire; 1 mile north-west of Odiham. Po¬ 
pulation 455. 
WARNBOROUGH, South, a parish of England, in 
Southamptonshire, about 3 miles south-west-by-south of 
Odiham. 
WARNDON, or Warmedon, a parish of England, 
county of Worcester; 3 miles north-east-by-east of Wor¬ 
cester. 
WARNE, a river of England, in Northumberland, which 
falls into the German ocean, about 4 miles south of Holy 
Island. 
WARNE, a river of Germany, in Mecklenburg, which 
falls into the sea near Warnemunde. 
WARNEMUNDE, a town and strong fort of Germany, in 
the grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Population 1200. 
WARNER, s. An admonisher. Huloct. 
WARNER, a post township of the United States, in 
Hillsborough county. New Hampshire; 17 miles west-north¬ 
west of Concord. Population 1836. 
WARNER, a river of the United States, in New Hamp¬ 
shire, which runs into the Contoocook, in Hopkinton. 
WARNETON, an inland town of the Netherlands, in 
the province of West Flanders, on the river Lys, with 5300 
inhabitants; 10 miles south-east of Ypres. 
WARNFORD, a parish of England, in Southampton¬ 
shire; 6 miles north-east of Bishop’s Waltham.— 2. A 
hamlet of England, in the parish of Bamborough, Northum¬ 
berland. 
WARNHAM, a parish of England, in Sussex; 3 miles 
north-north-west of Horsham. Population 774. 
WA'RNING, s. Caution against faults or dangers; pre¬ 
vious notice of ill. 
He groaning from the bottom of his breast. 
This warning in these mournful words exprest. Dryden. 
Previous notice: in a sense indifferent.—I saw with some 
disdain, more nonsense than either I or as bad a poet could 
have crammed into it at a month’s warning ; in which time 
it was wholly written. Dry den. 
WARNING-CAMP, a hamlet of England, in Sussex; 1£ 
mile east of Arundel. 
WARNSDORF, Old, a village of the north of Bohemia, 
in the circle of Leutmeritz, on the borders of Lusatia. Po¬ 
pulation 1400. 
WARNSFELD, an inland town of the Netherlands; 
2 miles east of Zutphen. Population 1900. 
WARNTON, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Bam¬ 
borough, Northumberland. 
WARP, s. [peapp, Saxon; werp, Dutch.] That order 
of thread in a thing woven that crosses the woof.-—The plac¬ 
ing of the tangible parts in length or transverse, as it is in the 
warp and the woof of texture, more inward or more outward. 
Bacon. 
To WARP, v.n. [peoppan, Saxon; i serpen, Dutch, to 
throw; whence we sometimes say, the work casts.'] To 
change from the true situation by intestine motion; to change 
the position of one part to another.—This fellow will but 
join you together as they join wainscot, then one of you will 
prove a shrunk-pannel, and like green timber warp. Shak¬ 
speare. —To lose its proper course or direction. 
There’s our commission, 
From which we would not have you warp. Shakspeare. 
To work itself forward. A sea term « Hume. 
The potent rod 
Of Amram’s son in Egypt’s evil day 
Wav’d round the coast, up call’d a pitchy cloud 
Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind. 
That o’er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung 
Like night. Milton. 
To WARP, v. a. To contract; to shrivel. To turn aside 
from the true direction. 
This first avow’d, nor folly warp'd my mind; 
Nor the frail texture of the female kind 
Betray'd my virtue. Dryden. 
It is used by Shakspeare to express the effect of frost. 
WA'RPING, s. Act of turning aside from the true di¬ 
rection.—The heart upright without any sinful warpings. 
Bp. Taylor. —This we should do as directly as may be, with 
as little warping and declension towards the creature as is 
possible. Norris. 
WARPROO'F, s. Valour known by proof. Alas on. 
On, on, you noblest English, 
Whose blood is fet from fathers of warproof. Shakspeare. 
WARPSGROVE, a parish of England, in Oxfordshire, 
near Wallingford. 
To WARRANT, v.n. [garantir, Fr.; from the Sax. 
papian, to defend. Lye.] To support or maintain; to at¬ 
test.—She needed not disdain any service, though never so 
mean, which was warranted by the sacred name of father. 
Sidney. —To give authority. 
Now we’ll together, and the chance of goodness 
Be like our warranted quarrel. Shakspeare. 
To justify. 
True fortitude is seen in great exploits. 
That justice warrants and that wisdom guides; 
All else is tow’ring frenzy and distraction. Addison. 
To exempt; to privilege; to secure.—I’ll warrant him 
from drowning. Shakspeare.- —To declare upon surety.— 
What a galled neck have we here! Look ye, mine’s as 
smooth as silk, I warrant ye. L'Estrange. 
The Moors’ king 
Is safe enough, I warrant him for one. Dryden. 
WA'RRANT, s. A writ conferring some right or autho¬ 
rity. 
Are you now going to dispatch this deed ? 
—We are, my lord, and come to have the warrant. 
That we may be admitted where he is. Shakspeare. 
A writ giving the officer of justice the power of caption. 
There was a damn’d design, cries one, no doubt; 
For warrants are already issued out. Dryden. 
A secure inviolable grant.—His promise is our plain war¬ 
rant, that in his name what we ask we shall receive. Hooker. 
—A justificatory commission.—When at any time they 
either wilfully break any commandment, or ignorantly mis¬ 
take it, that is no warrant for us to do so likewise. Kettle- 
well. —Attestation.—The Jewish religion was yet in posses¬ 
sion ; and therefore, that this might so enter as not to intrude, 
it was to bring its warrant from the same hand of Omnipo¬ 
tence. South. —Right; legality. Obsolete. 
I attach thee 
For an abuser of the world, a practicer 
Of arts inhibited and out of warrant. Shakspeare. 
WARRANTABLE, adj. Justifiable; defensible.—To 
purchase a clear and warrantable body of truth, we must 
forget and part with much we know. Brown. 
WA'RRANTABLENESS, s. Justifiableness.—The war¬ 
rantableness of this practice may be inferred from a parity 
of reason. Barrow. 
WA'RRANTABLY, adv. Justifiably.—The faith which 
God requires is only this, that he will certainly reward all 
those that believe in him, and obey his commandments; but 
for the particular application of this faith to ourselves, that 
deserves no more of our assent, nor can indeed warrantably 
have it, than what is founded upon the serious consideration 
of our own performances. Wake. 
WARRANTER, 
