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[ noun ]
a moral or mental distortion
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Warp \Warp\ (w[add]rp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warped}
(w[add]rpt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Warping}.] [OE. warpen; fr.
Icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, fr. verpa to
throw; akin to Dan. varpe to warp a ship, Sw. varpa, AS.
weorpan to cast, OS. werpan, OFries. werpa, D. & LG. werpen,
G. werfen, Goth. wa['i]rpan; cf. Skr. v[.r]j to twist.
[root]144. Cf. {Wrap}.]
1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to
utter. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out
of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.

The planks looked warped. --Coleridge.

Walter warped his mouth at this
To something so mock solemn, that I laughed.
--Tennyson.

3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or
incline; to pervert.

This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind.
--Dryden.

I have no private considerations to warp me in this
controversy. --Addison.

We are divested of all those passions which cloud
the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men.
--Southey.

4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] --Nares.

While doth he mischief warp. --Sternhold.

5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp,
attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.

6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep,
etc. [Prov. Eng.]

7. (Agric.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying
land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of
warp, or slimy substance. [Prov. Eng.]

8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred,
as yarns.

9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

10. (A["e]ronautics) To twist the end surfaces of (an
a["e]rocurve in an airfoil) in order to restore or
maintain equilibrium.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Warped surface} (Geom.), a surface generated by a straight
line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions
shall be in the same plane. --Davies & Peck.


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.