LekhoriLekhoriThe state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
All frames found to suffer from warp should be broken up straight away before the printer is tempted during a rush to make use of them.
A distortion:
Wills, too, was struck down by a pole but was saved because a warp in the wood bent upwards, creating a pocket for his body.
The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
From Middle English warp, werp, from Old English wearp, warp (“a warp, threads stretched lengthwise in a loom, twig, osier”), from Proto-Germanic *warpą (“a warp”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“t...
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The usual method is to warp the yarn, either in whole or half hauls, […]
To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.