warp

warp
    n 1: a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal
         way of judging or acting [syn: {deflection}, {warp}]
    2: a shape distorted by twisting or folding [syn: {warp},
       {buckle}]
    3: a moral or mental distortion [syn: {warp}, {warping}]
    4: yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
    v 1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or
         story [syn: {falsify}, {distort}, {garble}, {warp}]
    2: bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The
       highway buckled during the heat wave" [syn: {heave},
       {buckle}, {warp}]
    

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}.]
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   1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to
      utter. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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   2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out
      of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
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            The planks looked warped.             --Coleridge.
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            Walter warped his mouth at this
            To something so mock solemn, that I laughed.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or
      incline; to pervert.
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            This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            I have no private considerations to warp me in this
            controversy.                          --Addison.
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            We are divested of all those passions which cloud
            the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men.
                                                  --Southey.
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   4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] --Nares.
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            While doth he mischief warp.          --Sternhold.
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   5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp,
      attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
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   6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep,
      etc. [Prov. Eng.]
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   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.]
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   8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred,
      as yarns.
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   9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
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   10. (Aeronautics) To twist the end surfaces of (an aerocurve
       in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain
       equilibrium.
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   {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.
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Warp \Warp\, v. i.
   1. To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be
      twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in
      seasoning or shrinking.
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            One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like
            green timber, warp, warp.             --Shak.
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            They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another,
            to keep it from casting, or warping.  --Moxon.
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   2. to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper
      course; to deviate; to swerve.
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            There is our commission,
            From which we would not have you warp. --Shak.
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   3. To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave,
      like a flock of birds or insects.
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            A pitchy cloud
            Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind. --Milton.
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   4. To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of
      cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
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   5. (Weaving) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of
      a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
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Warp \Warp\, n. [AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting,
   throwing, Sw. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline,
   OHG. warf warp, G. werft. See {Warp}, v.]
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   1. (Weaving) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the
      loom, and crossed by the woof.
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   2. (Naut.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually
      with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed
      object; a towing line; a warping hawser.
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   3. (Agric.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides,
      etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. --Lyell.
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   4. A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep,
      etc. [Prov. Eng.]
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   5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See {Cast}, n., 17.
      [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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   6. [From {Warp}, v.] The state of being warped or twisted;
      as, the warp of a board.
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   {Warp beam}, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.
      

   {Warp fabric}, fabric produced by warp knitting.

   {Warp frame}, or {Warp-net frame}, a machine for making warp
      lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for
      each needle.

   {Warp knitting}, a kind of knitting in which a number of
      threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous
      threads on either side; -- also called {warp weaving}.

   {Warp lace}, or {Warp net}, lace having a warp crossed by
      weft threads.
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OS/2
Merlin
Warp

   /O S too/ {IBM} and {Microsoft}'s successor to the {MS-DOS}
   {operating system} for {Intel 80286} and {Intel 80386}-based
   {microprocessors}.  It is proof that they couldn't get it
   right the second time either.  Often called "Half-an-OS".  The
   design was so {baroque}, and the implementation of 1.x so bad,
   that 3 years after introduction you could still count the
   major {application programs} shipping for it on the fingers of
   two hands, in {unary}.  Later versions improved somewhat, and
   informed hackers now rate them superior to {Microsoft
   Windows}, which isn't saying much.  See {second-system
   effect}.

   On an {Intel 80386} or better, OS/2 can {multitask} between
   existing {MS-DOS} {applications}.  OS/2 is strong on
   connectivity and the provision of robust {virtual machines}.
   It can support {Microsoft Windows} programs in addition to its
   own {native} applications.  It also supports the {Presentation
   Manager} {graphical user interface}.

   {OS/2} supports {hybrid multiprocessing} (HMP), which provides
   some elements of {symmetric multiprocessing} (SMP), using
   add-on IBM software called {MP/2}.  OS/2 SMP was planned for
   release in late 1993.

   After OS/2 1.x the {IBM} and {Microsoft} partnership split.
   IBM continued to develop OS/2 2.0, while Microsoft developed
   what was originally intended to be OS/2 3.0 into {Windows NT}.
   In October 1994, IBM released version OS/2 3.0 (known as
   "Warp") but it is only distantly related to {Windows NT}.
   This version raised the limit on RAM from 16MB to 1GB (like
   Windows NT).

   IBM introduced networking with "OS/2 Warp Connect", the first
   multi-user version.  OS/2 Warp 4.0 ("Merlin") is a {network
   operating system}.

   (http://mit.edu:8001/activities/os2/os2world.html).

   [Dates?]

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-07-20)
    

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      wind, woof, work toward, worsen, wrench, wrest, wring, writhe, yaw,
      zigzag