3. (Agric.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.
Lyell.
4. A premature casting of young; — said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
6. [From Warp, v.] The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.
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.
