Warning
Warn″ing, a. Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warning voice.That warning timepiece never ceased. Longfellow.Warning piece, Warning wheel(Horol.), a piece o...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Warning (2)
Warn″ing, n. 1. Previous notice. “At a month's warning.” Dryden.A great journey to take upon so short a warning. L'Estrange.2. Caution against danger, or against faults or evil ...
Warningly
Warn″ing‐ly, adv. In a warning manner.
Warnstore
Warn″store (?), v. t. [Cf. OF. warnesture, garnesture, provisions, supplies, and E. garnish.] To furnish. “To warnstore your house.” Chaucer.
Warp
Warp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Warped (?); 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 s...
Warp (2)
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.One of you will prove...
Warp (3)
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.]1. (Weaving) The threads ...
Warp (4)
Warp, v. t.(Aëronautics) To twist the end surfaces of (an aërocurve in an aëroplane) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.
Warp knitting
Warp knitting. A kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side.
Warpage
Warp″age (?), n. The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors.
Warpath
War″path′ (?), n. The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition. Schoolcraft.On the warpath, on a hostile expedition; hence, colloquially, about to attack ...
Warper
Warp″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape.2. One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom.
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...
Warproof
War″proof′ (?), n. Valor tried by war.
Warragal
War″ra‐gal (?), n.(Zoöl.) The dingo.
Warrandice
War″ran‐dice (?), n. [See Warrantise.] (Scots Law) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim...
Warrant
War″rant (?), n. [OE. warant, OF. warant a warrant, a defender, protector, F. garant, originally a p. pr. of German origin, fr. OHG. werēn to grant, warrant, G. gewähren; akin t...
Warrant (2)
War″rant (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Warranted; p. pr. & vb. n.Warranting.] [OE. waranten, OF. warantir, garantir, guarantir, garentir, garandir, F. garantir to warrant, fr. OF. war...
Warrantable
War″rant‐a‐ble (?), a. Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is ne...
Warrantee
War′ran‐tee″ (?), n.(Law) The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.
Warranter
War″rant‐er (?), n. 1. One who warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers.2. (Law) One who assures, or covenants to assure; one who contracts to secure another in a right, o...
Warrantise
War″rant‐ise (?), n. [OF. warentise, warandise, garantise. See Warrant, n.] Authority; security; warranty. Shak.
Warrantise (2)
War″rant‐ise, v. t. To warrant. Hakluyt.
Warrantor
War″rant‐or (?), n.(Law) One who warrants.
Warranty
War″rant‐y (?), n.; pl.Warranties (#). [OF. warantie, F. garantie. See Warrant, n., and cf. Guaranty.]1. (Anc. Law) A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold...
Warranty (2)
War″rant‐y, v. t. To warrant; to guarantee.
Warray
War″ray (?), v. t. [OF. werreier, werrier, guerroier, F. guerroyer, from OF. werre war, F. guerre; of German origin. See War.] To make war upon. Fairfax. “When a man warrayeth t...