Warn"er (?), n. One who warns; an admonisher.
Warn"er, n. A warrener. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
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 or wheel which produces
a sound shortly before the clock strikes.
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 practices which
incur danger; admonition; monition.
Could warning make the world more just or wise.
Dryden.
Warn"ing*ly, adv. In a warning manner.
Warn"store (?), v. t. [Cf. OF. warnesture, garnesture, provisions,
supplies, and E. garnish.] To furnish. [Obs.] "To warnstore your
house." Chaucer.
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 ship, Sw. varpa, AS. weorpan to
cast, OS. werpan, OFries. werpa, D. & LG. werpen, G. werfen, Goth.
waírpan; cf. Skr. vrj to twist. &?;&?;&?;&?;. 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.