Then, at the ends of every joist, nail on two boards so that they shall not be able to warp and stick up at the edges.
We must also be careful that no common oak gets in with the winter oak boards, for as soon as common oak boards get damp, they warp and cause cracks in floors.
The next step consists in winding the warp on a cylindrical beam, which is usually about ten inches in diameter.
There was an alternative, of course, they might abandon the boat and construct a canoe above the rapids; and it was worth considering whether the construction of a canoe or the making of a warp would involve the more labour.
But it was just possible that it might be done by warping if a warp long enough and strong enough could be obtained.
The beam each loom supports full well, And to the loom the warp is tied; Nor will I now forget to tell The reed that doth the warp divide.
Its motive and raison d'être is the disposal of the threads of the warp when it is cut out of the frame; these being tied and knotted symmetrically, become an artistic decoration instead of an untidy tangle of threads and thrums.
For the great web of history is composed of many threads of divers colours, and the warp and the woof are often exchanged, yet so connected and knotted together that the continuity is never broken.
The thread is proved, by discoveries in the Swiss lakes, to have been made of flax; and the combs that have been found for pushing the threads of the warp on the weft show that it was woven into linen on some sort of loom.
A peculiarity of Egyptian linen is that it was often woven with more threads in the warp than in the woof.
The extreme solidity of the knotted fringes in their dress and hangings show either the thickness of the woven substance, or that the fringes were made by enriching the warp and adding to it.
The gosha-gir is an implement for remedying the warp of a bow-tip and string-notch.
A warp was next passed over the port bow of the ship outside the fore-rigging, and then inboard again through the gangway, and secured to the bow of the boat, sufficient slack being left to allow her to go astern.
While he and I were working away the boat was shipping many seas, in consequence of the weight of the warp ahead; I sang out that we must have it shifted, and after a light rope had been hove to us and made fast, it was let go.
For life is one, and in its warp and woof There runs a thread of gold that glitters fair, And sometimes in the pattern shows most sweet Where there are sombre colors.
No, her untutored thoughts she did not give To such a theme; but in their warp and weft She wove a prayer: then in the midnight deep Faintly and slow she fell away to sleep.
In the records of all human affairs, it cannot be too often insisted on that two kinds of truth run for ever side by side, or rather, crossing in and out with each other, form the warp and the woof of the coloured web which we call history.
And here the warp and woof vary in shade and pattern.
The term Ching is of textile origin, and signifies the warpthreads of a web, and their adjustment.
If we stand on simple right, let us stand there; if on constitutional authority, we have no right towarp that authority.
The local carpet weavers make the warp and woof of woolen yarn in which loops of alpaca wool, black, gray, or white, are inserted to form the desired pattern.
He is ours, To administer, to guard, to adorn the state, But not to warp or change it.
Political rights and civic privileges are accompaniments of citizenship and are therefore part of the warp and woof of Howard University's curricula; the salt and savor without which wherewith will it be salted?
Tense with strain, its warpripped out of the water, and she was swinging on it heading for the beach when Wyllard flung himself upon the wheel.
The sweat of effort dripped from Wyllard when he swung up an arm to Lewson, who was standing at the bollard to which the warp was made fast.
There was a heavy hemp warp attached to it, and it cost them some time to heave most of it over, after which they proceeded to get the mainsail on to her.
Weave the warp and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race: Give ample room and verge enough The characters of Hell to trace.
Glittering lances are the loom Where the dusky warpwe strain, Weaving many a soldier's doom, Orkney's woe and Randver's bane.
To obtain an even heating of the pots and lessen their tendency to warp and scale, and to cause the contents of the furnace to heat up evenly, we should use a reducing fire and fill the heating chamber with flame.
To overcome the tendency to warp the face it is a good plan to pour a little water on the back of the die as this tends to even up the cooling.
Our drive tries to warp or strain space in the opposite manner.
A gravitational field tends to warp space in such a way that the velocity of light is lower in its presence.
Ishmael and Hannah had eaten breakfast, and the boy was helping his aunt to put the warp in the loom for a new piece of cloth.
The workers are the warp and woof of empire, yet they are not the gainers by it.
Economic rivalries are the basis of modern wars and economic rivalries are the warp and woof of capitalism.
