Wark noun [ See Work .] Work; a building. [ Obsolete or Scot.] Spenser.

Warkloom noun A tool; an implement. [ Scot.]

Warlike adjective
1. Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.

Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men.

Shak.

2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.

The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased.

Milton.

Syn. -- Martial; hostile; soldierly. See Martial .

Warlikeness noun Quality of being warlike.

Warling noun One often quarreled with; -- ... word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling . [ Obsolete]

Better be an old man's darling than a young man's warling .

Camde....

Warlock noun [ Middle English warloghe a deceiver, a name or the Devil, Anglo-Saxon w...rloga a belier or breaker of his agreement, word, or pledge; w...r covenant, troth (aki... to Latin verus true; see Very ) + loga a liar (in comp.), leógan to lie. See 3d Lie .] A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imperfect [ Written also warluck .] Dryden.

It was Eyvind Kallda's crew
Of warlocks blue,
With their caps of darkness hooded!

Longfellow.

Warlock adjective Of or pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish. [ R.]

Thou shalt win the warlock fight.

J. R. Drak....

Warlockry noun Impishness; magic.

Warly adjective Warlike. Burns.

Warm adjective [ Compar. Warmer ; superl. Warmest .] [ Anglo-Saxon wearm ; akin to Old Saxon , OFries., D., & German warm , Icelandic varmr , Swedish & Danish varm , Goth. warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lithuanian virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Sanskrit gharma heat, OL. formus warm. ........., ..........]

1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. "Whose blood is warm within." Shak.

Warm and still is the summer night.

Longfellow.

2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.

3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.

4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.

Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!

Milton.

Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.

Pope.

They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad... mouths at.

Addison.

I had been none of the warmest of partisans.

Hawthor.......

5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.

Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.

Dryden.

6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. [ Colloq.]

Warm householders, every one of them.

W. Irving.

You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him.

Goldsmith.

7. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [ Colloq.]

Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting " warm ," ...... children say at blindman's buff.

Black.

8. (Paint.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.

Syn. -- Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.

Warm transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Warmed ; present participle & verbal noun Warming .] [ Anglo-Saxon wearmian . See Warm , adjective ]

1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.

Then shall it [ an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.

Isa. xliv 15

Enough to warm , but not enough to burn.

Longfellow.

2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.

I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings.

Pope.

Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed .

Keble.

Warm intransitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon wearmian .]

1. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.

There shall not be a coal to warm at.

Isa. xlvii. 14.

2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speake... warms as he proceeds.

Warm noun The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. [ Colloq.] Dickens.

Warm-blooded adjective (Physiol.) Having warm blood; -- applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal .

Warm-hearted adjective Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic. -- Warm"- heart`ed*ness , noun

Warmer noun One who, or that which, warms.

Warmful adjective Abounding in capacity to warm; giving warmth; as, a warmful garment. [ R.] Chapman.

Warming adjective & noun from Warm , v.

Warming pan , a long-handled covered pan into which live coals are put, -- used for warming beds. Shak.

Warmly adverb In a warm manner; ardently.

Warmness noun Warmth. Chaucer.

Warmonger noun One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary. [ R.] Spenser.

Warmouth noun (Zoology) An American freshwater bream, or sunfish ( Chænobryttus gulosus ); -- called also red-eyed bream .

Warmth noun
1. The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun; the warmth of the blood; vital warmth .

Here kindly warmth their mounting juice ferments.

Addison.

2. A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; as, the warmth of love or piety; he replied with much warmth . " Spiritual warmth , and holy fires." Jer. Taylor.

That warmth . . . which agrees with Christian zeal.

Sprat.

3. (Paint.) The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color.

Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement; vehemence.

Warmthless adjective Being without warmth; not communicating warmth; cold. [ R.] Coleridge.

Warn (warn) transitive verb [ Middle English wernen , Anglo-Saxon weornan , wyrnan . Confer Warn to admonish.] To refuse. [ Written also wern , worn .] [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Warn transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Warned ; present participle & verbal noun Warning .] [ Middle English warnen , warnien , Anglo-Saxon warnian , wearnian , to take heed, to warn; akin to Anglo-Saxon wearn denial, refusal, Old Saxon warning , wernian , to refuse, Old High German warnen , German warnen to warn, OFries. warna , werna , Icelandic varna to refuse; and probably to English wary . .............]

1. To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house. " Warned of the ensuing fight." Dryden.

Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee.

Acts x. 22.

Who is it that hath warned us to the walls?

Shak.

2. To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious. "Juturna warns the Daunian chief of Lausus' danger, urging swift relief." Dryden.

3. To ward off. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Warner noun One who warns; an admonisher.

Warner noun A warrener. [ Obsolete] Piers Plowman.

Warning adjective 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.

Warning noun
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.

Warningly adverb In a warning manner.

Warnstore transitive verb [ Confer Old French warnesture , garnesture , provisions, supplies, and English garnish .] To furnish. [ Obsolete] "To warnstore your house." Chaucer.

Warp transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Warped ; present participle & verbal noun Warping .] [ Middle English warpen ; from Icelandic varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, from verpa to throw; akin to Danish varpe to warp a ship, Swedish varpa , Anglo-Saxon weorpan to cast, Old Saxon werpan , OFries. werpa , D. & LG. werpen , German werfen , Goth. waírpan ; confer Sanskrit vrj to twist. ............. Confer Wrap .]

1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. [ Obsolete] 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.

I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy.

Addison.

We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men.

Southey.

4. To weave; to fabricate. [ R. & Poetic.] Nares.

While doth he mischief warp .

Sternhold.

5. (Nautical) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.

6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [ Prov. Eng.]

7. (Agriculture) 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.]

8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.

9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

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.

Warp intransitive verb
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 a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, warp , warp .

Shak.

They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or warping .

Moxon.

2. to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.

There is our commission,
From which we would not have you warp .

Shak.

3. To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.

A pitchy cloud
Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind.

Milton.

4. To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [ Prov. Eng.]

5. (Weaving) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.

Warp noun [ Anglo-Saxon wearp ; akin to Icelandic varp a casting, throwing, Swedish varp the draught of a net, Danish varp a towline, Old High German warf warp, German werft . See Warp , v. ]

1. (Weaving) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.

2. (Nautical) 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.

3. (Agriculture) 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 , noun , 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.

Warp transitive verb (Aëronautics) To twist the end surfaces of (an aërocurve in an aëroplane) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.

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 noun The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors.

Warpath noun 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 a person or measure.

Warper noun
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 noun
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 round a field to retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land. Craig. -- Warping hook , a hook used by rope makers for hanging the yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring. -- Warping mill , a machine for warping yarn. -- Warping penny , money, varying according to the length of the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying the warp. [ Prov. Eng.] Wright. -- Warping post , a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.

Warproof noun Valor tried by war.

Warragal noun (Zoology) The dingo.

Warrandice noun [ 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, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty. [ Written also warrandise .] Craig.

Warrant noun [ Middle English warant , Old French warant a warrant, a defender, protector, French garant , originally a present participle pf German origin, from Old High German werēn to grant, warrant, G. ge währen ; akin to OFries. wera . Confer Guarantee .]

1. That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority. Specifically: --

(a) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing.

(b) (Law) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice.

(c) (Mil. & Nav.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer , below.

2. That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.

I give thee warrant of thy place.

Shak.

His worth is warrant for his welcome hither.

Shak.

3. That which attests or proves; a voucher.

4. Right; legality; allowance. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Bench warrant . (Law) See in the Vocabulary. -- Dock warrant (Com.) , a customhouse license or authority. -- General warrant . (Law) See under General . -- Land warrant . See under Land . -- Search warrant . (Law) See under Search , noun -- Warrant of attorney (Law) , written authority given by one person to another empowering him to transact business for him; specifically, written authority given by a client to his attorney to appear for him in court, and to suffer judgment to pass against him by confession in favor of some specified person. Bouvier. -- Warrant officer , a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant, corporal, bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a quartermaster, gunner, boatswain, etc., in the navy. -- Warrant to sue and defend . (a) (O. Eng. Law) A special warrant from the crown, authorizing a party to appoint an attorney to sue or defend for him. (b) A special authority given by a party to his attorney to commence a suit, or to appear and defend a suit in his behalf. This warrant is now disused. Burrill.

Warrant transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Warranted ; present participle & verbal noun Warranting .] [ Middle English waranten , Old French warantir , garantir , guarantir , garentir , garandir , French garantir to warrant, from Old French warant , garant , guarant , a warrant, a protector, a defender, French garant . √142. See Warrant , noun ]

1. To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action.

That show I first my body to warrant .

Chaucer.

I'll warrant him from drowning.

Shak.

In a place
Less warranted than this, or less secure,
I can not be.

Milton.

2. To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it.

True fortitude is seen in great exploits,
That justice warrants , and that wisdom guides.

Addison.

How little while it is since he went forth out of his study, -- chewing a Hebrew text of Scripture in his mouth, I warrant .

Hawthorne.

3. To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.

[ My neck is] as smooth as silk, I warrant ye.

L' Estrange.

4. (Law) (a) To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure. (b) To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss. (c) To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty , noun , 2. (d) To assure, as a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to engage that the thing is what it appears, or is represented, to be, which implies a covenant to make good any defect or loss incurred by it.

Warrantable adjective Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable .

His meals are coarse and short, his employment warrantable , his sleep certain and refreshing .

South.

-- War"rant*a*ble*ness , noun -- War"rant*bly , adverb

Warrantee noun (Law) The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.

Warranter noun
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, or to make good any defect of title or quality; one who gives a warranty; a guarantor; as, the warranter of a horse.