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Carping Carp Carp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Carping.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel.
karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck,
calumniate.]
1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions
without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by
at.
Carping and caviling at faults of manner. --Blackw.
Mag.
And at my actions carp or catch. --Herbert.
Carping Carping Carp"ing (k[add]rp"[i^]ng), a.
Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. --
Carp"ing*ly, adv.
Carpingly Carping Carp"ing (k[add]rp"[i^]ng), a.
Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. --
Carp"ing*ly, adv.
Cat-harping Cat-harping Cat"-harp`ing n. (Naut.)
One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the
shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the
yards.
Escarping Escarp Es*carp", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escarped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Escarping.] (Mil.)
To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a
scrap. --Carleton.
Harping Harping Harp"ing, a.
Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies. --Milton.
Harping Harp Harp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harpedp. pr. & vb. n.
Harping.] [AS. hearpian. See Harp, n.]
1. To play on the harp.
I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their
harps. --Rev. xiv. 2.
2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or
monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to
something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or
upon. ``Harpings upon old themes.' --W. Irving.
Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was.
--Shak.
To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with
disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Collog.]
Harping iron Harping iron Harp"ing i`ron [F. harper to grasp strongly. See
Harpoon.]
A harpoon. --Evelyn.
Harpings Harpings Harp"ings, n. pl. (Naut.)
The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a
vessel, and are fastened to the stem. [Written also
harpins.] --Totten.
Scarping Scarp Scarp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scarping.]
To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the
face of a ditch or a rock.
From scarped cliff and quarried stone. --Tennyson.
Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. --Emerson.
Sharping Sharp Sharp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sharped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sharping.]
1. To sharpen. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. (Mus.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the
tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone,
above the natural tone.
Warping 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 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.
Warping bank 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 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.
Warping hook 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 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.
Warping mill 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 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.
Warping penny 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 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.
Warping post 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 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.
