Meaning of warpy | Babel Free

Definitions

Tending to be warped, bendsome.

Examples

“There are large old clay-pits at Ballamona Mooar and Ballamona Beg⟳ which show⟳ from 2 to 5 feet of discoloured sandy wash⟳ with a little gravel and yellow sand, resting on thick warpy clay which is probably that of the middle portion of the drifts in the cliff-section; no stones were seen in this clay, but two or three far-travelled boulders lying on the floor of one of the pits had probably been dug from it. Several smaller pits, mostly without present⟳ exposures but apparently in similar deposits to the above, are scattered over the area farther east, between Ballamona and Close⟳ Taggard, and also along the northern margin of the Curragh north of Killane river, between Ballacain and Sandygate. I was at first of opinion that this warpy clay might represent⟳ the deposit⟳ in the stiller waters of the lake at the 40 foot level; but after re-examining the coast-sections between Jurby and Ballaugh, I concluded that it was of older date⟳, and, though probably of fresh-water origin, was derived direct⟳ from the ice-sheet.”

“At the risk⟳ of sounding like⟳ a real geezer, I confess that in my lifetime I have⟳ done the following: played lacrosse with a stick⟳ made of warpy wood and gnarled natural gut at a time when STX had introdocued a flawless plastic-head lax stick⟳ with synthetic webbing; played tennis with a warpy, wooden small-head Spalding tennis racket a time when Wilson offered the all-steel T2000; went for long runs in canvas-topped Chuck Taylor All-Star sneakers at a time when adidas and Nike, among others, offered real running shoes; and skied in leather, double-lacing Humanic ski boots at a time when Lange, among others, offered buckling plastic ski boots.”

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