nonce-wd. [As if f. *warp vb., evolved from MOULDWARP.] The mole’s action of throwing up earth into mole-hills.
1829. [J. L. Knapp], Jrnl. Naturalist, 147. I am not aware of any benefit occasioned by their [the moles’] presence; their warpings certainly give our pastures in the spring a very unsightly appearance.
