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Shell :: Shell (n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell..

Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.

Twisted :: Twisted (a.) Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted..

Caricature :: Caricature (v. t.) An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture..

Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting..

Torture :: Torture (n.) Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind..

Wrynecked :: Wrynecked (a.) Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.

Ranch :: Ranch (v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.

Tortion :: Tortion (n.) Torment; pain.

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..

Tortured :: Tortured (imp. & p. p.) of Tortur.

Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.

Retort :: Retort (v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.

Contorted :: Contorted (a.) Twisted, or twisted together..

Poler :: Poler (n.) An extortioner. See Poller.

Cruciate :: Cruciate (v. t.) To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate.

Thumbkin :: Thumbkin (n.) An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.

Alembic :: Alembic (n.) An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still..

Screw :: Screw (v. t.) To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage..

Testudineous :: Testudineous (a.) Resembling the shell of a tortoise.

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