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Speeder :: Speeder (n.) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.

Raveling :: Raveling (n.) The act of untwisting or of disentangling.

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..

Twister :: Twister (n.) The instrument used in twisting, or making twists..

Volvulus :: Volvulus (n.) Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing obstruction; ileus. See Ileus.

Twisting :: Twisting () a. & n. from Twist.

Twine :: Twine (n.) To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen..

Twist :: Twist (n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.

Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.

Torque :: Torque (n.) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis..

Twitch :: Twitch (n.) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form..

Reamer :: Reamer (n.) One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc..

Throstle :: Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise..

Wring :: Wring (n.) A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping..

Winding :: Winding (a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.

Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair..

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached..

Torsion :: Torsion (n.) The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction..

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