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Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..

Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness..

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint..

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

Twisting :: Twisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twis.

Twining :: Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant..

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

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

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material..

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..

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

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..

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

Kneck :: Kneck (n.) The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out..

Detortion :: Detortion (n.) The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping..

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

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..

Twist :: Twist (n.) The form given in twisting.

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..

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..

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