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Wry :: Wry (a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.

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

Twirl :: Twirl (n.) A twist; a convolution.

Curl :: Curl (n.) To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair..

Writhen :: Writhen (a.) Having a twisted distorted from.

Twist :: Twist (n.) A beverage made of brandy and gin.

Wreathy :: Wreathy (a.) Wreathed; twisted; curled; spiral; also, full of wreaths..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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

Twist :: Twist (n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other..

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..

Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose..

Fagend :: Fagend (n.) An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect..

Crincum :: Crincum (n.) A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey.

Plica :: Plica (v.) A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns..

Festoon :: Festoon (n.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium..

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..

Cordeling :: Cordeling (a.) Twisting.

Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..

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