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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..

Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

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

Twist :: Twist (v. i.) To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.

Wring :: Wring (v. i.) To writhe; to twist, as with anguish..

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

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope..

Wound :: Wound () imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing..

Torsion :: Torsion (n.) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility..

Intorsion :: Intorsion (n.) A winding, bending, or twisting..

Unwind :: Unwind (v. t.) To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn..

Pirl :: Pirl (v. t.) To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines..

Flounce :: Flounce (v. i.) To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure..

Left-handed :: Left-handed (a.) Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction..

Unlay :: Unlay (v. t.) To untwist; as, to unlay a rope..

Torqued :: Torqued (a.) Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author..

Intervolve :: Intervolve (v. t.) To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.

Wreath :: Wreath (n.) Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers..

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking..

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