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Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring..

Twist :: Twist (n.) A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist..

Crape :: Crape (n.) A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen..

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) A violent twist, or a pull with twisting..

Wick :: Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..

Intertwine :: Intertwine (v. i.) To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.

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

Struggle :: Struggle (v. i.) To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body..

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff..

Leaper :: Leaper (n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

Strand :: Strand (n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed..

Cordelle :: Cordelle (n.) A twisted cord; a tassel.

Whipcord :: Whipcord (n.) A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes..

Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.

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..

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..

Crispated :: Crispated (a.) Having a crisped appearance; irregularly curled or twisted.

Untwist :: Untwist (v. t.) To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine..

Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares..

Twist :: Twist (n.) A little twisted roll of tobacco.

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