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Twire :: Twire (n.) A twisted filament; a thread.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn..

Writhe :: Writhe (v. i.) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively..

Intort :: Intort (v. t.) To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.

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..

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

Plain-laid :: Plain-laid (a.) Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage..

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..

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

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

Twiste :: Twiste () imp. of Twist.

English :: English (n.) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.

Floss :: Floss (n.) Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering..

Twistical :: Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest..

Hyalonema :: Hyalonema (n.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope..

Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A contortion, or twist..

Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..

Feaze :: Feaze (v. t.) To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope..

Worsted :: Worsted (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like..

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