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Raddle :: Raddle (v. t.) To interweave or twist together.

Torque :: Torque (n.) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis..

Entwine :: Entwine (v. i.) To be twisted or twined.

Twist :: Twist (n.) A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like..

Cord :: Cord (n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together..

Gnarl :: Gnarl (n.) a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree..

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

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver..

Winding :: Winding (a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.

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..

Gnarly :: Gnarly (a.) Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

Contortion :: Contortion (n.) A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face..

Skew :: Skew (a.) Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.

Twist :: Twist (n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

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

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

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

Set :: Set (n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring..

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

Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

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