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Thread :: Thread (n.) A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted..

Crankle :: Crankle (n.) A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.

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..

Crewel :: Crewel (n.) Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery..

Doublethreaded :: Doublethreaded (a.) Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

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

Water Tu Twist :: Water tu twist () Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame..

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

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

Meander :: Meander (v. t.) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous..

Twister :: Twister (n.) The instrument used in twisting, or making twists..

Untwirl :: Untwirl (v. t.) To untwist; to undo.

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..

Slue :: Slue (v. t.) In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round..

Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.

Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.

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

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..

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..

Rawhide :: Rawhide (n.) A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted..

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