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Cable :: Cable (n.) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding..

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

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

Crincum :: Crincum (n.) A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey.

Spiration :: Spiranthy (n.) The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.

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

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

Twister :: Twister (n.) A girder.

Kink :: Kink (v. i.) To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread..

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

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

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

Slub :: Slub (v. t.) To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.

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..

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

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form..

Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.

Auger :: Auger (n.) A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge..

Curl :: Curl (n.) To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair..

Tortile :: Tortile (a.) Twisted; wreathed; coiled.

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