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Water-laid :: Water-laid (a.) Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope..

Twister :: Twister (n.) One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving..

Roll :: Roll (v.) A cylindrical twist of tobacco.

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

Twister :: Twister (n.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback..

Cordonnet :: Cordonnet (n.) Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up..

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

Twiddle :: Twiddle (n.) A slight twist with the fingers.

Wriggle :: Wriggle (v. t.) To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm..

Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking..

Wreath :: Wreath (n.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms..

Intwist :: Intwist (v. t.) To twist into or together; to interweave.

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

Top :: Top (n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft..

Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..

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..

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

Narwhal :: Narwhal (n.) An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side..

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