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Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) A violent twist, or a pull with twisting..

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

Twist :: Twist (n.) That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts..

Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.

Wring :: Wring (v. i.) To writhe; to twist, as with anguish..

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

Hurl :: Hurl (v. t.) To twist or turn.

Cruller :: Cruller (n.) A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat..

Pirl :: Pirl (v. t.) To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines..

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

Monkey''s Puzzle :: Monkey's puzzle () A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted as to puzzle a monkey to climb. The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pi–on by the Chilians..

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

Pretzel :: Pretzel (n.) A kind of German biscuit or cake in the form of a twisted ring, salted on the outside..

Withe :: Withe (n.) A band consisting of a twig twisted.

Sliver :: Sliver (n.) A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning..

Candle :: Candle (n.) A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light..

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

Throstle :: Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise..

Reamer :: Reamer (n.) One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc..

Twiste :: Twiste () imp. of Twist.

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