Definition of twist

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Twist (n.) A little twisted roll of tobacco.

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Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..
Marline :: Marline (v.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting..
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..
Bought :: Bought (n.) A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent..
Slub :: Slub (n.) A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.
Strand :: Strand (n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed..
Torsibillty :: Torsibillty (n.) The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted..
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..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Left-handed :: Left-handed (a.) Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction..
Twist :: Twist (n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
Snakewood :: Snakewood (n.) An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents.
Cordonnet :: Cordonnet (n.) Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc..
Crispated :: Crispated (a.) Having a crisped appearance; irregularly curled or twisted.
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..
Crincum :: Crincum (n.) A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey.
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..
Slub :: Slub (v. t.) To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.
Intwist :: Intwist (v. t.) To twist into or together; to interweave.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff..
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