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

Guilloche :: Guilloche (n.) An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread..

Leaper :: Leaper (n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

Displat :: Displat (v. t.) To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat.

Torque :: Torque (n.) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis..

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material..

Intertwine :: Intertwine (v. i.) To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.

Wrench :: Wrench (n.) To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence..

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

Twisting :: Twisting () a. & n. from Twist.

Festoon :: Festoon (n.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium..

Cord :: Cord (n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together..

Wry :: Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth..

Wicking :: Wicking (n.) the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton..

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.

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

Scroggy :: Scroggy (a.) Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted..

Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

Roving :: Roving (n.) The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine..

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