Definition of twist

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

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Mask Shell :: Mask shell () Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
Spiration :: Spiranthy (n.) The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.
Tortility :: Tortility (n.) The quality or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed..
Cablelaid :: Cablelaid (a.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable..
Single :: Single (a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope..
Struggle :: Struggle (v. i.) To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body..
Withe :: Withe (n.) A band consisting of a twig twisted.
Streptothrix :: Streptoneura (n. pl.) An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata..
Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
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..
Raveling :: Raveling (n.) The act of untwisting or of disentangling.
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..
Tweak :: Tweak (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose..
Untwist :: Untwist (v. t.) To untie; to open; to disentangle.
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..
Unwreathe :: Unwreathe (v. t.) To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed..
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..
Twist :: Twist (n.) The form given in twisting.
Feaze :: Feaze (v. t.) To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope..
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