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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Twiddle :: Twiddle (n.) A slight twist with the fingers.
Cotton :: Cotton (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half..
Disentwine :: Disentwine (v. t.) To free from being entwined or twisted.
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth..
Sleave :: Sleave (n.) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
Twister :: Twister (n.) A girder.
Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
Grommet :: Grommet (n.) A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written grummet..
Kink :: Kink (v. i.) To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread..
Torqued :: Torqued (a.) Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S..
Plica :: Plica (v.) A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait..
Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose..
Raddle :: Raddle (v. t.) To interweave or twist together.
Strepsorhine :: Strepsorhine (a.) Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.
Wreathy :: Wreathy (a.) Wreathed; twisted; curled; spiral; also, full of wreaths..
Raw :: Raw (superl.) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.
Scroggy :: Scroggy (a.) Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted..
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