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Tortive :: Tortive (a.) Twisted; wreathed.

Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares..

Twining :: Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant..

Slub :: Slub (v. t.) To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.

Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

Mask Shell :: Mask shell () Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture..

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff..

Twist :: Twist (v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others..

Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) See Sleave, untwisted thread..

Untwist :: Untwist (v. t.) To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine..

Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..

Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla..

Torque :: Torque (n.) A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons..

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..

Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..

Cablelaid :: Cablelaid (a.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable..

Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.

Hardspun :: Hardspun (a.) Firmly twisted in spinning.

Whiplash :: Whiplash (n.) The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted..

Disentwine :: Disentwine (v. t.) To free from being entwined or twisted.

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