Definition of twist

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Twist (n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

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Curl :: Curl (n.) To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body..
Tharms :: Tharms (n. pl.) Twisted guts.
Torque :: Torque (n.) A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons..
Slub :: Slub (n.) A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.
Bullion :: Bullion (n.) Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent..
Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..
Twisted :: Twisted (a.) Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted..
Twisted :: Twisted (imp. & p. p.) of Twis.
Intorsion :: Intorsion (n.) A winding, bending, or twisting..
Contortuplicate :: Contortuplicate (a.) Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory..
Twistical :: Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest..
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..
Ply :: Ply (v.) A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord..
Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.
Sleave :: Sleave (n.) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns..
Strepsorhine :: Strepsorhine (a.) Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.
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..
Candle :: Candle (n.) A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light..
Ravel :: Ravel (v. i.) To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
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