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

Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..

Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..

Devious :: Devious (a.) Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way..

Stem-winding :: Stem-winder (n.) A stem-winding watch.

Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

Winding :: Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win.

Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical..

Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.

Sinuous :: Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

Winding :: Winding (n.) A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator..

Liquidator :: Liquidator (n.) An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company..

Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring..

Flexuous :: Flexuous (a.) Having turns, windings, or flexures..

Convoluted :: Convoluted (a.) Folded in tortuous windings.

Boyau :: Boyau (n.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc..

Marl :: Marl (v. t.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding..

Labyrinthian :: Labyrinthian (a.) Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.

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