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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally;
to convolve. |
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Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert;
as, to twist a passage cited from an author. |
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To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part
relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to
torsion; as, to twist a shaft. |
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To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by
intertexture of parts. |
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To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as,
avarice twists itself into all human concerns. |
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To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible
substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate
things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread. |
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Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another;
to wreathe; to make up. |
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To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to
twist wool or cotton. |
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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. |
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To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form
of a helix. |
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The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution;
a bending. |
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The form given in twisting. |
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That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting
parts. |
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A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding
strands or separate things round each other. |
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A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by
tailors, saddlers, and the like. |
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A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties. |
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A roll of twisted dough, baked. |
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A little twisted roll of tobacco. |
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One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly
twisted than the filling. |
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A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel
twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist. |
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The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a
cannon. |
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A beverage made of brandy and gin. |
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A twig. |
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