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Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness..

Cordeling :: Cordeling (a.) Twisting.

Speeder :: Speeder (n.) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.

Torsion :: Torsion (n.) The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction..

Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out..

Reim :: Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc..

Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair..

Reamer :: Reamer (n.) One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc..

Intertwistingly :: Intertwistingly (adv.) By intertwisting, or being intertwisted..

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..

Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

Twist :: Twist (n.) That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts..

Twister :: Twister (n.) The instrument used in twisting, or making twists..

Contortion :: Contortion (n.) A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face..

Twisting :: Twisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twis.

Twist :: Twist (n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.

Entwinement :: Entwinement (n.) A twining or twisting together or round; union.

Set :: Set (n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring..

Twitch :: Twitch (n.) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation..

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint..

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