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Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body..

Wind :: Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.

Displat :: Displat (v. t.) To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat.

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

Fagend :: Fagend (n.) An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect..

Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.

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

Left-handed :: Left-handed (a.) Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction..

Twister :: Twister (n.) A girder.

Intort :: Intort (v. t.) To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.

Fringe :: Fringe (n.) An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like..

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

Leaper :: Leaper (n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

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..

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

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope..

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..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) 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..

Wicking :: Wicking (n.) the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton..

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