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Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares..

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

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

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..

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking..

Twine :: Twine (n.) A twist; a convolution.

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..

Sleave :: Sleave (n.) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.

Twist :: Twist (n.) A little twisted roll of tobacco.

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

Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes..

Cotton :: Cotton (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half..

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

Twist :: Twist (n.) A beverage made of brandy and gin.

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver..

Raw :: Raw (superl.) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.

Elflock :: Elflock (n.) Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves..

Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..

Withe :: Withe (n.) A band consisting of a twig twisted.

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