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Cordonnet :: Cordonnet (n.) Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc..

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..

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

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..

Worsted :: Worsted (n.) Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery..

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

Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) See Sleave, untwisted thread..

Kneck :: Kneck (n.) The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out..

Roving :: Roving (n.) The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine..

Stress :: Streptothrix (n.) A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted..

Unwind :: Unwind (v. t.) To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn..

Crewel :: Crewel (n.) Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery..

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

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

Cue :: Cue (n.) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue..

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

Twine :: Twine (n.) To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen..

Hyalonema :: Hyalonema (n.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope..

Unbone :: Unbone (v. t.) To twist about, as if boneless..

Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..

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