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Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting..

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

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

Detortion :: Detortion (n.) The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping..

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) A violent twist, or a pull with twisting..

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..

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

Torque :: Torque (n.) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis..

Intorsion :: Intorsion (n.) A winding, bending, or twisting..

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

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

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..

Wring :: Wring (n.) A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping..

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..

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

Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.

Twisting :: Twisting () a. & n. from Twist.

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

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material..

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached..

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