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Winding :: Winding (a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.

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..

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Deplication :: Deplication (n.) An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting..

Wriggle :: Wriggle (v. t.) To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm..

Twining :: Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant..

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

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..

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

Levogyrate :: Levogyrate (a.) Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc..

Struggle :: Struggle (v. i.) To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body..

Volvulus :: Volvulus (n.) Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing obstruction; ileus. See Ileus.

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

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

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