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Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread..

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up..

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

Boyau :: Boyau (n.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc..

Stench :: Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch..

Bine :: Bine (n.) The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.

Stem-winding :: Stem-winder (n.) A stem-winding watch.

Convolution :: Convolution (n.) The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself..

Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Mazy :: Mazy (a.) Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error..

Creek :: Creek (n.) Any turn or winding.

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

Fake :: Fake (n.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil..

Liquidator :: Liquidator (n.) An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company..

Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..

Strewed :: Stretto (n.) In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time..

Turning :: Turning (n.) The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander..

Curl :: Curl (v.) A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form..

Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical..

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