v. t.
Twist it into a serpentine form. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
There are pillars of smoke twisted about with wreaths of flame. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
Was it not to this end
That thou began'st to twist so fine a story? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n.
Not the least turn or twist in the fibers of any one animal which does not render them more proper for that particular animal's way of life than any other cast or texture. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ He ] shrunk at first sight of it; he found fault with the length, the thickness, and the twist. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Gain twist,
Gaining twist
Twist drill,
Uniform twist (Firearms),
obs. imp. of Twist. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted. [ 1913 Webster ]
Twisted curve (Geom.),
Twisted surface (Geom.),
n.
He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine. Wallis. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest. [ Slang, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. from Twist. [ 1913 Webster ]
Twisting pair. (Kinematics)