Twist

·noun The form given in twisting.

II. Twist ·noun A roll of twisted dough, baked.

III. Twist ·vt A Twig.

IV. Twist ·noun A little twisted roll of tobacco.

V. Twist ·noun A beverage made of brandy and gin.

VI. Twist ·noun A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.

VII. Twist ·noun The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

VIII. Twist ·noun That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.

IX. Twist ·vi To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.

X. Twist ·noun The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.

XI. Twist ·vt To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.

XII. Twist ·noun One of the threads of a warp, — usually more tightly twisted than the filling.

XIII. Twist ·noun A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.

XIV. Twist ·noun A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.

XV. Twist ·vt Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to Wreathe; to make up.

XVI. Twist ·noun A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.

XVII. Twist ·vt To wind into; to Insinuate;

— used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.

XVIII. Twist ·vt To Wreathe; to Wind; to Encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.

XIX. Twist ·vt Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to Pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an Author.

XX. Twist ·add. ·noun Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the twist of a billiard ball.

XXI. Twist ·vt To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.

XXII. Twist ·vt To Contort; to Writhe; to Complicate; to crook spirally; to Convolve.

XXIII. Twist ·add. ·noun A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked inclination; a bias;

— often implying a peculiar or unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism.

XXIV. Twist ·vt 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.

XXV. Twist ·vi To be contorted; to Writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.