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[TUSKAR.] twist, *twiste, *twyst, v . t . & i. [A. S. twist =a rope; from twi =double; cogn. with Dut.twisten to quarrel, from twist = a quarrel; Dan. tviste = to strive; tvist =strife, a twist; Sw. tvista =to strive; tvist strife; Ger. zwist =a twist, discord; zwistig discordant; Icel. tvisti the two or deuce in card playing.] IMG:content-1615.png:[blocks in formation] "And these meet one with another in the space between, and are interlaced, twisted , and tied together."- P . Hol land Pliny , bk. xvii., ch. xxiii. 5. To wreathe, to wind, to encircle, to entwine. "There are pillars of smoke twisted about with wreaths of flame."- Burnet : Theory of the Earth. *6. To fabricate, to weave, to compose, to make up. "Began'st to twist so fine a story." Shakesp.: Much Ado , i. 1. *7. To wind in; to enter by winding; to insinuate. "When avarice twists itself, not only with the practice of men, but the doctrines of the church; when ecclesiastics dispute for money, the mischief seems fatal."Decay of Piety . 8. To pervert; to turn from the right or true form or meaning; as, to twist words, to twist a pa age.. To cause to turn from a straight line; as, to twist a ball in cricket. *10. To hara , to annoy, to trouble. IMG:content-1616.png:[blocks in formation] B. Intransitive : 1. To be contorted or united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted. "Too well he knows the twisting strings Of ardent hearts combined." Young: Resignation. 2. To move with a rotatory motion, or in a curved line. "The ball coraes skimming and twisting along."_ Hughes: Tom Brown's School - days , pt. ii., ch. viii. To twist round one's finger : To have completely under one's influence, power, or control; to make submi ive to one's will. twist, s. [TWIST, v.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The act of twisting; a convolution, a contortion, a flexure, a bending. "And as about a tree with many a twist Bitrent and writhe the swete wodebinde, Can eche of hem in armes other winde." Chaucer: Troilus and Cre eide , bk. iii. 2. Manner of twisting; the form given by twisting. "Jack shrunk at first sight of it; he found fault with the length, the thickne , and the twist . "-Arbuthnot: Hist. John Bull . 3. That which is formed by twisting; as(1) A cord, thread, or the like formed by twisting or winding separate things round each other. "Breaking his oath like a twist of rotten silk." Shakesp .: Coriolanus, v. 6. (2) A kind of cotton yarn of many varieties. (3) A closely-twisted strong sewing silk, used by saddlers, tailors, . (4) A kind of manufactured tobacco, rolled or twisted into the form of a thick cord. (5) A small roll of twisted dough baked. *4. A branch, a twig. "Nor twist, nor twig cut from that sacred spring." Fairfax. *5. The fourchure. "A man of common height might ensilie go vnder his twist without stooping." - Holinshed : Descript. of Britaine, ch. v. 6. A drink made of brandy and gin. ( Slang.) *7. Capacity for swallowing; appetite. "What a twist the fellow has!"- Ains worth: Rookwood. 8. A sharp pang; a twinge. II. Technically : 1. Arch.: The wind of the bed-joint of each course of vou oirs in a skew arch. 2. Cricket : A turn given by the bowler to the ball in delivering it, causing it to break away from a straight line. "The first ball of the over Jack steps out and meets, swiping with all his force. If he had only allowed for the twist /but he hasn't."-Hughes: Tom Brown's Schooldays, pt. ii., ch. viii. twitch 3. Guns & Ordn .: The spiral in the bore of a rifled gun. It is spoken of as a twist, ., as it completes that much, more or le , of a revolution in the length of the barrel. 4. Small - arms : A mode of construction of gun barrels in which the iron, in the form of a ribbon, is heated and coiled spirally around a mandrel. 5. Weav .: The warp-thread of the web. (1) Twists of the bowels . Pathol.: The accidental twisting of some portion of the intestines, generally the lower part of the ileum. (2) Twist on the shorts: Stock brokerage : A slang phrase indicating that the shorts have undersold, and the market has been manipulated so as to compel them to settle at ruinous rates. twist-drill, s. Metal -work.: A drill having a twisted body like that of an auger. *twiste, verb t . [TWIST, v .] To twitch; to pull hard. ( Chaucer .) twist-ěd, pa.par.ora. [TWIST, v.] 1. Ord. Lang .: (See the verb.) 2. Bot .: Torsive; spirally contorted. The same as contorted, except that there is no obliquity in the form or insertion of the pieces, as in the petals of Oxalis. twisted-bit, s. 1. Manége : A bit having a mouthpiece made with square sides and afterward twisted. 2. Carp .: A wood-boring tool adapted to be used in a brace. It is a form of flat bar twisted into a spiral form and provided at the ends with a cutter and routing table.