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- English Word Twiste Definition imp. of Twist.
- English Word Twisted Definition of Twist
- English Word Twisted Definition Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted.
- English Word Twister Definition One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
- English Word Twister Definition The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
- English Word Twister Definition A girder.
- English Word Twister Definition The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
- English Word Twistical Definition Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.
- English Word Twisting Definition of Twist
- English Word Twisting Definition a. & n. from Twist.
- English Word Twit Definition To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.
- English Word Twitch Definition To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.
- English Word Twitch Definition The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.
- English Word Twitch Definition A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.
- English Word Twitch Definition A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.
- English Word Twitch grass Definition See Quitch grass.
- English Word Twitched Definition of Twitch
- English Word Twitcher Definition One who, or that which, twitches.
- English Word Twitching Definition of Twitch
- English Word Twite Definition The European tree sparrow.