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irfax. Gain twist, or Gaining twist (Firearms), twist of which the pitch is less, and the inclination greater, at the muzzle than at the breech. -- Twist drill, a drill the body of which is twisted like that of an auger. See Illust. of Drill. -- Uniform twist (Firearms), a twist of which the spiral course has an equa…

The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.

The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.

Indisposition; disinclination.

Listlessness; disinclination. [Obs.] "Idleness and unlust." Chaucer.

To have an upward direction or inclination. Uprose the mystic mountain range. Tennyson.

ds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate. God hath varied their inclinations. Sir T. Browne. God hath here Varied his bounty so with new delights. Milton.

Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.

Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity. [Obs.] Hammond.

uty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires.