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a. & n. from Twist. Twisting pair. (Kinematics) See under Pair, n., 7.

By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.

The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.

A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself. Untwisting his deceitful clew. Spenser.

A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face. Swift. All the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration. Burke.

Twisting.

An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.

The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

A twining or twisting together or round; union. Bp. Hacket.

in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out. Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.

on to pump rods at a distance. Raymond. -- Flat rope, a rope made by plaiting instead of twisting; gasket; sennit.

his commission as colonel of the regiment. [Eng.] -- Gold thread. (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold. Ure. (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant (Coptis trifolia), so called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in marshy places in the United…

A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written grummet.

A winding, bending, or twisting.

The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out. [Eng.]

A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc. [Written also lævogyrate.]

The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.

The act of untwisting, or of disentangling.