n. n. n. In Venetian and old English glasses, any one of the spiral lines, of various colors, frequently blown in the handles and other parts. See air-twist (with cut).n. A thread, cord, rope, or the like made of two or more strands wound one about another; anything resembling such a rope or coil.n. Specifically— A kind of strong, close silk thread used for sewing.n. A kind of cotton yarn of several varieties.n. In weaving, the warp-thread of the web.n. A loaf or roll of twisted dough baked.n. A kind of manufactured tobacco made in the form of a rope or thick cord.n. A fabric made with a double and hence heavy thread; coarse cloth. Compare twine, n., 1, and twine, adjectiven. A forked branch; a twig; a spray.n. Same as fork, 5.n. A hinge.n. An intertwining or interlacing; a knot or net, or other interwoven contrivance.n. A spiral form, disposition, or arrangement, such as may be produced by bending round both ends of an object in opposite directions; also, spiral or progressive rotary motion, or the path described by an object so moving: as, the twist given to a ball in pitching causes it to curve; the twist of a billiard-ball in play.n. Specifically, in firearms.n. The spiral formed by a groove in a rifled piece; the inclination of the grooves of a rifled piece to the axis of the bore.n. Iron and steel twisted and welded together, used as a material for gun-barrels.n. In architecture, the wind of the bed-joint of every course of voussoirs in a skew arch.n. In rope, cordage, and the like, the way in which the spiral strands are laid, the number of strands, the degree of turn of the spiral, etc.; as, these two ropes differ in their twist.n. A convolution; a curve; a flexure; a bend or turn.n. A turning about, as on a pivot or axis; a turn; a twirl.n. A wresting out of place; distortion; a wrench; a strain.n. Figuratively, a peculiar bent, turn, or cast; a variation or perversion from the usual or normal type.n. An appetite for food.n. A mixed drink: generally named from the spirit with which it is compounded.n. In dynamics, a twist-velocity.n. In mathematics:n. A torsional strain or distortion.n. A displacement along and around a screw; a translation combined with a rotation round an axis parallel to the direction of translation; in the non-Euclidean geometry, a compound of two rotations about conjugate polars to the absolute.To unite, as two or more strands or filaments, by winding one about another; hence, to form by twining or rolling into a single thread; spin.To intertwine; interweave; combine.To weave; fabricate; compose.To wreathe; wind; twine.To bend or turn spirally, as by causing both ends to revolve in opposite directions; alter in shape so that parts previously in the same straight line and plane are located in a spiral curve; also, to cause to move spirally or with a progressive rotary motion, as a ball when pitched in a curve, or a billiard-ball when Englished.To curve; bend; deflect: as, to twist a thing into a serpentine form; twisted like the letter S.To thrust out of place or shape; contort or distort; pervert; wrench; wrest; warp: used literally or figuratively.To press hard; wring.To lop, as a tree, by cutting off branches or twigs.To be intertwined or interwoven.To be wreathed or coiled; wind.To be bent round and round spirally; also, to move in such a manner or with continuous revolutions.To curve; circle; revolve; move in a circle or spiral.To be bent; turned, or contorted; writhe; squirm.To be parted or cleft in twain; be divided, severed, sundered, or separated.