Cordeling: alternatives and connections

A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face.

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…

A twining or twisting together or round; union.

To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,…

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. Sometime…

A winding, bending, or twisting.

A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.

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

Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc.

One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging…

A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc.

To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.

Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a…

A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.

To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produ…

To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differin…