Distortion: alternatives and connections

A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or…

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

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The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

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To growl; to snarl.

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A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

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The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn…

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To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

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of Warp

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Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

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A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

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Defect; want; lack; default.

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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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The state of being impaired; injury.

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Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person'…

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To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

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To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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Distorted; misshapen.

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Distorted; misshapen.

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To make false; to represent falsely.

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To make false; to represent falsely.

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.

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The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed.

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Excessive refinement.

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of Strain

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Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.

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of Twist

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