To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
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Distorted; misshapen.
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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
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A twist; a convolution.
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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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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A small pool of standing water; a puddle.
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To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.
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To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a s…
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To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an en…
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To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.
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A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.
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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…
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To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.
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To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.
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To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
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To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.
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That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…
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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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A twist; a convolution.
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