Kink: alternatives and connections

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

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See Creese.

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To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

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To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

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Difficulty.

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The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…

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One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

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To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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A folding or fold; a plait.

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An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.

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See Waive.

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One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.

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Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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

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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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

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A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some cl…

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The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.

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To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

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To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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See Friz, v. t. & n.

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To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle.

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A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.

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To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

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

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