To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.
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A twist; a convolution.
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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 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 twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.
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To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
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To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
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To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.
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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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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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Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
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Alt. of Clue
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A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
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To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
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To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
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To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.
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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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To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.
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To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
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To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.
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To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
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To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.
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To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.
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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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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 mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
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A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
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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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A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
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To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.
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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 produce by drawing o…
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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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A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.
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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 unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…
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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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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
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To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
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A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
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Created; composed; begotten.
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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…
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Distorted; misshapen.
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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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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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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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Any plant which twines about a support.
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Any plant which twines about a support.
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Distorted; misshapen.
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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, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
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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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To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…
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A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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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 snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
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