Twirl: alternatives and connections

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 roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.

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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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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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A folding or fold; a plait.

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To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.

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Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flatt…

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The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a dista…

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The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor n…

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A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.

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The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.

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The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.

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Distorted; misshapen.

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Distorted; misshapen.

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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 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 whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.

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To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.

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To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.

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To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.

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To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

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To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

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To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.

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A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.

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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 whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.

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To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.

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

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of Twist

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To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

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