twist : Idioms & Phrases

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arm-twisting

  • noun persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure
    • some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result
    • no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree
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Damascus iron, ∨ Damascus twist

  • metal formed of thin bars or wires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and welded together; used for making gun barrels, etc., of high quality, in which the surface, when polished and acted upon by acid, has a damasc appearance.
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Drag twist

  • (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for cleaning drilled holes.
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Gain twist, ∨ Gaining twist

  • (Firearms), twist of which the pitch is less, and the inclination greater, at the muzzle than at the breech.
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Gaining twist

  • in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.
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Increase twist

  • the twixt of a rifle groove in which the angle of twist increases from the breech to the muzzle.
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Machine twist

  • silken thread especially adapted for use in a sewing machine.
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Mule twist

  • cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.
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Out of twist, winding, ∨ wind

  • not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; said of surfaces.
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Stub twist

  • material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined.
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thrown and twisted

  • adjective satellite twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread
    thrown.
    • thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn
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twist around

  • verb practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
    twist; convolute; pervert; sophisticate.
    • Don't twist my words
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twist bit

  • noun a bit or drill having deep helical grooves
    twist bit.
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Twist drill

  • noun a bit or drill having deep helical grooves
    twist bit.
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  • a drill the body of which is twisted like that of an auger. See Illust. of Drill.
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twist wood

  • noun vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black
    twistwood; Viburnum lantana; wayfaring tree.
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Uniform twist

  • (Firearms), a twist of which the spiral course has an equal pitch throughout.
Webster 1913

water tu twist

Wa"ter tu twist`
Definitions
  1. Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame.
Webster 1913