Vocabulary : Twister to Twite
Twister : One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving. ;; The instrument used in twisting, or making twists. ;; A girder. ;; The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.Twistical : Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.
Twisting : of Twist ;; a. & n. from Twist.
Twit : To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.
Twitch : To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes. ;; The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve. ;; A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side. ;; A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.
