To twist, wring (something).
To contort (a part of the body).
(RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes)
(RQ:Noyes Poems)
To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.
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To extort.
A contortion.
The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
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