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Definition of Retwisted
1. retwist [v] - See also: retwist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retwisted
Literary usage of Retwisted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Cotton Fabrics Glossary by Frank P. Bennett, & Co (1914)
"This sort of yarn may or may not be retwisted, the method depending a good deal
on the amount of twist imparted, and somewhat upon the use which is to be ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... fitting the shroud or stay round it. Turning to windward, tacking frequently.
Twice laid, rope that has been unlaid and retwisted to the desired size. ..."
3. Sermons by Phillips Brooks (1896)
"Thought, as the Rabbis guided it, turned and twisted and retwisted on itself in
endless subtleties. Every hair had to be split and split again. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"... vigils in Jermyn Street; and as he took up the threads he had dropped, and as
he retwisted them, to his infinite satisfaction he admired his own work. ..."
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