Definition of Thrown and twisted

1. Adjective. Twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread. "Thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn"

Exact synonyms: Thrown
Language type: Archaicism, Archaism
Similar to: Tangled

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrown And Twisted

throwing
throwing away
throwing board
throwing down
throwing in the bark
throwing knife
throwing knives
throwing shapes
throwing signs
throwing stick
throwing up
throwing wheel
throwings
thrown
thrown-away(a)
thrown and twisted (current term)
thrown away
thrown down
thrown up
throws
throws away
throws down
throws up
throwster
throwsters
throwup
thru
thrue
thruly
thrum

Literary usage of Thrown and twisted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Red Badge of Courage and Four Stories by Stephen Crane (1997)
"It would have been an empty stage if it were not for a few corpses that lay thrown and twisted into fantastic shapes upon the sward. ..."

2. The Ladies' Companion (1859)
"If wound, cleaned, doubled, thrown, and twisted in one direction, it is called tram, and is used for the woof or shoot of Gros de Naples, velvets, ..."

3. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"It would have been an empty stage if it were not for a few corpses that lay thrown and twisted into fantastic shapes upon the sward. ..."

4. Earth Sculpture by James Geikie (1898)
"As the structural complexity increases, and the rocks are thrown and twisted into every possible position, the surface-features are constantly changing, ..."

5. Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club by G. H. Jack (1874)
"In this wood the trees are thrown and twisted in every direction; large trees are twisted and rent into laths. Two or more violent storms must have met here ..."

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