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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"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrown And Twisted
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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