Hypertext Webster Gateway: "twister"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Twister \Twist"er\, n.
1. One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation
is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of
another, in weaving.
2. The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the
twine. --Wallis.
3. (Carp.) A girder. --Craig.
4. (Man.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to
rest upon when on horseback. --Craig.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
twister
n 1: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring
over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud
extending toward the ground [syn: {tornado}]
2: small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer
than doughnuts [syn: {cruller}]
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