Word Finder - twine

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A twist; a convolution.

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A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.

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The act of twining or winding round.

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Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.

He handed the ball of twine to her.

She wound the twine around her finger.

She plucked a piece of twine from the hay on the floor.

The roll of twine was getting small, and it was a nuisance to hold the spool while trying to turn pages, so she unrolled the rest of the twine and tied the end around her waist.

He tugged at the twine around her waist.

The principal industries include paper-making, brewing, the making of nets and twine, bricks, tiles and pottery, tanning and oil-refining, besides saltworks and seed-crushing works.

Rope and twine making, iron-founding and brewing are carried on, and the town has long been famous for its gingerbread.

In 1910 a binding twine factory was established in the prison.

He tugged on the twine.

When they reached the beginning, he sawed the twine in two, freeing the tree.

Brooklyn is also an important place for the milling of coffee and spices (the 1905 product was valued at $15,274,092), the building of small boats, and the manufacture of foundry and machine shop products, malt liquors, barrels, shoes, chemicals, paints, cordage, twine, and hosiery and other knitted goods.

Megan dropped the twine on a shelf beside the door and stepped outside to welcome Clara.

The sun was directly overhead when the twine was stretched as far as she could go.

It was tempting to untie the twine from her waist and wander a little further, but the forest was too confusing.

Even now she wouldn't be sure which way to go back to the cabin if the twine didn't indicate the direction.

In the manufacture of these the substances were reduced to the form of slender filaments, shreds, rods, splints, yarn, twine and sennit or braid.

The principal buildings are the market-house and town hall, and the industries include distilling, brewing, tanning, the making of net, rope and twine and woollen manufactures.

The industries include salmon fishing, deep-sea fishing, the making of rope and twine and the freestone quarries of the neighbourhood.

The parts of the leaf are frequently transformed into tendrils, with the view of enabling the plants to twine round others for support.

The Shawsheen river supplies power for a considerable manufacturing industry (twine, woollens and rubber goods being manufactured) in the villages of Andover, Ballardville and Frye.

In 1890 the operatives in the jute and hemp industry numbered 39,885, and in 1901 they were (including workers in canvas, sacking, sailcloth, rope, twine, mats, cocoa fibre) 46,550.

A silk ribbon was tied to the end of the twine next the hand, and a key suspended at the junction of the twine and silk.

To keep the silk ribbon dry, he stood within a door, taking care that the twine did not touch the frame of the door; and when the thunder-clouds came over the kite he watched the state of the string.

At last, however, he saw the loose filaments of the twine standing out every way, and he found them to be attracted by the approach of his finger.

Tie some butchers twine around each shank.

Tie the packets closed with a piece of kitchen twine.

When the meat is cool, gently pat away the excess oil on the surface and cut away the twine.

Curly ribbon is a perennial favorite, but simple colored twine or yarn can make a nice complement to your decor.

The two recurring melodies twine around each other in an elegant dance that adds to the depth of emotion.

She darted for the door and tripped over a piece of twine, plunging to the hay.

As she sorted through the items, she noticed two spools of twine.

After Megan saw her off, she returned to the shed and retrieved the twine.

Carefully, she wound the twine around the broken broom handle, tying the two ends when she started on the second spool.

At the path entrance, she tied one end of the twine around a tree and started down the trail, allowing the twine to unwind from the handle as she did so.

In one smooth movement he jerked the machete from the log and chopped the twine in two.

As they reached the clearing, Justin stooped and retrieved the twine, winding it into a ball as they continued back toward the house.

Selby is the centre of a rich agricultural district, and its industries include rope and twine making, flax-scutching, boatbuilding, iron-founding, tanning and brewing.

The city has a considerable trade with the surrounding country, in which large quantities of tobacco and hemp are produced; its manufactures include lumber, brooms, chairs, shoes, hemp twine, canned vegetables and glass bottles.

Instead of the expensive mile-long stout hemp lines used and since 1887 those of the prince of Monaco in his yachts, as by Ross, Maury introduced a ball of strong twine attached to a well as numerous Danish vessels in the sea between Iceland and cannon shot, which ran it out rapidly; when the bottom was Greenland, conspicuous amongst which were the expeditions reached the twine was cut and the depth deduced from the length in1896-1898on board the " Ingolf."

To do this with a heavy lead Sea in 1895-1898, while the Russians investigated the Black attached required a very strong hemp line, and the twine used Sea in 1890-1893.

The northern Algonquin and Iroquoian tribes practised similar arts, and in the Atlantic states wove robes of animal and bird skins by cutting the latter into long strips, winding these strips on twine of hemp, and weaving them by the same processes employed in their basketry.

In northern Mexico net-work, rude lace-work in twine, are followed farther south, where finer material existed, by figured weaving of most intricate type and pattern; warps were crossed and wrapped, wefts were omitted and texture changed, so as to produce marvellous effects upon the surface.

When used to hunt rabbits it is provided with a muzzle, or, better and more usual, a cope, made by looping and knotting twine about the head and snout, in order to prevent it killing its quarry, in which case it would gorge itself and go to sleep in the hole.

Among its manufactures are cotton goods, iron, lumber, nets and twine, bricks, and carriages and wagons.

One of the big 10,000-acre farms will use up two car-loads of twine in a single harvest, enough to lay a line around the whole coast of England, Ireland and Scotland.

The baler packs the hay tight in bales and the bales are tied with two loops of baling twine.

The reed was attached to the purlins under strips of split hazel, which were then tied down with hemp twine.

First we analyze the motion of the twine of a sewing machine.

A Fisherman's Knot is formed from two identical overhand knots pushed together but it is only suitable for small diameter ropes or twine.

A single sweet pea plant is tied onto each cane using twine or sweet pea rings.