re-twist, v.
(riː-)
[re- 5 a.]
To twist again.
| 1835 Ure Philos. Manuf. 248 The cost of re-winding and re-twisting..[is] about 5s. 1839 ― Dict. Arts 1115 The throwster re-winds and re-twists it upon the spinning mill. 1868 Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 286 A second machine to retwist together two threads already twisted separately, thus producing organzine. |