n A distorting change from the original meaning. (defdate|From XVII century.)
n (US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner. (defdate|From XVIII century.)
n A violent emotional change caused by separation. (defdate|From XIX century.)
n (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body. (defdate|From XIX century.)
v (intransitive)(obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe. (defdate|From XI century.)
v (transitive) To pull or twist violently. (defdate|From XIII century.)
v (transitive)(obsolete) To turn aside or deflect. (defdate|From XIII century.)
v (transitive)(obsolete) To slander. (defdate|From XIV century.)
v (transitive)(obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch. (defdate|From XVI century.)
v (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting. (defdate|From XVI century.)
v (transitive) To distort from the original meaning. (defdate|From XVI century.)
v (transitive)(obsolete) To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion. (defdate|From XVI century.)
v (intransitive)(fencing)(obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away. (defdate|From XVIII century.)
v (transitive) To rack with pain. (defdate|From XVIII century.)
v (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist. (defdate|From XVIII century.)
v (transitive) To use the tool known as a wrench. (defdate|From XIX century.)