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twistify, v. U.S. dial. and colloq. ? Obs.|ˈtwɪstɪfaɪ|
[f. twisty a. + -fy. Cf. twistification.]
trans. To make twisty (lit. and fig.); to twist. Hence ˈtwistified, ˈtwistifying ppl. adjs.
1835R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk Hollow I. xix. 254 The path is astonishing twistified, and not fit for horse. 1843‘J. Slick’ High Life in N.Y. I. 148 There was the fat nigger a twistifying his whip-lash round the horses' heads. 1845in C. Cist Cincinnati Misc. I. 167, I knew..an individual..who possessed this twistifying talent in high perfection... Many amusing stories of his faculty of shifting have been told me. 1872Newton Kansan 17 Oct. 4/3 [The Republicans] repudiate his twistified explanations now. |