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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In archery, a wind blowing across the range.
  • To wind (yarn) on a reel in such a manner that the windings cross at an acute angle with the axis.
  • To twist; depart from a plane: said of a plank or platform which twists out of its plane.

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