Used by Purvey to translate refrenantem of the Vulgate. ? Turning awry.

The action of distorting, or condition of being distorted, or twisted awry or out of shape; spec. a condition of the body or any limb, in which it…

The fact or condition of being wry or distorted; distortion, twisting.

The action of twisting or writhing; the fact of being twisted; distortion by twisting.

= distorting n. adj., distortion, n.

The action of the verb, in various senses; the fact of being wrung.

Wringing, screwing; spiral turning; contortion, distortion; figurative perversion or wresting of sense; slang, a scolding; a trouncing.

(a) a twisting of the surface of masonry, or the like; (b) the winding of yarn on a reel in such a way that the strands of one layer cross those of…

A twisting; a twisted object or part.

In physical sense: Distortion. Now rare or Obsolete.

A twist, a turn. literal and figurative. rare.