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Definition of Contorted

Contorted
Contorted Con*tort"ed, a. 1. Twisted, or twisted together. ``A contorted chain of icicles.' --Massinger. 2. (Bot.) (a) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants. (b) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute [ae]stivation.
Contort
Contort Con*tort", v. t. [L. contortus, p. p. of contorquere to twist; con- + torquere to twist. See Torture.] To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest. The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. --Ray. Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Meaning of Contorted from wikipedia

- Look up contort or contortion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contortion is an act of twisting and deforming. Contortion may also refer to: Contortion...
- Contorts (arguably) is a portmanteau, or a combination of "contracts" and "torts" originated by Grant Gilmore in his book The Death of Contract. The generally...
- "Quintuplets 2000" (also known as "Contorting Quintuplets 2000" in some syndicated markets and "Quintuplets" on the South Park Studios website) is the...
- In organic chemistry, contorted aromatics, or more precisely contorted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in...
- more disease resistant. 'Tortuosa' is an upright tree with twisted and contorted branches, marketed as cork**** willow. Yet other weeping willow cultivars...
- Duméril & Bibron, 1853 Ancistrodon contortrix — Baird, 1854 Agkistrodon contorting Abbott, 1869 (ex errore) Ancistrodon atrofuscus — Cope, 1875 Agkistrodon...
- marble, calcite, obsidian, and opal, and misleadingly to materials with contorted banding, such as "cave onyx" and "Mexican onyx". Onyx comes through Latin...
- broadleaf evergreen tree in the family Ericaceae. It has waxy foliage, a contorted growth habit, and flaky bark. It is native to the western coastal areas...
- (NBA). He gained the nickname "Plastic Man" due to his athletic ability to contort his body. He was also an ****istant coach at his alma mater UNLV under coach...
- most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions. Born February 6, 1736, in the southwestern...