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Abstorted
Abstorted Ab*stort"ed, a. [As if fr. abstort, fr. L. ab, abs + tortus, p. p. of torquere to twist.] Wrested away. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Bistort
Bistort Bis"tort, n. [L. bis + tortus, p. p. of torquere to twist: cf. F. bistorte.] (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent.
Bistorta
Bistort Bis"tort, n. [L. bis + tortus, p. p. of torquere to twist: cf. F. bistorte.] (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent.
Distort
Distort Dis*tort", a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.] Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.] Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. --Spenser.
Distort
Distort Dis*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.] 1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. Whose face was distorted with pain. --Thackeray. 2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. --Tillotson. 3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning. Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.
Distorted
Distort Dis*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.] 1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. Whose face was distorted with pain. --Thackeray. 2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. --Tillotson. 3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning. Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.
Distorter
Distorter Dis*tort"er, n. One who, or that which, distorts.
Distorting
Distort Dis*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.] 1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. Whose face was distorted with pain. --Thackeray. 2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. --Tillotson. 3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning. Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.
Distortion
Distortion Dis*tor"tion, n. [L. distortio: cf. F. distortion.] 1. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body. 2. A wresting from the true meaning. --Bp. Wren. 3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion. 4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
Distortive
Distortive Dis*tort"ive, a. Causing distortion.
Polygonum Bistorta
Snakeweed Snake"weed`, n. (Bot.) (a) A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta). (b) The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.
Polygonum bistorta
Adderwort Ad"der*wort`, n. (Bot.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).
Storthing
Storthing Stor"thing, n. [Norw. storting; stor great + ting court, court of justice; cf. Dan. ting, thing.] The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions.

Meaning of Stort from wikipedia

- The Storting (Norwegian: Stortinget [ˈstûːʈɪŋə]; lit. 'the Great Thing') is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution...
- The River Stort is a river in Es**** and Hertfordshire, England. It is 24 miles (38 km) long and flows from just south of the village of Langley to the...
- The Stort Navigation is the canalised section of the River Stort running 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the town of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, downstream...
- The Stort Valley Way is a long-distance footpath in west Es****, England. The 30-mile (48 km) circular path is centred on Harlow and the Stort Navigation...
- The Storting building (Norwegian: Stortingsbygningen) is the seat of the Storting, the parliament of Norway. The building is located at Karl Johans gate...
- The president (speaker) of the Storting is the presiding officer of the Storting legislature of Norway. The position was created in 1814, when the country...
- Eva Stort (1855-1936) was a German painter. Stort was born on 1 February 1855 in Berlin, Germany. She studied at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. Her teachers...
- to stay in office against the will of the Storting, the prime minister is primarily answerable to the Storting. The prime minister is almost always the...
- College sports or college athletics encomp****es non-professional, collegiate and university-level competitive sports and games. The first World University...
- Parliament, the Storting, to revise the Constitution in order to allow for a personal union with Sweden. On 4 November the Storting elected Sweden's...