twist
verb (used with object)
to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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My father the deacon wrought him his first hose—Od, I am thinking Deacon Threeplie, the rape-spinner, will be twisting his last cravat.
From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott