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† enˈtortill, v. Obs.
Also 7 entortle, intortle, -tell.
[ad. F. entortiller, f. en (see en-) + tortiller to twist, ad. late L. tortillāre, f. tort-us, pa. pple. of torquēre to twist.]
trans. To entwine, coil.
1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. ii. 143 The red scarlet lace of Christs blood, must be entortled and interwoven into a bracelet. 1652Sclater 2nd Cir. Auth., Ep. Ded., All which, so intortelled as they are within each other, etc. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xxviii. (1663) 110 His tail might be some twenty fathoms long, and was entortilled about such another Monster.
Hence † enˈtortilled, ppl. a., † entortiˈllation, Obs., the action of twisting or entwining.
1629J. Maxwell tr. Herodian (1635) 236 By which darke and intortled Speeches he meant they should rather ghesse at what was done, than directly understand him. a1631Donne tr. Aristeas' Septuagint (1633) 47 Borders, Raysings, Flowries, Wrappings, Entortilations and such like. |