单词 | twindle |
释义 | twindlen. Now dialect. a. = twin n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > twins twinsc1290 twinlinga1382 double1413 twindle1526 twains1580 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring > multiple offspring: twins twinsc1290 twinlinga1382 twindle1526 twin1569 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > twins > a twin twinlinga1382 twinc1440 twindle1674 birth partner1870 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring > multiple offspring: twins > twins: one of twinlinga1382 twinc1440 twindle1674 1526 R. Whitford tr. Martiloge 45 A woman..with her two chylder twyndles. ?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. Aiiiv Romulus & Remus bredyrne & twyndels. 1642 in Collins Kirkburton Regrs. (1887) I. 237 Thomas and Elizabeth children of Thomas Hepworth beinge twindles. 1674 R. Lowe Lancs. Diary (1877) 40 Ffriday. was buryed a twindle of John Leylands… Lords day. was buryd the other twindle of John Leylands. a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Twindles, twins. Lanc. 1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. Twindles, twins. b. attributive. = twin adj. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > duality > [adjective] > composed of two constituents twin1584 twiform1607 twofolda1616 twindle1636 twi-natured1868 twi-shaped1875 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker H ij I dream'd my husband, when he came first a woing, cam i' the liknes of a Kentish twindle Pippen; that is, just as if two stones grew together. Derivatives twindle v. (also twinnel) (intransitive) to bring forth twins: = twin v.2 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > be confined [verb (intransitive)] > give birth > multiple birth twin1573 twindle1845 1845 Thornber Penny Stone ii. 14 Mother Cowburne has twinnelled. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). twindlev.2 intransitive. Used by G. M. Hopkins: probably a blend of twist v. and dwindle v.Apparently an isolated use. Π 1881 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 89 A windpuff-bonnet of fáwn-fróth Turns and twindles over the broth Of a pool so pitchblack, féll-frówning. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1526v.21881 |
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