Definition of Twinings

1. Noun. (plural of twining) ¹

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Definition of Twinings

1. twining [n] - See also: twining

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twinings

twinflower
twinflowers
twinge
twinged
twingeing
twinges
twinging
twinhull
twinhulled
twinhulls
twinier
twiniest
twinight
twining
twiningly
twinings (current term)
twinjet
twinjets
twink
twinked
twinkie
twinkies
twinking
twinkle
twinkle toes
twinkled
twinkler
twinklers
twinkles
twinklier

Literary usage of Twinings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"In addition to autonomous movements in one plane we have also autonomous movements in space, such as torsions and twinings. Examples of this type of ..."

2. Reports of Cases in Chancery, Argued and Determined in the Rolls Court by Charles Beavan, Henry Bickersteth Langdale, John Romilly Romilly, Chaloner William Chute (1848)
"Ultimately, however, twinings consented to the arrangement; and on the 30th of December, Price went into Cornwall to complete the transfer. ..."

3. The Household Narrative of Current Events by Charles Dickens (1855)
"twinings' clerks hailed a Hansom cab near the Bank of England, ... twinings. After depositing his Norfolk- street fare at a railway station, ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"Thomas Twining, a connection of the twinings of the Strand, painted by JJ Halls, a reproduction of which may be found in my Short Account of ' twinings in ..."

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