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Definition of Atwain
1. adv. In twain; asunder.
Definition of Atwain
1. Adverb. (archaic) In twain; asunder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atwain
1. in two [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atwain
Literary usage of Atwain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Barn Stormers: Being the Tragical Side of a Comedy by Mrs Harcourt Williamson (1897)
"... "Such smiling rogues as these, like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain."
WHEN the doctor, who had attended Della in her late illness, was brought in, ..."
2. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1852)
"And he would not break them atwain. ... О break the hairs, Or my heart will be
torn atwain !" To the castle haU above, And many a one came mourning there, ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1862)
"... Berenger and others, but, meeting Roland, flees before him— yet in vain ; with
one blow Roland cleaves atwain man and horse. So valiant are the French, ..."
4. The Volsunga Saga by Sparling, Henry Halliday, Eiríkur Magnússon, William Morris, Jessie Laidlay Weston (1906)
"... skulls split atwain, and many a man felled to the cold earth. And now when
the fight has long dured in such wise, Sigurd goes forth before the banners, ..."
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