2. Noun. The action or situation of something that entwines. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Entwining
1. entwine [v] - See also: entwine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entwining
Literary usage of Entwining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words by Alexander Carmichael (1900)
"THE TREE-entwining IVY I WILL pluck the tree-entwining ivy, As Mary plucked with
her one hand, As the King of life has ordained, To put milk in udder and ..."
2. Short Patent Sermons by Elbridge Gerry Paige (1845)
"surround and grace the parent tree, like ivy entwining and adorning the time-scathed
oak. So mote it he! INCONSTANCY. TEXT.—I hate inconstancy—I loath, ..."
3. Short Patent Sermons by Elbridge Gerry Paige (1845)
"... and grace the parent tree, like ivy entwining and adorning the time-scathed oak.
So mote it be! INCONSTANCY. TEXT.—I hate inconstancy—I loath, detest, ..."
4. Carrs Lane Hymn Book (1908)
"... the good, the true; In love their names enshrining, We take the blessing given;
Our lives, with theirs entwining, We give to truth and heaven. ..."
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