单词 | outtwine |
释义 | † outtwinev. Obsolete. transitive. = untwine v. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > twist out or up to wring outc1420 to wring upc1440 wrestc1450 outtwinea1500 throwa1500 outwrest1590 twine1600 screw1611 to ply out1668 wrench1726 the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > uncoil or unwind [verb (transitive)] > untwine or untwist untwinec1407 outtwinea1500 untwist1538 unknit1599 unravel1603 ravel1607 spret1832 a1500 (c1380) G. Chaucer To Rosemounde 11 Your seemly voys, that ye so smal outtwyne [rhyme tyne], Maketh my thoght in joye and blis habounde. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xi. xliii. 204 He stopt, and from the wound the reed out twinde, But left the iron in his flesh behinde. a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 346 Now come again to this right Constantine Whom vile Romanus basely did out twine. 1829 J. G. Whittier Ambition in Study Whittier's Apprenticeship (1930) 193 Thy golden dreams of childhood—Thy thoughts of tender hours! Outtwine them from thy spirit now, They mar its sterner powers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < v.a1500 |
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