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单词 twiner
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twinern.

Brit. /ˈtwʌɪnə/, U.S. /ˈtwaɪnər/
Etymology: < twine v.1 + -er suffix1.
1. One who or that which twines; esp. one who or a machine which twines or spins thread: see quot. 1891.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine
twiner1611
twistera1703
filatory?18..
iron man1827
spinner1875
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > one who
spinner1393
twister1579
twisterer1725
yarn-spinner1813
twiner1885
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Retordeur, a twister, twiner; a wrester, a retorter.
1708 W. Sewel Large Dict. Eng. & Dutch ii Twynder, a twiner, throster.
1864 A. Jeffrey Hist. Roxburghshire IV. ii. 117 In 1810 the twiner was invented by William Johnstone, Galashiels.1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Oct. 7/2 The Huddersfield operative cotton twiners, after being out on strike.. resumed work yesterday.1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Twiners, operative spinners who double yarn which has been spun by the common spinners.
2. A plant of twining habit.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [noun] > creeping, climbing, or spiring > creeping or climbing plant
wind1538
clamberer1597
creeper1626
winder1626
climber1640
convolvula1675
vine1708
runner1731
parasite1813
groundling1822
twiner1830
scrambler1902
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 32 Schizandra is scarcely a twiner.
1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) vii. 198 Plants became twiners..by the increase of a tendency to slight and irregular revolving movements.
1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. ii. xiii. 405 Twiners are distinguished from proper climbers by the absence of any special organs, other than the stem itself, for grasping supports.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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