单词 | twiner |
释义 | twinern. 1. One who or that which twines; esp. one who or a machine which twines or spins thread: see quot. 1891. ΘΚΠ 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. 2. A plant of twining habit. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1611 |
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