English

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Etymology

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twine +‎ -y

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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twiny (comparative more twiny, superlative most twiny)

  1. Tending to twine; twisting around.
    a plant with a twiny stem
  2. Made of twine; having the appearance of twine.
    • 1973, Winifred Nowottny -, Hopkins's Language of Prayer & Praise[1], page 9:
      And so one may re-read 'Epithalamion', observing that to put off bleached linen and woven woolwear and twiny boots is (even if comic) to shuffle off this mortal coil []
  3. (UK, North Country, dialect, archaic) fretful; uneasy

References

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  • John Trotter Brockett (1825) A glossary of North country words, in use, page 223