n. Brandy. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being dewy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Dwindle. ] To waste away; to pine; to languish. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + twine. Cf. Intwine. ] To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [ Written also intwine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be twisted or twined. [ 1913 Webster ]

With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A twining or twisting together or round; union. Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dwindle away; to disappear. [ Obs. ] Rom of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of intertwining, or the state of being intertwined. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Entwine. ] To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined. [ Written also entwine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be or to become intwined. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of intwining, or the state of being intwined. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disentangle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being shadowy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being sinewy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being spewy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a table wine which is not effervescent; a non-sparkling wine. [ PJC ]

n. sing. & pl. [ OE. swin, AS. swīn; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. swīn, Icel. svīn, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See Sow, n. ] (Zool.) Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog. “A great herd of swine.” Mark v. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

Swine grass (Bot.), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare); -- so called because eaten by swine. --
Swine oat (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine. --
Swine's cress (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus Senebiera (Senebiera Coronopus). --
Swine's head, a dolt; a blockhead. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --
Swine thistle (Bot.), the sow thistle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The truffle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hogsty. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hogsty. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Swine + Prov. E. crue a coop. ] A hogsty. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The wolf fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A keeper of swine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European redwing. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Piggery. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) See Stinkstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sty, or pen, for swine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. twīn, properly, a twisted or double thread; akin to D. twijn, Icel. tvinni; from twi-. See Twice, and cf. Twin. ] 1. A twist; a convolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of twining or winding round. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

Twine reeler, a kind of machine for twisting twine; a kind of mule, or spinning machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Twined p. pr. & vb. n. Twining. ] [ OE. twinen, fr. AS. twīn a twisted thread; akin to D. twijnen to twine, Icel. & Sw. tvinna, Dan. tvinde. See Twine, n. ] 1. To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me twine
Mine arms about that body. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To change the direction of. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To mingle; to mix. [ Obs. ] Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander. [ 1913 Webster ]

As rivers, though they bend and twine,
Still to the sea their course incline. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To turn round; to revolve. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any plant which twines about a support. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + twine. ] To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie. [ 1913 Webster ]

It requires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a nation to untwine the ties of custom which bind a people to the established and the old. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become untwined. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being viewy, or of having unpractical views. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel. vīn; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, &unr_;, and E. withy. Cf. Vine, Vineyard, Vinous, Withy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. “Red wine of Gascoigne.” Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Prov. xx. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape
Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol, containing also certain small quantities of ethers and ethereal salts which give character and bouquet. According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines are called red, white, spirituous, dry, light, still, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication. [ 1913 Webster ]

Noah awoke from his wine. Gen. ix. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

Birch wine,
Cape wine, etc. See under Birch, Cape, etc. --
Spirit of wine. See under Spirit. --
To have drunk wine of ape or
To have drunk wine ape, to be so drunk as to be foolish. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --
Wine acid. (Chem.) See Tartaric acid, under Tartaric. [ Colloq. ] --
Wine apple (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor. --
Wine bag, a wine skin. --
Wine biscuit, a kind of sweet biscuit served with wine. --
Wine cask, a cask for holding wine, or which holds, or has held, wine. --
Wine cellar, a cellar adapted or used for storing wine. --
Wine cooler, a vessel of porous earthenware used to cool wine by the evaporation of water; also, a stand for wine bottles, containing ice. --
Wine fly (Zool.), small two-winged fly of the genus Piophila, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other fermented liquors. --
Wine grower, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine. --
Wine measure, the measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer measure. --
Wine merchant, a merchant who deals in wines. --
Wine of opium (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary laudanum; -- also Sydenham's laudanum. --
Wine press, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are pressed to extract their juice. --
Wine skin, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various countries, for carrying wine. --
Wine stone, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See 1st Tartar, 1. --
Wine vault. (a) A vault where wine is stored. (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables; a dramshop. Dickens. --
Wine vinegar, vinegar made from wine. --
Wine whey, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) The red currant. (b) The bilberry. (c) A peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who drinks much wine. Prov. xxiii. 20. -- Wine"bib`bing n. [1913 Webster]

n. A small glass from which to drink wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

, n. pl. Wineglassfuls As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. destitute of wine; as, wineless life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. vinerie. ] A place where grapes are converted into wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Wine + sap for sop. ] A variety of winter apple of medium size, deep red color, and yellowish flesh of a rich, rather subacid flavor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Withvine. [ 1913 Webster ]