Obs. exc. Sc. [f. TWIN v.1 + -ING1.] The action of TWIN vv.1; parting, separation.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 396. Þe soule luueð þet bodi … & þet is eðcene iðe twinnunge.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, IV. 1303. Þe twynnynge of vs twayne Wol vs dishese and cruwellyche anoye.
c. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, 58. Cleuyng or twynnyng, þat is called rixis.
1591. R. Bruce, Serm. (Wodrow Soc.), 206. Death is a violent twinning and rugging sundrie of … the soul and the bodie.
