a. rare. Also 9 twiney. [f. TWINE sb.1 or v.1 + -Y.] a. Of the nature of, or resembling, twine. b. Characterized by, or suggestive of, twining.

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1620.  Quarles, Jonah (1638), 12. Arise O Sleeper,… Theres not a twiny thred ’twixt death and thee.

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1771.  J. Foot, Penseroso, V. 203. Whilst swelling nets Their twiny bondage spread.

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c. 1868.  G. H. Kingsley, Sport & Trav., iii. (1900), 56. Wait till you feel a twiney and twisty sensation which informs you of uneasiness at the other end [of the fishing-line]. Ibid. (c. 1870), v. 133. His subtle, twisty and twiny mind.

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1902.  Westm. Gaz., 20 March, 3/2. The fichu should be of Alençon lace in the cream or twiny tones.

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