Meaning of atwain | Babel Free

Definitions

Into two parts.

archaic, not-comparable

Examples

“[S]uch ſmiling rogues as theſe, / Like⟳ Rats oft bite⟳ the holy cords a twaine, / Which are t' intrince, t' vnlooſe: […]”

“Clear-headed friend, whose joyful scorn, / Edged with sharp laughter, cuts atwain / The knots that tangle human creeds, / The wounding cords that bind⟳ and strain⟳ / The heart until it bleeds, […]”

“[…] a much wider valley into which a great reef of rocks thrust out from the high mountain, so that the northern half of the said vale was nigh cleft atwain by it;”

“You must believe⟳ me that on this street, neither in the houses which line it, nor the cobblestones which pave it, nor the elevated structure⟳ which cuts it atwain, neither in any creature that bears a name⟳ and lives thereon, neither in any animal, bird or insect passing through it to slaughter or already slaughtered, is there hope⟳ of “lubet,” “sublimate” or “abominate.””

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