Meaning of in twain | Babel Free

Definitions

In two, in halves, into two parts, asunder

archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“When the masked stranger hew with his axe, the baker's head did split⟳ in twain and his body fell like⟳ a lump to the ground in turn⟳.”

“And when cold Winter ſplit the Rocks in twain, And Ice the running Rivers did reſtrain, He ſtripp’d the Bears-foot of its leafy Growth,”

“It was an anomalous situation. Precedents, there were none. No state ever before had been rent⟳ in twain.”

“[…]shortly, it will rend my loins in twain, burst⟳ forth, and pull⟳ us down, down, down into the deep, dark waters of commitment.”

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