Twining

Definitions

1. A layout or motion that twines.
   countable
2. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. complaining or grumbling
   British, Cumbria, regional, uncountable
4. A place in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
5. A village in Mason Township and Turner Township, Arenac County, Michigan.
   countable, uncountable
6. A ghost town in Taos County, New Mexico.
   countable, uncountable
7. A neighbourhood in south-east Washington, D.C..
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In addition to autonomous movements in one plane we have⟳ also autonomous movements in space, such as torsions and twinings.”

“Canon Bryan Rowe, quoted in the article. It's going to take⟳ months to put⟳ right. But you won't hear⟳ any twining [Cumbrian dialect for moaning]. Nobody is going: 'Woe is us'. Everybody is just trying to help⟳ somebody else.”

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