Dwine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dwaɪn/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Dwine is a verb meaning (archaic outside Scotland and dialects) To wither, decline, pine away.
Meaning
(archaic outside Scotland and dialects) To wither, decline, pine away.
More Meanings
- (rare) Decline, wane.
Example Sentences
They stopped only when they came to the first deep pools gleaming with oily reflections in the dwine of the daylight.
Without visible mark or sign she was elf-shot; and the proof of this appeared from her going off her milk, dwining away, and dying before her calves could be counted on the hooves of one foot.
Old Mrs. Jennery, of Springholm, never had a daughter of her own, neither had her son, the father of the twin lads whom he left to his mother's care when he died of the dwine, as the country-folk called it.
Word Forms
- dwines
- dwining
- dwined
Synonyms for dwine
Depending on context, synonyms include dwindling, dwining.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dwaum, drap, dawner, drant, drawk, drinck.
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