Lexicographical Neighbors of Entwisted
Literary usage of Entwisted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
""Nor half so far triumphant Bacchus drove, "With vine-entwisted reins, his frolic
team " Of tigers from the tall-topped Indian hill. ..."
2. Arcana Cœlestia: The Heavenly Arcana Contained in the Holy Scriptures Or by Emanuel Swedenborg (1874)
"1442, 1443, 2144: again, "They saw every high hill, and entry entwisted tree ...
28; where entwisted tree denotes those things which are not dictated by the ..."
3. Arcana cœlestia: or Heavenly mysteries contained in the sacred Scriptures by Emanuel Swedenborg (1863)
"795, 796, 1430, 2722, 4210; and under trees, because they were significative
according to their species, as was said above; under the entwisted oak here ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1815)
"Argent, three serpents entwisted, proper; 2. Azure, a dragon rampant, proper; 3.
Gules, a chevron —, and in chief two fleurs de his, and in base a lion ..."
5. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"Enveloped, enwrapped, entwisted, entwined, environed (fr. environne), ...
Enveloped and enwrapped are used when any charge is entwisted or entwined abort ..."
6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"Steevens considers the words “the sweet honeysuckle” as merely explanatory; and
that it is the elm which is entwisted, both by that and the ivy. ..."
7. The Talisman by Walter Scott, Dwight Holbrook (1886)
"... the graceful and richly-gemmed turban, the light hauberk of steel rings
entwisted with silver, which glanced brilliantly as it obeyed every inflection ..."
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