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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1692
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(Twyner,) Twiner, n. Pl. also twynrys. [Twyn(e n.] a. pl. A pair of pincers. b. ? One who binds cut hay into sheaves. —a. 1513 Doug. xii vii 55 (Ruddim.).
For to seik the schaft on euery syde Wyth his twynrys [L. forcipe; C. wynrys] and grippand turkes sle, To thrist the hede, and draw furth pressis he —b. 1692 Foulis Acc. Bk. 148.
For a quart eall for the mawers and twiners of the hay
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