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By intertwining or being intertwined.

To twist together one with another; to intertwine.

To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven. Under the hospitable covert nigh Of trees thick interwoven. Milton.

To weave into a wreath; to intertwine. [R.] Lovelace.

d or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.

To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring. Pope.

o inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance. With new wine inoxicated both. Milton.

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine. Some of serpent kind . . . involved Their snaky folds. Milton.

To weave in or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving; to interlace. Down they cast Their crowns, inwove with amaranth and gold. Milton.

A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine.

States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.

A vessel for holding ale or wine; a jug. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ke fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume. Shak. Rose, rose and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp and kiss. Tennyson. Kissing comfit, a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath. [Obs or Prov. End.] Shak.

kumiss, kumish, and kumys.] Koumiss has from time immemorial served the Tartar instead of wine or spirits. J. H. Newman.

A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine.

Bacon; the flesh of swine. [Obs.] Dryden.

ike a lecher; addicted to lewdness; lustful; also, lust- provoking. "A lecherous thing is wine." Chaucer. -- Lech"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Lech"er*ous*ness, n.

That which settles at the bottom, as, of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural. [Lees occurs also as a form of the singular.] "The lees of wine." Holland. A thousand demons lurk within the lee. Young. The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of. Sha…

The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out. Dryden. A heathen sacrifice or libation to the earth. Bacon.

; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story. -- Life"less*ly, adv. -- Life"less*ness, n.