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To twist or wreathe round; to intwine. Shak.

One who favors the practice of fallowing land. [R.] Sinclair.

In the manner of fess.

With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise.

To wish beforehand.

In the manner of a gate. Three circles of stones set up gatewise. Fuller.

In the manner of a guest.

One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.

To twist together one with another; to intertwine.

By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.

To wish mutually in regarded to each other. [Obs.] Donne.

To twist into or together; to interweave. [Written also entwist.]

Indeed; truly. See Ywis. [Written also iwys, iwisse, etc.] [Obs.] Ascham.

Same as Juise. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish. -- Jew"ish*ly, adv. -- Jew"ish*ness, n.

nces with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri. The date of the first of Tishri, or the Jewish New Year, is also given for the Jewish years 5661-5696 (1900- 1935 a. d.). From these tables it is possible to transform any Jewish date into Christian, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d.

Same as Juise. Chaucer.

That which is restless and uneasy.

At least; at all events. [Colloq.] At leastways, or At leastwise, at least. [Obs.] Fuller.

In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.