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  • noun Plural form of vine.

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Examples

  • The genuine reading is not _marrows, veins_, but _marrows_, vines: the sense is this; _O nature! cease_ to _produce men, ensear thy womb_; but if thou wilt continue to produce them, at least cease to pamper them; _dry up thy marrows_, on which they fatten with _unctuous morsels_, thy _vines_, which give them _liquorish draughts_, and thy _plow-torn leas_.

    Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

  • The color of the vines is a red brown .... the clouds and sky were spectacular .... the ground was cold and damp as I lay on my belly.

    Vineyard Visuals 2009

  • The color of the vines is a red brown .... the clouds and sky were spectacular .... the ground was cold and damp as I lay on my belly.

    Vineyard Visuals: Wolffer Estate Through the Growing Season (November 19) 2007

  • The color of the vines is a red brown .... the clouds and sky were spectacular .... the ground was cold and damp as I lay on my belly.

    LENNDEVOURS: 2007

  • By way of intro, we are talking about a $12 to $14 Tuscan blend of younger vines from a single vineyard that is certified by demeter.

    What do you want on a back label? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

  • The picture of the vines is great -- it looks like fog to me, which would be a bit more romantic than smoke.

    coupable - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • With his shirt on, the tattoos creep above his collar, like vines from a dark place.

    Hopefulness 2010

  • Unlike most modern grapes it is a pistillate female and so needs to be planted next to male vines from a close sibling variety to achieve pollination.

    LENNDEVOURS: 2009

  • With his shirt on, the tattoos creep above his collar, like vines from a dark place.

    Hopefulness 2010

  • I love the last one (although the third with the broken windows and vines is also very good).

    "Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on. urban_decay 2010

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