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lauwine

UK/ˈlɔːwɪn/US/ˈlɔ.wən/

lauwine noun: an avalanche.

Noun

lauwine (plural lauwines)

  1. (dated, poetic) An avalanche.
    • Once more upon the woody Apennine, / The infant Alps, which — had I not before / Gazed on their mightier parents, where the pine / Sits on more shaggy summits, and where roar / The thundering lauwine — might be worshipped more;[…]1812–1818, Lord Byron, “(please specify |canto=I to IV)”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by...
    • The towers of my castle of lauwines are made; / On chambers of ice their foundations are laid; / Like loftiest pyramids rising in air, / O! who but confesses my turrets are fair.1823, George Bancroft, Poems, Hilliard and Metcalf, page 10

Forms of lauwine

plurallauwines
alternative formlawine

Origin of lauwine

Borrowed by Lord Byron from German Lawine, from Late Latin lābīna, from Latin lābēs (“fall”).

Questions about lauwine

What does lauwine mean?
Lauwine means an avalanche.
What part of speech is lauwine?
Lauwine is a noun.
How do you pronounce lauwine?
Lauwine is pronounced /ˈlɔːwɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of lauwine?
The plural of lauwine is lauwines.

Words near lauwine in the dictionary

  1. Lautréamontian
  2. Lauture
  3. Lautures
  4. Lauver
  5. Lauvers
  6. lauwine
  7. lauwines
  8. Laux
  9. lauxaniid
  10. lauxaniids
  11. lauyah

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