dwine /dwaɪn/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(rare) Decline, wane.They stopped only when they came to the first deep pools gleaming with oily reflections in the dwine of the daylight. — 2009 verb1 •To wither, decline, pine away.Without visible mark or sign she was elf-shot; and the proof of this appeared from her going off her milk, dwining away, and dying before her calves could be counted on the hooves of one foot. — 1897 formsdwined · dwining · dwines