twaddler
-one who prates in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed.

twaddling
-a. & n. from twaddle, v.

twaddy
-idle trifling; twaddle.

twagger
-a lamb.

twain
-two;
-- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.

twaite
-a european shad;
-- called also twaite shad. see shad.
-a piece of cleared ground. see thwaite.

twang
-a tang. see tang a state.
-to sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of a tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring twanged.
-to make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.
-a harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring.
-an affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.

twanged
-of twang

twanging
-of twang

twangle
-to twang.

twank
-to cause to make a sharp twanging sound; to twang, or twangle.

twankay
-see note under tea, n., 1.

twattle
-to prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip.
-to make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet.
-act of prating; idle talk; twaddle.

twattler
-one who twattles; a twaddler.

tway
-two; twain.

twayblade
-any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two leaves, as the species of listera and of liparis.

tweag
-to tweak.
-alt. of tweague

tweague
-a pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.

tweak
-to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.
-a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose.
-trouble; distress; tweag.
-a prostitute.

tweed
-a soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving.

tweedle
-to handle lightly;
-- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
-to twist.

tweel
-see twill.

tweer
-same as tuyere.

tweese
-alt. of tweeze

tweeze
-a surgeon's case of instruments.

tweezers
-small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.

twelfth
-next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others;
-- the ordinal of twelve.
-consisting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided.
-the quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.
-the next in order after the eleventh.
-an interval comprising an octave and a fifth.

twelfth
-cake
-an ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of twelfth
-night.

twelfth
-day
-see twelfthtide.

twelfth
-night
-the evening of epiphany, or the twelfth day after christmas, observed as a festival by various churches.

twelfth
-second
-a unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second.

twelfthtide
-the twelfth day after christmas; epiphany;
-- called also twelfth
-day.

twelve
-one more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen.
-the number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.
-a symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.

twelvemo
-see duodecimo.

twelvemonth
-a year which consists of twelve calendar months.

twelvepence
-a shilling sterling, being about twenty
-four cents.

twelvepenny
-sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.

twelvescore
-twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.

twenties
-of twenty

twentieth
-next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others;
-- the ordinal of twenty.
-consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided.
-the next in order after the nineteen; one coming after nineteen others.
-the quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole.

twenty
-one more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men.
-an indefinite number more or less that twenty.
-the number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.
-a symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.

twenty
-fourmo
-having twenty
-four leaves to a sheet; as, a twenty
-fourmo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
-a book composed of sheets, each of which is folded into twenty
-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book whose sheets are so folded;
-- usually written 24mo, or 24¡.

twentyfold
-twenty times as many.

twey
-two.

tweyfold
-twofold.

twibil
-a kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular to it.
-a tool for making mortises.
-a reaping hook.

twibilled
-armed or provided with a twibil or twibils.

twice
-two times; once and again.
-doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.

twiddle
-to touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.
-to play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
-a slight twist with the fingers.
-a pimple.

twifallow
-to plow, or fallow, a second time (land that has been once fallowed).

twifallowed
-of twifallow

twifallowing
-of twifallow

twifold
-twofold; double.

twig
-to twitch; to pull; to tweak.
-to understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?
-to observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
-a small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
-to beat with twigs.

twigged
-of twig

twiggen
-made of twigs; wicker.

twigger
-a fornicator.

twigging
-of twig

twiggy
-of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots.

twight
-to twit.
-p. p. of twitch.

twighte
-imp. of twitch.

twigless
-having no twigs.

twigsome
-full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy.

twilight
-the light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18¡ below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
-faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.
-seen or done by twilight.
-imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.

twill
-to weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
-an appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving.
-a fabric women with a twill.
-a quill, or spool, for yarn.

twilled
-of twill

twilling
-of twill

twilly
-a machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine;
-- called also twilly devil, and devil. see devil, n., 6, and willy.

twilt
-a quilt.

twin
-being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
-being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else;
-- often followed by to or with.
-double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
-composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. see twin, n., 4.
-one of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth;
-- used chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts as well as to human young.
-a sign and constellation of the zodiac; gemini. see gemini.
-a person or thing that closely resembles another.
-a compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.
-to bring forth twins.
-to be born at the same birth.
-to cause to be twins, or like twins in any way.
-to separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob.
-to depart from a place or thing.

twinborn
-born at the same birth.

twine
-a twist; a convolution.
-a strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
-the act of twining or winding round.
-to twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
-to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
-to wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
-to change the direction of.
-to mingle; to mix.
-to mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
-to wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
-to turn round; to revolve.
-to ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.

twined
-of twine

twiner
-any plant which twines about a support.

twinge
-to pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
-to affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
-to have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
-a pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
-a sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.

twinged
-of twinge

twinging
-of twinge

twining
-of twine
-winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.
-the act of one who, or that which, twines; (bot.) the act of climbing spirally.

twink
-to twinkle.
-a wink; a twinkling.
-the chaffinch.

twinkle
-to open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
-to shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
-a closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.
-a brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
-the time of a wink; a twinkling.

twinkled
-of twinkle

twinkler
-one who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye.

twinkling
-of twinkle
-the act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.
-a shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
-the time of a wink; a moment; an instant.

twinleaf
-see jeffersonia.

twinlike
-closely resembling; being a counterpart.

twinling
-a young or little twin, especially a twin lamb.

twinned
-of twin
-composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. see twin, n., 4.

twinner
-one who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins.

twinning
-of twin
-the assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about.

twinter
-a domestic animal two winters old.

twire
-a twisted filament; a thread.
-to peep; to glance obliquely; to leer.
-to twinkle; to glance; to gleam.
-to sing, or twitter.

twire
-pipe
-a vagabond musician.

twirl
-to move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
-to revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
-the act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
-a twist; a convolution.

twirled
-of twirl

twirling
-of twirl

twist
-to contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
-hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
-to distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
-to wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
-to wind into; to insinuate;
-- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
-to unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.
-hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
-to form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
-to be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.
-to follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
-the act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
-the form given in twisting.
-that which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.
-a cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
-a kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
-a kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
-a roll of twisted dough, baked.
-a little twisted roll of tobacco.
-one of the threads of a warp,
-- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
-a material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, damascus twist.
-the spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
-a beverage made of brandy and gin.
-a twig.

twiste
-imp. of twist.

twisted
-of twist
-contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted.

twister
-one who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
-the instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
-a girder.
-the inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.

twistical
-crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.

twisting
-of twist
-a. & n. from twist.

twit
-to vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.

twitch
-to pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.
-the act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.
-a short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.
-a stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. by twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.

twitch grass
-see quitch grass.

twitched
-of twitch

twitcher
-one who, or that which, twitches.

twitching
-of twitch

twite
-the european tree sparrow.
-the mountain linnet (linota flavirostris).

twitlark
-the meadow pipit.

twitted
-of twit

twitter
-one who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.
-to make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises.
-to make the sound of a half
-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
-to have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
-to utter with a twitter.
-the act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.
-a half
-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle.
-a slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.

twittered
-of twitter

twittering
-of twitter
-the act of one who, or that which, twitters.
-a slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense.

twitting
-of twit

twittingly
-in a twitting manner; with upbraiding.

twittle
-twattle
-tattle; gabble.

two
-one and one; twice one.
-the sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.
-a symbol representing two units, as 2, ii., or ii.

two
-capsuled
-having two distinct capsules; bicapsular.

two
-cleft
-divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.

two
-decker
-a vessel of war carrying guns on two decks.

two
-edged
-having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two
-edged sword.

two
-foot
-measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two
-foot rule.

two
-forked
-divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork; dichotomous.

two
-hand
-employing two hands; as, the two
-hand alphabet. see dactylology.

two
-handed
-having two hands;
-- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful.
-used with both hands; as, a two
-handed sword.
-using either hand equally well; ambidextrous.

two
-lipped
-having two lips.
-divided in such a manner as to resemble the two lips when the mouth is more or less open; bilabiate.

two
-parted
-divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.

two
-ply
-consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.
-woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft.

two
-ranked
-alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the stem so as to from two ranks; distichous.

two
-sided
-having two sides only; hence, double
-faced; hypocritical.
-symmetrical.

two
-tongued
-double
-tongued; deceitful.

twofold
-double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.
-in a double degree; doubly.

twopence
-a small coin, and money of account, in england, equivalent to two pennies,
-- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on maundy thursday.

twopenny
-of the value of twopence.

twyblade
-see twayblade.