Webster's Dictionary 1828

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TWIFALLOW

TWI'FALLOW, verb transitive [twi, two, and fallow.] To plow a second time land that is fallowed.

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TWIFALLOWED

TWI'FALLOWED, participle passive Plowed twice, as summer fallow.

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TWIFALLOWING

TWI'FALLOWING, participle present tense Plowing a second time.TWI'FALLOWING, noun The operation of plowing a second time, as fallow land, in preparing it for seed.

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TWIFOLD

TWI'FOLD, adjective Twofold.

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TWIG

TWIG, noun [Latin vigeo, with a prefix.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on t...

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TWIGGEN

TWIG'GEN, adjective Made of twigs; wicker.

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TWIGGY

TWIG'GY, adjective Full of twigs; abounding with shoots.

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TWILIGHT

TWI'LIGHT, noun1. The faint light which is reflected upon the earth after sunset and before sunrise; crepuscular light. In latitudes remote from the equator, the twilight is of ...

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TWILL

TWILL, verb transitive To weave in ribs or ridges; to quill. [See Quill.]

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TWILT

TWILT, noun A quilt. [Local.]

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TWIN

TWIN, noun1. One of two young produced at a birth by an animal that ordinarily brings but one; used mostly in the plural, twins; applied to the young of beasts, as well as to hu...

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TWINE

TWINE, verb transitive1. To twist; to wind, as one thread or cord around another, or as any flexible substance around another, or as any flexible substance around another body; ...

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TWINED

TWI'NED, participle passive Twisted; wound round.

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TWINGE

TWINGE, verb transitive twinj.1. To affect with a sharp sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.The gnat twinged the lion till he made him tear himself, and so he m...

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TWINGING

TWING'ING, participle present tense Suffering a sharp local pain of short continuance; pinching with a sudden pull.TWING'ING, noun The act of pinching with a sudden twitch; a su...

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TWINING

TWI'NING, participle present tense Twisting; winding round; uniting closely to; embracing.1. In botany, ascending spirally around a branch, stem or prop.

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TWINK

TWINK. [See Twinkle.]

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TWINKLE

TWIN'KLE, verb intransitive1. To sparkle; to flash at intervals; to shine with a tremulous intermitted light, or with a broken quivering light. The fixed stars twinkle; the plan...

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TWINKLING

TWIN'KLING, noun A sparkling; a shining with intermitted light; as the twinkling of the stars.1. A motion of the eye.2. A moment; an instant; the time of a wink.In a moment, in ...

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TWINLING

TWIN'LING, noun [from twin.] A twin lamb.

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TWINNED

TWIN'NED, adjective [from twin.] Produced at one birth, like twins; united.

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TWINNER

TWIN'NER, noun [from twin.] A breeder of twins.

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TWINTER

TWIN'TER, noun [two and winter.] A beast two winters old. [Local.]

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TWIRE

TWIRE, verb intransitive To take short flights; to flutter; to quiver; to twitter. [Not in use.]

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TWIRL

TWIRL, verb transitive twurl. To move or turn round with rapidity; to whirl round.See ruddy maids,Some taught with dextrous hand to twirl the wheel--TWIRL, verb intransitive To ...

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TWIRLED

TWIRL'ED, participle passive Whirled round.

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TWIRLING

TWIRL'ING, participle present tense Turning with velocity; whirling.