TWIST
TWIST, verb transitive1. To unite by winding one thread, strand or other flexible substance round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; a...
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TWISTED
TWIST'ED, participle passive Formed by winding threads or strands round each other.
TWISTER
TWIST'ER, noun One that twists.1. The instrument of twisting.
TWISTING
TWIST'ING, participle present tense Winding different strands or threads round each other; forming into a thread by twisting
TWIT
TWIT, verb transitive [Latin ad, to.] To reproach; to upbraid; as for some previous act. He twitted his friend of falsehood.With this these scoffers twitted the christians.Aesop...
TWITCH
TWITCH, verb transitive 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 ...
TWITCHED
TWITCH'ED, participle passive Pulled with a jerk.
TWITCHER
TWITCH'ER, noun One that twitches.TWITCH'-GRASS, noun Couch grass; a species of grass which it is difficult to exterminate. But qu. is not this word a corruption of quitch-grass...
TWITCHING
TWITCH'ING, participle present tense Pulling with a jerk; suffering short spasmodic contractions.
TWITTED
TWIT'TED, participle passive Upbraided.
TWIT'TER, verb transitive1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises; as, the swallow twitters.2. To make the sound of a half suppressed laugh.TWIT'TER, noun...
TWITTERING
TWIT'TERING, participle present tense Uttering a succession of small interrupted sounds, as in a half suppressed laugh, or as a swallow.
TWITTING
TWIT'TING, participle present tense Upbraiding; reproaching.
TWITTINGLY
TWIT'TINGLY, adverb With upbraiding.
TWITTLE-TWATTLE
TWIT'TLE-TWATTLE, noun Tattle; gabble. [Vulgar.]
TWIXT
'TWIXT, a contraction of betwixt, used in poetry.
TWO
TWO, adjective [Latin duo.]1. One and one. two similar horses used together, are called a span, or a pair.2.two is used in composition; as in two-legged. Man is a two-legged ani...
TWO-CAPSULED
TWO-CAP'SULED, adjective Bicapsular.
TWO-CELLED
TWO-CEL'LED, adjective Bilocular.
TWO-CLEFT
TWO-CLEFT, adjective Bifid.
TWO-FLOWERED
TWO-FLOWERED, adjective Bearing two flowers at the end, as a peduncle.
TWO-FORKED
TWO-FORKED, adjective Dichotomous.
TWO-HANDED
TWO-HANDED, adjective Having two hands; an epithet used as equivalent to large, stout and strong.
TWO-LEAVED
TWO-LEAVED, adjective Diphyllous.
TWO-LOBED
TWO-LOBED, adjective Bilobate.
TWO-PARTED
TWO-P'ARTED, adjective Bipartite.
TWO-PENCE
TWO-PENCE, noun A small coin.