Webster's Dictionary 1913

5995

Twine (3)

Twine, v. i. 1. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.2. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.As rivers, though they bend and twine,Still to the sea the...

5996

Twiner

Twin″er (?), n.(Bot.) Any plant which twines about a support.

5997

Twinge

Twinge (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Twinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Twinging.] [OE. twengen, AS. twengan; akin to OE. twingen to pain, afflict, OFries. thwinga, twinga, dwinga, to constr...

5998

Twinge (2)

Twinge, v. i. To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.

5999

Twinge (3)

Twinge, n. 1. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.A master that gives you... twinges by the ears. L' Estrange.2. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a...

6000

Twining

Twin″ing (?), a. Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.

6001

Twining (2)

Twin″ing, a. The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally.

6002

Twink

Twink (?), v. i. [OE. twinken. See Twinkle.] To twinkle.

6003

Twink (2)

Twink (?), n. 1. A wink; a twinkling.2. (Zoöl.) The chaffinch.

6004

Twinkle

Twin″kle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Twinkled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Twinkling (?).] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps...

6005

Twinkle (2)

Twin″kle (?), n. 1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye,The damsel broke his misintended dart. Sp...

6006

Twinkler

Twin″kler (?), n. One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye.

6007

Twinkling

Twin″kling (?), n. 1. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. Holland.2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillatio...

6008

Twinleaf

Twin″leaf′ (?), n.(Bot.) See Jeffersonia.

6009

Twinlike

Twin″like′ (?), a. Closely resembling; being a counterpart. — Twin″like′ness, n.

6010

Twinling

Twin″ling (?), n. [Twin + 1st -ling.] A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb.

6011

Twinned

Twinned (?), a.(Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.

6012

Twinner

Twin″ner (?), n. One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser.

6013

Twinning

Twin″ning (?), n.(Crystallog.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite l...

6014

Twinter

Twin″ter (?), n. [AS. twi- + winter winter. See Twice, and Winter.] A domestic animal two winters old.

6015

Twire

Twire (?), n. [Cf. D. tweern, G. zwirn, and E. twine.] A twisted filament; a thread. Locke.

6016

Twire (2)

Twire, v. i. [Cf. MHG. zwieren, E. thwart, and queer.] 1. To peep; to glance obliquely; to leer.Which maids will twire 'tween their fingers. B. Jonson.I saw the wench that twire...

6017

Twire (3)

Twire, v. i. To sing, or twitter. Chaucer.

6018

Twire-pipe

Twire″–pipe′ (?), n. A vagabond musician.You are an ass, a twire-pipe. Beau. & Fl.You looked like Twire-pipe, the taborer. Chapman.

6019

Twirl

Twirl (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Twirled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Twirling.] [Cf. AS. þwiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, þweran, āþweran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, to...

6020

Twirl (2)

Twirl, v. i. To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.

6021

Twirl (3)

Twirl, n. 1. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.2. A twist; a convolution. Woodward.