Idle trifling; twaddle.

A lamb.

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

A piece of cleared ground. See Thwaite.

A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring.

To twang.

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

See Note under Tea, n., 1.

Act of prating; idle talk; twaddle.

One who twattles; a twaddler.

Two; twain.

Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two leaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis.

To tweak.

A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.

A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose.

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.

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

See Twill.

Same as Tuy/re.

A surgeon's case of instruments.

Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.

The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.

An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night.

See Twelfthtide.

The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches.

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

The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.

The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.

See Duodecimo.

A year which consists of twelve calendar months.

A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents.

Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.

Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.

The next in order after the nineteenth; one coming after nineteen others.

The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.

Without interruption; non-stop; continuous; as, the computer manufacturer provides 24/7 technical help.

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/.

Twenty times as many.

Two.

Twofold.

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.

Armed or provided with a twibil or twibils.

A slight twist with the fingers.

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

Twofold; double.

To beat with twigs.

Made of twigs; wicker.

A fornicator.

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

p. p. of Twitch.

imp. of Twitch.

Having no twigs.

Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy.

Seen or done by twilight.

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 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.

A quilt.

To depart from a place or thing.

Born at the same birth.

To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.

A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.

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

A wink; a twinkling.

A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.

One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye.

The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.

See Jeffersonia.

Closely resembling; being a counterpart.

A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb.

Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.

One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins.

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.

A domestic animal two winters old.

To sing, or twitter.

A vagabond musician.

The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.

The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.

imp. of Twist.

Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted.

One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.

Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.

a. n. from Twist.

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.

The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.

One who, or that which, twitches.

The European tree sparrow. The mountain linnet (Linota flavirostris).

The meadow pipit.

The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.

The act of one who, or that which, twitters.

In a twitting manner; with upbraiding.

Tattle; gabble.

The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.

Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular.

Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.

A two-stroke cycle for an internal-combustion engine.

A vessel of war carrying guns on two decks.

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

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

Divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork; dichotomous.

Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.

Having two hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful.

Having two lips.

Having or bearing two names; as, two-name paper, that is, negotiable paper on which at least two persons are severally liable as separate makers, or, usually, one as maker and one as indorser.

Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.

Same as Diphase, Diphaser.

Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.

Having two ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the admission of the mixture to the crank case is through a suction valve.

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

Having two sides only; hence, double-faced; hypocritical.

Adapted for producing or for receiving either of two speeds; -- said of a power-transmitting device.

A kind of round dance in march or polka time; also, a piece of music for this dance.

Capable of being thrown or cranked in two directions, usually opposite to one another; as, a two-throw crank; a two-throw switch. Having two crank set near together and opposite to one another; as, a two-throw crank shaft.

Designating, or pert. to, a gear for reducing or increasing a velocity ratio two to one.

Double-tongued; deceitful.

Serving to connect at will one pipe or channel with either of two others; as, a two-way cock.

In a double degree; doubly.

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.

Of the value of twopence.

See Twayblade.

Something serving to tie or secure.