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  • English Word Twighte Definition imp. of Twitch.
  • English Word Twigless Definition Having no twigs.
  • English Word Twigsome Definition Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy.
  • English Word Twilight Definition 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.
  • English Word Twilight Definition faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.
  • English Word Twilight Definition Seen or done by twilight.
  • English Word Twilight Definition Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
  • English Word Twill Definition To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
  • English Word Twill Definition 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.
  • English Word Twill Definition A fabric women with a twill.
  • English Word Twill Definition A quill, or spool, for yarn.
  • English Word Twilled Definition of Twill
  • English Word Twilling Definition of Twill
  • English Word Twilly Definition 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.
  • English Word Twilt Definition A quilt.
  • English Word Twin Definition Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
  • English Word Twin Definition Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.
  • English Word Twin Definition Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
  • English Word Twin Definition Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
  • English Word Twin Definition 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.
  • English Word Twin Definition A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.
  • English Word Twin Definition A person or thing that closely resembles another.
  • English Word Twin Definition A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.
  • English Word Twin Definition To bring forth twins.
  • English Word Twin Definition To be born at the same birth.
  • English Word Twin Definition To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way.
  • English Word Twin Definition To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob.
  • English Word Twin Definition To depart from a place or thing.
  • English Word Twinborn Definition Born at the same birth.
  • English Word Twine Definition A twist; a convolution.