twin 
the basal plane or surface ,,f most perfect cleavage : such 
twins arc usually p,,l\>ynili, ti, , and KIM- rise to a series 
of line lines seen on the basal clc.-n.ii;e-faee. Baveno 
tWln, a kiml of twill i l.\stal of mill,,, la-. l,|,1-|,> 
plane is a eli lonie inclined about I.V t,, the base, anil 
the twiii has nearly the form of a square prism. -Carls- 
bad twin, a name given to the common tin eijslals 
tit orthoclase feldspar often observed in granites, tra- 
chytes, and other crystalline rocks, as at lailsbad in 
Bohemia. The twinninc-avis is here the vertical crystal- 
lugraphic axis, and the twins are commonly of the pcne- 
iration type. In twin), a twin I, in two; apart. 
The kyng ilepertiil his piipull. put horn in tiryn, 
In batels on his best wise for boldyng hym -seliiyn. 
lirtlrucKon of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1181. 
Paragenetic twin, an ordinary twill crystal In which 
the compound structure may lie considered to belong 
I,, it from the beginning of its formation: som 
us, ,1 in distinction from rHetayenetic twin, where the 
molecular reversal seems to have begun after the crys- 
tal hail reached a certain development ; the latter kind in 
illustrated by the genlculated twins of rut ile. Parasitic 
twin, in irri'ii"!. sec ttiiiiaite. Pericline twin, a twin 
common with the variety of alhite called pericline, also 
with the other tricliuic feldspars, where the twinniug-axis 
is the niacrodlagonal axis. Such twins are often poljsyn- 
thetlc, and then give a series of striations on the braclly- 
diagonal plane or surface of second cleavage ; the direction 
of these striations varies with the composition of the feld- 
spar according to a definite law. Spinel twin. See 
above, under def. :!.- The Siamese twins. See Siamese. 
The Twins, a constellation and sign of the zodiac; 
Gemini. 
When now no more the alternate Twim are Bred 
And Cancer reddens, with the solar blaze, 
Short is the doubtful empire pf the Night. 
Thomson, Summer, 1. 43. 
twin 1 (twiii), i'. ; pret. and pp. twinned, ppr. 
twiniiiinj. [< fcPMMj ] I. trans. 1. To cou- 
ple; pair; mate; join intimately or link to- 
gether: said of two united or of one joined to 
another. 
We were as ttrinn'd lambs that did frisk I' the sun. 
Shale., W. T., 1. 2. 7. 
In Gemini that noble power is shown 
That ('* their hearts, and doth of two make one. 
B, Jonson, Hue and Cry. 
True liberty 
Is lost, which always with right reason dwells 
Twinn'd, and from her hath no dividual being. 
Milton, P. L., xii. 85. 
2. Specifically, in mineral., to form or unite 
into a compound or twin crystal by a reversal 
of the molecular structure according to some 
definite law. 
Occasionally a simple form I* twinned with a more com- 
plex one, as in chabasite. Kncyc. Brit., XVI. 383. 
II. intrans. 1. To be coupled or paired; be 
mated, as one with another; specifically, to be 
twin-born. 
lie that is approved in this offence, 
Though he had tirinu'tl with me, both at a birth, 
Shall lose me. Shak., Othello, II. 3. 212. 
Were it to plot against the fame, the life 
Of one with whom I twinned. 
B. Jonson, Sejanus, ill. 3. 
2. To bring forth two at a birth. 
Ewes yearly by twinning rich masters do make. 
Turner, January's Husbandry, st 28. 
twin 2 t (twin), v. [Also taint?; < ME. ticinnen, 
ticyiuieii, lit. go in two (cf. in twin, above), < 
twin, two: see tain 1 . Cf. twine 2 , r.] I. iw- 
trons. 1. To be parted in twain; be divided 
or sundered; come apart. 
Ther hit onez is tachched, twynne wil hit neuer. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2512. 
My saule, ihesu, take I to thee 
When my body and it sal twynne. 
Political Poems (ed. Furnlvall), p. 109. 
Thy faith and troth thou sail na get, 
And our true love shall never twin. 
Clerk Saunden (Child's Ballads, II. 50). 
2. To part; depart; go away. 
Fortune wolde that he moste ttpinne 
Out of that place which that I was time. 
Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 589. 
Loke thou thin herte fro him not tuynne. 
Bymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.\ p. 28. 
3. To be separated (from) or deprived (of): as, 
to ticin with one's gear. Jamietoii. [Scotch.] 
II. fro M.S. 1. To part in twain; sever; sunder. 
"Alas'." said I, "what ruefu' chance 
Has ' "'iir stately trees?" 
Burns, Destruction of the Woods near Drumlanrig. 
-born (twin/born), a. Born at the same 
; born along with another. 
O hard condition, 
Twin-burn with greatness, subject to the breath 
Of every fool ! Shale., lien. V., iv. 1. 251. 
But such a connection between lordship and land was 
a slowly developed notion, not a notion firin-tarn with 
the notion of government. IT. Wilson, State, i 15. 
twin-cylinder (twin'sil in-.U-r), a. Having 
twiii cylinders: as, a tiriit-ciilindrr engine. 
Twin-cylinder Engine. 
a, bed-plate : *, V, twin cylinders ; c, c' , piston-rods ; J, if, guide* 
for piston-rods ;r,t', T-shaped working-beam connected to the piston- 
rods at/,/' by slide-blocks pivoted to the ends of the beam and play- 
ing in rectangular slideways rigidly attached to the rods. The part 
e' of the beam is connected directly with the wrist of a crank on the 
shaft. The cross-head H works between the slides i. i. and is pivoted 
at / to the beam e, t 1 , A, eccentric ; /, eccentric-strap ; m , M'. ec- 
centric-rods ; n, ', rock-shafts which operate the valve-stems 0,0' 
and the valves. 
twindle (twin'dl), M. [Var. of 'twinnle, dim. 
of taii.] A twin. [Prov. Eng.] 
In the same book [F. Sparry 's "Oeomancle of Maister 
Christopher Cattan "] the word twindle (Fr. Gemeanx) oc- 
curs for the sign Gemini, two twins in one. Is It known 
elsewhere? If. and Q., 7th ser., X. 48(1. 
twindle-pippint, " A double pippin. 
I dream'd my husband, when he came flrst a wolng, 
Came I' th' liknes of a Kentish twindle-pippen. 
Sampson's Vow Breaker (1838). (Sares.) 
twine 1 (twiii), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also 
twyne; < ME. twine, twyne, twin, double thread, 
< AS. twin (= D. twijn; cf. Icel. tvinni), a double 
thread,< twi-, two: see twi-. Cf. twin 1 .] I. n. 1. 
A double thread ; a thread made of two strands 
twisted ; hence, any coarse strand or cord, or, 
by extension, a fabric woven of such threads ; 
in modern use, a cord composed of several 
strands, especially when made of hemp or 
i n:i 1 1 i In ; also, a strong thread made of hemp or 
cotton, used in sewing sails. 
Of there hude [hide) he karf enne thwong, . . . 
Nes |nor was] the thwong noht swithe brad [broad , 
r.nten swulc a I ni a,. 1 1 In a', I 
Layamon (MS. Cott. Callg., A, lx.), I. 14220. 
No shetes clene, to lye betwene, 
Made of threde and twyne. 
The Nut-Brown Maid (Percy's Reliques, IL L 6). 
2. The act of twining or twisting; spinning. 
[Rare.] 
As she some web wrought, or her spindles tmiie 
She cherlsh'd with her song. 
Chapman, Odyssey, x. 308. 
3. A curving, winding, or twisting movement 
or form; a convolution ; a coil ; a twist. 
With an yvie twyne his waste is girt about 
Spentcr, F. (J., I. vL 14. 
Dancing chearely In a siluer In inf. 
Tourneur, Trans. Metamorphosis, Epil. 
Typhon huge ending in sni 
There were twenty and too, to twyn horn in Bonder. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2747. 
It selth, "Alias! will ticyniied be we tweyne?" 
Chaucer, Troll us, v. 678. 
When two lovers love each other weel, 
Ureat sin it were them to tu-inn. 
Youny Bear well (Child's Ballads, IV. 302). 
2. To part, as from another person or thing; 
separate; sunder; especially, to deprive. 
From helle he wille them twyn. 
She's taen out her little penknife, . . . 
And tinnn'd the sweet babe o' its life. 
Fine Flowers in the Valley (Child s Ballads, II. 2U5). 
4. A clasping; an embrace. 
Milke white leaves, and branches greene, 
Folded in amorous twines together. 
Hey wood, Prologues and Epilogues (Works, ed. 1874, VI. 
5. An intertwining or interlacing; a tangle; 
a snarl. 
So multiplied were reasons pro and con, 
Delicate, Intertwisted, and obscure, 
That law were shamed to lend a finger-tip 
To unravel, readjust the hopeless tirine. 
Browning, Ring and Book. 
6t. Duality. [Kare.] 
Th' Vnltie dwels in God, ith' Fiend the 7Vin. 
Paper twine, wrapping-twine made of long, continuol 
strips of paper, stretched, twisted, and sometimes sized t 
varnished. 
twine-cutter 
II. ''. Consisting of dmililf (usually coarse) 
tlin-ii.l: -.|ii.i-itii-:illy. I'onMsting or made of 
twine. S<-i- L, 1. 
May live In peace, and rule the land with a twine thread. 
/ I. trher, I-oyal Subject, II. 1. 
Twine cloth, a tine c,,tton cl,,lh nse.l as a Hih.titutc for 
linen. Compare calico shirting, under Mititvi. 
twine 1 (twin), p.; pret. ami p].. '/<'. ppr. 
ticiiiini/. [< ME. tini.i n. tn-i/iii-ii = I). tiriJH<-ii(ff. 
Icel. ti-iniia = Sw. Mnna = Dan. trinde), twim-. 
twist, lit. ' double,' < AS. ticin, a double thread: 
see twine 1 , .] I. trans. I. To make double, 
as thread, by twisting two strands together; 
hence, to twist; intertwine. 
To a torche other to a taper the Trinlte Is likened, 
As wcxe and a weke were twuned to gederes, 
And fuyr flaumed forth of hem bothe. 
Piers Plowman (C), xx. 18H. 
These Bafflers after a year or two at the farthest be- 
come Upright men, unless they be prevented by twined 
hemp. IJannan, Caveat for directors, p. 15. 
2. To form of twisted threads or filaments ; 
make by intertwining ; in general, to weave. 
Take aff, take aff his costly Jupe 
(Of gold well was It twin'd\ 
Hardyknute (Percy's Rellques, II. 1. 17). 
For the south side [of the tabernacle] southward there 
shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an 
hundred cubits long for one lite Ex. xxvli. '. 
The Naiads, and the Nymphs, . . . 
I'pon this-Joyful day, some dainty chaplets (trine. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, xv. 189. 
3. To wind or coil about something, as in clasp- 
ing or embracing it; wreathe; coil. 
She's tii-iiiiil her arms about his waist, 
And thrown him Into the sea. 
Mii'j <:<il<in (Child's Ballads, II. 274). 
Fill the Bowl with rosie Wine, 
Around our Temples Roses twine. 
Coutey, Anacreontics, Till. 
4. To encircle ; entwine ; curl around. 
The plant | AmellusJ In holy garlands often twines 
The altars' posts, and beautifies the shrines. 
A tlil Mm, tr. of Virgil's Oeorgics, Ir. 
Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. 
Pope, R. o! the L., ill. 181. 
5. To interweave; interlock; intermingle; 
mix; blend. 
And all-fore-seeing God in the same Line 
Doth oft the god-less with the godly twine. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, li., The Decay. 
The child would twine 
A trustful hand, unasked, in thine. 
Tt 111111*1111, In Memol iani, clx. 
II. intrana. 1. To blend or unite by twisting 
or winding; intertwine; be interwoven. 
In twining hazel bowers. 
Burns, Sleep'st Thou, or Wak'st Thou t 
The light soul ruinr* and mingles with the growths 
Of vigorous early days. Tennyson, Lover's Tale, I. 
2. To wind; curl; coil; specifically, of plants, 
to grow in convolutions about a support. See 
twining. 
And, as she runs, the bushes In the way . . . 
Some fin'n* about her thigh to make her stay. 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 873. 
With the twining Lash their Shins resound. 
Gay, Trivia, ill. 88. 
Aft ha'e I roved by bonnie Doon, 
To see the rose and woodbine tirin>>. 
Burns, Ye Banks and Braes. 
A single stick was given to each lot of plants to twine 
up. Darwin, Cross and Self Fertilisation, p. S3. 
3*. To warp. 
Because It iirimili and cast eth not, it is passing good for 
hinges and hookes, for sawne bords, for ledges in dores 
and gates. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xvi. 40. 
4. To make turns or flexures ; wind ; meander. 
As rivers, though they bend and tirine. Sirift. 
Sac gowdeu stream thro' myrtles twines. 
Burns, On Pastoral Poetry. 
twine 2 (twin), r. [Var. of ricin^.] I. trans. 
If. To separate; divide; part. 
And sighing says this lady fair, 
" They shou'd gar twa loves twine.' 
The Water o' Wearie's Well (Child's Ballads, I. 200X 
2f. To turn. 
She shrikes, and twines away her sdaignelull eyes 
From his sweet face. 
Fairfax, Godfrey of Boulogne, xx. 128. 
n. intrans. If. To fall. 
Right on the front he gaue that ladle kinde 
A blow so huge, so strong, so great, so sore, 
That out of sense and feeling downe she twinde. 
Fairfax, Godfrey of Boulogne, xx. 48. 
2. To languish; pine away. Probably con- 
fused with dicine. Halliwell. [Prov. " 
of various form, fixed to a counter, table, stand, 
etc., to cut the twine used in tying up parcels. 
