two 
dors. = Icel. treir, m., trier, f., trail, n., = Sw. 
tvenne, tr& = Dan. tvende, to = Goth, twai, m., 
twos, f., ton, n., = Olr. da = Lith. dit = Russ. 
rfr, etc., < L. duo (> OF. dui, dons, deus, deux, 
F. deux = Pr. dui, mod. dous = Sp. rfo* = Pg. 
dons, doi/i = It. due) = Gr. &''o = Skt. dra = 
Zend dca, two ; root unknown. The word ap- 
pears as a prefix also as twi-, twi/-, in the orig. 
masc. form as tiraiii, and in numerous deriva- 
tives, as twin 1 , twin*, twine 1 , twine 2 , twist, twis- 
sel, twizzle, etc.] I. a. One and one ; twice one : 
a cardinal numeral. 
Ech of yow, to shorte with our weye, 
In this viage, shal telle tales tweye, . . . 
And homward he shal tellen othere two. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 792. 
A water was tham twa by-twene, 
And a brig all ouer it clene. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 125. 
In two, into two parts ; asunder: as, to cut a thing in two. 
At its full stretch as the tough string he drew, 
Struck by an arm unseen, it burst in two. 
Pope, Iliad, xv. 545. 
The two tables. Same as tables of the law (which see, un- 
der table). To be in two minds. See mittdi. 
II. n. 1. The number which consists of one 
and one. 2. A symbol representing this num- 
ber, as 2, II, or ii. 3. A group consisting of 
two individuals ; a duality ; a pair. 
They were a comely tway. 
Lord Livingston (Child's Ballads, III. 344). 
Apostles who may go out in twos to academize the cul- 
ture of the manufacturing districts. 
Saturday Ret., XXXVII. 217. 
To be two, to be at variance or irreconciled, as opposed 
to being at one. 
Pray, miss, when did you see your old acquaintance 
Mrs. Cloudy? You and she are two, I hear. 
Swift, Polite Conversation, i. 
To put two and two together. See puti. TWO all. 
See all. 
two-blocks (to'bloks), adi\ In the position of 
block and block ; chock-a-block. 
two-Cleft (to'kleft), o, Bifid; divided half-way 
from the border to the base into two segments. 
twp-decker (to'dek"er), n. A vessel of war car- 
rying guns on two decks. Simmonds. 
two-edged (to'ejd), a. Having two edges, or 
edges on both sides ; hence, cutting or effective 
both ways : as, a two-edged sword ; a two-edged 
argument. 
She has two-edg'd eyes ; by Heaven, they kill o' both sides. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, iii. 4. 
two-eyes (tij'Iz), . The partridge-berry: al- 
luding to the two calyx-marks on its double 
fruit. [Local, U. S.] 
two-faced (to'fast), a. 1. Having two faces, 
like the Roman deity Janus. Hence 2. 
Double-faced in intention; double-dealing; 
practising duplicity. 
Who, who can trust 
The gentle looks and words of two-foe 'd man? 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, iii. 2. 
two-flowered (to'flou"erd), a. Bearing two 
flowers at the end, as a peduncle. 
twofold (to'fold), a. [< two + -fold. The ear- 
lier form was twifold, q. v.] Double, in any 
sense ; characterized by duality or doubleness. 
And Sense like this in vocal Breath 
Broke from his two-fold Hedge of Teeth. 
Prior, Alma, iii. 
Twofold point, line, or plane, two coincident points, 
lines, or planes. 
twofold (to'fold), adv. [< twofold, o.] In a 
double degree ; doubly. 
Ye make him twofold more the child of hell than your- 
selves - Mat. xxiii. 15. 
two-forked (to'forkt), a. Divided into two 
parts somewhat after the manner of a fork; 
dichotomous, as the stem of a plant, the tongue 
of a snake, a deer's antler, etc. 
two-hand (to' hand), a. Same as two-handed, 2. 
Dorus . . . ran as the noise guided him, . . and, . 
overthrowing one of the villains, took away a two hand 
sword from him. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. 
two-handed (to'han'ded), ff, 1. Having two 
hands; bimanous, as man. 2. Requiring two 
hands to wield or manage: as, a two-handed 
sword. 
But that two-handed engine [the executioner's ax] at the 
door 
Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. 
Milton, Lycidas, 1. 180. 
3. Using both hands equally well ; ambidex- 
trous ; hence, handy at anything ; adaptable 
generally efficient. 
A man soon learns to be tteo-handed in the bush 
Whyte Melville, Good for Nothing, xxvii. 
4. Adapted for use by two persons ; requirin" 
the hands of two persons: as, a two-handed saw 
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(a whip-saw with a handle at each end) ; a twn- 
lunidcd float (a plasterers' float so large as to 
require two men to work it). 
two-headed (to'hed'ed), a. 1. Having two 
heads or faces on one body, as the god Janus 
or a natural monstrosity. 
Now, by two-headed Janus. Shak., M. of V., i. 1. 50. 
2. Directed by two heads or chiefs ; existing 
under two coordinate authorities. 
Mr. Bagehot . . . has avowed very grave doubts as to 
the practical advantage of a two-headed legislature. 
W. Wttson, Cong. Gov., iv. 
two-leaved (to'levd), a. Having two distinct 
leaves, as some part of a plant ; furnished with 
or consisting of two leaves, as a table or a door. 
Isa. xlv. 1. 
two-legged (to'leg"ed or -legd), a. Having or 
furnished with two legs: as, two-legged ani- 
mals ; two-legged shears Two-legged tree, the 
gallows. [Humorous slang.] 
two-line (to'lln), a. In printing, having a depth 
of body equal to two lines of the type men- 
tioned or used: as, two-line brevier or pica. 
twoling (to'ling), n. [< two + -ling 1 . Cf. twil- 
liiig.'] A twin crystal consisting of two indi- 
viduals. [Rare.] 
two-lipped (to'lipt), a. 1. Having two lips. 
2. In hot., divided so that the segments resem- 
ble the two lips when the mouth is more or less 
open; bilabiate (which see, with cut). 
two-needle (to'ne'dl), . Performed with two 
needles Two-needle operation, a procedure for 
tearing through the opaque posterior capsule, which some- 
times interferes with vision after the extraction of a cata- 
ract : it is done by means of two needles whose points are 
separated after being engaged in the substance of the 
capsule. 
twoness (to'nes), n. [< two + -ness.'] The 
state or condition of being two; doubleness; 
duplicity. 
two-parted (to'par // ted), a. Bipartite ; divided 
from the border almost, but not quite, to the 
base, as some leaves. 
twopence (to'pens or 
tup'ens), n. [(two + 
pence, pi. of penny.'] 
1. In Great Britain, 
the sum or value of 
two pennies, or one 
sixth of a shilling. 
2. An English Silver ish Museum. (SizeoY original.) 
coin, also called a 
half-groat, of the value of two pence (4 United 
States cents). It was issued by Edward III. and by 
succeeding sovereigns, but since 1662 has been struck 
only as maundy money 
If you do not all show like gilt twopencea to me, . . . 
believe not the word of the noble. 
Shale., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 3. 55. 
3. An English copper coin of the reign of 
George III., of the value of two pence, issued 
in 1797. Twopence- or twopenny-grass. Same as 
herb-twopence. 
twopenny (to'pen"i or tup'en-i), a. and . [< 
two + penny.'] I. a. Of the value of twopence ; 
hence, mean; vulgar; of little worth. 
II. n. A kind of beer or ale, so called be- 
cause originally sold at twopence a quart. 
This sort of liquor [pale ale] was principally consumed 
by the gentry; the victualler sold it at id. the quart, 
under the name of twopenny. 
S. Dowett, Taxes in England, IV. 122. 
two-petaled (to'pef'ald), a. Bipetalous; hav- 
ing two distinct petals only. 
two-ply (to'pli), a. 1 . Composed of two strands, 
as cord. 2. Of textile fabrics, consisting of 
two webs woven into one another: as, a two-ply 
carpet. 3. In manufactured articles, consist- 
ing of two thicknesses, as of linen in a two-ply 
collar or cuff Two-ply carpet, an ingrain carpet in 
which the web is double, each web having a weft and warp 
BO arranged as to be interchangeable, the warps beingraised 
alternately above each other as the shuttle is thrown. By 
this means a diversity of color may be produced on either 
surface. In the three-ply or triple ingrain carpet three 
webs are combined. Also called Kiddermiiister. 
two-ranked (to'rangkt), a. In bot. and zool., 
alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides 
of the stem so as to form two rows ; bifarious ; 
distichous. 
two-seeded (to'se'ded), a. In bot., dispermous; 
containing two seeds, as a fruit. 
twosome (to'sum), a. [= Sc. twasome, twaesome: 
< two + some.'] 1. Being or constituting a pair; 
two. 
If ae kail-wife pou'd aft her neighbour's mutch they wad 
hae the twosome o them into the Parliament House o' Lun- 
lll ">- Scott, Rob Hoy, xiv. 
2. Twofold ; double ; specifically, performed by 
two persons, as a dance. 
Twopence, Maundy Money. Brit- 
ish Museu 
Tyburn ticket 
The Mussulman's eyes danced twosome reels. 
Hood, Miss Kilmansegg, Her Fancy Ball. 
two-speed (to'sped), a. In mecli., adapted for 
producing two rates of speed Two-speed pul- 
ley. See dotible-xpeed puUey, under pulley. 
two-spotted (to'spof'ed), a. Notably marked 
with two spots of color: specifying one of the 
paradoxures, Nandinia binotata. 
two-throw (to'thro), a. In mccli., adapted for 
producing alternating throws or thrusts in two 
directions : as, a two-throw crank. 
two-tongued (to'tungd), a. Double-tongued; 
deceitful. 
I hate the two-tongued hypocrite. 
G. Sandys, Paraphrase of Ps. xxvi. 
two-toothed (to'totht), a. Having two teeth ; 
doubly dentate ; bident. 
two-valved (to'valvd), a. Bivalvular, as a shell 
or pod. See bivalve. 
two-way (to'wa), a. 1. In mech., having two 
ways or passages. 2. In 
math., having a double 
mode of variation. Thus, 
a surface is a two-way 
spread Two-way cock, a 
cock by which a fluid may be 
distributed to each of two 
branches or to either of them 
separately, or be entirely shut off. 
Two-way series, a series of 
the form AO,O + A 0>1 + A ,2 + 
. . . Such a series presents no in- water is passed through 
trinsic peculiarity, but is readily on 'y one t> ral ><:h; J, posi- 
capable of being expressed as an tlon for s 'PPi"*r - 
ordinary infinite series. 
twussle (twus'l), v. t. A variant of twistle 1 . 
twybillt, . See twiUll. 
twyblade (twi'blad), . Same a,s twayblade. 
twychildt, a. An obsolete spelling of twichild. 
twyet, adv. See twie. 
twyer (twi'er), . [Also tuyere, tweer, tuyer, 
and twier ; accom. forms of F. tuyere, a nozle; 
cf. tuyatt, a pipe: see tewel, fuel.] A tube or 
pipe through which the blast of air enters a 
blast-furnace . In blast-furnaces working with cold air 
this passes direct from the blowing-engine into the "blast- 
main" or "horseshoe-main " (a circular pipe nearly sur- 
rounding the hearth on the outside), and thence through 
the twyers into the furnace. When the hot blast is used 
precautions have to be taken to prevent the twyers from 
melting, and this is done by making them hollow truncat- 
ed cones through which a supply of water is constantly 
circulating. In the so-called "Scotch twyer," which is 
also much used, instead of a truncated cone there is a spiral 
wrought-iron tube inclosed in a cast-iron casing, through 
which tube water is continually flowing. Copper and phos- 
phor-bronze have also been used for twyers. Also called 
tue-iron. See cut under smelting-furnace.TwyeTaxelL 
Two-way Cock. 
a, position which distri- 
butes water to two branches; 
, positions in which the 
twyfallowt, v. t. See twifallow. 
twyfoil, a. See twifoil. 
twyforked. a. See twiforked. 
twyformed, a. See twiformed. 
twynt, twynnet, v. Variants of twin"*. 
Twyne's case. See 
tyt, " An old spelling of tie 1 . 
-ty 1 . [< ME. -ty, -ti, < AS. -tig, etc., a suffix, in 
Goth, a separate noun, 'a ten' or 'decade,' = 
Goth, tigus ; a form of ten, used in numerals: 
see ten, and the words twenty, etc., as cited.] A 
termination of numerals namely, in twenty, 
thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, 
originally meaning 'ten' (twenty, 'twain tens,' 
thirty, 'three tens,' etc.). 
-ty 2 . [< ME. -tie, -tye, -tee, -te, < OF. -te, -tee, F. 
-te = Sp. -dad = Pg. -dade = It. -ta, -tate, -fade, 
< L. -tas (-tat-), usually preceded by a stem- 
vowel -i- (-itas, > E. -ity), a suffix used to form 
abstract nouns from adjectives, as in agilitas, 
agility, < agilis, agile, bonitas, goodness, (bonus, 
good, nnitas, oneness, < unus, one, etc.] A suf- 
fix appearing in many abstract nouns taken or 
formed from the Latin, as in agility, titixieti/, be- 
nignity, humanity, unity, etc. It is commonly pre- 
ceded, as in these cases, by a stem-vowel -t- (the termina- 
tion -ity being so common as to beoften used as an English 
formative) ; but in some words the original vowel has dis- 
appeared, as in bmtnty, loyalty, royalty, etc., or none ex- 
isted in the Latin, as in liberty, fonerlij, etc. In some 
words the suffix is not recognized as such, as in city. 
tyallt, n. [Perhaps irreg. < tie 1 , formerly tye, 
+ -al (f).] A bell-rope, or something tied to a 
bell for ringing it. 
The great bell's clapper was fallen down, the tyall was 
broken, so that the bishop could not be rung into the 
town. Latimer, Cth Serm. bcf. Edw. VI., 1549. 
Tyburn ticket. A certificate formerly given 
to tho prosecutor pf a felon to conviction, the 
original proprietor or first assignee of it being 
exempted by a statute of William III. from all 
parish and w^rd offices within the parish or 
ward where the felony had been committed. 
