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TWI'BIL, s. [Sax. fcpybill, bipennis, securis.] A kind 
of halberd : formerly, a mattock. Pr.Parv. —She learn’d 
the churlish axe and hey bill to prepare. Drayton. 
TWICE, ado. [tpigip, Sax.; twees, Dutch.] Two times. 
Upon his crest he struck him so, 
That twice he reeled, ready twice to fall. Spenser. 
Doubly. 
A little sum you mourn, while most have met 
With twice the loss, and by as vile a cheat. Dryden. 
It is often used in composition. 
Life is tedious as a (‘awe-told tale, 
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. Shakspeare. 
TWICKENHAM, a village of England, in the county of 
Middlesex, delightfully situate on the river Thames, between 
Isleworth and Teddington. It is adorned with many hand¬ 
some seats and villas, the principal of which was that of 
Pope. During the lifetime of the bard, the house was 
humble and confined. The centre building only was his 
residence. The two wings were added by Sir William 
Stanhope, who purchased the house on Mr. Pope’s death, 
and also enlarged the gardens. Towards the margin of the 
river stood, till very lately, the two weeping willows that 
were planted by the hand of Pope himself. One of them 
was reckoned the finest of its kind; slips of it were annually 
sent to different parts; and in 1789, the empress of Russia 
had some planted in her garden at Petersburgh. Twicken¬ 
ham contains 3757 inhabitants; 11 miles south-west of 
London. 
To TWI'DLE, ». a. [This is commonly written twee- 
dle.~\ To touch lightly. A low word.— With my fingers 
upon the stupe, I pressed close upon it, and twidled it in, 
first one side, then the other. Wiseman. 
TWI'FOLD, adj. Twofold. Obsolete. 
Her twyfold feme, of which two blacke as pitch, 
And two were browne, yet each to each unlich. 
Did softly swim away. Spenser. 
TWIFORD, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Compton Abbas, Dorsetshire. 
TWIG, s. [cpij, tpigga, Sax.; twyg, Dutch.] A small 
shoot of a branch; a switch tough and long.—The Britons 
had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the outside 
with hides, and so had the Venetians. Ralegh. 
TWI'GGEN, adj. Made of twigs; wicker.—I’ll beat 
the knave into a twiggen bottle. Shakspeare. 
TWIGGS, a county of the United States, in the south¬ 
west part of Georgia. Population 3405, including 642 
slaves. 
TWI'GGY, adj. Full of twigs.—Though they grow 
the slowest of all the twiggy trees, yet do they recompense 
it by the larger crop. Evelyn. 
TWIGHTMEES, a tribe of Indians, in the Ohio, near 
the Miami. 
TWIGMORE, a hamlet of England, in Lincolnshire; 6 
miles west of Glanford Bridge. 
TWIGWORTH, a hamlet of England, in Gloucestershire ; 
2f miles north-north-east of Gloucester. 
TWI'LIGHT, s. [ tweelicht , Dutch; cpeoneleohc. Sax.; 
from tpeo, tpeon, dubium, and light. Serenius .] The 
dubious or faint light before sunrise, and after sunset; ob¬ 
scure light.—Suspicions amongst thoughts are like- bats 
amongst birds, they ever fly by twilight. Certainly they 
are to be well guarded. Bacon .—Uncertain view. 
Ambrosial night, with clouds exhal’d 
From that high mount of God, whence light and shade 
Spring both, the face of brightest heav’n had chang’d 
To grateful twilight. Milton. 
TWI'LIGHT, adj. Not clearly or brightly illuminated; 
obscure; deeply shaded. 
O’er the twilight groves, and dusky caves. 
Long sounding aisles, and intermingled graves. 
Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws 
A death-like silence, and a dread repose. Pope. 
Seen or done by twilight. 
On old Lycseus or Cyllene hoar, 
Trip no more in twilight ranks. Milton. 
To TWILL, v. a. [In Scotland tweel, or tweddle; 
which Dr. Jamieson derives from Sax. tpaebe, twofold, or 
tpa and bael, part.] To weave ; to quilt.—In the north of 
England a quilt is still called a twilt ; in other places, 
twilled cloth is no uncommon expression ; which means 
where the woof and warp are not observed alternately to 
cross each other; but appear like cords closely twisted to¬ 
gether. 
TWILL, s. A quill; a spool; a quill to wind yam on. 
North. Ray, and Grose. 
TWIN, s. [tpinn. Sax.; twcelingh, Dutch.] Children 
born at the same birth. It is therefore seldom used in the 
singular; though sometimes it is used for one of twins.— 
In this mystery of ill opinions, here’s the Apzw-brother of 
thy letter; but let thine inherit first, for mine never shall. 
Shakspeare.— -Gemini, the sign of the zodiac. 
This, when the sun retires. 
First shines, and spreads black night with feeble fires, 
Then parts the twins and crab. Creech. 
To TWIN, v. n. To be bom at the same birth. 
He that is approv’d in this offence. 
Though he had twinn'd with me both at a birth. 
Shall lose me. Shakspeare. 
To bring two at once.—-Ewes yearly by twinning rich 
masters do make. Tusser. —To be paired; to be suited. 
O how inscrutable! his equity 
Twins with his power. Sandys. 
To TWIN, or To Twine, v.n. To part; to go asunder. 
Obsolete. 
Now draweth cutte, ere that ye forther twinne : 
He which that hath the shortest shal beginne. Chaucer. 
To TWIN, ®. a. To divide into two parts; to separate. 
Obsolete. —There shall no death me fro my ladie twinne. 
Chaucer. 
TWIN-BORN, adj. Bom at the same birth. 
Our sins lay on the king ; he must bear all. 
O hard condition, and twin-born with greatness! 
Shakspeare. 
TWIN, a township of the United States, in Preble county, 
Ohio. Population 719. 
TWIN, a township of the United States, in Ross county, 
Ohio. Population 1050. 
TWIN, North, an island in James’s Bay, Hudson’s 
Bay. Lat. 53.20. N. long. 80. 40. W. 
TWIN, South, an island in James’s Bay, Hudson’s Bay. 
Lat. 53. 10. N. long. 80. 36. W. 
To TWINE, v. a. [cjunan. Sax. duplicare; tweynen , 
twijnen, Dutch; twynna, Swed.; tuinder, Dan.; tuinna, 
Icel.] To twist or complicate so as to unite, or form one 
body or substance out of two or more.—Thou shalt make 
an hanging of blue, and fine twined linen, wrought with 
needlework. Exod. —To unite itself. 
Lumps of sugar lose themselves, and twine 
Their subtle essence with the soul of wine. Crashaw. 
To TWINE, v. n. To convolve itself; to wrap itself 
closely about. 
Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. 
The victor cry’d, the glorious prize is mine! Pope . 
To unite by interposition of parts. 
Friends now fast sworn, who twine in love 
Unseparable, shall, within this hour. 
On a dissension of a doit, break out 
To bitterest enmity. Shakspeare. 
To wind ; to make flexures. 
As rivers, though they bend and twine, 
Still to the sea their course incline. Swift. 
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