Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 90
Twelfth-cake (n.) An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night.
Twelfth-day (n.) See Twelfthtide.
Compare: Twelfthtide
Twelfthtide (n.) The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.
Twelfth-night (n.) The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches.
Twelfth-second (n.) (Physics) A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 10<exp>12</exp> (ten trillion) of these units make one second.
Twelfthtide (n.) The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.
Twelfthtide (n.) [宗] 主顯節節期（指主顯節的前夕至主顯節當日）, 主顯節 The season of Epiphany.
Twelfthtide (n.) [Obs.] The 12-day season after Christmas ending with Epiphany.
Twelve (a.) 十二的；十二個的 One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen.
Twelve-men's morris. See the Note under Morris.
Twelve Tables. (Rom. Antiq.) See under Table.
Twelve (n.) 十二；十二個 The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.
Twelve (n.) A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
The Twelve (Script.), The twelve apostles. -- Matt. xxvi. 20.
Twelve (a.) Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: twelve, 12, xii, dozen].
Twelve (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn: twelve, 12, XII, dozen].
Twelvemo (a. & n.) See Duodecimo.
Twelvemonth (n.) A year which consists of twelve calendar months.
I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence. -- Shak.
Twelvemonth (n.) A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920" [syn: year, twelvemonth, yr].
Twelvepence (n.) A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents.
Twelvepenny (a.) Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.
Twelvescore (n. & a.) Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
Twentieth (n.) The next in order after the nineteen; one coming after nineteen others.
Twentieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole.
Twentieth (a.) Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty.
Twentieth (a.) Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided.
Twentieth (a.) Coming next after the nineteenth in position [syn: twentieth, 20th].
Twentieth (n.) Position 20 in a countable series of things.
Twenty (a.) One more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men.
Twenty (a.) An indefinite number more or less that twenty. -- Shak.
Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man. -- Bacon.
Twenties (n. pl. ) of Twenty
Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.
Twenty (n.) A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.
Twenty (a.) Denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units [syn: twenty, 20, xx].
Twenty (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one [syn: twenty, 20, XX].
Twenty (n.) A United States bill worth 20 dollars [syn: twenty dollar bill, twenty].
Twentyfold (a.) Twenty times as many.
Twenty-fourmo (a.) Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a twenty-fourmo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
Twenty-fourmo (n.) 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[deg].
Twey (a.) Two. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Tweyfold (a.) Twofold. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Twibil (n.) 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. [Prov. Eng.]
Twibil (n.) A tool for making mortises. [Obs.]
Twibil (n.) A reaping hook.
Twibilled (a.) Armed or provided with a twibil or twibils.
Twice (adv.) Two times; once and again.
He twice essayed to cast his son in gold. -- Dryden.
Twice (adv.) Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.
Note: Twice is used in the formation of compounds, mostly self-explaining; as, twice-born, twice-conquered, twice-planted, twice-told, and the like.
Twice (adv.) Two times; "I called her twice."
Twice (adv.) To double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright" [syn: doubly, double, twice].
TWICE, (adv.) Once too often.
Twiddle (v. t.) To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key. [Written also twidle.] -- Thackeray.
Twiddle (v. i.) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles. -- Halliwell.
Twiddle (n.) A slight twist with the fingers.
Twiddle (n.) A pimple. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Twiddle (n.) A series of small (usually idle) twists or turns.
Twiddle (v.) Turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" [syn: twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl].
Twiddle (v.) Manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner; "He twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview" [syn: twiddle, fiddle with].
Twiddle (n.) Tilde (ASCII 1111110, ~). Also called squiggle, sqiggle (sic ? pronounced /skig'l/), and twaddle, but twiddle is the most common term.
Twiddle (n.) A small and insignificant change to a program. Usually fixes one bug and generates several new ones (see also shotgun debugging).
Twiddle (v. t.) To change something in a small way. Bits, for example, are often twiddled. Twiddling a switch or knobs implies much less sense of purpose than toggling or tweaking it; see frobnicate. To speak of twiddling a bit connotes aimlessness, and at best doesn't specify what you're doing to the bit; ?toggling a bit? has a more specific meaning (see bit twiddling, {toggle).
Twiddle (n.) Uncommon name for the twirling baton prompt.
Twiddle, () The tilde character.
Twiddle, () (To make) a small or insignificant change.
E.g. twiddling a program often fixes one bug and generates several new ones (see also shotgun debugging). Bits are often twiddled. Twiddling a switch or knob implies much less sense of purpose than toggling or tweaking it; see frobnicate. Bit twiddling connotes aimlessness, and at best doesn't specify what you're doing to the bit; to "{toggle a bit" has a more specific meaning. [{Jargon File] (1995-01-31)
Twifallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Twifallow.
Twifallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twifallow.
Twifallow (v. t.) To plow, or fallow, a second time (land that has been once fallowed).
Twifold (a.) Twofold; double. [Obs.]
Twigged (imp. & p. p.) of Twig.
Twig (v. t.) To beat with twigs.
Twigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twig.
Twig (v. t.) To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
Twig (v. t.) To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me? [Colloq.] -- Marryat.
Twig (v. t.) To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. "Now twig him; now mind him." -- Foote.
As if he were looking right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal. -- Hawthorne.
Twig (n.) A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the outside with hides. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Twig borer (Zool.), Any one of several species of small beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the apple-tree twig borer ({Amphicerus bicaudatus).
Twig girdler. (Zool.) See Girdler, 3.
Twig rush (Bot.), Any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.
Twig (n.) A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year [syn: branchlet, twig, sprig].
Twig (v.) Branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"
Twig (v.) Understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it]
TWIG, () Tree-Walking Instruction Generator.
A code generator language. ML-Twig is an SML/NJ variant.
["Twig Language Manual", S.W.K. Tijang, CS TR 120, Bell Labs, 1986]. (1995-01-31)
Twiggen (a.) Made of twigs; wicker. [Obs.]
Twigger (n.) A fornicator. [Eng.] -- Halliwell
Twiggy (a.) Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots. " Twiggy trees." -- Evelyn.
Twiggy (a.) Thin as a twig [syn: twiggy, twiglike].
Twight (v. t.) To twit. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Twight () [Obs.] p. p. of Twitch. -- Chaucer.
Twighte () (Obs.) imp. of Twitch. -- Chaucer.
Twigless (a.) Having no twigs.
Twigsome (a.) Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy. [R.] " Twigsome trees." -- Dickens.
Twilight (n.) 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.
Twilight (n.) Faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.
As when the sun . . . from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. -- Milton.
The twilight of probability. -- Locke.
Twilight (a.) Seen or done by twilight. -- Milton.
Twilight (a.) Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. -- Pope.
Twilight (a.) Lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river" [syn: dusky, twilight(a), twilit].
Twilight (n.) The time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle].
Twilight (n.) The diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth.
Twilight (n.) A condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire."
Twilight, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 241
Housing Units (2000): 103
Land area (2000): 1.607736 sq. miles (4.164016 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.607736 sq. miles (4.164016 sq. km)
FIPS code: 78008
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.114307 N, 79.890369 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Twilight, PA
Twilight
Twilled (imp. & p. p.) of Twill
Twilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twill
Twill (v. t.) To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
Twill (n.) 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.
Twill (n.) A fabric women with a twill.
Twill (n.) [Perhaps fr. quill.] A quill, or spool, for yarn.
Twill (n.) A weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs [syn: twill, twill weave].
Twill (n.) A cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs
Twill (v.) Weave diagonal lines into (textiles).
Twilly (n.) 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. -- Tomlinson.
Compare: Willow
Willow (n.) (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." --Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. -- Campbell.
Willow (n.) (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.
Willow biter (Zool.) The blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow fly (Zool.), A greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla viridis); -- called also yellow Sally.
Willow gall (Zool.), A conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia strobiloides).
Willow grouse (Zool.), The white ptarmigan. See ptarmigan.
Willow lark (Zool.), The sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow ptarmigan (Zool.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under Reed.
Willow ptarmigan (Zool.) (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe.
Willow tea, The prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. -- McElrath.
Willow thrush (Zool.), A variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See Veery.
Willow warbler (Zool.), A very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus); -- called also bee bird, haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William, Tom Thumb, and willow wren.
Twilt (n.) A quilt. [Prov. Eng.]
Twin (v. i.) 生雙胞胎；成對；偶合 [（+with）] To depart from a place or thing. [Obs.] "Ere that we farther twin." -- Chaucer.
Twin (v. i.) To bring forth twins. -- Tusser.
Twin (v. i.) To be born at the same birth. -- Shak.
Twinned (imp. & p. p.) of Twin
Twinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twin
Twin (v. t.) 使成對；使偶合；使結成姐妹市[（+with）] To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way. -- Shak.
Still we moved Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye. -- Tennyson.
Twin (v. t.) To separate into
two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob. [Obs.]
The
life out of her body for to twin. -- Chaucer.
Twin (n.) [C] 雙胞胎之一；雙胞胎；孿生兒 [P]；兩個極相似的人（或事物）；兩個關係極密切的人（或事物）[P] 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.
Twin (n.) pl. (Astron.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.
Twin (n.) A person or thing that closely resembles another.
Twin (n.) (Crystallog.) A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.
Note: The relative position of the parts of a twin may be explained by supposing one part to be revolved 180[deg] about a certain axis (called the twinning axis), this axis being normal to a plane (called the twinning plane) which is usually one of the fundamental planes of the crystal. This revolution brings the two parts into parallel position, or vice versa. A contact twin is one in which the parts are united by a plane surface, called the composition face, which is usually the same as the twinning plane. A penetration twin is one in which the parts interpenetrate each other, often very irregularly. Twins are also called, according to form, cruciform, geniculated, etc.
Twin (a.) [Z] [B] 孿生的；非常相似的；成對的；雙重的 Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
Twin (a.) Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with. -- Shak.
Twin (a.) (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
Twin (a.) (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
Twin boat, or Twin ship (Naut.), A vessel whose deck and upper works rest on two parallel hulls.
Twin crystal. See Twin, n., 4.
Twin flower (Bot.), A delicate evergreen plant ({Linnaea borealis) of northern climates, which has pretty, fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender stalk.
Twin-screw steamer, A steam vessel propelled by two screws, one on either side of the plane of the keel.
Twin (a.) Being two identical [syn: {duplicate}, {matching}, {twin(a)}, {twinned}].
Twin (n.) Either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy.
Twin (n.) (Astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Gemini [syn: {Gemini}, {Twin}].
Twin (n.) A waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho [syn: {Twin}, {Twin Falls}].
Twin (n.) A duplicate copy [syn: {counterpart}, {similitude}, {twin}].
Twin (v.) Duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" [syn: {twin}, {duplicate}, {parallel}].
Twin (v.) Bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn: {match}, {mate}, {couple}, {pair}, {twin}].
Twin (v.) Grow as twins; "twin crystals."
Twin (v.) Give birth to twins.
Twinborn (a.) 雙胞胎的，孿生的 Born at the same birth.
Twine (v. i.) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
Twine (v. i.) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
As rivers, though they bend and twine, Still to the sea their course incline. -- Swift.
Twine (v. i.) To turn round; to revolve. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Twine (v. i.) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.
Twine (n.) 合股線；麻線；細繩 [U]；捻，搓 [U]；盤繞；纏繞 [U] A twist; a convolution.
Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine. -- Milton.
Twine (n.) A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
Twine (n.) The act of twining or winding round. -- J. Philips.
Twine reeler, A kind of machine for twisting twine; a kind of mule, or spinning machine.
Twined (imp. & p. p.) of Twine.
Twining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twine.
Twine (v. t.) 捻；搓；使交織；編；使盤繞；使環繞；使懷抱 To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
Twine (v. t.) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
Let me twine Mine arms about that body. -- Shak.
Twine (v. t.) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. -- Pope.
Twine (v. t.) To change the direction of. [Obs.] -- Fairfax.
Twine (v. t.) To mingle; to mix. [Obs.] -- Crashaw.
Twine (n.) A lightweight cord [syn: string, twine].
Twine (v.) Spin, wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn: intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace] [ant: untwine].
Twine (v.) Arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" [syn: wind, wrap, roll, twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off].
Twine (v.) Make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope."
Twine (v.) Form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn: twist, twine, distort] [ant: untwist].
Twiner (n.) (Bot.) Any plant which twines about a support.
Twiner (n.) Someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing
Twinged (imp. & p. p.) of Twinge.