{ r }, a. Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + twine. Cf. Intwine. ] To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [ Written also intwine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be twisted or twined. [ 1913 Webster ]

With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A twining or twisting together or round; union. Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of intertwining, or the state of being intertwined. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By intertwining or being intertwined. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Entwine. ] To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined. [ Written also entwine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be or to become intwined. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of intwining, or the state of being intwined. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disentangle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To win a way out of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To extricate by winding; to unloose. [ R. ] Spenser. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass, exceed, or outstrip in flying. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds having short wings and a short tail. They belong to Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. twin double, AS. getwinne two and two, pl., twins; akin to D. tweeling a twin, G. zwilling, OHG. zwiniling, Icel. tvennr, tvinnr, two and two, twin, and to AS. twi- two. See Twice, Two. ] 1. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing in the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Astron.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person or thing that closely resembles another. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The relative position of the parts of a twin may be explained by supposing one part to be revolved 180° 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Twinned p. pr. & vb. n. Twinning. ] 1. To bring forth twins. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be born at the same birth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Still we moved
Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The life out of her body for to twin. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To depart from a place or thing. [ Obs. ] “Ere that we farther twin.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born at the same birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. twīn, properly, a twisted or double thread; akin to D. twijn, Icel. tvinni; from twi-. See Twice, and cf. Twin. ] 1. A twist; a convolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of twining or winding round. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

Twine reeler, a kind of machine for twisting twine; a kind of mule, or spinning machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Twined p. pr. & vb. n. Twining. ] [ OE. twinen, fr. AS. twīn a twisted thread; akin to D. twijnen to twine, Icel. & Sw. tvinna, Dan. tvinde. See Twine, n. ] 1. To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me twine
Mine arms about that body. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To change the direction of. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To mingle; to mix. [ Obs. ] Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander. [ 1913 Webster ]

As rivers, though they bend and twine,
Still to the sea their course incline. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To turn round; to revolve. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any plant which twines about a support. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

A master that gives you . . . twinges by the ears. L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side. “ A twinge for my own sin.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Twinged p. pr. & vb. n. Twinging. ] [ OE. twengen, AS. twengan; akin to OE. twingen to pain, afflict, OFries. thwinga, twinga, dwinga, to constrain, D. dwingen, OS. thwingan, G. zwingen, OHG. dwingan, thwingan, to press, oppress, overcome, Icel. þvinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue, constrain, Dan. tvinge, and AS. þün to press, OHG. dūhen, and probably to E. thong. Perhaps influenced by twitch. Cf. Thong. ] 1. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a man is past his sense,
There's no way to reduce him thence,
But twinging him by the ears or nose,
Or laying on of heavy blows. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gnat . . . twinged him [ the lion ] till he made him tear
himself, and so mastered him. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twining plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. twinken. See Twinkle. ] To twinkle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A wink; a twinkling. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The chaffinch. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Twinkled p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling ] [ OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch. ] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. [ 1913 Webster ]

The owl fell a moping and twinkling. L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

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2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate. [ 1913 Webster ]

These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The western sky twinkled with stars. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye,
The damsel broke his misintended dart. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible. 1 Cor. xv. 52. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Jeffersonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Closely resembling; being a counterpart. -- Twin"like`ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Twin + 1st -ling. ] A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Crystallog.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about. [ 1913 Webster ]

Polysynthetic twinning, repeated twinning of crystal lamellae, as that of the triclinic feldspars. --
Repeated twinning, twinning of more than two crystals, or parts of crystals. --
Twinning axis,
Twinning plane. See the Note under Twin, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. twi- two + winter winter. See Twice, and Winter. ] A domestic animal two winters old. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + twine. ] To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie. [ 1913 Webster ]

It requires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a nation to untwine the ties of custom which bind a people to the established and the old. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become untwined. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]