n. Silly talk; gabble; fustian. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. & t. [ See Twattle. ] To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who prates in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. from Twaddle, v. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Idle trifling; twaddle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A lamb. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. [ OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS. twēgen, masc. See Two. ] Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque. “Children twain.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Matt. v. 41. [ 1913 Webster ]
In twain,
Twain cloud. (Meteor.)
n. (O. Eng. Law) A piece of cleared ground. See Thwaite. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prov. E. ] (Zool.) A European shad; -- called also