From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Distich \Dis"tich\, n. [L. distichon, Gr. ?, neut. of ? with two
rows, of two verses; di- = di`s- twice + ? row, verse, fr. ?
to ascend; akin to AS. st[imac]gan to ascend: cf. F.
distique. See {Stirrup}.] (Pros.)
A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an
epigram of two verses. Distich
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Distich \Dis"tich\, Distichous \Dis"tich*ous\, a. [Gr. ?. See
{Distich}, n.]
Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distich
n 1: two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {pair},
{twosome}, {twain}, {brace}, {span}, {yoke}, {couplet},
{distich}, {duo}, {duet}, {dyad}, {duad}]
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