Lexicon: twelve – twine

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twelve, adj. [OE twelf.]

t'were (twere), v. [= “it were”; see it, pron., and was, v.]

twice, adj. [see twice, adv.]

twice, adv. [OE, twizes.]

  1. Two (successive) times; on two ocassions; [irony: ED uses the word twice three times in poem 49/39.].
  2. For the second time; [iconicity: ED uses the word twice two times in poems 846/950 and 1732/1773.]
  3. Two-times in number, amount or value.
  4. Doubly.
  5. Used in composition; as in twice-told, twice-born, twice-planted; twice-conquered.

twig (-s), n. [OE twigge.]

twilight, n. [WFris. twieljocht.]

'twill, [see it, pron., and will, v.]

twin, adj. [see twin, n.]

twin, n. [OE 'two together'.]

twine, n. [OE twín.]