Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: two-fold – Tyrian
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two-fold, adv. [OE twifeald.]
Doubly; twice as much; in a double degree; in more than one way.
'twould, v. [see it, pron. + will, v.]
'twould'nt, v. [see it, pron. + will, v.]
It would not.
typic, adj. [Fr. < Gk. 'typical'.]
typify, v. [L. typus.]
tyranny (-ies), n. [Fr. < L. < Gk.]
Tyrian, proper adj. [see Tyrian, n.]
Mediterranean; Middle Eastern; pertaining to Tyre; of the port in Southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; capital of purple dye industry in the ancient world; [fig.] royal; majestic; [metaphor] purple; scarlet; violet.
Tyrian, proper n. [L. < Phoenician tsor, stone, rock the city was built on.]
King; Queen; royalty; [fig.] sunset color; deep purple; (see ED letters).