Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TWITCH'-GRASS, n.

Couch-grass; a species of grass which it is difficult to exterminate. This term is applied to various species of grass that are difficult to pull out of the ground. But qu. is not this word a corruption of quitch-grass, or quich-grass?

TWITCH'ING, ppr.

Pulling with a jerk; suffering short spastic contractions.

TWIT'TED, pp.

Upbraided.

TWIT'TER, n.¹ [from twit.]

One who twits or reproaches.

TWIT'TER, n.²

A small intermitted noise, as in half suppressed laughter; or the sound of a swallow.

TWIT'TER, v.t. [D. kwetteren; Dan. quidrer; Sw. quittra.]

1. To make a succession of small tremulous, intermitted noises; as, the swallow twitters. Dryden.
2. To make the sound of a half suppressed laugh.

TWIT'TER-ING, ppr.

Uttering a succession of small interrupted sounds, as in a half suppressed laugh, or as a swallow.

TWIT'TING, ppr.

Upbraiding; reproaching.

TWIT'TING-LY, adv.

With upbraiding. Junius.

TWIT'TLE-TWAT'TLE, n.

Tattle; gabble. [Vulgar.] L'Estrange.

TWIXT, ['TWIXT.]

a contraction of Betwixt, used in poetry.

TWO, a. [Sax. twa; Goth. twa, twai, twos; D. twee; G. zwei; Sw. två; Ir. and Gaelic, da or do; Russ. tva, tvoe. Slav. dwa; Sans. dui, dwaja; Gipsy, duj; Hindoo, Ch. and Pers. du; L. duo; Gr. δυο; It. due; Sp. dos; Port. dous; Fr. deux.]

1. One and one. Two similar horses used together are called a span, or a pair.
2. Two is used in composition; as, in two-legged. Man is a two-legged animal.

TWO-CAP'SUL-ED, a.

Bicapsular; having two distinct capsules.

TWO-CELL'ED, a.

Bilocular; having two cells.

TWO-CLEFT, a.

Bifid; divided half way from the border to the base into two segments.

TWO-EDG-ED, a.

Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two-edged sword.

TWO-FLOW-ER-ED, a.

Bearing two flowers at the end, as a peduncle.

TWO-FOLD, a. [two and fold.]

1. Two of the same kind, or two different things existing together; as, twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.
2. Double; as, twofold strength or desire.
3. In botany, two and two together, growing from the same place; as, twofold leaves. Martyn.

TWO-FOLD, adv.

Doubly; in a double degree. Matth. xviii.

TWO-FORK-ED, a.

Dichotomous; divided into two parts somewhat after the manner of a fork.

TWO-HAND-ED, a.

Having two hands; an epithet used as equivalent to large, stout and strong. Milton.

TWO-LEAV-ED, a.

Diphyllous; having two distinct leaves.

TWO-LOB-ED, a.

Bilobate; having two distinct lobes.

TWO-MAST-ED, a.

Having two masts.

TWO-PART-ED, a.

Bipartite; divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts.