Definition for TWIG

TWIG, n. [Sax. twig; D. twyg; G. zweig. Qu. L. vigeο, with a prefix.]

A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant of no definite length or size. The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the outside with hides. Ralegh.

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