twelfth night

The evening of Twelfth-day (q. v.). Many social rites and ceremonies have long been connected with this night. twelfth-tide, s. [TWELFTH-DAY.] Fabric : A light, twilled woolen fabric for men's wear, with an unfinished surface. Two colors are "I'll procure this fat rogue a charge of foot, and I know, his death will be a march of twelve -score." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I. , ii. 4. twelve-tables, s. pl. [TABLE, 8. ] twelve-wired bird of paradise, s. Ornith.: Seleucides alba , from New Guinea. Its general plumage appears at first sight to be velvety black, but on closer examination it is found that every part of it glows with the most exquisite metallic tints rich bronze, intense violet, and, on the edges of the breast-feathers, brilliant green. An im IMG:content-1598.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Next in order after the nineteenth; the ordinal of twenty. 2. Being or constituting one of twenty parts into which anything is or may be divided. B. A ubst.: One of twenty equal parts into which anything is or may be divided; the quotient of one divided by twenty.