twittletwattlet (twitltwot"l)

[ All that ever he did was not worth so much as the twit tle-twattle that he maketh. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 85. twit-twat (twit'twot), n. [Imitative.] The European house-sparrow, Pa er domestic us . See cut under Pa er . 'twixt (twikst), prep. An abbreviation of be twixt. It shall be cause of war and dire events, And set di ension ' twixt the son and sire. Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 1160. 'twixt-brain (twikstʼbrān), n . Same as 'tween brain . Gegenbaur , Comp. Anat. (trans.), р. 503. twizzle (twiz'l), v . i .; pret. and pp. twizzled , ppr. twizzling . [A var. of * twi el , v., lit. double,' twi el , a.] To roll and twist. Hal liwell . [Prov. Eng.] If a couple of waxed-ends [in the game of "cob-nut"] became twizzled , the boy who first could shout Twizzler, twizzler! My fost blow took the first stroke when the waxed-ends were untwisted. N. and Q., 7th ser., IX. 138. two (tö), a. and n. [ ders, Icel. tveir, m., tvær, f., tvau, n., = Sw. tvenne, två = Dan. tvende, to = Goth. twa i, m., twōs, f., twa, n., = OIr. da = Lith. du = Ru . dva, etc., OF. dui, do us, deus, deux, F. deux = Pr. dui, mod. do us = Sp. dos = Pg. do us, do is = It. due ) = Gr. δύο = Skt. dva = Zend dra, two; root unknown. The word ap 6558 (a whip-saw with a handle at each end); a two handed float (a plasterers' float so large as to require two men to work it). two-headed (tö'hed"ed), a . 1. Having two heads or faces on one body, as the god Janus or a natural monstrosity. Now, by two - headed Janus. Shak ., M. of V., i. 1. 50. Tyburn ticket The Mu ulman's eyes danced twosome reels. Hood , Mi Kilmansegg, Her Fancy Ball. two-speed (tö'spēd), a . In mech ., adapted for producing two rates of speed. -Two-speed pulley. See double- speed pulley , under pulley . two-spotted (tö'spoted), a. Notably marked with two spots of color: specifying one of the paradoxures, Nandin i a binotata . masc. form as twain, and in numerous derivatives, as twin1, twin2, twine1, twine2, twist, twis sel, twizzle, etc.] I. a. One and one; twice one: a cardinal numeral. Ech of yow, to shorte with our we ye, In this viage, shal telle tales tweye ,. And homward he shal tellen othere two . Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 792. A water was tham twa by-twene, And a brig all ouer it clene. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 125. In two, into two parts; asunder: as, to cut a thing in two. At its full stretch as the tough string he drew, Struck by an arm unseen, it burst in two. under two coördinate authorities. Mr. Bagehot... has avowed very grave doubts as to the practical advantage of a two - headed legislature. W. Wilson, Cong. Gov., iv. two-leaved (tö'lēvd), a . Having two distinct leaves, as some part of a plant; furnished with or consisting of two leaves, as a table or a door. Isa. xlv. 1. two-legged (tö'leg"ed or -legd), a. Having or furnished with two legs: as, two - legged animals; two - legged shears. -Two-legged tree, the gallows. [Humorous slang.] In mech ., adapted for producing alternating throws or thrusts in two directions: as, a two - throw crank. two-tongued (tö'tungd), a. Double-tongued; deceitful. I hate the two - tongued hypocrite. G. Sandys , Paraphrase of Ps. xxvi.