tway

& s. [TWAIN.] * In tway: In twain, in two, asunder. "It clove his plumed crest in tway." Spenser: F. Q., II. vi. 3. tway-blade, twy-blade, s. Bot.: Lister a ovata , an orchid, about a foot high, having two ovate, elliptic, opposite leaves, whence its popular name. Flowers distant upon the spike, yellowish-green. The allied L. cordata , with stems three to five inches high, and a few very small spiked greenish-brown flowers, is called the Le er Tway-blade.