twinborn

Born at the same birth. "O hard condition! twin - born with greatne ." Shakesp.: Henry V., iv. 1. twin-brother, s. One of two brothers born at the same birth, or the boy when the twins are of different sexes. "Twin- brother of the godde born of Jove." Cowper: On the Platonic Idea. IMG:content-1609.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To be born at the samo birth. "We were as twinn'd lambs, that did frisk i' th' sun, And bleat the one at th' other." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, i. 2. 2. To bring forth twins. "Ewes, yearly by twinning , rich masters do make, The lamb of such twinners, for breeders go take; For twinlings be twiggers, increase for to bring, Though some for their twigging, peccavi may sing." Tu er: Husbandry; January . 3. To be paired; to be suited; to be like twins. "Friends now fast sworn, Whose double bosom seems to wear one heart, Whose hours, whose bed, whose meal and exercise Are still together; who twin (as 'twere) in love Unseparable." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, iv. 4. Used in this sense of the twinning of crystals. [TWIN, 8., II., 2.] 4. To separate, to depart, to part. "But though myself be gilty in that sinne, Yet can I maken other folk to twinne." IMG:content-1610.png:[blocks in formation] "These be the Great Twin Brethren To whom the Dorians pray." Macaulay: Battle of Lake Regillus , xi. twin digit a to-pinnate, a. Bot.: Bid i git a to pinnate, biconjugate-pinnate (q. v.). twin-flower, s. Bot.: A popular name for the genus Linnea (q.v.). twin-graptolites, s. pl. Zool.: The genus Didy mog raps us (q. v.). twin-leaf, s. Bot.: Jeff ers one i a biphylla . The leaves, which are on petioles, are binate (whence the specific and popular names); the scape one foot high; the flowers solitary, terminal, white; the capsule large, coriaceous. Found in fertile woods in the United States. ( Torrey .) Called also Rheumatism-root. twin-like, adj . Closely resembling; being very like. *twin-likene , s. Close resemblance. twin-screws, s . pl . A pair of screw-propellers on separate shafts, and having right-handed and left handed twists respectively. Being turned in contrary directions in driving ahead, each counteracts the tendency of the other to produce lateral vibration.