twilight ( gh silent), twyelyghte

& a. [A. S. twi =double (Icel. tvi; Dut. twee-; Ger. zwie- ), here used in the sense of "doubtful" or "half," and light; cf. Ger.zwielicht twilight; O. Dut. twee licht, twylicht.] A. As substantive : I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) In the same sense as II. "As the twilight beginneth, you shall haue about you two or three hundred foxes, which make a marueilous wawling or howling."- Hackluyt : Voyages , i. 400. (2) A dim, faint light generally; slight shade or gloom. "Ash, or lime, or beech distinctly shine, Within the twilight of their different shades." Cowper : Task , i. 304. *2. Figuratively : A dubious, doubtful, or uncertain medium through which anything is seen or examined; a partial revelation or disclosure. "In the greatest part of our concernment he has afforded us only the twilight of probability, suitable to our state of mediocrity."-Locke. Botany: The Osier, Salix viminal is. ( Britten & the rays fall on higher, and therefore rarer, atmos- Holland .) down and one up. The next weft-thread takes a set oblique to the former, throwing up one of the two deposed by the preceding. The fabrics thus woven are very numerous-satin, blanket, merino, bombazine, kerseymere, . When the threads cro each alternately, in regular order, it is called plain weaving; but in twill, the same thread of weft is flushed, or separated from the warp, while pa ing over a number of warp-threads, and then pa es under a warp-thread. Twills are re used for the display of color, for strength, variety, thickne , or durability. 2. The fabric so woven. twill (2), s . [Cf. Sw. dial. tvill =to turn round like a spindle, to become entangled as thread; Norw . tvilla = to twist into knots, as a thread; tvilla a twist or knot in a thread.] A reed, a quill; a spool to wind yarn on.