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[ Eng.twibill; -ed.] Armed with a twibill or twibills. twice, *twies, *twyes, adv. [A. S. twiges, a genitive from twi =double.] [THRICE, TWO.] 1. Two times. "The having done it twice is a double motive."- Bp . Horsley: Sermons , vol. ii., ser. 28. 2. Doubly; in twofold degree or quantity. "Thou art twice her love." Shakesp.: Lear , ii. 4. 4234 *twig (1), *twyg, v. t . [TWITCH.] To pull, to tug. "Not one kynge hath bene in Englande, sens the conquest, but they have twugged hym one way or other, and had theyr false flynges at him."- Bale : Apologie , fol. 142. twig (2), v . t . & i. [Irish tuigim =to understand, to discern; Gael. tuig to understand. (See also extract under TWIG, 8., (2).)] IMG:content-1601.png:[blocks in formation] ""They're a- twiggin ' you, sir,' whispered Mr. Weller. Twigging me, Sam!' replied Mr. Pickwick; 'what do you mean by twigging me?' Mr. Weller replied by pointing with his thumb over his shoulder: and Mr. Pickwick, on looking up, became sensible of the pleasing fact, that all the four clerks, with countenances expre ive of the utmost amusement, and their heads thrust over the wooden screen, were minutely inspecting the figure and general appearance of the supposed trifler with female hearts, and disturber of female happine ."-Dickens: Pickwick , ch. xx. 2. To understand the motives or meaning of; to apprehend, to comprehend. B. In trans.: To understand, to comprehend, to see. "Don't you twig ?" - Theodore Hook : Gilbert Gurney, vol. iii., ch. ii. Slang in all its senses. *twig'-gen, a. [Eng. twig , s.; -en.] 1. Made of twigs. twin reflection, and as the number of reflected rays diminishes as the sun descends, the strength of the twilight diminishes in the same proportion, till at last the solar rays fall on strata so raro as to be incapable of reflecting light, and the twilight accordingly disappears. In the morning the change from darkne to light takes place in a similar manner, but in inverted order. B. As adjective : I. Literally : IMG:content-1602.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1603.png:[blocks in formation] well-known. IMG:content-1604.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A divining rod. (Usually with the definite article.) "The latest revival among old beliefs is that in the divining rod. Our liberal shepherds give it a shorter name,' and so do our conservative peasants, calling the 'rod of Jacob' the ' twig . '"- Corn hill Magazine , Jan., 1883, p. 83. (1) To hop the twig : To die. ( Slang . ) "He'd make you hop the twig in a guffaw."-J. Wilson : Noctes Ambros., p. 73. (2) To work the twig : To use the divining rod. "To 'work the twig ' is rural English for the craft of Dousterswivel in the Antiquary , and perhaps from this comes our slang expre ion to 'twig,' or divine, the hidden meaning of another." - Corn hill Magazine , Jan., 1883, p. 83. IMG:content-1605.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Surrounded or encased in twigs. "I'll beat the knave into a twiggen bottle." Shakesp.: Othello , ii. 3. *twig'-ger, s. [Etym. doubtful.] 1. A wencher. in such a manner as to produce a kind of diagonal ribbed appearance upon the surface of the cloth. twill (1), *tweal, *tweel, 8. [TWILL, v .] 1. A diagonal appearance given to a fabric by causing the weft-threads to pa over one warp thread. and then under two, and so on; instead of twig'-gy, s. [Eng. twig, s.; -y.] 1. Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; being or resembling a twig; made or consisting of twigs. "To support the banks of impetuous rivers, in fine for all wickes and twiggy works."-Evelyn: Sylva, ch. xix. 2. Having twigs; full of or abounding with twigs. "The lowest of all the twiggy trees."- Evelyn : Sylva . *twight ( gh silent), pret. & pa. par. of v. [TWITCH, V.] *twight ( gh silent), v. t. [TWIT.] To upbraid, to twit. "Evermore she did him sharpely twight ." Spenser: F. Q., V. vi. 12. *twig-some, a . [Eng. twig , s.; -some.] Full of or abounding in twigs. "The twigsome trees by the road-side." -Dickens: Uncommercial Traveler , vii.