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Show T W To Tweac. ) v, a Zo Tweak. [Ttis written tavea by Skiuner other writers; fwacken T T W This year The tawentieth from the firing the capitol, As fatal too to Rome, by all predictions. B. Fonfon Why was not I the twentieth by dc:(ccn From a long reftive race of droning king$ ? Dryd but tweak b German. T pinch; to fqueeze betwixt the fingers Who calls me villain, breaks my pate acrofs Tweaks me by the nofe Shakefpeare To roufe him from lethargick dump He reveak'd his nofe Butler Look in their face, they rzeak'd your nofe Swift TWEAGUE. ) #. /- [from the verb.] PerTweak } plexity; ludicrous diftrefs A low word T'his crown now muf P c tawentieth lighter the denomination, callin yefterday was but a part Twe'NTY adj. [zpenag, Saxon. 1. Twice ten Hammon feldom di eat or drink more tha once in ¢qventy-four hours, an This put the old fellow in a rare tweague Arbuthnot %o Twe'EDLE. v. a. [I know not whenc derived.] To handle lightly Ufed o awkward fiddling be raifed, and coined one ik is nothing but changin that a crown now, whic wiz. nineteen twenticths Locke fome fruit toward night F'r// At leaft nincteen in rwwenty of thefe perplexin words might be changed into eafy ones. . Swift 2 A proverbial or indefinite number Maximilian, upo have been the man twent refpects, could no Bacon's Henry V11 A fidler brought in with him a body of luft young fellows, whom he had rzvced/ed into the fervice Addifon Twi'B1L. #n. /. [tavy for tawo, and il 5 bi Twe EzERS. n. /. [etuy, French. Nippers, or fmall pincers, to pluck off hairs Twick. adv. [epigrd, Sax. twees, Dutch. 1. Two times There heros® wits are kept in pond'rous vafes And beaus® in fnuff-boxes and tweezer cafes. Pope TWELFTH. adj. [zpeljza, Saxon.] Secon after the tenth; the ordinal of twelve He found Elitha plowing with twelve yok oxen, and he with the tevelfth o 1 Kings, xix. g Suppofing, according to the ftandard, five fhillings were to weigh an ounce, wanting about fixteen grains, whereof one rwelfth were copper, an eleven revelfths filver, it is plain here the quantit of filver gives the value Locke TwWE'LFTHTIDE. 7 / after Chriftmas 'The twelfth da Plough-munday, next after that tvelfthtide Bids out with the plough Tuffer's Hufbandry TWELVE. adj. [zpelp, Saxon. ten; twice fix Two an «"Thou haft beat me out ¢zvelve feveral times Shake[peare's Coriolanus Had we no quarrel elfe to Rome, but tha Tho art thence banith'd, we would mufter al From twelve to twenty Shake[peare What man talk'd with you yefternight Ou at your window betwixt tzve/ve and one Shake|peare On his left hand tzvelve reverend owls did fly So Romulus, 'tis fung, by Tyber's brook Prefage of fway from twice fix vultures took Dryden Twe'LYEMONTH. 7. /. [tawelve and month. A year, as confifting of twelve months 1 fhall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence Shak "This year or tawelvemonth, by reafon that th moon's months are fhorter than thofe of the fun is about eleven days fhorter than the fun's year 1[0./([(}‘ Taking the thoots of the paft fpring, and peggin them down in very rich earth perfeétly confumed watering them upon all occafions, by this tim twelvemonth they will be ready to remove. Ewelyn In the fpace of abouta twelvemonth I have ru out ofa whole thoufand pound upon her. 4ddifon Not twice a twelvemonth you appear in print Pope Twe'LVEPENCE. 7. /. [twelve and pence. A thilling Twe'LVEPENNY. adj. [twelve and penny. Sold for a fhilling I would wifh no other revenge, from this rhymng judge of the twelvepenny gallery Dryden Twe'LVESCORE adj [twelve and fcore. Twelve times twenty; two hundred an forty Taweluefeore viragos of the Spartan race. Diyden TWE'NTIETH adj. [tpentéogoBa, Sax. _'Twice teath; opdinal of twenty pennis, Latin. A halbert Ainfworth Dryden Dryd 3. It is often ufed in compofition Life is tedious as a revice-told tale Vexing the dull ear ofa drowfy man. Shakefpeare Tavice-born Bacchus burft the thund'rer's thigh CI‘L‘['L'/J Extol the ftrength ofa ravice-conquer'd race Dryden 7o Twi'pLE. w. a. [This is commonl written rweedle. 'To touch lightly. low word With my fingers upon the ftupe, I prefied clof upon it, and twidled it in, firft one fide, then th other Wifeman TWIG n. f [pix, Tpizxa, Saxon; twyg Dutch.] A fmall fhoot of a branch fwitch tough and long The Britons had boats made of willow #w covered on the outfide with hides, and fo h Venetians Ra They chofe the fig-tree, fuch as fpread her arms Branching fo broad and long, that in the groun The bended raigs take root Miiton Canft thou with a weak angle firike the whale His huge jaw with a tevig or bulrufh bore ? Sandys If the cut the favigs at evening, a plentiful an pleafant juice comes out Uncertain view Q i et M A faint weak love of virtue, an More Her worth; "and though fhe have fhug jp all The twilight of her memory doth ftay, . . Day He that faw hell in 's mclan holy.dreafi{ i And, in-the twilight of his phancy s thein Scard from his fins, repented i a frigh Had be view'd Scotland, had tur 'd profzzlytc Cleaelyy Ambrofial night, with clouds e xha ' From that high mount of God » Whenc ligh¢ an thad Spring, both th fac chang'd To grateful zzvifight of bri hteft heav' They juft artiv'd by ravilight at a town Shak The fides and rim fewed together after the man zpeoneleoh Saxon. Grew Ful In the greateft part of our conccmment;heha afforded us only the twilight of proba i!ity, fuitabl to our ftate of mediocrity Twi'LiGHT clearl ILoCk adj o brightl illuminated When the fun'begins to flin His flaring beams, me, goddefs, brin To arched walks of zawilight groves Miltm O'er the railight groves, and dufky caves, Long-foundin ifles, an and after funfet; obfcure light Her twilights were more clear than our mid-day DQIIIIK' Sufpicions amongft thoughts are like bats among(t birds, they ever fly by twilight, Certainl they are to be well guarded intermingled graves Black Melancholy fits, and round her throw A death-like filence, and a dread repofe Pope On old Lyczus, or Cyllene hoar Trip no more in twilight ranks Milton Twin. n. /. [epinn, Sax. saveelingen, Dut. 1. Children born at a birth. It is there fore feldom ufed in the fingular; thoug fometimes it is ufed for one of twins, In this myftery of ill opinions, here's the fai brother of thy letter; but let thine inherit firft, for mine never fhall Shakefpeare In beftowin He was moft princely : ever witnefs for hi Thofe tavins of learning, Ipfvich and Oxford Shakefpears If that moment of the time of birth be of fuc moment, whence proceedeth the great difference o the conftitutions of avins, which, though togethe born, have ftrange and contrary fortunes Drummond The divided da Runs to the fummons of her hungry lamb But when the r2vin cries halves, the quits the firft Cleaveland No yweight of birth did on one fide prevail Two tavins lefs even lie in Nature's feale. Cowley. They came zvins from the womb, and fill the liv As if they would go zzvins too to the grave. Otavay Fair Leda's twins, in time to ftars decreed One fought on foot, one curb'd the fiery fteed Diryden Had there been the fame likenefs in all men, a fometimes in ravins, it would have given occafio to confufion Grew Firft fhines, and fpreads black night with feebl fires Then parts the tzins and crab Creeflj When now no more th' alternate #evins are fir'd Short is the doubtful empire of the nights Thoman of 7o TWIN. @,z [from the noun. 1. To be born at the fame birth Dutch He that is approv'd in this oftence 1. The dubious or faint light before funrife Dr_yt?e This, when the fun retires Twi'cey. adj. [ from twig. twigs Twi'vicur. n f. [ rweelicht l.la ng‘.en the fun was down,adfif‘d : Made o ner of taiggen worlk 1 A Milton's Parad 2. Gemini, the fign of the zodiack 1'1l beat the knave into a twiggen bottle Refle&ts from her on them, ificfi u;fdiggg:, From parent boug A cyon meetly fever : after forc A way into the crabftock's clofe-wrought grai By wedges, and within the living woun Inclofe the fofter tavig, around which {prea The binding clay Philips Twi'GGEN. adj. [from twig. twigs ; wicker Q 2. Seen or done by twilight A little fum you mourn, while moft have me With zavice the lofs, and by as vile a cheat v obfcure ; deeply fhaded That tavice he reeled, ready tavice to fall. Spenfer He tavice eflay'd to caft his fon in gold Tavice from his hands he dropp'd the formin 2. Doubly s 1. No Upon his creft he ftruck him fo mould 2 Bacon Though he had fwinn'd with me both at a birth Shall lofe me 2. To bring two at once Shakefpeare's Otbello Ewes yearly by revinning rich mafters do make ‘Tz{fl;‘)' 3. To be paired to be fuited Hath nature given them eyes Which can diftiaguifh "twix Tho |