Twain (?), a. & n. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS. twgen, masc. See
Two.] Two; — nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry
and burlesque. "Children twain." Chaucer.
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Matt. v. 41.
In twain, in halves; into two parts; asunder.
When old winder split the rocks in twain.
Dryden.
— Twain cloud. (Meteor.) Same as Cumulo-stratus.
Twaite (?), n. [Prov. E.] (Zoöl.) A European shad; — called also twaite
shad. See Shad.
Twaite, n. (O. Eng. Law) A piece of cleared ground. See Thwaite.