Shak.
Twelve"pence (?), n. A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four
cents.
Twelve"pen*ny (?), a. Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.
Twelve"score` (?), n. & a. Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
Twen"ti*eth (?), a. [From Twenty; cf. AS. twentigo&?;a. See Twenty.] 1.
Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after
nineteen others; — the ordinal of twenty.
2. Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything
is divided.
Twen"ti*eth, n. 1. The next in order after the nineteen; one coming
after nineteen others.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts
of one whole.
Twen"ty (?), a. [OE. twenty, AS. tw&?;ntig, twentig; akin to OFris.
twintich, OS. tw&?;ntig, D. & LG. twintig, OHG. zweinzug, G. zwanzig,
Goth. twai tigjis; that is, two tens. See Twain, Two, and Ten.] 1. One
more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men.