Twin"leaf` (?), n. (Bot.) See Jeffersonia.
Twin"like` (?), a. Closely resembling; being a counterpart. —
Twin"like`ness, n.
Twin"ling (?), n. [Twin + 1st - ling.] A young or little twin,
especially a twin lamb.
Twinned (?), a. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to a
law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
Twin"ner (?), n. One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins.
Tusser.
Twin"ning (?), n. (Crystallog.) The assemblage of two or more crystals,
or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other
in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial
twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which
this reversal is brought about.
Polysynthetic twinning, repeated twinning of crystal lamellæ, as that
of the triclinic feldspars. — Repeated twinning, twinning of more than
two crystals, or parts of crystals. — Twinning axis, Twinning plane.
See the Note under Twin, n.
Twin"ter (?), n. [AS. twi- + winter winter. See Twice, and Winter.] A
domestic animal two winters old. [Prov. Eng.]
Twire (?), n. [Cf. D. tweern, G. zwirn, and E. twine.] A twisted
filament; a thread. [Obs.] Locke.
Twire, v. i. [Cf. MHG. zwieren, E. thwart, and queer.] 1. To peep; to
glance obliquely; to leer. [Obs.]
Which maids will twire 'tween their fingers.
B. Jonson.