英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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p. p. of Twitch.
imp. of Twitch.
Twigless
(a.)
Having no twigs.
Twigsome
(a.)
Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy.
Twilight
(n.)
The light perceived before the rising, and after the
setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18¡ below the
horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by
the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
Twilight
(n.)
faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which
anything is viewed.
Twilight
(a.)
Seen or done by twilight.
Twilight
(a.)
Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
Twill
(v. i.)
To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of
diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
Twill
(v. t.)
An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in
textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under
two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over
one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving.
Twill
(v. t.)
A fabric women with a twill.
Twill
(v. t.)
A quill, or spool, for yarn.
Twilled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Twill
Twilling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Twill
Twilly
(n.)
A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of
a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or
willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil,
n., 6, and Willy.
Twilt
(n.)
A quilt.
Twin
(a.)
Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or
sister.
Twin
(a.)
Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the
relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.
Twin
(a.)
Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
Twin
(a.)
Composed of parts united according to some definite law of
twinning. See Twin, n., 4.