About The Word Twain
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Twain
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What's The Definition Of Twain?
[n] two items of the same kind
Synonyms | Synonyms for Twain: brace | couple | couplet | distich | doubleton | duad | duet | duo | dyad | pair | span | twosome | yoke Related Terms | Find terms related to Twain: See Also | 2 | deuce | II | two Twain In Webster's Dictionary \Twain\, a. & n. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS.
tw[=e]gen, 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}.
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