Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Twain"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Twain \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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

twain
n : two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {doubleton}, {pair},
{twosome}, {brace}, {span}, {yoke}, {couplet}, {distich},
{duo}, {duet}, {dyad}, {duad}]


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