Hypertext Webster Gateway: "distich"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Distich \Dis"tich\, n. [L. distichon, Gr. ?, neut. of ? with two
rows, of two verses; di- = di`s- twice + ? row, verse, fr. ?
to ascend; akin to AS. st[=i]gan to ascend: cf. F. distique.
See {Stirrup}.] (Pros.)
A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an
epigram of two verses.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Distich \Dis"tich\, Distichous \Dis"tich*ous\, a. [Gr. ?. See
{Distich}, n.]
Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
distich
n : two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {doubleton}, {pair},
{twosome}, {twain}, {brace}, {span}, {yoke}, {couplet},
{duo}, {duet}, {dyad}, {duad}]
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