'Twire' definitions:
Definition of 'Twire'
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- Twire \Twire\, v. i. To sing, or twitter. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Twire'
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- Twire \Twire\, n. [Cf. D. tweern, G. zwirn, and E. twine.] A twisted filament; a thread. [Obs.] --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Twire'
From: GCIDE
- Twire \Twire\, v. i. [Cf. MHG. zwieren, E. thwart, and queer.]
- 1. To peep; to glance obliquely; to leer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Which maids will twire at 'tween their fingers. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To twinkle; to glance; to gleam. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- When sparkling stars twire not. --Shak. [1913 Webster]