A prefix or combining element in ten words of OE origin, chiefly nouns and adjectives, meaning 'two, double' or 'twice, doubly': the nouns twibil, twihinde, twinter (from the OE adjective), twirædniss……
(a) To twist raw fiber into thread, spin; ppl.spinninge, engaged in spinning, while spinning; (b) to spin (thread); twist (raw fiber) into thread; also fig.; twist (horsehair) into rope; make (rope)……
(a) A small branch of a tree, a twig, shoot; also, the stem of a plant; a sprig of a medicinal plant or herb; a leafy branch, frond; any green and growing part of a plant; lim twig [see lim n.(2) 4.(c……
