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Twire
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A twisted filament; a thread. [Obs.] Locke.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To peep; to glance obliquely; to leer. [Obs.] Which maids will twire 'tween their fingers. B. Jonson. I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee. Beau. & Fl.
2. To twinkle; to glance; to gleam. [Obs.] When sparkling stars twire not. Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To sing, or twitter. [Obs.] Chaucer.