Category:Twire

Twire, n. Etym: [cf. D. tweern, g. zwirn, and e. twine.]

Defn: a twisted filament; a thread. [obs.] Locke.

Twire Twire, v. i. Etym: [cf. Mhg. zwieren, e. thwart, and queer.]

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.

Twire Twire, v. i.

Defn: to sing, or twitter. [obs.] Chaucer.