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twig
(encz) | twig,ratolest Zdeněk Brož |
twig
(encz) | twig,větvička n: Zdeněk Brož |
Twig
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\, v. t.
To beat with twigs.
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Twig
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\ (tw[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twigged (tw[i^]gd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Twigging.] [Cf. Tweak.]
To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
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Twig
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir. tuigim I understand.]
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1. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you
twig me? [Colloq.] --Marryat.
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2. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. "Now
twig him; now mind him." --Foote.
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As if he were looking right into your eyes and
twigged something there which you had half a mind to
conceal. --Hawthorne.
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Twig
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zw[imac]g,
zw[imac], G. zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.
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The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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Twig borer (Zool.), any one of several species of small
beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the
apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus).
Twig girdler. (Zool.) See Girdler, 3.
Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium
having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or
stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.
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twig
(wn) | twig
n 1: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a
terminal division); usually applied to branches of the
current or preceding year [syn: branchlet, twig,
sprig]
v 1: branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt
twigged in several directions"
2: understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She
didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally
caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto,
tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it] |
twig
(foldoc) | TWIG
Tree-Walking Instruction Generator.
A code generator language. ML-Twig is an SML/NJ
variant.
["Twig Language Manual", S.W.K. Tijang, CS TR 120, Bell Labs,
1986].
(1995-01-31)
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twiggy
(mass) | twiggy
- štíhly |
twig
(encz) | twig,ratolest Zdeněk Brožtwig,větvička n: Zdeněk Brož |
twig blight
(encz) | twig blight, n: |
twig to that
(encz) | twig to that, |
twigged
(encz) | twigged, |
twiggy
(encz) | twiggy,hubený adj: Zdeněk Brožtwiggy,štíhlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
twiglike
(encz) | twiglike, adj: |
blood-twig
(gcide) | blood-twig \blood-twig\ n.
1. a European deciduous shrub (Cornus sanguinea) turning
red in autumn having dull white flowers.
Syn: common European dogwood, red dogwood, pedwood.
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Lime twig
(gcide) | Lime \Lime\, n. [AS. l[imac]m; akin to D. lijm, G. leim, OHG.
l[imac]m, Icel. l[imac]m, Sw. lim, Dan. liim, L. limus mud,
linere to smear, and E. loam. [root]126. Cf. Loam,
Liniment.]
1. Birdlime.
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Like the lime
That foolish birds are caught with. --Wordsworth.
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2. (Chem.) Oxide of calcium, CaO; the white or gray,
caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by
calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon
dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when
treated with water, forming slaked lime, and is an
essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
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Note: Lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble,
chalk, bones, shells, etc.
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Caustic lime, Calcium hydroxide or slaked lime; also, in a
less technical sense, calcium oxide or quicklime.
Lime burner, one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make
lime.
Lime pit, a limestone quarry.
Lime rod, Lime twig, a twig smeared with birdlime; hence,
that which catches; a snare. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Lime twig \Lime twig\
See under 4th Lime.
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Lime-twigged
(gcide) | Lime-twigged \Lime"-twigged`\ (l[imac]m"tw[i^]gd`), a.
Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime. --L. Addison.
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Twig borer
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zw[imac]g,
zw[imac], G. zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.
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The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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Twig borer (Zool.), any one of several species of small
beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the
apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus).
Twig girdler. (Zool.) See Girdler, 3.
Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium
having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or
stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.
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Twig girdler
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zw[imac]g,
zw[imac], G. zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.
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The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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Twig borer (Zool.), any one of several species of small
beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the
apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus).
Twig girdler. (Zool.) See Girdler, 3.
Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium
having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or
stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.
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Twig rush
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zw[imac]g,
zw[imac], G. zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.
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The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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Twig borer (Zool.), any one of several species of small
beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the
apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus).
Twig girdler. (Zool.) See Girdler, 3.
Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium
having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or
stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.
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Twigged
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\ (tw[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twigged (tw[i^]gd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Twigging.] [Cf. Tweak.]
To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
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Twiggen
(gcide) | Twiggen \Twig"gen\, a.
Made of twigs; wicker. [Obs.]
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Twigger
(gcide) | Twigger \Twig"ger\, n.
A fornicator. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Twigging
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\ (tw[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twigged (tw[i^]gd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Twigging.] [Cf. Tweak.]
To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
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Twiggy
(gcide) | Twiggy \Twig"gy\, a.
Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs;
full of twigs; abounding with shoots. " Twiggy trees."
--Evelyn.
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Twight
(gcide) | Twight \Twight\, v. t.
To twit. [Obs.] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Twight \Twight\, obs.
p. p. of Twitch. --Chaucer.
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Twighte
(gcide) | Twighte \Twight"e\, obs.
imp. of Twitch. --Chaucer.
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Twigless
(gcide) | Twigless \Twig"less\, a.
Having no twigs.
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Twigsome
(gcide) | Twigsome \Twig"some\, a.
Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy. [R.] " Twigsome
trees." --Dickens.
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blood-twig
(wn) | blood-twig
n 1: European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull
white flowers [syn: common European dogwood, {red
dogwood}, blood-twig, pedwood, Cornus sanguinea] |
twig
(wn) | twig
n 1: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a
terminal division); usually applied to branches of the
current or preceding year [syn: branchlet, twig,
sprig]
v 1: branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt
twigged in several directions"
2: understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She
didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally
caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto,
tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it] |
twig blight
(wn) | twig blight
n 1: a disease of the ends of twigs of woody plants |
twiggy
(wn) | twiggy
adj 1: thin as a twig [syn: twiggy, twiglike] |
twiglike
(wn) | twiglike
adj 1: thin as a twig [syn: twiggy, twiglike] |
ml-twig
(foldoc) | ML-Twig
A variant of TWIG in SML, by Jussi Rintanen
, which comes with SML/NJ.
(1995-02-14)
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twig
(foldoc) | TWIG
Tree-Walking Instruction Generator.
A code generator language. ML-Twig is an SML/NJ
variant.
["Twig Language Manual", S.W.K. Tijang, CS TR 120, Bell Labs,
1986].
(1995-01-31)
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