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Definitions for: Twain [n] two items of the same kind
Webster (1913) Definition: Twain, a. & n. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS.
tw[=e]gen, masc. See Two.]
Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in
poetry and burlesque. ``Children twain.'' --Chaucer.
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with
him twain. --Matt. v. 41.
In twain, in halves; into two parts; asunder.
When old winder split the rocks in twain. --Dryden.
Twain cloud. (Meteor.) Same as Cumulo-stratus.
Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, doubleton, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twosome, yoke
See Also: 2, deuce, II, two
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