Definition of Twain

Pronunciation: twān
a. & n.1.Two; - nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.
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 winter split the rocks in twain.
- Dryden.


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2, brace, couple, couplet, deuce, distich, doubleton, duad, duet, duo, dyad, II, pair, span, two, twosome, yoke


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