Definitions For Twire

Etymology 1

From Middle English twiren, t=to peep out, pry about, twinkle, glance, gleam, cognate with {{cog, gmh, zwieren, t=to spy}}, {{cog, bar, zwiren}}, zwieren, t=to spy, glance. Perhaps related to {{cog, ang, twinclian, t=to twinkle}}. More at twinkle.

Alternative forms

tweer

Verb

twir (intransitive) To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry. (intransitive) To twinkle; sparkle; wink.

Noun

TWIRE (plural TWIREs) A sly glance; a leer.

Etymology 2

From Middle English twir, *twirn, twern, from {{inh, en, ang, *twirn}}, *tweorn, t=twine, thread, from {{inh, en, gmw-pro, *twiʀn, t=thread}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *duwo-, t=two}}. {{doublet, en, twine}}.

Noun

TWIRE (plural TWIREs) A twisted filament; a thread. : (John Locke)

Etymology 3

Perhaps from a dialectal form of twere, from Middle English *tweren, from {{inh, en, ang, þweran, t=to stir}} (found in compound āþweran, t=to agitate, stir), from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *þweraną, t=to stir}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *twer-, t=to turn, twirl, swirl, move}}. Cognate with {{cog, bar, zweren, t=to stir}}. Compare twirk, twirl.

Verb

twir (transitive) To twist; twirl.

Etymology 4

Variant of tuyere.

Noun

TWIRE (plural TWIREs) (obsolete) A pipe through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge; a tuyere.

Anagrams

twier, write