Definitions For Twire

Etymology 1

From Middle English twiren, t=to peep out, pry about, twinkle, glance, gleam, cognate with , , zwieren, t=to spy, glance. Perhaps related to . 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 , *tweorn, t=twine, thread, from , from . .

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 (found in compound āþweran, t=to agitate, stir), from , from . Cognate with . 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