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Webster 1913 Edition
Twig
Twig
(twĭg)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Twigged
(twĭgd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Twigging
.] [Cf.
Tweak
.] To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Twig
,Verb.
T.
[Gael.
tuig
, or Ir. tuigim
I understand.] 1.
To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?
[Colloq.]
Marryat.
2.
To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
“Now twig him; now mind him.” Foote.
As if he were looking right into your eyes and
twigged
something there which you had half a mind to conceal. Hawthorne.
Twig
,Noun.
[AS.
twig
; akin to D. twijg
, OHG. zwīg
, zwī
, G. zweig
, and probably to E. two
.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
The Britons had boats made of willow
twigs
, covered on the outside with hides. Sir W. Raleigh.
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
.Twig
,Verb.
T.
To beat with twigs.
Webster 1828 Edition
Twig
TWIG
,Noun.
The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the outside with hides.