couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
(noun) two items of the same kind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Twain
A surname.
A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
• Antwi, Wiant, waint, witan
TWAIN
(computing) A standard software protocol and applications programming interface (API) that regulates communication between software applications and imaging devices such as scanners and digital cameras.
• Antwi, Wiant, waint, witan
twain
(dated) two
twain (not comparable)
(rare) twofold
twain (plural twains)
pair, couple
twain (third-person singular simple present twains, present participle twaining, simple past and past participle twained)
(transitive) To part in twain; divide; sunder.
• Antwi, Wiant, waint, witan
Source: Wiktionary
Twain, a. & n. Etym: [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS. twegen, masc. See Two.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
