To cut or form in pairs by cutters or chisels.
To couple; pair; mate; join intimately or link together; said of two united or of one joined to another.
Specifically, in mineralogy, to form or unite into a compound or twin crystal by a reversal of the molecular structure according to some definite law.
To be coupled or paired; be mated, as one with another; specifically, to be twin-born.
To bring forth two at a birth.
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To be parted in twain; be divided or sundered; come apart.
To part; depart; go away.
To be separated (from) or deprived (of): as, to twin with one's gear.
To part in twain; sever; sunder.
To part, as from another person or thing; separate; sunder; especially, to deprive.
Two; twain.
Consisting of two separate, closely related, and equal members; twofold; double; specifically, consisting of or forming twins or a pair: as, twin children.
One, each, or either of two; one of a pair, specifically of two born at a birth: as, a twin brother or sister.
In botany, growing in pairs; didymous.
Consisting of two chief parts alike, or nearly alike, and held firmly together: as, a twin bottle; a twin vase. The plural is used in the same sense: as, twin vases.
In entomology, geminate: applied to spots, punctures, spines, etc., which are close together in pairs, and distant from others.
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Two; twain; a pair; a couple.
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One of two; one of a pair or couple linked together by a particular tie or relation; the mate, counterpart, or fellow of another; specifically, one of two creatures produced at a birth: said of the young both of hitman beings and of beasts.
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A compound crystal one part of which is in a reversed position with reference to the other, as if it had been revolved through 180° about an axis (twinning-axis) perpendicular to a plane which is called the twinning-plane, and is usually a fundamental plane of the given Crystal.