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twinned, ppl. a.
(twɪnd, poet. ˈtwɪnɪd)
[f. twin n. or v.2 + -ed1.]
1. Born two at one birth; twin.
1607Shakes. Timon iv. iii. 3 Twin'd Brothers of one wombe. 1611― Wint. T. i. ii. 67 We were as twyn'd lambs, that did frisk i' th' sun. 1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. viii. (1626) 157 The twin'd Tyndarides. [1905Garnett Shaks. 33.]
2. a. Intimately joined or united, as two things; coupled (usually also implying close similarity).
1611Shakes. Cymb. i. vi. 35 The twinn'd Stones Vpon the number'd Beach. 1641Sir E. Dering 4 Sp. conc. Laud, etc. i. 2 Two twinned Nations, united together under one regall head. 1872Sir A. De Vere Leg. St. Patrick (Cassell) 26 The sun had set; But still those summits twinned,..Laughed with his latest beam.
b. Cryst. United, as two crystals, or consisting of two crystals united, so as to form a ‘twin’: see twin n. 3 b.
1879Rutley Study Rocks x. 98 A group of three twinned crystals of triclinic felspar. 1895Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. vii. §192 Cubic System. Twinned Forms. 1912Brit. Museum Return 194 Tilasite, a large twinned crystal.
c. Of a city, town, etc.: linked with another (in a different country) for the purpose of friendship and cultural exchange. Usu. pred. Cf. twin town s.v. twin a. and n. C. e.
[1923E. Conybeare Highways & Byways Cambr. & Ely iii. 51 William of Wykeham..first conceived the idea of twinned colleges, in the provinces and at the University.] 1957Harrogate Advertiser 16 Mar. 13/5 The congress is to talk about problems facing twinned towns, and report on the progress of the twinning. 1960Guardian 25 Feb. 5/5 About 68 towns in Britain are now ‘twinned’ with towns abroad. 1976Times 5 July 13/6 Leicester city is twinned with Krefeld and a most encouraging friendship has grown up between the two cities. 1980Times 11 July 14/8 Delegates pay visits to twinned cities. |