twindlen.
/ˈtwɪnd(ə)l/ Now dialect.
a. = twin n. 1.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > twins
twinsc1290
twinlinga1382
double1413
twindle1526
twains1580
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring > multiple offspring: twins
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twin1569
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > twins > a twin
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twindle1674
birth partner1870
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring > multiple offspring: twins > twins: one of
twinlinga1382
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1526 R. Whitford tr. Martiloge 45 A woman..with her two chylder twyndles.
?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. Aiiiv Romulus & Remus bredyrne & twyndels.
1642 in Collins Kirkburton Regrs. (1887) I. 237 Thomas and Elizabeth children of Thomas Hepworth beinge twindles.
1674 R. Lowe Lancs. Diary (1877) 40 Ffriday. was buryed a twindle of John Leylands… Lords day. was buryd the other twindle of John Leylands.
a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Twindles, twins. Lanc.
1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. Twindles, twins.
b. attributive. = twin adj. 4b.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > duality > [adjective] > composed of two constituents
twin1584
twiform1607
twofolda1616
twindle1636
twi-natured1868
twi-shaped1875
1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker H ij I dream'd my husband, when he came first a woing, cam i' the liknes of a Kentish twindle Pippen; that is, just as if two stones grew together.
Derivatives
twindle v. (also twinnel) (intransitive) to bring forth twins: = twin v.2 1.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > be confined [verb (intransitive)] > give birth > multiple birth
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twindle1845
1845 Thornber Penny Stone ii. 14 Mother Cowburne has twinnelled.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
twindlev.2
/ˈtwɪnd(ə)l/ intransitive. Used by G. M. Hopkins: probably a blend of twist v. and dwindle v.Apparently an isolated use.
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1881 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 89 A windpuff-bonnet of fáwn-fróth Turns and twindles over the broth Of a pool so pitchblack, féll-frówning.
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