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Webster 1913 Edition

(twān)

Adj.

Noun.

[OE.

twein

tweien

tweyne

, AS.

twēgen

, masc. See

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 winter split the rocks in

twain

Dryden.

–

Twain cloud

(Meteor.)

Same as

Adj.

or n. Two.

When old winter splits the rocks in twain.

[Nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.]