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Twin
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; - often followed by to or with.
(2):
(a.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
(3):
(a.) Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
(4):
(a.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
(5):
(n.) One of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth; - used chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts as well as to human young.
(6):
(n.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.
(7):
(n.) A person or thing that closely resembles another.
(8):
(n.) A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.
(9):
(v. i.) To bring forth twins.
(10):
(v. i.) To be born at the same birth.
(11):
(v. t.) To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way.
(12):
(v. t.) To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob.
(13):
(v. i.) To depart from a place or thing.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Twin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/twin.html. 1828.
