Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made of twigs or osier; wicker.
- Covered with osier or wicker.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Made of twigs; wicker.
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- adjective archaic Made of
twigs orosier ;wicker .
Etymologies
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Examples
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If they bring thee back safe, they may chance to sing to the twiggen fiddle-bow, that they may be warned from such folly; but if they come back without thee, by All-hallows the wind of wrath shall sweep their heads off them!
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There be two of these things; and one is an image of a tall woman of middle-age, red-haired, white-skinned, and meagre, and whiles she has a twiggen rod in her hand, and whiles a naked short sword, and whiles nought at all.
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This total absence of toilet appliances does not of course render impossible a special lavatory or bath-room in the house, or the daily importation to the bed-rooms of hot-water cans, twiggen bottles, bath-tubs, and basins from other portions of the house; but even that equipment would show a lack of adequate bathing facilities.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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Quoth Sir Aymeris: If they bring thee back safe, they may chance to sing to the twiggen fiddle-bow, that they may be warned from such folly; but if they come back without thee, by
The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865
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There be two of these things; and one is an image of a tall woman of middle-age, red-haired, white - skinned, and meagre, and whiles she has a twiggen rod in her hand, and whiles a naked short sword, and whiles nought at all.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865
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Now were the men of the kindreds at point to climb this twiggen burg; but by this time the fury of Face-of-god had run clear, and he knew where he was and what he was doing; so he stayed his folk, and cried out to them:
The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale William Morris 1865
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“_Mothen_ parchments” is in Fulke; “_twiggen_ bottle” in
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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