Word Meanings - TWIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts. (more info) twins; akin to D. tweeling a twin, G. zwilling, OHG. zwiniling, Icel. tvennr, tvinnr, two and two, twin, and to AS. twi- two. See Twice, 1. Being one of two born at a birth;
Additional info about word: TWIN
Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts. (more info) twins; akin to D. tweeling a twin, G. zwilling, OHG. zwiniling, Icel. tvennr, tvinnr, two and two, twin, and to AS. twi- two. See Twice, 1. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister. 2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with. Shak.
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- FELLOW-COMMONER
A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table. - TALLYHO
1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds. 2. A tallyho coach. Tallyho coach, a pleasure coach. See under Coach. - COUNTERPART
One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate. 3. A person who closely resembles another. 4. A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another - MATCHMAKER
1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding. 2. One who tries to bring about marriages. - FELLOWSHIP
1. The state or relation of being or associate. 2. Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse. In a great town, friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship which is in less neighborhods. - FELLOWSHIP; GOOD FELLOWSHIP
companionableness; the spirit and disposition befitting comrades. There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee. Shak. - BROTHERLY
Like a brother; affectionately; kindly. "I speak but brotherly of him." Shak. - FELLOW-FEELING
1. Sympathy; a like feeling. 2. Joint interest. Arbuthnot. - FELLOWLIKE
Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic. Udall. - FELLOWLY
Fellowlike. Shak. - BROTHER
brother, AS. bro; akin to OS. brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel. bro, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. bro, Ir. brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis, Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. brat, L. frater, - BROTHER GERMAN
A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier. - MATCHLOCK
An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match. - MATCH-CLOTH
A coarse cloth. - MATCH PLAY
Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; -- disting. from medal play. - BROTHERLINESS
The state or quality of being brotherly. - MATCH
1. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal. No settled senses of the world can match The pleasure of that madness. Shak. 2. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show - MATCHMAKING
1. The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning. 2. The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others. - MATCH GAME
A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games. - MATCH-COAT
A coat made of match-cloth. - ACCIDENTALLY
In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially. - ALIMENTALLY
So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne. - HORIZONTALLY
In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally. - BEDFELLOW
One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch. - SENTIMENTALLY
In a sentimental manner. - TEETOTALLY
Entirely; totally. - SACRAMENTALLY
In a sacrament manner. - MISMATCH
To match unsuitably. - IMMATCHABLE
Matchless; peerless. Holland. - UNFELLOWED
Being without a fellow; unmatched; unmated. Shak. - DISFELLOWSHIP
To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as an associate. An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer. Freewill Bapt. Quart. - BRUTALLY
In a brutal manner; cruelly. - FUNDAMENTALLY
Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. "Fundamentally defective." Burke. - ODD FELLOW
A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.