Meaning of 'twire'

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Meaning of ‘twire’

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twire

A twisted filament; a thread. [Obs.] Locke.

To peep; to glance obliquely; to leer. [Obs.] Which maids will twire 'tween their fingers. B. Jonson. I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee. Beau. & Fl.

To twinkle; to glance; to gleam. [Obs.] When sparkling stars twire not. Shak. To sing, or twitter. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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