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Swire vs Twire - What's the difference?

swire | twire |

As nouns the difference between swire and twire

is that swire is (obsolete) the neck while twire is a sly glance; a leer or twire can be a twisted filament; a thread.

As a verb twire is

to glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry or twire can be to twist; twirl.

swire

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) The neck.
  • A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running through it; a vale.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    twire

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (twir)
  • To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • Which maids will twire 'tween their fingers.
  • To twinkle; sparkle; wink.
  • * Shakespeare
    • When sparkling stars twire not.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sly glance; a leer.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A twisted filament; a thread.
    • (John Locke)

    Etymology 3

    Perhaps from a dialectal form of *. Compare (l), (l).

    Verb

    (twir)
  • To twist; twirl.