Twired vs Twire - What's the difference?
twired | twire |
(twire)
To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* Ben Jonson
To twinkle; sparkle; wink.
* Shakespeare
To twist; twirl.
To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* Ben Jonson
To twinkle; sparkle; wink.
* Shakespeare
To twist; twirl.
As verbs the difference between twired and twire
is that twired is past tense of twire while twire is to glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.As a noun twire is
a sly glance; a leer.twired
English
Verb
(head)twire
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(twir)- I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee.
- Which maids will twire 'tween their fingers.
- When sparkling stars twire not.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . More at (l).Etymology 3
Perhaps from a dialectal form of *. Compare (l), (l).Verb
(twir)twire
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(twir)- I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee.
- Which maids will twire 'tween their fingers.
- When sparkling stars twire not.