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Twires vs Twired - What's the difference?

twires | twired |

As verbs the difference between twires and twired

is that twires is (twire) while twired is (twire).

As a noun twires

is .

twires

English

Verb

(head)
  • (twire)

    • Noun

    (head)

    • 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.

    • twired

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (twire)