Wires vs Twires - What's the difference?
wires | twires |
(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.
As nouns the difference between wires and twires
is that wires is while twires is .As verbs the difference between wires and twires
is that wires is (wire) while twires is (twire).twires
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(head)twire
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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.