TWIRE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

To twinkle; to glance; to gleam. [Obs.] When sparkling stars twire not. Shak.

4.
v.

To sing, or twitter. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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