a. & adv. [ Pref. a- + twist. ] Twisted; distorted; awry. [ R. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. attwyten, AS. ætwītan. See Twit. ] To speak reproachfully of; to twit; to upbraid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Betwixt. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ r }, a. Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ OE. betwix, bitwix, rarely bitwixt, AS. betweox, betweohs, betweoh, betwīh; pref. be- by + a form fr. AS. twā two. See Between. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. In the space which separates; between. [ 1913 Webster ]

From betwixt two aged oaks. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. From one to another of; mutually affecting. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was some speech of marriage
Betwixt myself and her. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Betwixt and between, in a midway position; so-so; neither one thing nor the other. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a European deciduous shrub (Cornus sanguinea) turning red in autumn having dull white flowers.
Syn. -- common European dogwood, red dogwood, pedwood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } adv. By way of, or along, the coast; following a coastline; as, coastwise winds contributed to the storm. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In the form of a crescent; like a crescent. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + twine. Cf. Intwine. ] To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [ Written also intwine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be twisted or twined. [ 1913 Webster ]

With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A twining or twisting together or round; union. Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To twist or wreathe round; to intwine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fight + wite. ] (O.Eng. Law) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. or adv. With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a guest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of intertwining, or the state of being intertwined. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By intertwining or being intertwined. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To twist together one with another; to intertwine. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.

v. t. [ Cf. Entwine. ] To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined. [ Written also entwine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be or to become intwined. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of intwining, or the state of being intwined. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Entwist. ] To twist into or together; to interweave. [ Written also entwist. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. At least; at all events. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

At leastways, or
At leastwise, at least. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

. See under 4th Lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime. L. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. or conj. [ Originally the participle of withstand, with not prefixed. ] Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it. 1 Kings xi. 11, 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

They which honor the law as an image of the wisdom of God himself, are, notwithstanding, to know that the same had an end in Christ. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

You did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding
She is the greatest beauty in the parish. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Notwithstanding that, notwithstanding; although. [ 1913 Webster ]

These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he was basking in the smiles of the pretty Mary. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of. [ 1913 Webster ]

We gentil women bee
Loth to displease any wight,
Notwithstanding our great right. Chaucer's Dream. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those on whom Christ bestowed miraculous cures were so transported that their gratitude made them, notwithstanding his prohibition, proclaim the wonders he had done. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Notwithstanding was, by Johnson and Webster, viewed as a participle absolute, an English equivalent of the Latin non obstante. Its several meanings, either as preposition, adverb, or conjunction, are capable of being explained in this view. Later grammarians, while admitting that the word was originally a participle, and can be treated as such, prefer to class it as a preposition or disjunctive conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- In spite of; despite. -- Notwithstanding, In spite of, Despite. Of these, only notwithstanding can be used postpositively; as, I will go, the weather notwithstanding. With respect to meaning, these words and phrases are often interchanged, but there is a difference between them, chiefly in strength. Notwithstanding is the weaker term, and simply points to some obstacle that may exist; as, I shall go, notwithstanding the rain. In spite or despite of has reference primarily to active opposition to be encountered from others; as, “I'll be, in man's despite, a monarch; ” “I'll keep mine own, despite of all the world.” Shak. Hence, these words, when applied to things, suppose greater opposition than notwithstanding. We should say. ”He was thrust rudely out of doors in spite of his entreaties, ” rather than “notwithstanding”. On the other hand, it would be more civil to say, “Notwithstanding all you have said, I must still differ with you.” [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. To disentangle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To win a way out of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To extricate by winding; to unloose. [ R. ] Spenser. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass, exceed, or outstrip in flying. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To defeat or gain an advantage over by superior craft or cunning stratagems; as, the thief outwitted his pursuers and left the country undetected. [ PJC ]

They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Righteous. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make righteous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Righteously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Righteousness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In doom and eke in rightwisnesse. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds having short wings and a short tail. They belong to Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, adv. In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. twibill; twi- (in comp.) two + bill, bil, an ax, hoe, bill. See Twice, and Bill a cutting instrument. ] 1. A kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular to it. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tool for making mortises. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A reaping hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Armed or provided with a twibil or twibils. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. twies (where the s is the adverbial ending; see -wards), twie, AS. twiges, twiwa; akin to twi- (in comp.) two, G. zwie-, OHG. zwi-, Icel. tvī-, L. bi-, Gr. di-, Skr. dvi-, and E. two. See Two. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Two times; once and again. [ 1913 Webster ]

He twice essayed to cast his son in gold. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞Twice is used in the formation of compounds, mostly self-explaining; as, twice-born, twice-conquered, twice-planted, twice-told, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A slight twist with the fingers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pimple. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Tweedle. ] To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key. [ Written also twidle. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]