distich : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: distich	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for distich
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distich n two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distich \Dis"tich\, n. [L. distichon, Gr. [?], neut. of [?] with two rows, of two verses; di- = di`s- twice + [?] row, verse, fr. [?] to ascend; akin to AS. st[c6]gan to ascend: cf. F. distique. See {Stirrup}.] (Pros.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distich \Dis"tich\, Distichous \Dis"tich*ous\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Distich}, n.] Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.