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English Dictionary: TWIG	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for TWIG
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twig n a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year Synonym(s): branchlet, twig, sprig v branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions" understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" Synonym(s): catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G. zweig, and probably to E. two.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size. The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the outside with hides. --Sir T. Raleigh. {Twig borer} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the apple-tree twig borer ({Amphicerus bicaudatus}). {Twig girdler}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Girdler}, 3. {Twig rush} (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus {Cladium} having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or stalks. See {Saw grass}, under {Saw}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twig \Twig\, v. t. To beat with twigs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twig \Twig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twigging}.] [Cf. {Tweak}.] To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twig \Twig\, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir. tuigim I understand.] 1. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me? [Colloq.] --Marryat. 2. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. [bd]Now twig him; now mind him.[b8] --Foote. As if he were looking right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal. --Hawthorne.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
TWIG Tree-Walking Instruction Generator. A {code generator} language. {ML-Twig} is an {SML/NJ} variant. ["Twig Language Manual", S.W.K. Tijang, CS TR 120, Bell Labs, 1986]. (1995-01-31)