Definition of twig

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Twig (v. t.) To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover..

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Shrag :: Shrag (n.) A twig of a tree cut off.
Twigging :: Twigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twi.
Bed :: Bed (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs..
Lawsonia :: Lawsonia (n.) An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette..
Lime-twigged :: Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime..
Besom :: Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
Spray :: Spray (n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig.
Surcloyed :: Surcle (n.) A little shoot; a twig; a sucker.
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn..
Layer :: Layer (n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation..
Twigsome :: Twigsome (a.) Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy..
Wickerwork :: Wickerwork (n.) A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture..
Branch :: Branch (v. t.) To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs..
Bower Bird :: Bower bird () An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright-colored objects; the satin bird..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine..
Girdler :: Girdler (n.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae..
Browse :: Browse (n.) The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food..
Birdlime :: Birdlime (n.) An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares..
Withe :: Withe (n.) A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy..
Birch :: Birch (n.) A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging..
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