Definition of twig

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Twig (v. t.) To beat with twigs.

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Thornbird :: Thornbird (n.) A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.
Wickerwork :: Wickerwork (n.) A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture..
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..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes..
Twig :: Twig (v. t.) To beat with twigs.
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..
Layer :: Layer (n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation..
Twighte :: Twighte () imp. of Twitch.
Viminal :: Viminal (a.) Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producing twigs.
Branchlet :: Branchlet (n.) A little branch; a twig.
Defibrinate :: Defibrinate (v. t.) To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs..
Widdy :: Widdy (n.) A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch..
Broom :: Broom (n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..
Xylobalsamum :: Xylobalsamum (n.) The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (Balsamodendron Gileadense).
Birch :: Birch (n.) A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging..
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..
Surcloyed :: Surcle (n.) A little shoot; a twig; a sucker.
Limb :: Limb (n.) A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
Twigged :: Twigged (imp. & p. p.) of Twi.
Arborescent :: Arborescent (a.) Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.
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