twain

«twain» in Mova's school dictionary: Two — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective or noun; old use

meaning for a pupil

Two. It is used in old tales and set phrases. tree →

sense in the lessons

the old word for two, as in «split in twain»

examples

• The rope was cut in twain. tree →
• Childe Rowland and his brothers twain were playing ball. tree →
• The door split in twain. tree →

note

it means exactly two, so it is a count of 2, no more and no less

In the corpora

• He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «twain» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.