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twilt

twilt noun: a quilt.

Noun

twilt (plural twilts)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A quilt.

Verb

twilt (third-person singular simple present twilts, present participle twilting, simple past and past participle twilted)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To cross-stitch in quincunx fashion so as to connect two thicknesses together.

Forms of twilt

Noun
pluraltwilts
Verb
third-person singular presenttwilts
present participletwilting
past participletwilted
pasttwilted

Origin of twilt

See quilt.

Questions about twilt

What does twilt mean?
Twilt means a quilt.
What part of speech is twilt?
Twilt can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of twilt?
The plural of twilt is twilts.

Words near twilt in the dictionary

  1. twilling
  2. Twillingate
  3. twillings
  4. twills
  5. twilly
  6. twilt
  7. twilted
  8. twilting
  9. twilts
  10. TWIMC
  11. twimindedness

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