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twissell

twissell is the alternative form of twissel.

Meaning of twissel

Noun

twissel (plural twissels)

  1. (rare) A double fruit or a pair of like things growing on a tree.
    • 16thC, George Turberville, The Louer, in 1810, Samuel Johnson (series editor & biographies), Alexander Chalmers (additional biographies), The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume II, page 599,
      As from a tree we sundrie times espie / A twissell grow by Nature's subtile might /...
  2. (rare) That part of a tree where the branches separate from the trunk or bole; a fork.

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Forms of twissell

comparativemore twissell
superlativemost twissell

Questions about twissell

What is twissell the alternative form of?
Twissell is the alternative form of twissel.

Words near twissell in the dictionary

  1. twiscars
  2. twise
  3. Twisp
  4. Twiss
  5. twissel
  6. twissell
  7. twissels
  8. Twisses
  9. twist
  10. twist and turn
  11. twist around one's little finger

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