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twissels

twissels is the plural 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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Questions about twissels

What is twissels the plural of?
Twissels is the plural of twissel.

Words near twissels in the dictionary

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

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