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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zw[imac]g,
zw[imac], G. zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.
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The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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{Twig borer} (Zool.), any one of several species of small
beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the
apple-tree twig borer ({Amphicerus bicaudatus}).
{Twig girdler}. (Zool.) See {Girdler}, 3.
{Twig rush} (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus {Cladium}
having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or
stalks. See {Saw grass}, under {Saw}.
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