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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

twiggen en · ADJ

Etymology

From twig + -en (“made of”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, not-comparable) Made of twigs; wicker.
    • But I'll beat the knave into a twiggen bottle. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):