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# twain

«twain» in Mova's school dictionary: **Two** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective or noun; old use

### meaning for a pupil

Two. It is used in old tales and set phrases. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twain/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

the old word for two, as in «split in twain»

### examples

- The rope was cut in twain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twain/#x1)
- Childe Rowland and his brothers twain were playing ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twain/#x2)
- The door split in twain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twain/#x3)

### note

it means exactly two, so it is a count of 2, no more and no less

### In the corpora

- [He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.115/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «twain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.