6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twig  \Twig\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Twigged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Twigging}.]  [Cf.  {Tweak}.] 
  To  twitch;  to  pull  to  tweak.  [Obs.  or  Scot.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twig  \Twig\,  v.  t.  [Gael.  tuig,  or  Ir  tuigim  I  understand.] 
  1.  To  understand  the  meaning  of  to  comprehend;  as  do  you 
  twig  me?  [Colloq.]  --Marryat. 
 
  2.  To  observe  slyly;  also  to  perceive;  to  discover.  ``Now 
  twig  him  now  mind  him.''  --Foote. 
 
  As  if  he  were  looking  right  into  your  eyes  and 
  twigged  something  there  which  you  had  half  a  mind  to 
  conceal.  --Hawthorne. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twig  \Twig\,  n.  [AS.  twig;  akin  to  D.  twijg,  OHG.  zwig,  zwi,  G. 
  zweig,  and  probably  to  E.  two.] 
  A  small  shoot  or  branch  of  a  tree  or  other  plant,  of  no 
  definite  length  or  size. 
 
  The  Britons  had  boats  made  of  willow  twigs,  covered  on 
  the  outside  with  hides.  --Sir  T. 
  Raleigh. 
 
  {Twig  borer}  (Zo["o]l.),  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}.  (Zo["o]l.)  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twig  \Twig\,  v.  t. 
  To  beat  with  twigs. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  twig 
  n  :  small  branch  or  division  of  a  branch;  usually  applied  to 
  branches  of  the  current  or  preceding  year  [syn:  {branchlet}, 
  {sprig}] 
  v  1:  branch  out  in  a  twiglike  manner;  "The  lightning  bolt  twigged 
  in  several  directions" 
  2:  understand,  usually  after  some  initial  difficulty  [syn:  {catch 
  on},  {get  onto},  {tumble},  {latch  on},  {cotton  on},  {get 
  it}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  TWIG 
 
  Tree-Walking  Instruction  Generator. 
 
  A  {code  generator}  language.  {ML-Twig}  is  an  {SML/NJ} 
  variant. 
 
  ["Twig  Language  Manual",  S.W.K.  Tijang  CS  TR  120,  Bell  Labs, 
  1986]. 
 
  (1995-01-31) 
 
 

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