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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distich \Dis"tich\, n. [L. distichon Gr ?, neut. of ? with two rows, of two verses; di- = di`s- twice + ? row, verse, fr ? to ascend; akin to AS st[=i]gan to ascend: cf F. distique See {Stirrup}.] (Pros.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense an epigram of two verses. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distich \Dis"tich\, Distichous \Dis"tich*ous\, a. [Gr. ?. See {Distich}, n.] Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: distich n : two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {doubleton}, {pair}, {twosome}, {twain}, {brace}, {span}, {yoke}, {couplet}, {duo}, {duet}, {dyad}, {duad}]
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