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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 twain /ˈtwen/
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Twain a. & n.  Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque. “Children twain.”
    And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.   --Matt. v. 41.
 In twain, in halves; into two parts; asunder.
    When old winter split the rocks in twain.   --Dryden.
 -- Twain cloud. Meteor. Same as Cumulo-stratus.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 twain
      n : two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome,
           brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet,
           dyad, duad]