Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Tuskes, pl. tusks, T. v. 1238, 1454.

Tuwel, s. hole, D 2148; Tuel, D 2148 n; pipe, slender chimney, HF. 1649. See Tuel.

Twelf, twelve, C 30, D 2257, E 736; Twelve, 3. 420, 463; A 527, F 383. A.S. twelf.

Twelfmonth, s. twelvemonth, year, A 651, D 909.

Twelfte, adj. twelfth, 4. 139. A.S. twelfta.

Twenty, twenty, A 24, 82, 294; a tw. devel weye, in the name of twenty devils, G 782. See Devil.

Tweye, two, A 704, 792, B 3214, 3356, 3547; C 30, 817, 824, &c.; Twey, B 2203; tw. and tw., in pairs, A 898. A.S. twegen.

Tweyfold, adj. twofold, double, G 566.

Tweyne, twain, 2. 76; 4. 95; 7. 285; 20. 6; L. 268, 1963, 2489, 2495; T. iii. 1115; A 1134, F 756, 809, 1062.