twire /ˈtwaɪə(ɹ)/verb 3noun 3forms 3 verb3 •To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee. — 1619 •To twinkle; sparkle; wink.When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even. — 1609 •To twist; twirl. noun3 •A sly glance; a leer. •A twisted filament; a thread.they put the cocons in hot water, and so stirring them about with a kind of rod, the ends of the silk twires of the cocons stick to it — 1766 •(no longer used) A pipe through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge; a tuyere. formstwired · twiring · twires
