twig

twig
twig1
—twigless, adj. —twiglike, adj.
/twig/, n.
1. a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
2. a small offshoot from a branch or stem.
3. a small, dry, woody piece fallen from a branch: a fire of twigs.
4. Anat. one of the minute branches of a blood vessel or nerve.
[bef. 950; ME; OE twig, twigge, orig. (something) divided in two; akin to OHG zwig (G Zweig), D twijg; cf. Skt dvikás double]
twig2
/twig/, v., twigged, twigging. Brit.
v.t.
1. to look at; observe: Now, twig the man climbing there, will you?
2. to see; perceive: Do you twig the difference in colors?
3. to understand.
v.i.
4. to understand.
[1755-65; < Ir tuigim I understand, with E w reflecting the offglide before i of the velarized Ir t typical of southern Ireland; cf. DIG2]
twig3
/twig/, n. Brit.
style; fashion.
[1805-15; orig. uncert.]

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