Definition of "twire"

twire¹

/ˈtwaɪə(ɹ)/

verb
third-person singular simple present twires, present participle twiring, simple past and past participle twired
1. (intransitive) To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.
  Quotations
  I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee.
  c. 1619–1623, John Fletcher, “Women Pleas’d”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, Act IV, scene i
  Which maids will twire at 'tween their fingers.
  c. 1637, Ben Jonson, The Sad Shepherd
2. (intransitive) To twinkle; sparkle; wink.
  Quotations
  When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even.
  1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 28”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley
noun
plural twires
1. A sly glance; a leer.

twire²

/ˈtwaɪə(ɹ)/

noun
plural twires
1. A twisted filament; a thread.
  Quotations
  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, John Locke, Observations Upon The Growth And Culture Of Vines And Olives […]

twire³

/ˈtwaɪə(ɹ)/

verb
third-person singular simple present twires, present participle twiring, simple past and past participle twired
1. (transitive) To twist; twirl.

twire⁴

/ˈtwaɪə(ɹ)/

noun
plural twires
1. (obsolete) A pipe through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge; a tuyere.