twi-pointed

adjective

Having two points or peaks.

Meanings

adjectivetwi-pointed (not comparable)

alternative twy-pointed

  1. archaicnot comparableHaving two points or peaks.

    And the bolt of Zeus / Twy-pointed, see'st thou, in his hurling hands?

    1890, A. W. Verrall, translating Euripides, Ion, p. 21
    2 more examples

    Yee Nine that leaue twi-pointed Pernas hill, / To dwell on double-trenched Gogmagog […].

    1623, Ælfric of Eynsham, translated by William L'Isle, A Saxon treatise concerning the Old and New Testament, Dedication

    In this sulphur the magick circle had been drawn with a twy-pointed stick, and the grooves thus made had been filled with charcoal powder.

    1917, Aleister Crowley, Moonchild, Weiser, published 2010, page 202

Origin

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