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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
twain/tweɪn/

▶cardinal number archaic term for two: never the twain shall meet.

– origin OE twegen, masc. of twā (see two).

'twain' also found in these Oxford entries:

twayblade - twig

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