Twig (tw&ibreve_;g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twigged (tw&ibreve_;gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Twigging.] [Cf. Tweak.] To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
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Twig, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwīg, zwī, G. zweig, and probably to E. two.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
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The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the outside with hides. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Twig borer (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus). -- Twig girdler. (Zoöl.) See Girdler, 3. -- Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.
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