twire

verb /ˈtwaɪə(ɹ)/

1. To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.

   intransitive

   I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee.

2. To twinkle; sparkle; wink.

   intransitive

   When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even.

Where it comes from

From Middle English twiren (“to peep out, pry about, twinkle, glance, gleam”), cognate with Middle High German zwieren (“to spy”), Bavarian zwiren, zwieren (“to spy, glance”). Perhaps related to Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”). More at twinkle.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry twire (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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