Twig (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Twigged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Twigging.] [Cf. Tweak.] To twitch; to pull; to
tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
Twig, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir.
tuigim I understand.]
1. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as,
do you twig me? [Colloq.] Marryat.
2. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to
discover. "Now twig him; now mind him." Foote.
As if he were looking right into your eyes and
twigged something there which you had half a mind to
conceal.
Hawthorne.Twig, n. [AS. twig; akin to D.
twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G. zweig, and probably
to E. two.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant,
of no definite length or size.
The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered
on the outside with hides.
Sir T. Raleigh.
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.
Twig, v. t. To beat with
twigs.