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Atwo

Atwo \A*two"\, adv. [Pref. a- + two.] In two; in twain; asunder. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

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atwo

adv. (context obsolete English) In two; in twain; asunder.

Usage examples of "atwo".

This knyght, thurgh Sathanas temptaciouns, All softely is to the bed ygo, And kitte the throte of Hermengyld atwo, And leyde the blody knyf by dame Custance, And wente his wey, ther God yeve hym meschance!

Hir thoughte hir cursed herte brast atwo, She wolde noght hir sone had do so, Hir thoughte a despit, that he sholde take So strange a creature unto his make.

Ther cam a privee theef men clepeth Deeth, That in this contree al the peple sleeth, And with his spere he smoot his herte atwo, And wente his wey withouten wordes mo.

Paraventure ther may fallen oon or two Doun of his hors, and breke his nekke atwo.

But o word, lordynges, herkneth er I go, It were ful hard to fynde nowadayes In al a toun Grisildis thre or two, For it that they were put to swiche assayes, The gold of hem hath now so badde alayes With bras, that thogh the coyne be fair at eye, It wolde rather breste atwo than plye.

Thre strokes in the nekke he smoot hir tho, The tormentour, but for no maner chaunce He myghte noght smyte al hir nekke atwo.

This Phebus gan aweyward for to wryen, And thoughte his sorweful herte brast atwo, His bowe he bente and sette ther inne a flo, And in his ire his wyf thanne hath he slayn.

Right as a swerd forkutteth and forkerveth An arme atwo, my deere sone, right so A tonge kutteth freendshipe al atwo.

She is also capable ofrunning onto the beach, spreading her bows and disgorging atwo-hundred-member landing force along with several vehicles.

Now she closed her eyes as if thatwould make Bertie's spirit more able to hear her, and thought aboutall the last minute things she wanted Bertie to know, feeling as if sheneeded to cram them in before she parted with the ashes.

Sometimes he sounded as if he was talking to atwo-year-old, and finally, still in the dark but wanting to end the dizzyingconfrontation with the sheets of numbers, she would say,"Look, here's our deal, I'll make the money, you take care of it.

Cee Cee's favorite ice creamhad always been Dixie Cups, which she dug at and ate with a little flatwooden spoon.

I knew from previousexperience that ogres and demons were only too adept atworking in unison.

I owed the bank $16,000, so I left with acheck for $5,000 and change, certainly enough to buy a suitable vehicle,one appropriate to my new position as a poverty lawyer, and one thatwouldn't tempt car thieves.

And it was not a midnight raid, one thatwould certainly keep me in jail until morning.