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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Two \Two\ (t[=oo]), adjective [OE. two, twa, properly fem. & neut., twei, twein, tweien, properly masc. (whence E. twain), AS. tw[=a], fem. & neut., tw[=e]gen, masc., t[=u], neut.; akin to OFries. tw[=e]ne, masc., tw[=a], fem. & neut., OS. tw[=e]ne, masc., tw[=a], fem., tw[=e], neut., D. twee, OHG. zw[=e]ne, zw[=o], zwei, G. zwei, Icel. tveir, tv[ae]r, tvau, Sw. tv[*a], Dan. to, Goth. twai, tw[=o]s, twa; Lith. du, Russ. dva, Ir. & Gael. da, W. dau, dwy, L. duo, Gr. dy'o, Skr. dva. [root]300. Cf. {Balance}, {Barouche}, {Between}, {Bi-}, {Combine}, {Deuce} two in cards, {Double}, {Doubt}, {Dozen}, {Dual}, {Duet}, {Dyad}, {Twain}, {Twelve}, {Twenty}, {Twice}, {Twilight}, {Twig}, {Twine}, noun, {Twist}.] One and one; twice one. ''Two great lights.'' --Gen. i. 16. ''Two black clouds.'' --Milton.
Note: Two is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, consisting of, or having, two parts, divisions, organs, or the like; as two-bladed, two-celled, two-eared, two-flowered, twohand, two-headed, two-horse, two-leafed or two-leaved, two-legged, two-lobed, two-masted, two-named, two-part, two-petaled, two-pronged, two-seeded, two-sided, two-story, two-stringed, two-foothed, two-valved, two-winged, and the like.
{One or two}, a phrase often used indefinitely for a small number.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Two \Two\, noun
1. The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.
2. A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.
{In two}, asunder; into parts; in halves; in twain; as, cut in two.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
two
adjective: being one more than one; "he received two messages" [syn: {2}, {ii}]
noun: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [syn: {2}, {II}, {deuce}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "two": biform, bifurcated, bilateral, bipartisan, bipartite, both, brace, couple, couplet, dichotomous, distich, double, double harness, doublet, duad, duadic, dual, dualistic, duet, duo, duplex, duplicated, dyad, dyadic, identical, match, matched, mates, pair, set of two, span, team, the two, twain, twin, twinned, two-sided, twosome, yoke
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