twain [tweyn] adjective, noun
two
Being a Kipling fan, I was familiar with the word because of his poem The Ballad of East and West with the oft-quoted first line:
Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
Other than that, I'm not sure it's a word used much these days, other than referring to "two" other Twains - Mark and Shania.
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