sb. and a. Chiefly Sc. (4–6 twasum, 9 twasome). [f. TWO + -SOME. Cf. WFris. twaresom, -sum.]
A. sb. Two persons together; two in company.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, I. (Katerine), 691. Full Ioyfull þane þire twasum war.
1489. Barbour’s Bruce, X. 19. Twasum samyn mycht nocht rid.
a. 1578. Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.), I. 276. Thair was nane left onslaine bot himsellff his brother and twasum with thame.
c. 1802. Auld Maitland, liii., in Scott, Minstr. Scott. Bord. (1869), 157. The twa-some they hae slayne the ane.
1826. Scott, Bl. Dwarf, viii. The rest disperse by twasome and threesome.
c. 1870. Jethart Worthies (ed. 3), 58. The twosome kept the secret for a season or two.
1893. Crockett, Stickit Minister, x. 120. When the twasome had been haein’ denner thegither.
B. adj. Performed by two together.
1825. Jamieson, Twasum is still used to denote a dance, in which two persons are engaged; a twasome dance, i.e., a strathspey.
1830. Galt, Lawrie T., VI. i. Whisking round and round the room to a two-some reel.
