Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Two \Two\ (t[=oo]), a. [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}, n., {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.