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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISTICH, n. [L., Gr., a verse.] A couplet; a couple of verses or poetic lines, making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin distichon, from Greek, from neuter of distichos having two rows, from di- + stichos row, verse; akin to Greek steichein to go — more at stair Date: 1553 a strophic unit of two lines

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Prosody a pair of verse lines; a couplet. Etymology: L distichon f. Gk distikhon (as DI-(1), stikhos line)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Distich Dis"tich, n. [L. distichon, Gr. ?, neut. of ? with two rows, of two verses; di- = di`s- twice + ? row, verse, fr. ? to ascend; akin to AS. st[=i]gan to ascend: cf. F. distique. See Stirrup.] (Pros.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Distich Dis"tich, Distichous Dis"tich*ous, a. [Gr. ?. See Distich, n.] Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Couplet, couple of verses.