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twatchel arch.|ˈtwætʃəl|
Also 7–8 twachel.
[Related to twæcce in OE. angol-twæcce, angle-twitch, -touch, earthworm. Cf. touchangle, tweyangle.]
A name for the earthworm.
Added in the 3rd ed. of Walton's Angler, and thence in subsequent books on fishing.
1661Walton Angler v. (ed. 3) 92 The twachel or lob-worm, (which of all other is the most excellent bait for a Salmon). 1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. iv. §2 (1689) 30 Dew-worm, Garden-worm, Lob-worm or Twatchel are all but one Worm, although called in different Places by all the said Names. 1787Best Angling (ed. 2) 16 The Lob-worm, Dew-worm, Garden-worm, Twatchel or Treachet. 1865A. S. Moffat Secr. Angling viii. 164 The Lob, Dew, Twatchel, or Garden Worm. |