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▪ I. twistle, n. Sc.|ˈtwɪs(ə)l|
Also twissle.
[Cf. next.]
A twist, a wrench (also fig.).
1785Burns Twa Herds iii, The Lord's cause ne'er gat sic a twistle, Sin' I hae min'. 1871J. Milne Sel. Poems, etc. 58 If he but aince come through thy twissle He'll rue sic gamin'. 1882J. Walker Jaunt to Auld Reekie, etc. 29 Screw the pegs wi cheepin twistle And strum the thairms. Ibid. 211 The deil gae a' their necks a twistle.
▪ II. ˈtwistle, v. dial.
Forms: 8 Sc. twisle, 8–9 twistle, 9 twissle (Sc. twussle).
[app. f. twist v. + -le.]
trans. To twist, twirl; to screw.
1788Picken Poems Gloss., Twisle, to twist, fold. 1819Rennie St. Patrick II. 191 (Jam.) I'll twussle your thrapple in a jiffy. 1826–in various Eng. dial. glossaries (E.D.D.). 1886Cole S.W. Linc. Gloss. 157 The wind seems to twistle the straw. 1890Anthony's Photogr. Bull. III. 151 A tuft of clean cotton, formed into a ball and twistled on one side.
▪ III. twistle
variant of twisel. |