twistlen.
/ˈtwɪs(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈtwɪs(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈtwɪs(ə)l/ Scottish.
A twist, a wrench (also figurative).
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > an act of
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a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 70 The L—d's cause gat na sic a twisle, Sin' I hae min'.
1871 J. Milne Sel. Poems & Songs 58 If he but aince come through thy twissle He'll rue sic gamin'.
1882 J. Walker Descr. Jaunt to Auld Reekie 29 Screw the pegs wi cheepin twistle And strum the thairms.
1882 J. Walker Descr. Jaunt to Auld Reekie 211 The deil gae a' their necks a twistle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
twistlev.
dialect.
transitive. To twist, twirl; to screw.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > twist spirally
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1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. Gloss. Twisle, to twist, fold.
1819 J. Rennie St. Patrick II. 191 (Jam.) I'll twussle your thrapple in a jiffy.
1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 157 The wind seems to twistle the straw.
1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 151 A tuft of clean cotton, formed into a ball and twistled on one side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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