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A. S. _twaede_, duplex; or _twa_, and _dael_, part.
~Tweddlin~, _s._ Cloth that is _tweeled_.
~Tweddlin~, _adj._ Used in the same sense, S.
_To_ TWICHE, TWITCH, _v. a._
1. To touch, S. B.
_R. Bruce._
2. To engage with.
_Douglas._
~Twiching~, _prep._ Touching, concerning.
_Douglas._
_To_ TWIG, _v. a._ To pull hastily, S. B.
_Morison._
E. _tweag_, _tweak_; A. S. _twicc-ian_, vellicare; Germ.
_twick-en_, id.
~Twig~, _s._ A quick pull, a twitch, S.
TWYN, _adj._ _In twyn_, in twain, asunder.
_Wallace._
A. S. _twegen_, twain, from _tweg_, two.
_To_ ~Twin~, ~Twine~, _v. n._ To part, to separate.
_Wallace._
_To_ ~Twin~, _v. a._ _To twin_ one out of a thing, to deprive him of it, S. B.
TWYNRYS, _s. pl._ Pincers, nippers.
Teut. _dwingh-en_, arctare.
_Douglas._
TWINTER, _s._ A beast that is two years old, S, corr. _quinter_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _twy-winter_, duos annos natus.
TWIST, TWYST, _s._ A twig.
_Barbour._
Teut. _twist_, rami abscissi, ramalia.
_To_ TWITCH, _v. a._ To touch.
V. ~Twiche~.
TWITTER,
1. That part of a thread that is spun too small, S.
2. Any person or thing that is slender or feeble, S.
_Kelly._
TWO-PENNY, _s._ A weak kind of beer, sold at two-pence the Scots pint, or two quarts, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Two-penny~, (or ~Tippeny-~) ~house~, _s._ An ale-house, S.
V
VADMELL, _s._ A species of woollen cloth manufactured and worn in the Orkneys.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _vadmaal_, pannus rusticus.
