▪ I. twistle, n. Sc.
(ˈtwɪs(ə)l)
Also twissle.
[Cf. next.]
A twist, a wrench (also fig.).
| 1785 Burns Twa Herds iii, The Lord's cause ne'er gat sic a twistle, Sin' I hae min'. 1871 J. Milne Sel. Poems, etc. 58 If he but aince come through thy twissle He'll rue sic gamin'. 1882 J. 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.
| 1788 Picken Poems Gloss., Twisle, to twist, fold. 1819 Rennie St. Patrick II. 191 (Jam.) I'll twussle your thrapple in a jiffy. 1826– in various Eng. dial. glossaries (E.D.D.). 1886 Cole S.W. Linc. Gloss. 157 The wind seems to twistle the straw. 1890 Anthony's Photogr. Bull. III. 151 A tuft of clean cotton, formed into a ball and twistled on one side. |
▪ III. twistle
variant of twisel.