twick, v. Obs. exc. dial.
(twɪk)
Also 5 twyk (twykkyn).
[OE. twiccian = OHG. zwëcchôn (rare). In ME. almost entirely displaced by the related twicchen twitch v.1, but still surviving in south-western dial.]
trans. and absol. To pull sharply or suddenly; to twitch.
| a 1000 Lat. & Ags. Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 199/38 Carpere, arripere, twiccian. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 196/13 Teoh him þa loccas & wringe þa earan & þone wangbeard twicciᵹe. c 1000 Malchus in Shrine (Cockayne) 41 Þa ᵹeseah ic micelne æmettena heap..& sume hio twiccedan þa grasu mid hiora muðe. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 505/1 Twykkyn, or sum-what drawyn (K. twychyn), tractulo. c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. vi. 26 Whil that me may..With fyngres lightly twyk hem [leaves] from the tre. 1825 Jennings Obs. Dial. W. Eng. 78 To Twick, to twist or jerk suddenly. 1837–91 in Somerset and Devon glossaries. |