twiggen, a. arch.
(ˈtwɪg(ə)n)
[f. twig n.1 + -en.]
a. Made of twigs or wickerwork; also, having a wickerwork covering. b. Arising from burning twigs or brushwood.
| 1549 Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Acts vii. 29 A twiggen basket or hamper. 1588 Lanc. Wills (Chetham Soc.) III. 136 A twiggen cheare xij{supd}. 1604 Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 152 Ile beate the Knaue into a Twiggen-Bottle [Qq. wicker bottle]. 1681 Grew Musæum iv. iii. 372 The Sides and Rim sewed together after the manner of Twiggen-Work. 1747 Carte Hist. Eng. I. 44 Those twiggen machines..filled in every part or member with the miserable wretches destined to be burnt by way of sacrifice. 1826 Hor. Smith Tor Hill (1838) I. 94 What, neighbour Stiles, pawn thy wedding ring to fill the twiggen-bottle! 1875 Morris æneid vii. 463 When with a mighty roar the twiggen flame [L. flamma virgea] goes up about the hollow side of brass. |