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▪ I. twisel, twissel, n. (a.) Obs. exc. dial. (ˈtwɪs(ə)l, ˈtwɪz(ə)l) Forms: 1 twisla, twisel-; 4 twisil, 6 twisel, twissell, 9 twissel, (twistle, twizzle). [OE. twisla = OHG. zwisila (MHG. zwisel, G. zwiesel), f. twi- twi-; cf. also ON. kv{iacu}sl.] 1. A point or part at which anything divides into ...
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The End of Eternity (film)
The young talented Observer is brought by the chairman of the Council of Time Senior Computer Laban Twisel to his home and makes him his personal Technician
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twizzle
▪ I. ˈtwizzle, n. Chiefly dial. [Cf. next] 1. A twist or turn; a change of direction.1848 A. B. Evans Leicestersh. Words, etc. s.v. Twizzle, There be so many turns and twizzles. 1876– in dial. glossaries (Chesh., Shropsh., Warw., etc.). 2. In a spinning-machine, the eye of a flyer.1884 W. S. B. M{su...
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twistle
▪ 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 ...
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