v. t. [ Cf. Twiddle. ] [ Written also twidle. ] 1. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To twist. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two things practically alike; -- a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire “On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini.” [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]