twe

{ } n. A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This put the old fellow in a rare tweague. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Trouble; distress; tweag. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A prostitute. [ Obs. ] Brathwait. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. twikken, originally the same word as twicchen; cf. LG. twikken. See Twitch. ] To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably a corruption of twills. See Twill. ] A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ]

n. & v. See Twill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Tuyère. [ 1913 Webster ]

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