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Twistle

//ˈtwɪsəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A boundary stream. obsolete
  2. 2
    A wrench. Scotland
Verb
  1. 1
    To twist. Scotland, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Alteration of twissel (literally “double, forked”), from Middle English twisel, twisil, from Old English twisla (“confluence, junction, fork of a river or road”), from Proto-Germanic *twisilą (“fork, bifurcation”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (“twice, in two”). Cognate with German Zwiesel (“fork”). Compare also Icelandic kvísl (“branch, a fork; fork of a river”).

Etymology 2

Related to twist.

Etymology 3

Related to twist.

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