twistle
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Etymology 1[edit]
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”).
Noun[edit]
twistle (plural twistles)
- (obsolete) A boundary stream.
Usage notes[edit]
- Used primarily in British place names, such as Oswaldtwistle.
Etymology 2[edit]
Related to twist.
Verb[edit]
twistle (third-person singular simple present twistles, present participle twistling, simple past and past participle twistled)
- (Scotland, transitive) To twist.
Noun[edit]
twistle (plural twistles)
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