"twight" meaning in English

See twight in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: twights [present, singular, third-person], twighting [participle, present], twight [participle, past], twight [past]
Etymology: From Middle English twight, past tense of twicchen. See twitch. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|twight}} Middle English twight Head templates: {{en-verb|twight<,,twight>}} twight (third-person singular simple present twights, present participle twighting, simple past and past participle twight)
  1. (obsolete) To twitch; to cause to twitch; to touch. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-twight-en-verb-3XXhrAJ0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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