"twistle" meaning in English

See twistle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtwɪsəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twistle.wav Forms: twistles [plural]
Etymology: 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 templates: {{inh|en|enm|twisel}} Middle English twisel, {{inh|en|ang|twisla||confluence, junction, fork of a river or road}} Old English twisla (“confluence, junction, fork of a river or road”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*twisilą||fork, bifurcation}} Proto-Germanic *twisilą (“fork, bifurcation”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dwis-||twice, in two}} Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (“twice, in two”), {{cog|de|Zwiesel||fork}} German Zwiesel (“fork”), {{cog|is|kvísl||branch, a fork; fork of a river}} Icelandic kvísl (“branch, a fork; fork of a river”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} twistle (plural twistles)
  1. (obsolete) A boundary stream. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-twistle-en-noun-4Hwy539l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtwɪsəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twistle.wav Forms: twistles [plural]
Etymology: Related to twist. Head templates: {{en-noun}} twistle (plural twistles)
  1. (Scotland) A wrench. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Tools, Water
    Sense id: en-twistle-en-noun-y8V3RnS6 Disambiguation of Tools: 6 89 6 Disambiguation of Water: 12 65 23 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 53 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 53 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 58 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈtwɪsəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twistle.wav Forms: twistles [present, singular, third-person], twistling [participle, present], twistled [participle, past], twistled [past]
Etymology: Related to twist. Head templates: {{en-verb}} twistle (third-person singular simple present twistles, present participle twistling, simple past and past participle twistled)
  1. (Scotland, transitive) To twist. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-twistle-en-verb-2EzQTfMS Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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