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Twitter v.2. World English Historical Dictionary

Twitter v.2. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1916, rev. 2022. Twitter v.2 Sc. and north. dial. [Of obscure origin: cf. TWIT sb.2 and TWITTER sb.3] trans. To spin or twist unevenly, to make ‘twitty.’

1 1674.  Ray, N. C. Words, 50. To Twitter Thread or Yarn, is to Spin it uneven.

2 1828.  Craven Gloss., Twitter, to entangle, as thread which is too hard twisted.

3 1843.  Whistlebinkie (1890), II. 165. Baith twittered and knotty’s the thread o’ our life.

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