† to-twitchv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To pull apart or away with a sudden jerk or twitch. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > suddenly or sharply
twickeOE
plitchOE
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c1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 Swa sone se hi beoð iturned awey from heom, [hi] heom to-twiccheð & to-draȝeð mid ufele weordes.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1647 Gromes þe ivoþ..& þe to twiccheþ & to schakeþ.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2097 His berde & his briȝt fax for bale he to-twiȝt.
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