twinglev.
/ˈtwɪŋɡ(ə)l/ rare. Now dialect.
intransitive. To twist, twine, wriggle, writhe.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)]
wendOE
throwOE
to-writhec1000
windc1000
wrenchc1050
writhec1300
wrenka1400
wrestle?a1400
chervec1440
wring1470
wrele1513
wriggle1573
wrincha1625
curla1637
twingle1647
twine1666
twirl1706
retort1720
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 143 Germain mothers..put..into a cup of Rhenish..somtimes a little living yeele which twingling in the wine while the child is drinking so scares him that many come to abhor..wine all their lives after.
1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 5 A lingle To swing the roast; They had nae jack, but this wou'd twingle Wi' little cost.
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall Twingle, to wriggle; to writhe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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