twistle

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtwɪsəl/ Rhymes: -ɪsəl === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== twistle (plural twistles) (obsolete) A boundary stream. ===== Usage notes ===== Used primarily in British place names, such as Oswaldtwistle. === Etymology 2 === Related to twist. ==== Verb ==== twistle (third-person singular simple present twistles, present participle twistling, simple past and past participle twistled) (Scotland, transitive) To twist. ==== Noun ==== twistle (plural twistles) (Scotland) A wrench.