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twistle.

A boundary stream.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtwɪsəl/
  1. A boundary stream.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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”).

verb/ˈtwɪsəl/
  1. To twist.

    Scotland · transitive
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noun/ˈtwɪsəl/
  1. A wrench.

    Scotland
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