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Webster 1913 Edition


Tweedle

Twee′dle

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf.
Twiddle
.]
[Written also
twidle
.]
1.
To handle lightly; – said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had
tweedled
into the service.
Addison.
2.
To twist.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tweedle

TWEE'DLE

,
Verb.
T.
To handle lightly; used of awkward fiddling.