4. (Man.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon
when on horseback. Craig.
Twist"ic*al (?), a. Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair;
dishonest. [Slang, U. S.] Bartlett.
Twist"ing, a. & n. from Twist.
Twisting pair. (Kinematics) See under Pair, n., 7.
Twit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Twitting.] [OE.
atwiten, AS. ætwtan to reproach, blame; æt at + wtan to reproach,
blame; originally, to observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong
(cf. the meanings of E. animadvert; akin to G. verweisen to censure,
OHG. firwzan, Goth. traweitan to avenge, L. videre to see. See Vision,
Wit.] To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect,
misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt;
as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.
This these scoffers twitted the Christian with.
Tillotson.
Æsop minds men of their errors, without twitting them for what is
amiss.
L'Estrange.
Twitch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twitched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Twitching.] [OE. twicchen, fr. (doubtful) AS. twiccian; akin to AS.
angeltwicca a worm used for bait, literally, a hook twitcher, LG.
twikken to tweak, G. zwicken. Cf. Tweak.] To pull with a sudden jerk;
to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by
the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off
clusters of grapes.
Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear.
Pope.
Twitch, n. 1. The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short,
sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.
2. A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple
muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.
3. (Far.) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop,
which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By
twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep
the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation. J. H. Walsh.
Twitch"er (?), n. One who, or that which, twitches.
Twitch" grass` (?). (Bot.) See Quitch grass.
Twite (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European tree sparrow. (b) The mountain
linnet (Linota flavirostris). [Prov. Eng.]