_Twises_ (Vol. ii., p. 327.).--"Fr. _estuy_; a sheath case, or box to put
things in, and more particularly a case of little instruments, or sizzars,
bodkin, penknife, &c., now commonly called _ettwee_."--_Cotgrave._
Shenstone enumerates, among the temptations to drain the purse:
"The cloud-wrought canes, the gorgeous snuff-boxes,
The twinkling jewels, the gold _etwee_,
With all its bright inhabitants."
_Economy_, Part II.