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Definition of Twight
1. v. t. To twit.
Definition of Twight
1. Verb. (obsolete) (past participle of twitch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Twight
1. to taunt [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: taunt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twight
Literary usage of Twight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence from the by George Henry Borrow (1825)
"F. twight, FOR PRAYING FOR QUEEN CAROLINE. ON October 29, 1820, Mr. Francis twight,
a farmer, was brought up for trial for repeating in open church, ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"To twight, for to twitch, or bind. Baldwin, describing a genuine poet, and
comparing him .... twight ..."
3. The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature (1820)
"Mr. Cooper, one of his counsel, immediately arose, and said that the defendant
certainly laboured under a misapprehension, and twight added, ..."
4. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"twight, to ' twit', upbraid. Spenser, FQ v. C. 12. ... twight, to twitch, to pull
suddenly; ' No bit nor rein his tender ..."
5. Annual Register by Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Edmund Burke (1822)
"Considerable interest was excited at these sessions by the trial of Mr.
Francis twight, a farmer, for repeating in open church, at Whepstead, in this county ..."
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