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1-1-2 THE DIALECT OF Twan, past tense of to ttcine. Twang, vh. to turn out the toes in walking. Twelft e'em, i. e. twelfth night. Old J. S. and many others would never acknowledge the new style. They used to say of New Christ- mas Day, * What do yo' keep yor Chersmis naa for ? It's nooan the right taum. Wait wnaul twelft day. This taum was nohbut made by man.' Twentif e'em, or Twentieth e*em, L e. twentieth eve after Christmas Eve, once a notable day in this neighbourhood, and regarded as the real termination of the Christmas festivities. It is still spoken of. Forty years ago it was much observed. It corresponds with the 1 3th of January, which is now, as in the ancient English calendars, observed in churches of the Roman Obedience as the Octave of the Epiphany in honour of the Mystery of our Lord's Baptism. Twilt, vh, quilt, beat, or thrasL Twilt, sb. a quilt for a bed. Twilting, quilting, beating, or thrashing. Twinge (gL twinj)^ according to some, the earwig ; but others say the Forty -legs. Twisted out After the trials at York, an order in Council directed that by a certain time the Luddites, who had taken a secret oath, should go before a magistrate, and be twisted out^ as it was called ; that is, they took the Oath of Allegiance. Bodies of forty or fifty at a time were to be seen passing Birks Mill on their way to Woodsome, to take the oath before Mr. Scott, J. P. Among these, to the amaze- ment of observers, were some very respectable men indeed, such as master croppers, &c. On one of these occasions a man said, after being * sworn out,' * Eh ! Au'm so fain (glad) ; my heart seems so leet. Au feel as if Au could lope ovver yon buildin'.' Twitch Court, the County Court. To put a person there is to twitch him. Two or three, used all as one word, with the article a before it (pronounced a toartJtre). * WiU ta hav'a ioarthre t ' alluding, perhaps, to broth, soup, &c. See Few. Twys. See Cots and Twys. The h sound found (in standard English) in connection with u in some words, as sure, sugar, measure^ &c., is not inserted in the dialect. The word measure, for instance, is mmur (yl, mez*ur). In many words u is sounded like oo in foot (southern pronunciation). Sometimes it is used for t, as hehund for behind ; and sometimes for short e, QAt/us for yes, yusterday for yesterday.