tweedle

• twidle

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwiːdəl/

tweedle (third-person singular simple present tweedles, present participle tweedling, simple past and past participle tweedled)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) to twist

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

2. (obsolete) To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward fiddling.
3. (obsolete, by extension) To influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
   • Addison

     A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.

4. (mistakenly?) to twiddle

• Tweedledum and Tweedledee

• tweeled