atwite, atwiten

t. [A.S. étwit an.] To twit, to reproach, to blame for, to upbraid. "Thing most slanderous their nobles to atwite." Chaucer: Certain Ballades, 1,066. (Boucher.) *a-twixť, *a-twyx', *a-twyx-yn (0. Eng.), a-twee'sh (0. Scotch ), prep . [Old form of Eng. betwixt . From A.S. a; and tweah = two.] [TwO, BETWIXT.] Betwixt. "With that an hideous storm of wind arose, With dreadful thunder and lightning atwixt." Spenser: F. Q., III. xii. 2. "Atweesh themselves they best can ease their pain," Shirref: Poems, p. 33. (Jamie son.) *a-two', *at-two', * a-tu'o (two and tuo as tû, or as two, see the first example), * twæ, adv . [Eng. a = in, two .] Into two, in two; asunder, in twain. IMG:content-0886.png:[blocks in formation] *atwond', pret. of v. [AT WIND AN.] At-wood's mạ-chine', s. [See def.] Physics: An apparatus invented by Mr. George Atwood (1745-1807) to illustrate the theory of accelerated motion. It consists of a wooden column about ten feet high, resting on a base and supporting a series of antifriction wheels, which support a large central roller, over which pa es a cord having equal weights at each end, so as to be in equilibrio . By means of a graduated staff at one side the rise of one weight and fall of the other are indicated in feet and inches. A small additional weight, being added to one of the large weights, causes it to descend with a velocity due to its exce of gravity over the other. The constant acceleration of speed in a falling body can also be shown and measured. *a-twot', pret. of v. (as if from * a-twi'te = to go away). [A.S. ætat, and witan = te depart.] *a-twyn'ne, adv. [ATWAIN.]