twitter bone (twiterbon)

[ His horse was either clapp'd, or spavin'd, or greaz'd; or he was twitter - bon'd or broken-winded. Sterne, Tristram Shandy. twittering (twit'er-ing), n. [Verbal n. of twit ter1, v.] 1. The chirping of birds; also, any series of small, clear, intermitted sounds resembling the notes of a bird. ments below stairs. Phœbe awoke with the early twittering of the conjugal couple of robins in the pear-tree - she heard moveHawthorne, Seven Gables, vii. 2. A quivering; a flutter; a state of tremulous excitement indicative of alarm, suspense, desire, etc. A widow which had a twittering towards a second husband took a go ipping companion to manage the job. Sir R. L'Estrange .