twattle (twotl)

and a. [ a dwarf. Hall i well. II.t a. Twattling; trifling; petty. They show him the short and twattle [petits] verses that were written. Urquhart , tr. of Rabelais, iii. 18. ( Davies .) twattlebaskett (twot'l-basket), n. An idle chatterer; a babbler; a prater; a twaddler. Bailey , 1727.