twattler (twotler)

[ Let vs, in Gods name, leaue lieng for varlets, berding for ruffians, facing for crakers, chatting for twatlers . Stan i hurst, Descrip. of Ireland, vi. (Holinshed's Chron., I.). twattling (twot'ling), n. [Verbal n. of twat tle.] A chatter; a gabbling. You keep such a twattling with you and your bottling; But I see the sum total, we shall ne'er have a bottle. Swift , To Dr. Sheridan, Dec. 14, 1719. twattling (twot'ling), p . a. 1. Gabbling;; prating; twaddling. It is not for every twattling go ip to undertake. Sir R. L'Estrange. 2. Small; trifling; insignificant. You feed us with twatling dishes soe small; Zounds, a blacke-pudding is better than all. King and Miller of Mans field (Child's Ballads, VIII. 43). of twaył (twa), a. and n. Same as two. twayblade (twa'blad), n. [Var. of twiblade.] Primarily, a European orchid, Lister a ovata, a simple-stemmed plant a foot or more high, bearing slender raceme of green flowers, and about six inches from the ground a single pair broadly ovate leaves, to which the name refers. The name is extended to the other species of the genus, 3 of which are found in North America, L. convallarioides being the most notable. In America the name is also applied to the members of the genus Liparis, which bear two leaves, springing, however, from the root. L. lilii folia, with purple flowers, is a very handsome species. Twayblade (Liparis liliifolia). a, flower. In autumn, under the beeches which clothe the long slope of the Quantocks up from Bishop's Lydiard, you will hardly find any thing, except perhaps a tway - blade or a herb-paris. The Academy , April 6, 1889, p. 241.