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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Tuig(g, Tuyg(e, Twig(g, n. [ME and e.m.E. twig(g)e (both c1175), tuyg (Ayenbite), north. OE twigge.] A twig, a shoot from a branch. —c1409-1436 Kingis Q. § 54.
The lytill nyghtingale, That sat apon the twiggis 1596 Dalr. I 39/14.
The capercalȝe … lyues of only the tuigs or tendir branches 1617 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II 92.
For tuyges xxx s. 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 21.
He cutted tuigs and boughes of litle bushes 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 21.
Tuiggs —proverb. a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1567.
That is trew thorn, wil ye by a tuig
