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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1675
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(Twit,) Twitt(e, v. [e.m.E twhyte (1530), twite (a1553), twitt (1573).] tr. To reproach, criticise, find fault with (a person). — ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. II 48.
Joseph Hall reflectes upon him [sc. the bishop of Orkney], and twittes him sharply, as a man most unworthy to have been a bishopp
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