Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A vibration. · A substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo quiver; to vibrate; to veer about. · To make a rattling or clattering sound by twirling or shaking. · To twist. · To strip; to unroof.
From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl.
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- Derivation mentionþweranang
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