Obs. or dial. [f. TWIG sb.1]
1. trans. To beat with or as with a twig; fig. to reprove. ? Obs.
1550. Bale, Apol., 142. Not one kynge hath bene in Englande sens the conquest, but they haue twygged hym one way or other, and had theyr false flynges at him.
1553. Respublica, V. viii. 1630. Insol. I will whippe youe for this, ye peasaunte lowte. Adul. And twygge youe.
1570. Levins, Manip., 119/4. To Twig, verberare.
a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Twig, to give such … correction as may be inflicted with a twig…. To give somewhat sharp, but not angry and severe reproof.
1826. Moore, Mem. (1854), V. 118. Only for my knowing Lord Holland (said Southey) I would have twigged him for that.
† 2. To trim, prune (a tree). Obs. rare.
1570. Levins, Manip., 119/5. To Twygge, putare viburna.
† 3. To bind with twigs or withes. Obs. rare.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 108/1. Twigging a Hoop [of a barrel], is binding the two ends together with cloven Twiggs of Withy, or Osier Twiggs.
