† Twire v.²

Obs. rare^–1. (Perh. a misprint for TWIRL v.¹ 3.)

1628.  Burton, Anat. Mel., II. ii. III. i. (ed. 3), 490. No sooner doth a young man see his sweetheart coming, but he … slickes his haire, twires his beard, &c.