int. Obs. rare. [A natural utterance: cf. TUSH int.] An exclamation of contempt or vexation.
1577. Stanyhurst, Descr. Ireland, viii. in Holinshed, Chron. (1587), II. 13/1. There is a cholerike or disdainfull interiection vsed in the Irish language called Boagh, which is as much in English as twish. Ibid. (1583), Æneis, etc. (Arb.), 144. Twish, what woonder is yt, quod one of the coompanye, If [etc.].
