Sc. and north. dial. [Of obscure origin: cf. TWIT sb.2 and TWITTER sb.3] trans. To spin or twist unevenly, to make ‘twitty.’
1674. Ray, N. C. Words, 50. To Twitter Thread or Yarn, is to Spin it uneven.
1828. Craven Gloss., Twitter, to entangle, as thread which is too hard twisted.
1843. Whistlebinkie (1890), II. 165. Baith twittered and knotty’s the thread o’ our life.
