Twidle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tweedle \Twee"dle\, v. t. [Cf. {Twiddle}.] [Written also
     {twidle}.]
     1. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward
        fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax;
        to allure.
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              A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young
              fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. To twist. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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