v. Obs. [ME. to-tuhten, f. TO-2 + tuhten, OE. tyhtan, TIGHT v.1 to draw.]
1. trans. To stretch or spread out; to extend.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 205. His lichame beð to-spred and to-tiht on þe rode. Ibid. Þeh his lichame … ne beo to-spred ne to-tuht on lichamliche rode.
2. To pull or draw asunder.
13[?]. Guy Warw. (A.), 511. Mi sorwe is euer cominge,… al mi limes it hath to-tiȝt; Swiche liif y lede day & niȝt. Ibid., 3711. Her armes & legges he to-tiȝt, [C. to-twighte = twitched] & cleped hem wreches [MS. wroches] anon riȝt.
