Obs. [Origin obscure. The sb. can hardly be related to TWATTLE v. or sb.1] A pygmy, a dwarf. Also attrib. or as adj.
1598. Florio, Pigméo, a pigmey, a kinde of little man like a dwarfe, a dandiprat, a twattle, or an elfe.
1611. Cotgr., Nain, a dwarfe, or dandiprat, an elfe, or twattle; one thats no higher then three horse-loaues.
1693. Urquhart’s Rabelais, III. xviii. 144. They shew him the short and twattle [F. petits] Verses that were written [lines of 4 syllables].
