different between atwixt vs atwist

English

Adverb

atwixt (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, dialectal) Between.

   Synonym: betwixt

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 1, Canto 8, p. 108,^[1].

     But with outrageous strokes did him restraine,

     And with his body bard the way atwixt them twaine.

   • 1789, David Sillar, “Epistle to J. W****N, Student of Divinity, Edinburgh” in Poems, Kilmarnock, p. 59,^[2]

     Whate’er ye are, be sure an’ fix’t;

     Opinions ne’er haltin’ atwixt;

   • 1865, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, London: Chapman & Hall, Book 1, Chapter 13, p. 139,^[3]

     […] the boat’s drove tight by the tide ’atwixt two tiers of barges.

   • 1909, Zane Grey, The Last Trail, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Chapter 18, p. 218,^[4]

     “I kin take him from right here ’atwixt his eyes,” said Jenks softly, and tapped his rifle significantly.

English

Etymology

a- +? twist

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??tw?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Adverb

atwist (not comparable)

1. Twisted; distorted; awry

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Wattis