\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.
         A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young
         fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
                                               --Addison.
2. To twist. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.