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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Twilly

· Twil·ly · IPA
01 n. A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying…
  1. 1.
    A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy. Also: twilly devil, devil See: Devil, Willy