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Webster 1828 Edition

ppr.

Upbraiding; reproaching.

twitting

twitting ‎(plural twittings)

The act of one who twits or teases.
- 1867, Sallie A. Brock, Richmond during the war: four years of personal observation
  With unfeigned courtesy we welcomed back this illustrious body; but they were subjected to the most unmerciful twittings for the fleetness of foot they had exhibited when Richmond was so alarmingly threatened.