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Twisk is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 10 km north of Hoorn.
Twisk was a separate municipality until 1979, when the new municipality of Noorder-Koggenland was created.
In 2001, the small village centre of Twisk had 398 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.07 km², and contained 159 residences. Most of the population of Twisk lives outside the centre, along the road between Opperdoes and Abbekerk. The wider statistical area of Twisk has a population of around 1160. This includes the hamlet Het Westeinde, close to Opperdoes.
Usage examples of "twisk".
She looked at the place where Twisk had stood, then turned away and also departed.
Madouc applied the poultice she had received from Twisk, and Pymfyd’s pain instantly disappeared.
One day, coming upon Twisk unaware, he seized her, dragged her up Wamble Way to Munkins Road, and chained her to Idilra Post, which stands beside the crossroad.
Mangeon then cast a spell, to hold the chains secure until Twisk had persuaded three wayfarers to engage her in erotic congress.
The penalty is just: like Twisk, she will be constrained to Idilra Post until liberated, as before, by some sympathetic passerby.
Long ago I did the same for the willful fairy Twisk, to her great content.
By the most subtle means, Osfer will now subtract the influence of Twisk from your matrix, to create a new matrix.
His trickery was instigated in part by Twisk herself, but his response seems inordinately rude.
Therefore, if we subtract the influence of Twisk from Madouc, what remains will depict the visage of Madouc’s father, at least in general terms and perhaps blurred by discrepancies.
Sir Pellinore carried only a shortsword and no shield, but on a branch he had hung a black cloak embroidered with what Twisk took to be his arms: three red roses on a blue field.
They came stealthily, keeping to the shadows of the forest, where they called to Twisk in soft voices.
She thought of Sir Pellinore, Twisk, King Casmir in his black robes, and poor Sir Pom-Pom with his stricken face.
This prophecy, according to Twisk, had become King Casmir’s torment and his preoccupation, so that his days were taken up with devious plots and his nights with schemes of murder.
At the sight of his priapic instrument, which was grotesquely large and covered with warts, Twisk became frantic with fear.
He attempted to loosen the bonds which confined Twisk, but to no avail.