v. t.
When a man is past his sense,
There's no way to reduce him thence,
But twinging him by the ears or nose,
Or laying on of heavy blows. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
The gnat . . . twinged him [ the lion ] till he made him tear
himself, and so mastered him. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain;
n.
A master that gives you . . . twinges by the ears. L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]