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Webster 1913 Edition


Thwite

Thwite

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
þwītan
. See
Whittle
, and cf.
Thwaite
a piece of land.]
To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Thwite

THWITE

,
Verb.
T.
To cut or clip with a knife. [Local.]

Definition 2024


thwite

thwite

English

Verb

thwite (third-person singular simple present thwites, present participle thwiting, simple past and past participle thwited)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.
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