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Webster 1913 Edition
Thwaite
Thwaite
,Noun.
(Zool.)
The twaite.
Thwaite
,Noun.
[CF. Icel.
þveit
a piece of land, fr. þvīta
to cut. See Thwite
, and cf. Doit
, and Twaite
land cleared of woods.] Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
☞ Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in many names of places in the north of England; as, in Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite.
Webster 1828 Edition
Thwaite
THWAITE
,Noun.
1.
A plain parcel of ground, cleared of wood and stumps, inclosed and converted to tillage. [Local.