thwaite
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English *thwait, a borrowing from Old Norse þveit (“paddock”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”) (see whittle), Danish døjt (“1⁄160 of the gulden”, dialectal: “a small coin”), German Deut, Dutch duit. Cognate with Old English þwītan (“to thwite; cut; cut off”). Doublet of doit, and possibly of twat.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /θweɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
Noun
[edit]thwaite (plural thwaites)
- (archaic) A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing; assart
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]thwaite (plural thwaites)
- Alternative form of twaite
References
[edit]- “thwaite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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