English Explanatory Dictionary

thwite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.

Pronunciation

/θwaɪ̯t/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thwite.wav

Word forms

thwite thwites thwiting thwited

Etymology

From Middle English thwiten, from Old English þwītan (“to cut, cut off”), from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną (“to split”). See whittle, thwittle, and compare thwaite (“a piece of land”), doit (“small coin, small amount, bit”).

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