thwaite
See also: Thwaite
English
Etymology 1
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θweɪt/
Noun
thwaite (plural thwaites)
- (archaic) A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing; assart
Noun
thwaite (plural thwaites)
- Alternative form of twaite
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for thwaite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- waiteth