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thwite.

To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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

    UK · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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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