"thwite" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: thwites [present, singular, third-person], thwiting [participle, present], thwited [participle, past], thwited [past]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Middle English thwiten, from Old English þwītan (“to cut, cut off”), from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną (“to split”). See whittle, and compare thwaite (“a piece of land”), doit (“small coin, small amount, bit”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thwiten}} Middle English thwiten, {{inh|en|ang|þwītan|t=to cut, cut off}} Old English þwītan (“to cut, cut off”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*þwītaną|t=to split}} Proto-Germanic *þwītaną (“to split”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} thwite (third-person singular simple present thwites, present participle thwiting, simple past and past participle thwited)
  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete

Inflected forms

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