Thwaite

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thwaite \Thwaite\, n. (Zool.)
     The twaite.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Thwaite \Thwaite\, n. [CF. Icel. [thorn]veit a piece of land,
     fr. [thorn]v[imac]ta to cut. See {Thwite}, and cf. {Doit},
     and {Twaite} land cleared of woods.]
     Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.
     [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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     Note: Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in
           many names of places in the north of England; as, in
           Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite.
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