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thwittle
▪ I. thwittle, n. Now dial. (ˈθwɪt(ə)l) Forms: 4–5 þw-, thwitel, thwytel, 5 -elle, Sc. thewtill, quhittil, 6 thwitle, 7 thwittel, 7– thwittle: see also whittle. [f. thwite v. + -el, -le.] A knife, a whittle.[c 1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 168 Coteus, thiwilet (? for thwitel).] c 1386 Ch...
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thwite
thwite, v. Obs. exc. dial. (θwaɪt) Forms: 1 þwitan, þweoton; 4–7 thwyte, (7– dial.) thwite, (4–5 twhyte, 5 twyte, 6 thwight, 9 dial. tweet, twet, toight). pa. pple. 4–5 thwyten, 6 thwytten, thweten, 6–7 thwitten; 5–7 thwyted, 6–7 thwitted, 5– thwited. See also white v. [OE. þw{iacu}tan (*þwát, þwite...
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whittle
▪ I. whittle, n.1 Now dial. (ˈhwɪt(ə)l) Forms: 1–3 hwitel, 4 whitel, wytel, 5 wytele, 6 whittel, 7– whittle. [OE. hw{iacu}tel, corresp. to ON. hv{iacu}till white bed-cover (Norw. kvitel blanket); f. hw{iacu}t white a. + -el1, -le.] † a. A cloak, mantle. † b. A blanket. c. A baby's woollen napkin or ...
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th
th in words of Old English or Old Norse origin, and in words from Greek, is a consonantal digraph representing a simple sound, or rather (in Teutonic words), a pair of simple sounds, breath and voice, indicated in this dictionary by the letters (θ) and (ð); the former, as in thin, bath (θɪn, bɑːθ), ...
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