- Thwittle
- Thwittle Thwit"tle, n. A small knife; a whittle. [Written also {thwitel}.] [Obs.] ``A Sheffield thwittle.'' --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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Thwittle — Thwit tle, v. t. [See {Thwite}, and {Whittle}.] To cut or whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Palsgrave. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thwittle — thwit·tle … English syllables
thwittle — ˈthwid.əl, itəl noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English thwitel more at whittle Britain : knife … Useful english dictionary
thwitel — Thwittle Thwit tle, n. A small knife; a whittle. [Written also {thwitel}.] [Obs.] A Sheffield thwittle. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whittle — Whit tle, n. [OE. thwitel, fr. AS. pw[=i]tan to cut. Cf. {Thwittle}, {Thwaite} a piece of ground.] A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife. A butcher s whittle. Dryden. Rude whittles. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] He wore a Sheffield whittle… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pronunciation of English th — In English, the digraph 〈th〉 represents in most cases one of two different phonemes: the voiced dental fricative IPA|/ð/ (as in this ) and the voiceless dental fricative IPA|/θ/ ( thing ). More rarely, it can stand for IPA|/t/ ( Thailand ) or the … Wikipedia
whittle — whit|tle [ˈwıtl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: whittle large knife (15 19 centuries), from thwittle (14 19 centuries), from thwite to whittle (11 19 centuries), from Old English thwitan] 1.) also whittle down [T] to gradually make something smaller … Dictionary of contemporary English
whittle — (v.) 1550s, to cut thin shavings from (something) with a knife, from M.E. whittel a knife (c1400), variant of thwittle (late 14c.), from O.E. þwitan to cut, from P.Gmc. *thwitanan (Cf. O.N. þveita to hew ). Figurative sense is attested from 1746 … Etymology dictionary
whittle — [c]/ˈwɪtl / (say witl) verb (whittled, whittling) –verb (t) 1. to cut, trim, or shape (a stick, piece of wood, etc.) by taking off bits with a knife. 2. to cut off (a bit or bits). –verb (i) 3. to cut bits or chips from wood or the like with a… …
thewtill — obs. variant of thwittle … Useful english dictionary
