thwite

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle. UK,obsolete
    — Other shot forth theyr Boltes, and wyth theyr Prouerbes proceedyng from their malicious Mouthes thwited the pore Women at their pleasure.

词形变化

thwites present,singular,third-person thwiting participle,present thwited participle,past thwited past

词源

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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