thwittle

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small knife; a whittle. obsolete
    — Merc. […]And that in Jove's great dining Room, We were with each one a good thwittle Again set down to swill, and vittle, Provided (Signior) do you see, That you should not the Carver be[…]
动词 v.
  1. To cut or whittle. obsolete
    — your Absolute Certainty would be thwittled into sufficient Certainty

词形变化

thwittles present,singular,third-person thwittling participle,present thwittled participle,past thwittled past thwittles plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English thwitel, equivalent to thwite + -le.
词源 2
From Middle English thwitel, equivalent to thwite + -le.
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