Thwaite
Pronunciation : Thwaite
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The twaite.
(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Thwaite
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [CF. Icel. a piece of land, fr. to cut. See Thwite, and cf. Doit, and Twaite land cleared of woods.]
Definition : Defn: Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Note: Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in many names of places in the north of England; as, in Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913