# thwite

> English word · Verb · IPA /θwaɪ̯t/

## Definitions
1. To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.

## Etymology
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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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