thwite
/θwaɪ̯t/
thwite verb: to cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.
Verb
thwite (third-person singular simple present thwites, present participle thwiting, simple past and past participle thwited)
- To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.
- Other shot forth theyr Boltes, and wyth theyr Prouerbes proceedyng from their malicious Mouthes thwited the pore Women at their pleasure.1580, William Painter, “Two Gentlewomen of Venice”, in Joseph Jacobs, editor, The Palace of Pleasure, volume 3, Tome II, London: David Nutt in the Strand, published 1890, page 145 of 56–57
- I knowe one of your crew who would not sweare for no good, and vsed ordinarilie to pray with his mé in his chamber, and yet beeing at a Knights house, where hee had good entertaynemét, they prayed so hartilie amongst them, that for conscience sake they faire thwited me of a valence of a bedde, and...1601, Certaine Questions by way of Conference betwixt a Chauncelor and a Kinswoman of his concerning Churching of Women, page 32
Examples of thwite in a sentence
- Now then: this great storme, we see is past, and ouerblowne: and this terrible accusation, is much like to a Sampsons post, thwited to a pudding pricke, as the Prouerbe is.1602, Roger Marbecke, A Defence of tabacco: with a friendly answer to the late printed booke called Worke for chimny-sweepers, &c., London...
- For that, all his credit (forsooth) came, by casting a stone, and hitting Goliah, by chance, right in the fore-head: and so, they thwited him with that name.1611 March 24, Lancelot Andrewes, “A Sermon Preached Before the Kings Maiestie at White-Hall on the XXIV. of March, A.D. MDCXI. being...
Forms of thwite
| third-person singular present | thwites |
|---|---|
| present participle | thwiting |
| past participle | thwited |
| past | thwited |
Origin of thwite
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”).
Words that rhyme with thwite
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- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about thwite
- What does thwite mean?
- Thwite means to cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.
- How do you use thwite in a sentence?
- Now then: this great storme, we see is past, and ouerblowne: and this terrible accusation, is much like to a Sampsons post, thwited to a pudding pricke, as the Prouerbe is.
- What part of speech is thwite?
- Thwite is a verb.
- How do you pronounce thwite?
- Thwite is pronounced /θwaɪ̯t/.
- What is the past tense of thwite?
- The past tense of thwite is thwited.
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