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thwaite (iou)



thwaite noun. dial. Now rare exc. in place-names. ME.
[Old Norse Tveit(i) piece of land, paddock (lit. 'cutting, cut-piece'), rel. to Old English Twitan to cut (off). Cf. THWITE.]
A piece of ground; esp. a piece of wild ground cleared from forest or reclaimed for arable.