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Definition of Thwaite
1. n. The twaite.
2. n. Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.
Definition of Thwaite
1. Noun. (archaic) A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing; assart ¹
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Definition of Thwaite
1. reclaimed wasteland [n -S]
Medical Definition of Thwaite
1.
Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.
Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in many names of places in the north of England; as, in Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite.
Origin: CF. Icel. Veit a piece of land, fr. Vita to cut. See Thwite, and cf. Doit, and Twaite land cleared of woods.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thwaite
Literary usage of Thwaite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1856)
"The words prefixed to thwaite in many instances are the Christian or surnames of
the persons who made the clearings; as Adam- thwaite, /Simon-thwaite, ..."
2. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1896)
"But Mr. thwaite has designed a three cycle plant for this purpose. ... The thwaite
non-reversal cycle is effected in the two forms of plant marked by the ..."
3. Liquid Steel: Its Manufacture and Cost by David Carnegie, Sidney C. Gladwyn (1913)
"The thwaite Producer.—Producers of different types have been introduced by Mr.
BH thwaite, one type being illustrated in Fig. 193. ..."
4. Ancient Reliques: Or, Delineations of Monastic, Castellated, & Domestic ...by James Sargant Storer, John Greig by James Sargant Storer, John Greig (1813)
"THE entrance to thwaite Church has been an object of great curiosity to antiquarians.
It consists of an highly- ornamented receding semicircular arch of six ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on the 'Otto' Cycle Gas Engine by William Norris (1896)
"But Mr. thwaite has designed a three cycle plant for this purpose. ... The thwaite
non-reversal cycle is effected in the two forms of plant marked by the ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on the 'Otto' Cycle Gas Engine by William Norris (1896)
"But Mr. thwaite has designed a three cycle plant for this purpose. ... 'The thwaite
non-reversal cycle is effected in the two forms of plant marked by the ..."
7. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1892)
"BÏ BH thwaite. Xo stimulus to improvement in any industrial process is so great
as that produced by severe competition, which means extinction of one of the ..."
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