Thwaite — Thwaite, n. [CF. Icel. [thorn]veit a piece of land, fr. [thorn]v[=i]ta to cut. See {Thwite}, and cf. {Doit}, and {Twaite} land cleared of woods.] Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Note:… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thwaite — Thwaite, n. (Zo[ o]l.) The twaite. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thwaite — (n.) cleared land, 1620s, from O.N. or O.Dan. þveit a clearing, meadow, paddock, lit. cutting, cut piece (related to O.E. þwitan to cut, cut off ). Always a rare word and now obsolete, but frequently encountered in place names, but It is unclear… … Etymology dictionary
Thwaite — Recorded in a number of spellings as shown below, this is an English surname but one of pre 7th century Norse Viking origins. It may be either topographical or locational, and is derived from the word thveit , meaning a clearing or farm. As a… … Surnames reference
Thwaite Hall — is a traditional hall of residence of the University of Hull. It is in the village of Cottingham, just outside Hull. It consists of 187 rooms and includes a junior common room, a TV room, games room, library and senior common room. Thwaite Hall… … Wikipedia
Thwaite, Suffolk — Thwaite is a rural village in England.Thwaite is based on and around the A140 road, midway between Suffolk s county town of Ipswich and the city of Norwich, in Norfolk. It forms part of Mid Suffolk district.The village consists of a thatched… … Wikipedia
Thwaite St Mary — Surrounded by farmland, Thwaite St Mary is a rural hamlet (and civil parish) in the English county of Norfolk, it sits just a few miles north of the Suffolk border. Thwaite – sometimes pronounced ‘twayt’ by locals – has approximately thirty five… … Wikipedia
Thwaite, North Yorkshire — infobox UK place country = England static static image caption = Thwaite and Swaledale latitude = 54.3792 longitude = 2.16799 official name = Thwaite population = shire district= Richmondshire shire county = North Yorkshire region = Yorkshire and … Wikipedia
Thwaite, Anthony Simon — (1930 ) Born in Chester, he was evacuated during the Second World War to relations in the United States, and after the war, and National Service, he read English at Christ Church, Oxford. His career includes posts in Libya, Japan and Kuwait;… … British and Irish poets
thwaite shad — I. noun see twaite II. see thwaite II … Useful english dictionary
