- thwit
- thwit·tle;
English syllables. 2014.
thwit
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thwittle — thwit·tle … English syllables
thwitel — Thwittle Thwit tle, n. A small knife; a whittle. [Written also {thwitel}.] [Obs.] A Sheffield thwittle. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thwittle — Thwit tle, v. t. [See {Thwite}, and {Whittle}.] To cut or whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Palsgrave. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thwittle — Thwit tle, n. A small knife; a whittle. [Written also {thwitel}.] [Obs.] A Sheffield thwittle. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whittle — whittler, n. /hwit l, wit l/, v., whittled, whittling, n. v.t. 1. to cut, trim, or shape (a stick, piece of wood, etc.) by carving off bits with a knife. 2. to form by whittling: to whittle a figure. 3. to cut off (a bit). 4. to reduce the amount … Universalium
tle — abris·tle; abus·tle; apos·tle; apos·tle·hood; apos·tle·ship; bait·tle; bat·tle·dore; bat·tle·ment; bat·tle·ment·ed; bat·tle·some; be·lit·tle; be·lit·tle·ment; bot·tle·ful; bris·tle·less; brus·tle; but·tle; cac·o·mis·tle; cas·tle·ry; cas·tle·ward; … English syllables
whittle — whit•tle [[t]ˈ(h)wɪt l, ˈwɪt l[/t]] v. tled, tling, n. 1) to cut, trim, or shape (a piece of wood or the like) by carving off bits with a knife 2) to form by whittling 3) to cut off (a bit) 4) to reduce the amount of gradually (usu. fol. by down … From formal English to slang
