A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing.
Alternative form of twaite.
A habitational surname from Old Norse.
From Middle English *thwait, a borrowing from Old Norse þveit (“paddock”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”) (see whittle), Danish døjt (“¹⁄₁₆₀ of the gulden”, dialectal: “a small coin”), German De...
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