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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THWAITE, n. A fish, a variety of the shad.
1. A plain parcel of ground, cleared of wood and stumps, inclosed and converted to tillage. [Local.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Brit. dial. a piece of wild land made arable. Usage: Now usually only in place-names. Etymology: ON thveit(i) paddock, rel. to OE thwitan to cut

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thwaite Thwaite, n. (Zo["o]l.) The twaite.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] Note: Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in many names of places in the north of England; as, in Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite.