What does "thwaite" mean?
Thwaite: The twaite.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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