What is a small knife; a whittle. [Written also thwitel.] [Obs.] "A Sheffield thwittle." Chaucer called?
thwittle — A small knife; a whittle. [Written also thwitel.] [Obs.] "A Sheffield thwittle." Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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