1) English surname 2) Scandinavian boy name
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[placename element] Thwaite is a common element of placenames in North West England, and Yorkshire. It is also found elsewhere in England, including two places called Thwaite in Norfolk and one in Suffolk. It is most often found as a suffix. It is a common element of field names, as well as settlement names. The name is usually from Old Nor...
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• (n.) Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart. • (n.) The twaite.
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Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart. ... Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in many names of places in the north of England; as, in Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite. ... Origin: CF. Icel. Veit a piece of land, fr. Vita to cut. See Thwite, and cf. Doit, and Twaite land cleared of woods. ... <zoology> The twaite. ......
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Thwaite noun (Zoology) The twaite.
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/53
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