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Meaning of THWITTLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Thwit"tle\, v. t. [See {Thwite}, and {Whittle}.]
    To cut or whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Palsgrave.
    
  2. \Thwit"tle\, n.
    A small knife; a whittle. [Written also {thwitel}.] [Obs.]
    ``A Sheffield thwittle.'' --Chaucer.
    
 

 

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