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Thwaite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A fish, a variety of the shad.

2. A plain parcel of ground, cleared of wood and stumps, inclosed and converted to tillage. [Local.

Thwaite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The twaite.

2. Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.