Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal variant of
thwaite . Coke, Instit., iv. b. - noun A kind of shad, Alosa finta. Also
twaite-shad .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A European shad; -- called also
twaite shad . Seeshad . - noun (O. Eng. Law) A piece of cleared ground. See
thwaite .
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Examples
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The twaite is the more common, and in the Severn, Wye and Teme it sometimes gives very fair sport to anglers, taking worm and occasionally fly or small spinning bait.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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I'd probably have pronounced his surname as twaite and pretended it was the local dialect.
Corpsing. Glyn Davies 2008
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The first is the shad, a herring-like fish of which two species, allice and twaite
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Only two species, the thick-lipped grey mullet and the twaite shad, will be able to expand toward the north, beyond their initial distribution area.
innovations-report 2008
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Only two species, the thick-lipped grey mullet and the twaite shad, will be able to expand toward the north, beyond their initial distribution area.
innovations-report 2008
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Only two species, the thick-lipped grey mullet and the twaite shad, will be able to expand toward the north, beyond their initial distribution area.
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Only two species, the thick-lipped grey mullet and the twaite shad, will be able to expand toward the north, beyond their initial distribution area.
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