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Definition whittle

Etymology 1

From Middle English whittel (“large knife”), an alteration of thwitel, itself from thwiten (“to whittle”), from Old English þw?tan. Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”)

Noun

whittle (plural whittles)

  1. A knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife.
Verb

whittle (third-person singular simple present whittles, present participle whittling, simple past and past participle whittled)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) To cut or shape wood with a knife.
  2. (transitive) To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.

Etymology 2

From an Old English word for "white"; akin to an Icelandic word for a white bedcover.

Noun

whittle (plural whittles)

  1. (archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
  2. (archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.

Results 76 Words with the letters WHITTLE

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WHILE 11
WHITE 10
WITHE 10
4 letter words with the letters WHITTLE 
ELHI 7
HEIL 7
HILT 7
LITE 5
LWEI 8
TETH 6
THEW 9
TILE 5
TILT 5
TWIT 7
WELT 8
WHET 9
WHIT 9
WILE 8
WILT 8
WITE 7
WITH 9
3 letter words with the letters WHITTLE 
ETH 5
HET 5
HEW 8
HIE 5
HIT 5
LEI 4
LET 4
LIE 4
LIT 4
TEL 4
TET 3
TEW 6
THE 5
TIE 3
TIL 4
TIT 3
WET 6
WIT 6
2 letter words with the letters WHITTLE 
EH 4
EL 3
ET 2
HE 4
HI 4
IT 2
LI 3
TI 2
WE 5

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