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whittle1 /(h)witˈl/ transitive verb- To pare or cut with a knife
- To shape with a knife
- To diminish gradually (often with down, away)
- To lessen the force or scope of (with down, away)
intransitive verb- To cut wood aimlessly
- To peach, or to confess at the gallows (obs sl)
- To fret (dialect)
noun A clasp knife, sheath knife or other large knife ORIGIN: ME thwitel, from OE thwītan to cut whittˈler noun whittˈling noun whittle away at - To pare or whittle
- To reduce, curtail or circumscribe little by little
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