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| whit·tle [ wítt'l, hwítt'l ] (past and past participle whit·tled, present participle whit·tling, 3rd person present singular whit·tles) |
transitive and intransitive verb |
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carve with small cuts: to carve something out of wood, usually something small enough to hold in the hand, by cutting away small pieces of wood
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| [Mid-16th century. < whyttel "knife," variant of thwitel, "tool for paring" < Old English þwītan "pare, cut"] |
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  whit·tler noun |
| whit·tling noun |
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