thoft

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noun

ˈthäft

plural -s

dialectal, British

: a rower's bench

thoft

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"

dialectal English variant of thought

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English thofte, from Old English; akin to Middle Low German ducht rower's bench, Old High German dofta, Old Norse thopta rower's bench, and probably to Lithuanian tupėti to squat, crouch

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