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belliwar, bellwar, bell-war, bell-ware, bell-weed, belly-waar, belwar, bogwar, bougwaar, bowglag_ware, bowgware, hinnywar, redwaar, reidware, waar, waarbruk, waari, wair, wairey, war, war-brak, war-brook, ware, warebrak, ware-break, warey, warriebowg, warriebowgs, warry, wary, waur,
ware [weːr, NN. I. war]
n. A kind of seaweed, usualy of the genus Fucus and Laminaria.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bell-ware: The bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus.
bowgware, bowglag ware: NN.b. The bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus.
hinny ware: I.Sh. The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta.
reidware: N. I.Ork. The seaweed Laminaria digitata.
sea ware: The bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus
strawberry ware: The bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus
warebrak: The breaking off and washing ashore of seaweed during an onshore gale.
warey: Covered in ware.
ill-ware$t, ill-wared, ill-waured, ill-waurt, wair, wair$t, wair$t, waired, war$d, ware, ware$t, wared, waret, warit, waur, waured, waurt, wear, weel_ware$t, weel-wared, weel-waured, weel-waurt, weil-wared,
ware [weːr]
v. To spend, lay out, expend, discharge, dispose of money or goods etc. To spend, expend, employ one's time, life-blood, efforts, thoughts or skill etc. To waste, squander. To wager, bet. To bestow, afford, expend on.
pt. pp. ware't, wared
Compounds and phrases etc.
ill-ware't: Ill-spent.
ware it contracted ware't: Spend it.
weel ware't: Well spent, well deserved, well earned.
bogle_wark, bogle-wark, waark, waarks, waarkschap, wark, warkman, warks, warkshap, warkshoap, warkshop, waurk, wirkman, wirkshoap, wirkshop, woark, workshap, wurkman, wurkshoap, wurkshop,
wark [wark]
n. Work, labour, toil etc. A business, fuss, to-do, song-and-dance, goings-on, trouble, disturbance, outcry A public or imposing building.
pl. warks A factory or such like.
For the v. See wirk.
Compounds and phrases etc.
a jot wark: A job of work.
bogle wark: Witchcraft, ghostly interference.
orra wark: Odd jobs.
sic a wark: Such a fuss.
wirk a wark: To be busy at something.
warkman: A workman.
warkshap: A workshop.
unwarldlie, unwarldly, waarl, wairld, warald, wardle, wardlie, wardly, warild, warl, warl$, warl$y, warld, warld$s, warld$s-wirm, warld$s-worm, warldish, warldlie, warldlik, warldlike, warldlin, warldly, warldly-wice, warldly-wise, warlds, warle, warlie, warling, warlish, warly, warly-wise, waurld, wirl, wirld, woarlt, wordle, woril, worl, worl$, worldish, worlish, worls, wurl, wurl$, wurld, wurlish, wuruld,
warld [warl(d), wɔrl(d), MN. wardl]
n. The world.
pl. warlds Things in general. The state of affairs. One's circumstances.
warldly [ˈwarl(dl)e, MN. ˈwɔrl(dl)e]
adj. Worldly, worldly wise, of this world. Secular. Grasping, money-grubbing, greedy
Compounds and phrases etc.
auld warld: Old world, antiquated.
unwarldly: Unearthly, eery, spooky.
warldish: Worldly. Old persons of sound mind.
warldlike: Normal in appearance.
warldlin: A worldling. A mean, grasping person.
warldly-wise: Wordly-wise.
warlock,
warlock [ˈwarlɔk]
n. One who is thought to be in league with the powers of darkness and to have supernatural knowledge and means of bewitching and harming others, the male equivalent of a witch.
forewairnin, forewarnin, waarn, wahrn, wahrnin, wahrnin$, wairn, wairnin, wairnish, wairnished, wairnishin, wairnishment, wairnisht, wairnisht, wairnt, warn, warnicement, warnin, warnish, warnish$d, warnished, warnishin, warnishit, warnishment, warnisment, warnissment, warnt,
warn [warn]
also wairn [weːrn]
v. To warn. To summon, to notify tenants to come to pay the rent. To call or invite to a funeral.
pt. pp. warnt, wairnt
warnish, wairnish [ˈwarnɪʃ, ˈweːrnɪʃ]
v. To warn, caution, advise. Of a clock: to make a clicking, whirring noise preparatory to striking the hour.
pt. pp. warnisht, wairnisht
Compounds and phrases etc.
forewarnin, forewairnin: Forewarning.
warnin, wairnin [-ɪn]: A warning. A premonition, sign or portent.
warnishin, wairnishin: Warning, cautioning, advising etc.
warnishment, wairnishment: Advice.
wahrp, wahrped, wahrpit, wahrpt, wairp, warp, warpelt, warpen, warpin, warpit, warple, warpled, werp, worp, wurple,
warp [warp, S. weːrp]
v. To warp, arrange threads in a warp. To twist, distort, make awry. To move in an oblique direction. To move to and fro. To zig-zag. To flurry or whirl about. To throng, mill in a crowd.
pt. pp. warpit
warple [warpl]
v. To intertwine, twist, entangle, confuse. Wrestle, stagger.
pt. pp. warpelt adj. Intertwined, twisted, entagled, confused.
Compounds and phrases etc.
warpin: The preparation of a warp for weaving.
A_s$_warrand, as_wurran, aswarn, Ise_warran, uzwurrun, waarant, waarrant, wahrrant, warn, warran, warrand, warrandice, warrandis, warrandise, warrandiss, warrant, warren, warren$, warrent, wurran, wurrun,
warrand [ˈwar(ə)n(d)]
n. A warrant. A protector, defender.
Compounds and phrases etc.
A s' warrand: I'll warrant or guarantee.
warrandice [ˈwarandɪs]: A guarantee.
warrantie, warranty,
warranty [ˈwarənti]
n. Warranty, a guarantee, assurance.
See warrand also.
warren [ˈwarən]
n. An enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits.
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