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wanrack, waroch, warrach, warroch, warrock, whirrock,
warroch [ˈwarəx]
n. A knotty stick. A knot in wood. A worthless fellow.
warse, warss, warst, waurst, wurs, wurst,
warst [warst]
adj. Worst. superl. of ill.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
by the warst: Past the worst.
chantie-wrassler, chantie-wrastler, chanty_rassler, chanty_wrassler, chanty_wrastler, chanty_wrastler, chanty-rassler, chantywrassler, chanty-wrassler, chantywrastler, chanty-wrastler, rassle, rassler, vrastle, warsal, warsalin, warsel, warselan, warseld, warselt, warselt, warsl$t, warsle, warsled, warsler, warslin, warslt, warsslin, warstelt, warstle, warstled, warstler, warstlin, wirsle, wrasle, wraslin, wrasselt, wrasseltt, wrassle, wrassle, wrassled, wrassler, wrasslin, wrastelt, wrastle, wrastler, wrastlin,
warstle [warsl]
also wrastle [(w)rasl]
v. To wrestle, struggle, strive.
pt. pp. warstelt [warsəlt], wrastelt [(w)rasəlt]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
chantie-wrastler: A shifty or unscrupulous person.
warstle throu: To make one's way in life with much toil and difficulty. To struggle with adversity. To scrape along.
warstler [ˈwarslər], wrastler [ˈ(w)raslər]: Wrestler.
warstlin [warslɪn], wrastlin [(w)rarlɪn]: Wrestling, struggling, striving.
rat, waart, wart, wartie, wartle, wrat, wratwirt, wratwort,
wart [wart]
also wrat [(w)rat]
n. A wart.
dim. MN. wartle
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
wratwirt, wrat-weed: S. The sun spurge Euphorbia helioscopia.
voard, vord, ward, wart, warth, warto,
wart [I. wart]
n. A lookout point on high ground. A mound, or cairn. A beacon or watchtower from which signals were made. A small shelter built of stone.
wase, wass, wassach, wassoch, wassock, waz, wazz, wazzie, wease, weese, weeze, wuss, wussuck,
wase [weːz, wiːz, NN.b. I. waːz]
n. A bundle or band of straw often used for thatching. A tuft, tussock, wisp. A bundle of twigs, brushwood or straw placed against a cottage door as a windbreak or draught excluder.
dim. wasie, wassock
awash, onwuishen, oonwashen, unwashen, unwuishen, waash, waashed, waashen, waasher, waashie, waashin, wahsh, wahshie, wah-shin, wahsie, wasch, wash, washed, washeen, washen, washer, washerwife, washer-wife, washhoose, wash-hoose, washie, washie, washin, washt, washy, waush, weesh, weeshie, weeshie-washie, weeshie-washies, weesht, weeshy, wesh, weush, weushen, wish, wishen, wishie-washie, wishy-washy, woosh, woosh$n, wooshen, wösh, wöshen, wuish, wuishen, wush, wysh, wyshin,
wash [waʃ, S. wɛʃ]
n. A wash. A bathe, a swim. Stale urine used to produce ammonia for washing clothes. A bevelled edge or slope on a board or stone etc.
v. To wash.
pt. washt, wuish [wøʃ, C. wɪʃ, wuʃ, MN. wiʃ]
pt. washt, washen, wuishen
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
awash [əˈ-]: adj. Soaking wet, flooded.
unwashen, unwuishen: Unwashed.
washer: A washer.
washerwife: A washer woman. WC. SN. MN. A water spider.
washin: Washing.
washhoose, dim. washie: A public washhouse.
washy: I.Ork. A small cod.
weeshie-washie: Thin watery drink, watery, insubstantial food. To make frivolous excuses, to procrastinate, hum and haw.
weeshie-washies: Circumlocutions, procrastination, humming and hawing, frivolous excuses.
waasp, waasp-bink, wahsp, wap, wap, wappie, waps, wasp, wasp_bink, wasp-bink, woppie, wops,
wasp [wasp]
also waps [waps]
n. A wasp, usually Vespula germanica.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
wap dim. wappie: Children's words for a wasp.
wasp bink: SEC A wasp's nest.
bewast, be-wast, bewest, biwast, nor$-wast, norwast, nor-wast, waast, wassel, wassil, wassla, wassle, wast, wastard, wastarn, wastart, waster, wastert, wastird, wastlan, wastland, wastle, wastlin, wastlins, wastmaist, wastmost, wastren, wastrin, wastward, wastwart, weslin, wessel, wessil, wessilt, west, westard, westart, wester, westerd, westlan, westland, westle, westlin, westlins, westlit, westmaist, westren, westrin,
wast [wast]
n. The west.
prep. Westwards to, along or over, on the west side of.
adv. In or to the west. Away from or to the left of the speaker or the person addressed. Away from home etc.
comp. waster Farther west. adj. Western.
superl. wastmaist: Westernmost.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bewast [bɪˈ-]: prep. To the west of.
nor'-wast: Northwest.
wastland: Land to the west.
wastle: adj. Living or situated in or lying to the west. adv. Westward, to the west. prep. West of.
wastlin [-lɪn]: adj. Western, from or in the west, westerly. adv. From or in the west.
wastlins [ˈwas(t)lɪnz]: adv. To or in the west.
wastren [ˈwastrən]: adj. Western.
wastwart [ˈwast(w)ərt]: Westward.
waastrie, waest, waestit, waister, waistit, waistrie, waistry, wast, waste, wasteet, waster, wasterfu, wastery, wastet, wastit, wastrie, wastrif, wastrife, wastry, weist, wester, weyst, wyst, wyste, wyster,
waste [west, MN. wəist]
n. Waste.
adj. Of buildings: ruined, or, in a weaker sense, unoccupied, empty. In vain.
v. To waste, spoil by misuse, spoil pamper, empty.
pt. pp. wastit
 
wastery [ˈwest(ə)re, MN. ˈwəist(ə)ri]
n. Wastefulness, extravagance. A waste of something. What is wasted, refuse, waste matter.
adj. Wasteful, extravagant, profligate.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
waster: An idler, an extravagant spender, a squanderer, spendthrift, profligate, ne'er-do-well.
wasterfu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Prodigal, wasteful, extravagant.
wastrif [-rɪf, - rəif]: Wasteful, extravagant.

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