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gran$wean, grandwean, grand-wean, grandweans, granwean, gran-wean, w$ane, w$anes, wa$in, waen, waenies, waens, wain, wainies, wainly, wains, wane, wanes, wanies, wayen, wayens, wayne, waynes, wayns, we$an, wean, weanie, weanies, weanlie, weanly, weans, wee_ane, weein, weeins,
wean [wen, ˈwɪən]
n. A young child.
pl. weans
dim. weanie pl. weanies
 
weanly [ˈwenle, ˈwɪənle]
adv. Childish.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
grandwean [gran(d)-, grɑn(d)-]: grandchild pl. grandweans.
weanish: Childish.
 
From wee + ane.
waen, wain, wainlin, wane, wanelin, wean, weanlin, weant, weinlin, wene, weyn,
wean [win, wen]
v. To wean.
pt. pp. weant.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
weanlin [-lɪn]: A weanling. Any young mammal that has been recently weaned.
waerie, waerifu, waerifu$, waery, weari$t, wearie, weariet, wearifu, weariness, wearit, weary, weerie, weerit, weirie, weirifu, weyrie, weyry,
weary [ˈwiːre]
adj. Weary. Of people: sad, sorrowful, miserable, wretched. Depressing, dispiriting, hard to bear. Of people and objects: puny, weak, feeble, paltry.
v. To weary.
pt. pp. wearit, wearied adj. Wearied.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blaw-weary: The self-heal Prunella vulgaris.
wearifu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Of people or animals: troublesome, annoying, vexatious, sad, dismal, woeful. Of weather: harsh, inclement, trying.
weariness: Weariness.
wearisome [-səm]: Wearisome.
stoater, stoatin, stoating, stoatir, stoat-waesel, stoat-weasel, stoat-weisel, stoat-wheasel, waizle, weasel, weazel, weizle, whaisel, wheasel, wheazel,
weasel [wiːzl, S. weːzl]
also wheasel [S. C. ʍiːzl, ʍeːzl,
n. The weasel Mustela nivalis. Sometimes the stoat Mustela erminea. A sharp, restless, prying, sneaky person.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stoat-weasel: The stoat Mustela erminea.
stoater: A peron who keeps stoats,
stoatin: Using stoats to hunt for rabbits and other burrowing creatures.
waeve, waeved, waevin, waive, waive, waiven, waivin, wave, wave, waven, waver, wavin, weave, weaved, weaven, weaver, weavin, weavin, weeven, weive, weived, weiven, weiver, weivin, weuve, weuven, weyve, weyver, weyvt, wieve, wieven, wievin, wiven, wivin, wivven, wuive, wuve, wuven, wuvven, wyever, wyve, wyved, wyver, wyvin,
weave [wiːv, weːv, MN. wəiv]
v. To weave. To knit. To construct the mesh-work such as nets etc.
pt. weaved, wuive [wøːv, C. weːv, N. wiːv] Wove.
pp. weaved, wuiven Woven.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
in a weavin: In a moment, in a jiffy.
weaver: A weaver, a knitter. A spider. MN. The dragonet Callionymus lyra.
weavin [-ɪn]: Weaving, knitting.
back-wecht, conterwecht, hunderwecht, hunnerwecht, hunnerweicht, owerwecht, owrewecht, wacht, wachtier, wachtit, wachty, waicht, waichtit, waichty, waucht, wauchtie, wauchtit, wauchty, waught, waught, waughty, wechen, wecht, wechten, wechtie, wechtier, wechtiest, wechtit, wechts, wechty, weght, weghtit, wehcht, weichen, weicht, weichten, weichtit, wight, wightit, wither-wecht,
wecht [wɛçt, S. wəiçt]
n. Weight. Physical force, impetus. A large amount or a great number of things taken collectively. A hoop with a skin used for winnowing.
pl. wechts A pair of scales.
v. To weigh, to ascertain the weight of. To be of a certain specified weight. To add weight to. To increase a burden. To press down by weight. To ponder, evaluate, reflect on. To winnow corn, separate grain from chaff, using a wecht.
pt. pp. wechtit adj. Weighted
 
wechtie
adj. Weighty, physically heavy, solidly corpulent.
comp. wechtier
superl. wechtiest
 
wechten [-ən]
v. To make heavier.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
back-wecht: A burden or handicap.
conterwecht, wither-wecht: A counterweight.
hunderwecht: A hundredweight.
owerwecht: Overweight.
wadder, wedder, wether, wether, widder,
wedder [ˈwɛdər, ˈwɪdɪr, ˈwadər, MN. ˈwɪdɪr]
n. A wether, a castrated male sheep.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Dunbaur wedder: A salted herring Clupea harengus.
wae, waer, wee, wee$er, wee$est, wee$r, wee$st, weeer, wee-er, weeest, wee-est, weeick, weenie, weeny, weeock, weer, weeshy, weest, weeuck, wee-weet, wie, wier,
wee [wiː]
n. A small measure, quantity or degree, of any thing or commodity. Of time and space etc.: a little while, a short distance. Mean, of conduct, small-minded, petty, niggardly, stingy.
dim. weeock
adv. With verbs of speaking: softly, in a low voice.
adj. Small, tiny, little, restricted in size.
comp. wee-er [wiːr]
superl. wee-est
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
in a wee: Shortly, soon.
weeny: Exceptionally small, tiny.
wee-weet: NN.b. The redshank Tringa totanus or greenshank Tringa nebularia.
ootwee, ootwey, ootwye, wee, wee_hoose, wees, wei, wey, wey_hoose, weys, wigh, wy, wye, wyes,
wee [wi, S. wəi, MN. wae]
n. pl. wees A (public) weighing-machine, steelyard, beam and scales, weighbridge or waggon-weighing machine. The weights used with scales. A measure of weight.
v. To weigh
pt. pp. wee'd
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ootwee: Outweigh.
wee-bauks: The beams of a pair of scales. The scales themselves.
wee hoose [wae-]: The weigh-bridge (stalyard) building in Pittenweem.
weein [-ɪn]: Weighing.
wee-wechts [-wɛçts, S. -wəiçts]: The weights used with scales, the scales themself.
weebie, weebies, weeby, weepie, weepies, weepy, weipie, weipies, weipy,
weebies [NEC. SN. ˈwibiz, ˈwipiz]
n. The ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris.

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