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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.
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.

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