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61. wāǧe n.

61 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A pledge, guarantee, surety; winter wage, a foretaste of winter, the promise of winter’s approach; holden in wage, to hold (sth.) hostage; (b) a promise or pledge to meet in battle.

62. wāǧen v.

49 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To offer surety (for sb. that he will not do sth.), guarantee;—also refl.; also, ?offer security or certainty [2nd quot.] (b) to give (sth.) as a pledge or as surety; also, pay (a ransom,…

63. wāǧǒur n.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Something pledged or sworn to, a promise, vow (b) an agreement whereby something is pledged on the outcome of a future event, a bet, wager; also, the sum or object held as a surety pending the…

64. waid(e n.

Additional spellings: waide
9 quotations in 1 sense
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The dyestuff made from the plant Isatis tinctoria, woad; also in designations for woad of specific geographical origin.

65. waider n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A dyer with or purveyor of woad; (b) as surname.

66. waimenten v.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To cry out in sorrow, wail, lament;—also refl.; also, have or feel sorrow, be sorrowful; waimenten after, cry for (sth.), ?long in sorrow for; (b) to bewail (sth.), lament.

67. wain n.(2)

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(a) Profit, advantage, benefit; (b) spoils, booty; ?also, victory [2nd quot.].

68. wainǒun n.

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As a term of abuse: a lazy dog, a worthless person.

69. wain-pain n.

Additional spellings: wainpain
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who earns one’s bread, a servant, laborer; also used contemptuously [1st quot.]; (b) a gauntlet [cp. gain-pain n.]; (c) as surname.

70. wait(e n.

Additional spellings: waite
81 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A watcher, an observer, onlooker; a covert observer, spy (b) a lookout, watchman, sentinel; a military guard; also, a palace or city guard; also fig.; waites place, a lookout post; (c) a…

71. waiten v.

216 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To direct one’s gaze, look; gaze (out a window or cave opening); waiten abouten, waiten him umbe, etc (b) to fasten one’s gaze (on sb. or sth.), look (at sb. or sth.); stare (into sth.); (c) to…

72. walop n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A gallop;—used only in adv. phrase: a walop, at a gallop; (b) as surname.

73. walopen v.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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Of a horse: to gallop; of a rider: ride at a gallop; ppl. waloping, galloping.

74. Wandales n. plural

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The Vandals.

75. warance n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The plant madder (Rubia tinctorum); (b) ?the plant crosswort (Galium cruciata).

76. warant n.

73 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) One who guards or defends, a protector;—also used of God; also, a champion; drauen to warant, to resort to or betake oneself (to sb. or Christ) as a protector or for protection;—also refl. (b)…

77. waranten v.

41 quotations in 3 senses
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To act as protector, afford protection [quot. a1470, 2nd]; protect (sb. or sth., oneself), shield; also, guarantee the safety of (sth.), guard; save (sb. from death), rescue.

78. ward(e n.

Additional spellings: warde
190 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Keeping, care, custodial possession; safekeeping, storage; protection, preservation; maintenance; sauf ward [see also sauf adj. 6.(c)]; ward store, provisions, stores [prob. by reanalysis of warne

79. wā̆rde-brāce n.

Additional spellings: wardebrace
5 quotations in 1 sense
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A piece of armor for the arm.

80. warde-cors n.

Additional spellings: wardecors
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A cloak, mantle; also, a tunic; (b) a bodyguard; also, an attendant, esquire; (c) as surname.