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241. wāde n.(2)

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A fishing net.

242. wad-mōl n.

Additional spellings: wadmol
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A coarse woolen cloth, used for horse collars, sacks, etc.

243. wageling ger.

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Motion back and forth, oscillation.

244. wain-scot n.

Additional spellings: wainscot
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(a) Wood, prob. fine oak, as a commodity imported into England for use in cabinetry, paneling, and other construction; such wood as a material; also, coll. logs, planks, or pieces of such wood (b) a…

245. walken v.(2)

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To beat or full (cloth); cloth walken.

246. walk-miln(e n.

Additional spellings: walkmiln, walk-milne, walkmilne
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(a) A fulling mill; walk-miln clogges, ?wooden blocks used in the fulling of cloth; ?clogs worn while fulling cloth by foot; (b) in place names.

247. warmeth n.

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Heat, warmth;—used in fig. context; ?also, protection from the elements [1st quot.].

248. wāse n.

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(a) A bundle, bunch, or wisp, as of straw, pea plants, etc.; ?also, a clump of seaweed [glossing L alga; may belong to wose n.(2)]; ?also, flax [glossing L stuppa] (b) a torch; a bundle of straw…

249. wẹ̄ n.

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(a) Misery, trouble, woe; wand-reth and we; we sith, a time of woe or trouble; ?a trouble; (b) we is him, woe be to him.

250. welken v.(1)

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(a) Of a flower, leaf, plant, etc.: to fade, droop, wither, dry up; also, of human tissue: shrivel [quot. c1425]; of an odor: ?dissipate [quot. a1450]; ppls. welkede & welkinge, withered, dried up…

251. welteren v.

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(a) To turn over, tumble; (b) to writhe, esp. in pain or anguish; also, wriggle, squirm [quot. c1450, 2nd]; (c) welteren under, to topple (sb.), throw over.

252. wẹ̄r(e n.(5)

Additional spellings: were
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(a) A feeling or personal condition of doubt or uncertainty; also, hesitancy, indecision; double wer, a state of doubt or indecision between two alternatives; in (a) wer, in a state of doubt or…

253. wẹ̄veling n.

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Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll.

254. whip(pe n.

Additional spellings: whippe
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(a) A scourge, lash, whip; also fig.; whip of (knotted with) led, a whip furnished with leaden balls or pieces; whippes lash, a flexible switch used as a whip (b) an instrument for driving or…

255. whippen v.

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(a) To move rapidly, move back and forth quickly; specif. of a dragon: flap or flutter furiously (with its wings); of a bird: struggle (in a snare) by fluttering or flapping the wings; whippen in

256. whirl n.

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(a) A small circular weight placed on a spindle to serve as a flywheel, a pulley used in the operation of a spinning wheel, a spindle whorl; ?also, a small circular object serving to attach or hold…

257. wigelen v.

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(a) To move unsteadily, weave back and forth; of an arrow: wobble in flight; (b) of a serpent: to proceed with undulating motion, wriggle.

258. wig(ge n.

Additional spellings: wigge
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(a) A small loaf, cake, or bun; (b) in surname.

259. wilwe n.

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(a) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, characterized by pliant woody branches; also, a piece of wood from a willow, a willow bough, stake, an osier withe; also in proverbs; wilwe tre (leves) (b) p

260. wimble n.

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(a) An auger used in woodworking, a gimlet, wimble; also person.; axel-man wimble, a wheelwright’s wimble; frensh wimble, ?a specially adapted variety of wimble associated with French designs or…