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41. wāre n.(5)

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Suppurated matter, pus, ichor; ?also, ear wax [2nd quot.].

42. whin n.(1)

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(a) Common furze, gorse (Ulex europaeus); a gorse plant or clump; also, any of several similarly spiky plants; pl. a clump or quantity of gorse (b) whin bush (tre), a gorse plant or clump; whin

43. 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…

44. whirl-gig n.

Additional spellings: whirlgig
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(a) A child’s top, a whirligig; (b) ?a rotating device, perh. a treading wheel, used to wind things up into a tower.

45. wī̆ke n.(2)

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A corner of a part of the body; the wike of the eie; the thinne wikes, the temples; share wikes, ?the groin.

46. wiker n.

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(a) A thin, pliant stalk of a plant used for weaving, thatching, etc.;—also coll.; (b) a mat made of wicker.

47. windou(e n.

Additional spellings: windoue
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(a) An opening in the wall of a building, ship, etc., used to admit air or light and usu. fitted with a frame and glass or some similar material; also, a window fitting; in a (yon) windou, on the

48. wing(e n.

Additional spellings: winge
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An organ of flight, usu. paired: (a) a wing of a creature whose sole or primary means of locomotion is flight (a bird, an insect, a bat, etc.);—occas. with sg. for pl.; also in fig. context; also, fig

49. wisker n.

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A fan; also, a switch or fly swatter.

50. wō̆nd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: wonde
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(a) A sapling; also fig.; a cutting; also, a branch; tre (treen) wond; under wond, in the woods; wode wond, coll. branches (b) in stock similes and prov. expressions; (c) wond penies, a customary…

51. wō̆nd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: wonde
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(a) Hesitation, vacillation; also [last quot.], ?a reason for hesitation; ?error for won(e n.(3) 1.(a); withouten wond; (b) fear; haven wond, to be afraid.

52. wrō n.

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(a) An isolated or remote place, an out-of-the-way spot; a corner, nook; also, fig. a passage in a text [quot. c1400]; from ech a wro, from every nook and cranny, from everywhere;—used in fig.