(historical) An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. Played variously by plucking or bowing.
hawer
hewer
hewer
noun
One who hews.
rowth
shrew
shrew
noun
(derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).
Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha).
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To beshrew; to curse.
thraw
threw
threw
verb
(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of throw
simple past tense of throw
throw
throw
noun
(obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
(obsolete) A period of time; a while.
(veterinary medicine) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
A distance travelled; displacement.
A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
Obsolete spelling of throe
One's ability to throw.
The act of throwing something.
The flight of a thrown object.
verb
(American football) Synonym of pass
(baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
(ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
(figuratively) To send desperately.
(martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
(obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
(sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
(transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
(transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
(transitive) To imprison.
(transitive) To install (a bridge).
(transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
(transitive) To project or send forth.
(transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
(transitive, bridge) To discard.
(transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
(transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
(transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
(transitive, intransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
(transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
(transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
(transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
To organize an event, especially a party.
To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
warch
warth
warth
noun
(UK, dialect) A ford.
wersh
wersh
adj
(UK dialectal, Scotland) Insipid; tasteless; delicate; having a pale and sickly look.
whare
whare
noun
A Maori hut.
wharf
wharf
noun
A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
verb
(transitive) To place on a wharf.
(transitive) To secure by a wharf.
wharl
wharl
noun
(medicine) A rattling or uvular utterance of the r-sound.
wharp
wharp
noun
(UK, dated) A fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
whart
whaur
wheer
where
where
adv
(fused relative) The place in, at or to which.
(informal) where are.
(relative) In, at or to which.
(with certain prepositions) What place.
In what situation.
Interrogative adverb, used in either a direct or indirect question: in, at or to what place.
conj
In a position, case, etc. in which; if.
In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
In, at or to which place or situation.
While on the contrary; although; whereas.
noun
The place in which something happens.
whirl
whirl
noun
(informal) (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.
A confused tumult.
A rapid series of events.
An act of whirling.
Dizziness or giddiness.
Something that whirls.
verb
(intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
(transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
(transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
whirr
whirr
noun
A bustle of noise and excitement.
A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion.
verb
(intransitive) To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound.
(transitive) To cause (something) to make such a sound.
To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.
whirs
whirs
noun
plural of whir
whore
whore
noun
(derogatory) Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
(vulgar, derogatory) A contemptible person.
(vulgar, derogatory) A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
(vulgar, derogatory) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
(vulgar, derogatory) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
verb
(intransitive, vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
(intransitive, vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
(intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false goals.
(intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false gods.
(transitive, slang, video games, vulgar, derogatory) To overuse something.
(transitive, vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
(transitive, vulgar) To promote shamelessly.
whorl
whorl
noun
(anatomy) Any volution, as for example in the human ear or fingerprint.
(botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
(zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle.
Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.
verb
(intransitive) To form a pattern of concentric circles.
whort
whort
noun
(botany) The whortleberry, or bilberry.
whory
wirth
worth
worth
adj
(obsolete, except in Scots) Valuable, worthwhile.
Deserving of.
Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.
noun
(countable) Value.
(uncountable) An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.