▪ I. † ˈwarish, n. Obs.—0
[Connected with OE. wearr, callosity, wart: see warre.]
A callosity.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 144/11 A warish, callus. |
▪ II. † ˈwarish, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 3–6 waris, 4–5 waris(s)che, -ys(s)che, -es(s)che, -isshe, -ysh, -iche, -yche, -isse, -ys(e, warsche, wars(s)he, warche (pa. tense warest), 4–6 warysshe, 4–9 warish.
[f. OF. wariss-, pres. stem of warir, g(u)arir: see guarish v.]
1. trans. To heal, cure (a person, etc.) of, (out of), a sickness or trouble.
| c 1250 Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc. 31 Al-so raþe he was i-warisd of his maladie. a 1300 Cursor M. 21690 Quen þe stanged men moght se þe nedder on þe tre þat hang þai war all warist o þair stang. c 1350 St. Peter 33 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 49 Many þat war seke and sore..prayd him forto be þare belde And warisch þam out of þaire wo. c 1369 Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 1104, I was warshed of al my sorwe. c 1450 Merlin xii. 173 The kynge Alain..that lith in sekenesse, and shall neuer be warisshed till [etc.]. 1613 R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Warish, ease, deliuer. |
b. To heal, cure (a sickness, ill).
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints vii. (James) 388 For-þi þi crafte þu keth one me, & waryse myn Infyrmyte. c 1386 Chaucer Melib. ¶320 And therfore o vengeaunce is nat warisshed by another vengeaunce ne o wroong by another wroong. a 1400 Stockh. Med. MS. in Archæologia XXX. 353 Fastande to vse sponfull thre Till his sekenesse warched be. 1601 Holland Pliny vii. ii. I. 154 There be some there who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle. |
c. intr. To recover from sickness or trouble.
| 13.. Seuyn Sag. 1097 The child warisscht fair and wel. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvii. (Vincent) 336 And fosteris hyme wele..til he begyne to waryse. a 1386 Chaucer Melib. ¶16 Youre doghter with the grace of god shal warisshe and escape. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 517/2 Warschyn' or recuryn of sekenesse, convalesco. 1530 Palsgr. 771/2, I warysshe, I recover my helth after a sycknesse or daunger (Lydgat). 1828 W. Carr Craven Gloss. II. 239 Warish, to recover from sickness. Ibid. 286 Hees niver warish'd o't' surfeit he gat last Kersmas. a 1864 R. B. Peacock Lonsdale Gloss. s.v., ‘He'll never warish on it’ = He will not get over it. |
2. trans. To guard, secure, protect, preserve; to save, rescue.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 2622 For burwes & bold tounes al for-brent were, but ȝit were þei wiþ walles warchet a-boute. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 921 Nov walle þe a wonnyng þat þe warisch myȝt. c 1400 Rule St. Benet 1306 How a hird⁓man A febil schepe warest & wane. a 1568 in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Club) 233 Beir Chrystis croce..That is to say,..Help vthir to beir that ourladin be: Sa sall this warld be..warisid accordinle. 1600 Holland Livy xxxii. xxi. 822 The mediteranean parts within the continent, were so secure and warished from the Romane forces, that [etc.]. 1601 ― Pliny xvii. x. I. 511 But ever after it [sc. the tree] is warished and safe ynough. 1674 Ray N.C. Words, Warisht, that hath conquered any disease, or difficulty, and is secure against the future; also, well stored, or furnished. |
Hence † ˈwarishing vbl. n.
| c 1386 Chaucer Melib. ¶49 As to the warisshynge of youre doghter. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 517/2 Waryschynge, of sekenesse, convalescencia. |
▪ III. † ˈwarish, v.2 Obs.—0
[f. warish n.]
intr. To become hard or callous.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 144/41 To warish, occallescere. |
▪ IV. warish
variant of wersh a.