† wranlons Obs. rare—1.
[Of obscure origin. Cf. wragland 1.]
pl. Unthriving trees that will never become timber.
| 1432–3 Martin in Year-Book 11 Hen. VI (1567) 1 b, Querkes qe sont appelles wranlons quel ne voet estre me⁓resme, mes est suable bois, il nest aiuge wast. [Hence in Kitchin Crt. Leet (1580) wranglans, in translation (1651) wrang-lands, whence in Blount (1656), Skinner (1671), Coles (1677), etc.; also Bailey (1721) wranglings.] |