wawsper Sc.
(ˈwɑspər)
Also 5, 9 wasper, 9 wausper.
[The first element is obscure; the second element is spear n.]
A fishing-spear. Cf. waster n.3
| 1472 Munim. de Melros (Bannatyne Club) 591 That nane..presume..till..fisch thare Wateris with Wasperis nettis or any vthir Instrumentis. 1547 Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 246 For keiping of thair watteris and fischingis of Done and Dee..in raid tyme fra all maner of nettis, cobillis, wawsperis, heryvalteris, and all wther instrumentis. 1887 Jamieson Suppl., and Add. |