wharrow
(ˈhwærəʊ)
Also 6 whar(r)owe, wherrow(e, 9 worra.
[By-form of wharve n.]
= wharve n. Obs. exc. dial. (= grooved pulley in spinning-wheel). Also attrib. wharrow-spindle (a heraldic bearing).
| [c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 794/18 Hoc vertebrum, a aworowylle.] 1519 W. Horman Vulg. 149 b, I wotte nat where is my spyndel with the wharowe. a 1529 Skelton E. Rummyng 298 Theyr wharrowe, Theyr rybskyn and theyr spyndell. 1578 Lyte Dodoens vi. xxix. 695 The fruite whiche is large, and almost fashioned lyke to a wherrowe or buckler. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iv. vii. 204 The round Ball at the lower end serueth to the fast twisting of the threed, and is called a Wharrow: and thereof this is called a Wharrow Spindle. 1716 S. Kent Gram. Her. s.v. Trefuses of Cornwall, A Chevron between three Wharrow Spindles Sable. 1825 Jennings Obs. Dial. W. Eng. 84 The spill and worra are attached to the common spinning-wheel. c 1828 Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss., Wharrow-Spindle is represented in heraldry with a hook at the end, to spin with a distaff. |