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wallowish
wallowish, a. Now dial. (ˈwɒləʊɪʃ) Also 6 walowyshe, -(e)ish, 7 wallouish. See also walsh a. [f. wallow a. + -ish.] Insipid, tasteless, flat; also, ill-tasting, nauseous, esp. through being over-sweet.1548 Udall Erasm. Par. Pref. to King a vj, Honey is waloweishe and ouercasteth the stomake. a 1586 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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walsh
walsh, a. Sc. and north. Also 6 welsche, 7, 9 welsh. [? contracted f. wallowish a. Cf. wash a., wersh a.] Insipid, tasteless, ill-tasting; having a sickly taste, nauseous.1513 Douglas æneis vi. vii. 79 To pas..By gousty placis, welsche savorit, mist, and hair. c 1687 in C. K. Sharpe Witchcraft in Sc... Oxford English Dictionary
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Edwin Evans Ewing
Ewing based the characters in his novel off of his neighbors, and the "Wallowish" represented the Octoraro Creek. In 1868, the story was published by Irwin and Erastus Beadle under the title, "The Witch of the Wallowish." wikipedia.org
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mawkish
mawkish, a. (ˈmɔːkɪʃ) Also 7–8 malkish, maukish. [f. mawk n. + -ish1.] † 1. Inclined to sickness; without appetite. Obs.1668 Dryden Enem. Love iv. i, I feel my Stomach a little maukish. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Mawkish, sick at Stomack, squeamish. a 1745 Swift Progr. Marriage 60 The dean who us'd... Oxford English Dictionary
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The Midland Journal
He was also a novelist and poet, with his story "The Hag of the Wallowish" originally appearing as a serial in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper beginning wikipedia.org
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wallow
▪ I. wallow, n. (ˈwɒləʊ) In 6 walow. [f. wallow v.] 1. a. The act of wallowing or rolling in mud or filth; also fig. Also concr., the filth in which swine wallow.a 1591 H. Smith Serm., Jacob's Ladder (1601) 545 Let the dog turne to the vomit, and the swine to the walow. 1896 G. S. Ogilvie Sin of St.... Oxford English Dictionary
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preoccupation
preoccupation (priːɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən) [ad. L. præoccupātiōn-em, n. of action from præoccupāre: see prec. So F. préoccupation (15th c. in Godef. Compl.).] The action of preoccupying. † 1. The meeting of objections beforehand. In Rhet. A figure of speech in which objections are anticipated and prevented; an... Oxford English Dictionary
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