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warsle
▪ I. warsle, n. Sc. and north. (ˈwars(ə)l) [f. warsle v.] A struggle, tussle; a wrestling bout.1819 [Rennie] St. Patrick I. xi. 166 Though I had got a fell crunt ahint the haffit, I wan up wi' a warsle. 1828 Scott F.M. Perth xix, They quarrelled, as you saw, on the St. Valentine's Even, and had a wa... Oxford English Dictionary
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wyrstylle
wyrstylle obs. f. warsle v. Oxford English Dictionary
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warstel
warstel, -stle obs. var. ff. warsle v. Oxford English Dictionary
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worsle
ˈworsle, v. Sc. and north. dial. Also 6 worsill. [var. of warsle v. Cf. MDu. and Du. worstelen.] intr. To wrestle. Hence ˈworsler; ˈworsling vbl. n.1513 Douglas æneis iii. iv. 138 Our fallowschip exerce palestrale play,..Nakit worsling and strougling at nyse poynt. 1535 [see warsle v. 1]. 1571 Satir... Oxford English Dictionary
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werssle
wersil, werssle obs. ff. warsle. Oxford English Dictionary
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warsel
▪ I. † ˈwarsel Sc. Obs. [a. ON. varzla, watch, security, f. varða to watch: see ward v.] Only in phr. ward and warsel: see ward n.2 10.▪ II. warsel variant of warsle. Oxford English Dictionary
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werstil
werstil, -tle obs. ff. warsle. Oxford English Dictionary
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wrestle
▪ I. wrestle, n. (ˈrɛs(ə)l) [f. next. Cf. warsle n.] 1. Without article. The action of wrestling or struggling; the fact of having wrestled. Also fig.1593 Queen Elizabeth Boeth. iv. pr. vii. 99 So ought not a wise man beare with greefe, fortunes wrestell [L. certamen fortunæ]. 1796 Burns Poem on Lif... Oxford English Dictionary
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