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wisht
wisht, a. Chiefly s.w. dial. (wɪʃt) Also whisht, whished, w(h)ish, whist, wist, weist, weest. [Of obscure origin.] 1. Dreary, dismal; melancholy, wretched.1829 T. Moore Hist. Devon I. 510 Wish, inapt, bad, unfit, as ‘wish weather’. 1849 Kemble Saxons in Eng. I. 346 In Devonshire..a bad or unfortunat... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bucca (mythological creature)
An old rhyme says: 'Penzance boys up in a tree, Looking as wisht(i.e. haunted) as wisht can be; Newlyn buckas as strong as oak, Knocking them down at wikipedia.org
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wished
wished, ppl. a. (wɪʃt, poet. also ˈwɪʃɪd) [f. wish v. + -ed1.] 1. That is the object of a wish; desired, longed-for. Now rare exc. as in b.15.. Fickle Estate of Our Vncertayn Lyfe (MS. Rawl. poet. 112, lf. 10 b), What if a day or A moneth or a yeare Crowne thy delightes with a thowsand wisht content... Oxford English Dictionary
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Laura Warholic
Eyestones has secret longings for Rapunzel Wisht, a beautiful young woman working at the local bakery. wikipedia.org
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weist
weist obs. f. west; var. wisht a. dial. Oxford English Dictionary
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Tom-Gallon Trust Award
"The Folk Song Singer" Runner-up: Claire Harman for "Poor Maggie Kirkpatrick"2013 Winner: Samuel Wright for "Best Friend" Runner-up: Lucy Wood for "Wisht wikipedia.org
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hadiwist
† had-I-wist, hadiwist Obs. A phrase (= ‘if I had known’), expressing regret for something done in ignorance of circumstances now known; hence, as n. A vain regret, or the heedlessness or loss of opportunity which leads to it.1390 Gower Conf. I. 105 Upon his fortune and his grace Cometh had I wist f... Oxford English Dictionary
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Mathew Roydon
1609) to Lady Haddington, the Earl of Sussex's daughter Elizabeth, refers to Roydon as 'a poetical light . . . which shines not in the world as it is wisht wikipedia.org
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wish-hounds
wish-hounds, n. pl. Also whished, whisht, wished. [wisht a. 2.] Local name for a ghostly pack of hounds popularly believed to hunt over Dartmoor (Devon) by night. So ˈwish-hunt, ˈwish-hunter.1847 Athenæum 27 Mar. 334/2 The Abbot's Way..is the especial haunt of the Wish, or Wisked [sic] Hounds. 1865 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Burlescombe
was his cheife delight; to other thinges hee scarse hadd appetite; or if he had twas like himself twas rare; so zeallus all his recreativs weare; hee wisht wikipedia.org
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wist
▪ I. wist, n. local. (wɪst) [In Anglo-Latin wista, wysta; ? a use of OE. wist provision, sustenance, applied orig. to an area which provided sustenance for a community of a certain size.] A Sussex land measure of area, the extent of which has been variously computed (see quots. and J. Tout in Engl. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Wistman's Wood
The name of Wistman's Wood may derive from the dialect word "wisht", meaning "eerie/uncanny" or "pixie-led/haunted". The legendary Wild Hunt in Devon, whose hellhounds are known as Yeth (Heath) or Wisht Hounds in the Devonshire dialect, is particularly associated with wikipedia.org
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ungranted
unˈgranted, ppl. a. (un-1 8.)1570 Levins Manip. 50 Vngranted, inconcessus. 1660 C. Bonde Scut. Reg., Hist. Phaeton 12 He wisht..His suites ungranted. 1697 Dryden æneis ix. 377 This only from your goodness let me gain; (And, this ungranted, all rewards are vain). 1828 P. Cunningham N.S. Wales (ed. 3)... Oxford English Dictionary
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Texas Science and Natural History Museum
composed of iron", which they "venerate...as an extraordinary manifestation of nature", the Comanche's calling it "Ta-pic-ta-carre [standing rock], Po-i-wisht-carre wikipedia.org
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uncoped
unˈcoped, ppl. a. (un-1 8 c.)1594 Nashe Unfort. Trav. Wks. (Grosart) V. 58 Those that beholding him at the stake yet vncoapte with, wisht him a sutable death to his vgly shape. 1972 J. G. Vermandel Last Seen in Samarra xii. 81 Wearing a housecoat, and with her red hair curlier than he'd ever seen it... Oxford English Dictionary
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