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wistly
† ˈwistly, adv. Obs. Forms: 6 wystly, wistle, wistlie, 6–9 wistly. [Origin doubtful; perh. a variant of whistly, whishtly advs. silently, hushedly.] With close attention; intently. Occas. with implication of wistfully 2.a 1500 Gest of Robyn Hode ccccx, Robyn behelde our comly kynge Wystly in the fac... Oxford English Dictionary
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wistless
† ˈwistless, a. poet. Obs. [irreg. f. wistly adv. or wistful + -less.] Inattentive, unobservant.1747 [G. Ridley] Psyche xix. in Museum III. 86 So ore Avernus, or the Lucrine Lake, The wistless bird pursues his purpos'd Flight. 1795 Southey Joan of Arc i. 405, I held it,..And, wistless what I did, ha... Oxford English Dictionary
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wistful
wistful, a. (ˈwɪstfʊl) [app. f. wistly adv. (where cf. quot. 1613–16) + -ful, with reminiscence of wishful. In early use mainly poetical.] † 1. Closely attentive, intent. Obs.1613–16 W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. ii. 544 A Christall Riuer..chid The artlesse Songsters, that their Musicke still Should cha... Oxford English Dictionary
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wishly
▪ I. † ˈwishly, a. Obs. rare. [? f. next.] ? Steadfast.1578 T. Procter Gorg. Gallery Invent. H ij, Vlisses wife shall mate the sore, whose wishly troth doth shine.▪ II. wishly, adv. Obs. exc. dial. (ˈwɪʃlɪ) Also 6 wysh(e)-, wishe-, 7 wishtly. [? Alteration of wistly adv. influenced by wish.] Steadfa... Oxford English Dictionary
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whysh
whysh whyshly, whysht(e, Whys(s)ontyd(e, whysshe, whysshyne, -ssyne, obs. ff. whish v.2, wistly, whisht a.1, Whitsuntide, whish v.1, wish, cushion. Oxford English Dictionary
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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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who
▪ I. who, pron. (n.) (huː, unemphatic hʊ) Forms: 1–3 hwa, (1 hua), 2–3 hwo, hwoa, 2–4 wa, (2 wua, 3 whæ, wæ, wea, wah, hwoo, ȝwo), 3–5 hoo, 3–6 wo, 3–5, 6– Sc. wha, (4 huo), 4–6 ho, whoo, 4, 9 dial. whe, 5 woo, (Sc. vho, 5–9 dial. how, 6 hou, Sc. vha), 6–7 whoe, (9 Sc. whae), 3– who; 3–5 quo, (3 quu... Oxford English Dictionary
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