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worricow Sc. (ˈwʌrɪkaʊ) Forms: α. 8 wirrycow, -kow, 8–9 wirricow, -kow. β. 8–9 worry-, worricow (9 worriecow, warricoe). [f. worry v. +cow n.3 (as if ‘a goblin apt to worry’).] A scarecrow; a hobgoblin. Also transf. a person of frightful or unprepossessing appearance.α 1711 Ramsay On Maggy Johnstoun...
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wirykow
▪ I. wiry, a. (ˈwaɪərɪ) Also 6–7 wy(e)rie, wiery, 8–9 wirey. [f. wire n. + -y1.] 1. Made or consisting of wire; in the form of wire.1588 T. D[eloney] Ballet Whips Spaniards in Roxb. Ballads (1889) VI. 387 One sorte of whips they had for men,..The strings whereof with wyerie knots like rowels they di...
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wirrie
wirrangle, wirricow, wirrie see wariangle, worricow, worry.
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cow
▪ I. cow, n.1 (kaʊ) Forms: sing. 1–4 cu, 3–4 ku, 3–6 cou, kou, kow, 4–7 cowe, kowe, (5 cough, 6 coowe), 3– cow. Plural cows, kine (kaɪn), north. kye (kaɪ): see below. [A Common Teut. and Common Indo-germanic word: OE. c{uacu} = OFris. k{uacu}, OS. có (MDu. koe, Du. koe, LG. ko), OHG. chuo (MHG. kuo,...
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