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The English dialect dictionary
Ork.', Cai.l WAIRSH, au'j. Sc. Irel. th. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Lei. th. \Var. Oxf. Dev.
Also in forms waarsche Sc.; waarsh N.l.'; wairch th.l Dur. Cum.; wairesh th.';
warchie S. & Ork.'; warish w.Yks.l ne.Lan.l; warsche Sc. (JAM-); warsh Sc. (JAM) e
.Dur.
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A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, and ...
WAIN, a cart or waggon drawn by oxen yoked by means of bows over their necks.
WAIRSH, WEARCH, WERCH, thin, watery, weak, insipid. It is also used to
express a, griping in the bowels. — WAIRSH- BREAD, bread not sufficiently
salted.
John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett, 1846
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A glossary of North Country words, with their ethymology, ...
Wairsh, Wearch, Werch, thin, watery, weak, insipid. It is also used to express a,
griping in the bowels. — Wairsh- bread, bread not sufficiently salted. Weerish is
old in our language. V. Todd's Johnson. vol. n. d d Wait, wot. Sax. wat ; from witan
, ...
John Trotter Brockett, 1846
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The Roxburghshire Word-Book
Sc. (1816) wampi'sh. Cf. WARPLE v.] WAIRSH, a. G. c. I. Tasteless, insipid. 2. Of
literary works: Weak: “A wairsh discoorse.” Hence Wairshness, insipidity. [= 11.
So. wershz—E. (1530) werysshe] WAITER, sb. 1. Water. Td.; Sibbald. N—W; §s. 2
.
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A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their ...
In many parts of the North, however, the singular is in common use. Waifinger, an
estray, a waif. Law Lat. waivium. Wairsh, Wearch, Werch, thin, watery, weak,
insipid. It is also used to express a griping in the bowels. — Wairsh-bread, bread
not ...
John Trotter Brockett, 1829
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A glossary of north country words, in use. From an original ...
In many parts of the North, however, the singular is in common use. Waifinger, an
estray, a waif. Law Lat. waivium. Wairsh, Wearch, Werch, thin, watery, weak,
insipid. It is also used to express a griping in the bowels. — Wairsh-bread, bread
not ...
John Trotter Brockett, 1829
The Hallow Isle Tragedy is a very humdrum affair, or — to speak of it in the local
dialect — it's wairsh, wairsh, for a' the warld like a kiss frae a body ye dinna like.
Hallow Isle is one of the Orkneys, to the ministry of which an exceedingly ...
Wiv hus i' th' north, when aw'm wairsh i' my way, (But te knaw wor warm hearts, ye
yursell come) Aw lift the first latch, and baith man and dame say, Cruck your
hough, canny man, for ye're welcome." T. Thompson, d. 1816, Canny Newcastle.
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
E. wairsh, wairish, weerish, insipid, squeamish, weak. See Wearish in Nares,
whose explanation isconjectural. The orig.sense may have been 'watery;'from AS
.wœr, the sea; cf. Icel. ver,thesea, orig. 'water.' Cf. also Skt.vār, vāri,water;Gk. ί ρίν;
...
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A Collection of Songs, comic, satirical, and descriptive, ...
Wiv huz i' the North, when aw'm wairsh i' my way, (But t' knaw wor warm hearts ye
yur sell come) Aw lift the first latch, and baith man and dame say, “ Cruck your
hough, canny man, for ye're welcome.' 'Bout Lunnun, &c. r A shilling aw thought ...
Thomas THOMPSON (Organist.), 1827
