10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEARISH»
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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
WEARISH, WEERISH, or WERISH, a. Small, weak, shrunk. Johnson conjectures
from pain, a quagmire, Saxon, and explains it washy ; but that does not accord
with the following instances. It answers • rather to what is now sometimes called ...
2
The Faerie queene (continued)
34- There entring in, they found the goodman selfe Full busily unto his worke
ybent ; Who was to weet a wretched wearish elfe,p With hollow eyes and
rawbone cheekes forspent, As if he had in prison long bene pent : Full blacke
and griefly ...
Edmund Spenser, John Payne Collier, 1873
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Encyclopaedia metropolitana: or Universal dictionary of ...
Weary — A. S. werig, which Somner explains, not only lassus, fessus, but naught,
malicious, cursed. Werisk opinions ; opinions of naught or no worth. A wearish elf
, a wearish man ; a weerish countenance, i. e. malicious, evil, cursed, shrewish.
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
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Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs
Weakling, sb. a sickly feeble child ; puppy, &c. " Their children are weaklings,
many times ideots and fools." — An. Mel., 1, 2, 1, 6. Weariful, adj. wearisome ;
tedious. Wearish, adj., var. pron. of Werrish, q. v. " Let wearish wimpled age
growe on.
Arthur Benoni Evans, Sebastian Evans, 1881
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A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of ...
Charles Mackay. From the Gaelic girl — the Lowland Scotch gawl — to howl, to
cry loudly, with the change of g into w, as seen in war for guerre, and many other
words adopted by the English from the Gaelic. Wearish, Weerish, Wersh.
34There entring in, they found the goodman selfe Full busily unto his worke ybent
; Who was to weet a wretched wearish elfe,P With hollow eyes and rawbone
cheekes forspent, As if he had in prison long bene pent: Full blacke and griesly
did ...
Edmund Spenser, John Payne Collier, 1862
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The works of Edmund Spenser, ed. by J.P. Collier
34- There entring in, they found the goodman selfe Full busily unto his worke
ybent ; Who was to weet a wretched wearish elfe,p With hollow eyes and
rawbone cheekes forspent, As if he had in prison long bene pent : Full blacke
and griefly ...
Edmund Spenser, John Payne Collier, 1862
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
'to wear a ship;' the same as Veer, q. v. WEARISH, insipid, weakly.(E.) 'A
wretched wearish [weak] elfe;' Spenser,F. Q. iv.5. 34. 'Werysshe,as meate is that
is nat wel tastye;' Palsgrave. Prov. E. wairsh, wairish, weerish, insipid, squeamish
, weak.
Behind the old lean benefit jade, he set a lusty tall fellow : and behind the of time
goodly horse also, he placed a little wearish man, and seeming to sight to have
but small strength. Now upon a sign given them which he had made them privy to
...
Plutarch, Sir Thomas North, 1899
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Plutarch's Lives: Marcus ...
Behind the old lean benefit jade, he set a lusty tall fellow : and behind the of time
goodly horse also, he placed a little wearish man, and seeming to sight to have
but small strength. Now upon a sign given them which he had made them privy to
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEARISH»
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wearish is used in the context of the following news items.
Teenage trio scare off man who grabbed girl outside her house
Miss McDonald, who lives on Wearish Lane, said: "I stayed with her while my two friends chased him. "Once I'd made sure that she was safely back inside with ... «The Bolton News, Mar 15»
Former Michigan Parole Board member speaks in support of 'White …
THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL THAT STILL SITTING BEHIND BARS, IS RICK WEARISH. BECAUSE HE WAS THE SOURCE, AND FOR SOME REASON THAT ... «WDIV Detroit, Feb 15»
JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE: Westhoughton Lions report round-up
Away from Wearish Lane, the U12s were also on the march in the knockout cup. They won 28-8 at Culcheth Eagles to book a place in the semi-finals of the cup. «The Bolton News, Apr 14»
Echo's Bones by Samuel Beckett – digested read
"Avast there, my friend," said another wearish voice behind him. Belacqua turned round to see a bald colossus with a cloak of gutta percha streaming from the ... «The Guardian, Apr 14»
Priyanka Chopra's photoshoot for Raine: Sexy as always!
Frankly, it has a very night-wearish look, of course luxury nightwear. PC's arched back looks sexy but this isn't one of her best covers for sure. Neither do we like ... «Bollywood Life, Apr 14»
Curiouser and curiouser
Rather, an elderly, “wearish” man sits at his desk and listens to a tape-recording he made as a 39-year-old: “Just been listening to that stupid bastard I took ... «The Economist, Aug 12»
Review of by Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape at the Duchess …
Beckett described Krapp as 'wearish' and Michael Gambon's version is certainly that. He's dressed in an old white shirt with tail hanging out of stained trousers, ... «London Theatre Guide - Online, Sep 10»
September Song: It's time to celebrate the Queen of Months
John Simm plays Hamlet in Sheffield and Michael Gambon plays Samuel Beckett's "wearish old man" in Krapp's Last Tape at the Duchess in London. «Independent, Sep 10»
Teen driver from Bolton who knocked down boy fined £400
As he approached the pedestrian crossing at the junction with Wearish Lane, at around 4pm on September 11, Stanley saw two young schoolboys waiting to ... «The Bolton News, Mar 10»
Boy, 11, fights for his life after being struck by car
Kristien Dunnington was crossing Wigan Road, near to its junction with Wearish Lane in Westhoughton, when the accident happened at about 4pm yesterday. «This Is Lancashire, Sep 09»
