10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHIRRET»
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whirret in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Imperial dictionary, on the basis of Webster's English ...
Sameas rFAtrl- bat. Whirret,tWherrett (wher*et).u, [Perhaps from tvhir.) A slap; a
blow. Written also WhirHt, Whirrick. And in a fume gave Furius a whirret on the
eare. Kendall. Whirrick (wher'rik), 7i. A blow. 'Harry . . . gave master such a
whirrick.
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale, 1883
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Stra to Z
Kendall, Flowers 0/ Epigrams. And in a fume gave Furius A whirret on the eare.
1607. Puritan, iv. 2. Troth, now I'm invisible, I'll hit him a sound wherret on the ear,
when he comes out of the garden. c. 1613. Fletcher, Nice Valour, iv. How meekly
...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1904
3
(The) registers of Rowington, co. Warwick. 1612 (or 13)- 1812
Thomas Tybbats the s. of Henry Tybbats was baptized. Mary Lucas the d. of Wm.
Lucas was baptized. Rebecca Cowp the d. of William Cowp was baptised.
Elizabeth Whirret the d. of Job Whirret was baptised. Elizabeth Eals the d. of
Valentine ...
Rowington, Eng. (Parish), John William Ryland, 1899
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Plutarch's Lives of Coriolanus, Caesar, Brutus, and ...
The origin is probably onomatopoeic. The commoner ME. form of this word is '
whirret'. Cf. Kendall, Flowers of Epigrams (1577) :— And in a fume gave Furius A
whirret on the ear. (Quoted by Cent. Diet.) 11. 18-28. See note on P. 103. 11. 23-
8.
Plutarch, Sir Thomas North, R. H. Carr, 1906
{For why} [Mod pron. is probably a modification] In modified use, 1890. C. ' While [
wahy'l], adv. for ' until.' ' I did not sleep while two o'clock ' ; ' Stay, while I come,'
that is, ' until I come.' Whir, s. crabs [crab-apples]; see Wharre in Bay. J[Whirret ...
6
Queen Anna's New World of Words, Or Dictionarie of the ...
Mvßâcciíta , 4 whirret or blow on the mouth. Moflaccíne, а little fixant or moßacho.
Moflíccio, 4 fnaut, a face,a moßacho. Mollucio'nc ‚ 4 blow or whirret en the f4ce.
мамаша, «М Мим "zint" hrend. Mollr'trdn, мидий. Mollzudêllcß metete boiled in ...
Caleb the s. of Thos. Buffery and Elner his wife Bapt: May 10. Elner the wife of
Rich : Hodgekins was Buried May 17. Clement the s. of Richard Smith & Kather :
his wife Bapt : May 24. Tho : the s. of Job Whirret and Elizabeth his wife Bapt :
June ...
Parish Register Society, London, 1899
Thomas the s. of Job Whirret and Elizabeth his wife Buried March 28. John
Collins was Buried March 30. Walter Hutt was Buried Aprill 17. Elizabeth
Johnson was Bur: May Ist. Alce the d. of Nathaniell Ragg and Mary his wife Bapt:
May 3.
Parish Register Society (London, England), 1899
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The English dialect dictionary
Lan.1 Der.1 With a whirret. Obs. Sut'.1 I.W.l I'll ghee thee a wherret in the chops.
Dol'. BARNES 61. (1863). Dev.1 n.Dev. Ah.I chell gi' tha a wherret, Emu. Scold. (
1746) l. 100. [And in a fume gave Furius A whirret on the care, KENDALL Flowers
...
10
The American Genealogist
“I wyll that Rychard Whirret pay But v marks of the money he oweth me & the
residue of the sayd money I bcquethe among his children.” To Margaret Eton, £3
6s. 8d. in money and £3 6s. 8d. “in suche stuffe As myne executors & oversears
shall ...
Donald Lines Jacobus, 1993
