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WAR, WARR, WARE, WERE, _adj._ Worse, S.
_Ross._
Su. G. _waerre_, _werre_, A. S. _waerra_, Isl. _verre_, id.
_To_ ~War~, ~Waur~, _v. a._ To overcome, to outdo, S.
_Douglas._
WAR, _subst. v._ Were.
_Barbour._
Sw. Germ. _war_, id.
WAR, _adj._ Aware, wary.
V. ~Wer~.
WAR, _v. imp._ _War him_, befal him.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _war-a_, to be; Isl. _verda_, _vard_, fieri.
_To_ WAR, WARE, WAIR, WAYR, _v. a._
1. To lay out as expense, S.
_Dunbar._
2. To expend, to bestow, in whatever sense, S.
_Maitland P._
3. To waste, to squander.
_Wallace._
Isl. _ver-ia_, negotiari. Hence E. _ware_, _wares_, merchandise.
_To_ WARAND, _v. a._ To protect, S. and E. _warrant_.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _waren-ian_, cavere sibi, defendere se.
~Warand~, ~Warrand~, _s._ A place of shelter or defence.
_Barbour._
WARBLE, _s._ A sort of worm that breeds betwixt the outer and inner skin of beasts, S.
A. S. _wear_, Teut. _weer_, a knot or bunch.
_To_ WARBLE, _v. n._ To wriggle, &c.
V. ~Wrabil~.
WARD, _s._
1. A division of an army.
_Douglas._
2. A small piece of pasture ground, inclosed on all sides, S.
_Watson._
Su. G. _waard_, sepes, sepimentum.
_To_ WARD, _v. a._ To imprison.
_Stat. Acc._
Su. G. _waerd-a_, custodire.
~WARD and Wa.r.s.eL~, security for, pledge, S. B.
_Ross._
_Ward_, keeping; and _wa.r.s.el_, perh. _wardsel_, from A. S. _weard_, custodia, and _sell-an_, tradere.
WARDE, _s._ A decision; a forensic term.
_Quon. Att._
L. B. _warda_, E. _award_.
