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| Walker |
District in the west of Newcastle
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| walsallº | A town 10 miles north west of Birmingham. Famous for saddlery.
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| Warch'd¹ | Hurt or ached (N.W.England)
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| warp¹ | In weaving. The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, usually twisted harder than the weft or woof, with which these threads are crossed to form the web or piece.[OED]
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| Washington | George Washington (1732-1799) American statesman and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797
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| watchman¹ | Watchman: One of a body of men formerly appointed to keep watch and ward in all towns from sunset to sunrise; later, a constable of the watch who, before the Police Act of 1839, patrolled the streets by night to safeguard life and property [OED]
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| waterfall¹ |
https://vintagedancer.com/victorian/1880s-fashion/ accessed 05Sep20
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| waterloo porridge | Oatmeal or stale bread with hot water poured over it.
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| waterloo¹ | The battle of Waterloo (1815). The decisive battle of the wars between Britain and France (1792-1815) in which the British and their allies were victorious. [CPB] |
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| waterman¹ | A person who offers the transport of goods or passengers in a light boat (see wherry¹); (also) person who works on or pilots a boat or barge; a ferryman; a boatman. [OED]
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| Watt¹ | James Watt (1736–1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781
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| Weal(1) | Veal
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| Wedgeburry |
See Wedgebury,
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| Ween¹ | Opinion, belief. (OED)
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| weeping heat | The OED gives Weeping as "The exudation or dripping of moisture generally; the flow or discharge of humours from the body" and for "Heat" a high temperature in the body arising from a disordered condition, as in inflammation or fever; inflamed or feverish state". Thus, a weeping heat is a fever with sweating.
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| welsh wig | A woollen cap (the one illustrated dates from about 1850)
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| Wesley¹ | Wesley, John, (1703 –1791) Founder of the Methodist Church
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| wet-nurse¹ | A woman who is hired to suckle and nurse another woman's child. [OED]
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| what_the_deuce¹ | what the devil. an expression of impatience or emphasis [OED]
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| wheelbarrow¹ | A light carriage (vernacular)
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