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whort en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

See whortleberry.

Meanings

  1. The whortleberry, or bilberry (fruit).
    • Through weeds and thorns, and matted underwood I force my way; now climb, and now descend O'er rocks, or bare or mossy, with wild foot Crushing the purple whorts[…] 1793–1817 (date written), S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “The Picture”, in Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems, London: Rest Fenner, […], published 1817, →OCLC:
    • he consumed mechanically a number of slices of bread and whort jam. 1899, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, Love and Mr. Lewisham: The Story of a Very Young Couple, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:

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whort en · PRON · etymology 2

Etymology

Representing dialectal or nonstandard pronunciation.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of what.
    alt of what
    • When yer 'asn't gort no work yer doesn't git no pye, And when the cash ain't 'andy, then be keerful whort yer sye, 1898, Barry Pain, The Curick: