- warsle
- North Country (Newcastle) Wordsto strive, to wrestle
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warsle — [wär′səl] n., vi., vt. warsled, warsling [Scot. or North Eng.] WRESTLE warsler n … English World dictionary
warsle — or warstle verb Etymology: Middle English werstelen, warstelen, alteration of wrestlen, wrastlen Date: 14th century Scottish wrestle, struggle • warsle noun, Scottish … New Collegiate Dictionary
warsle — /wahr seuhl/, v.i., v.t., warsled, warsling, n. Chiefly Scot. wrestle. Also, warstle. [1300 50; ME; OE *waerstlian, metathetic var. (cf. waerstlic of wrestling) of wraestlian to WRESTLE] * * * … Universalium
warsle — war·sle … English syllables
warsle — … Useful english dictionary
warstle — I. verb see warsle I II. noun see warsle II … Useful english dictionary
warstle — verb see warsle … New Collegiate Dictionary
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war´stler — war|stle «WAHR suhl», intransitive verb, transitive verb, stled, stling, noun. Scottish. warsle. –war´stler, noun … Useful english dictionary
