- Wesand
- Wesand \We"sand\, n. See {Weasand}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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wesand — Weasand Wea sand, n. [OE. wesand, AS. w[=a]send; akin to OFries. w[=a]sende, w[=a]sande; cf. OHG. weisunt.] The windpipe; called also, formerly, {wesil}. [Formerly, written also, {wesand}, and {wezand}.] [1913 Webster] Cut his weasand with thy… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wesand — variant of weasand * * * wesand /wēˈzənd/ noun (Spenser) same as ↑weasand * * * wesand(e, a(u)nt etc., obs. ff. weasand … Useful english dictionary
wesand — see wesend … Old to modern English dictionary
wesande — wesand(e, a(u)nt etc., obs. ff. weasand … Useful english dictionary
Weasand — Wea sand, n. [OE. wesand, AS. w[=a]send; akin to OFries. w[=a]sende, w[=a]sande; cf. OHG. weisunt.] The windpipe; called also, formerly, {wesil}. [Formerly, written also, {wesand}, and {wezand}.] [1913 Webster] Cut his weasand with thy knife.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wesil — Weasand Wea sand, n. [OE. wesand, AS. w[=a]send; akin to OFries. w[=a]sende, w[=a]sande; cf. OHG. weisunt.] The windpipe; called also, formerly, {wesil}. [Formerly, written also, {wesand}, and {wezand}.] [1913 Webster] Cut his weasand with thy… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wezand — Weasand Wea sand, n. [OE. wesand, AS. w[=a]send; akin to OFries. w[=a]sende, w[=a]sande; cf. OHG. weisunt.] The windpipe; called also, formerly, {wesil}. [Formerly, written also, {wesand}, and {wezand}.] [1913 Webster] Cut his weasand with thy… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weasand — noun Etymology: Middle English wesand, from Old English *wǣsend gullet; akin to Old English wāsend gullet, Old High German weisunt windpipe Date: before 12th century throat, gullet; also trachea … New Collegiate Dictionary
weasand — /wee zeuhnd/, n. Archaic. 1. throat. 2. esophagus; gullet. 3. trachea; windpipe. [bef. 1000; ME wesand, OE waesend, var. of wasend gullet; c. OFris wasande windpipe] * * * … Universalium
bison — [14] Bison appears to be of Germanic origin, from a stem *wisand or *wisund . This became Old English wesand, which did not survive; and it was acquired again in the 19th century as wisent, borrowed from German wisent, applied to the ‘aurochs’,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
