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endwares

endwares is the plural of endware.

Meaning of endware

Noun

endware (plural endwares)

  1. (Early, Essex, Modern, Northwestern, rare) A hamlet or township; a small settlement or locality.
    • To the poor people 6s. 8d. to be paid to the churchwardens to distribute to 40 of the poorest householders at their discretion, only 'this endware to be none of them' [sic].1994 [1570/1], “WILLIAM HAISTLER of Finchingfield, 2 Feb. 1570/1 (418)”, in F.G. Emmison, editor, Essex wills: the Bishop of London's Commissary Court, 1569-1578 (Essex Record Office Publication...

Questions about endwares

What is endwares the plural of?
Endwares is the plural of endware.

Words near endwares in the dictionary

  1. endwall
  2. endwalls
  3. endward
  4. endwards
  5. endware
  6. endwares
  7. endways
  8. Endwell
  9. endwise
  10. endwork
  11. endworks

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