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warriangle

warriangle is the alternative form of wariangle.

Meaning of wariangle

Noun

wariangle (plural wariangles)

  1. (UK, dialectal, regional, largely obsolete) Any of various aggressive shrikes of the genus Lanius, such as the red-backed shrike or great grey shrike, sometimes known as butcherbirds.
    • This was Charles Albert de Luines, a gentleman of the country of Avignon, who was introduced to a familiarity with Louis XIII. by breaking wariangles to catch sparrows.1768, Adrien Richer, Great events from little causes. Or, A selection of interesting and entertaining stories, drawn from the histories of different nations, etc, page 204

Forms of warriangle

pluralwarriangles

Questions about warriangle

What is warriangle the alternative form of?
Warriangle is the alternative form of wariangle.

Words near warriangle in the dictionary

  1. warreyed
  2. warreying
  3. warreys
  4. Warrgamay
  5. Warri
  6. warriangle
  7. warriangles
  8. Warrick
  9. Warrick County
  10. warried
  11. warrier

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