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wase

/weɪs/

wase noun: a bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.

Noun

wase (plural wases)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
    • a waze of strawe in his hande.1565, Thomas Harding, A Confutation of a Booke Intituled An Apologie of the Churche of England

Forms of wase

pluralwases

Origin of wase

From Middle English wase (“torch”), related to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wase (“bundle of straw, torch”), Danish vase (“wisp of straw, bundle”), Swedish vase (“a sheaf”).

Questions about wase

What does wase mean?
Wase means a bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
What part of speech is wase?
Wase is a noun.
How do you pronounce wase?
Wase is pronounced /weɪs/.
What is the plural of wase?
The plural of wase is wases.

Words near wase in the dictionary

  1. WASD
  2. Wasdale
  3. Wasdale Head
  4. Wasden
  5. Wasdens
  6. wase
  7. Waseca
  8. Waseca County
  9. wasei kango
  10. Wasembo
  11. wases

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