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wath

/wæθ/

wath noun: a ford.

Noun

wath (plural waths)

  1. (England, dialectal, historical) A ford.
    • The Romans had a bridge across the Eden near where the Caldew falls into the larger stream; had that bridge been in existence when this road or track was first made, its makers would have gone to the Roman bridge, and not to the deep and dangerous wath at Etterby. This ancient road and the ford at...1885, R. S. Ferguson, C. F. Keary, “The Beaumont Hoard, with some remarks on a pre-Roman road near Carlisle”, in Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society...
  2. (obsolete) A fordable stream.

Proper noun capitalized: Wath

Wath

  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Wath upon Dearne: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4300).
  2. A hamlet in Ravenstonedale parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6805).
  3. A village and civil parish (served by Wath and Norton Conyers Parish Council) north of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough, also known as Wath-by-Rippon (OS grid ref SE3277).
  4. A hamlet, also known as Wath-in-Nidderdale, in Fountains Earth parish and High and Low Bishopside parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1467).
  5. A hamlet in Hovingham parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6775).

Forms of wath

pluralwaths

Origin of wath

From Middle English wath, from Old Norse vað (“a ford”). Cognate with Scots wath, Swedish vad. Related to wade.

From Old Norse vað (“ford”).

Phrases with wath

Words that rhyme with wath

Questions about wath

What does wath mean?
Wath means a ford.
What part of speech is wath?
Wath can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce wath?
Wath is pronounced /wæθ/.
What is the plural of wath?
The plural of wath is waths.

Words near wath in the dictionary

  1. Watford
  2. Watford City
  3. Watford Gap
  4. Watford Rural
  5. Watfords
  6. wath
  7. Wath upon Dearne
  8. Watha
  9. Watham
  10. Watharow
  11. Wathaurong

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