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waths

waths is the plural of wath.

Meaning of wath

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.

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Questions about waths

What is waths the plural of?
Waths is the plural of wath.

Words near waths in the dictionary

  1. Wathawurung
  2. Wathen
  3. Wathens
  4. wather
  5. wathers
  6. waths
  7. Wati
  8. Watiwa
  9. Watiwas
  10. Watjari
  11. Watkin

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