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weanel

weanel noun: a weanling.

Noun

weanel (plural weanels)

  1. (obsolete) A weanling.
    • 16thC, Edmund Spenser, The Shepherd′s Calendar: September, 1862, George Gilfillan, Charles Cowden Clarke (editors), The Poetical Works Of Edmund Spenser, Volume 4, page 278,
      A lamb, or a kid, or a weanel wast; / With that to the wood would he speed him fast.
    • […] the weanel calves for stock sold at from 12l to 20l 5s per pair […] .1835, Lord Huntingfield′s Important Agricultural Stock Sale, The Farmer′s Magazine, Volume 3: July - December, page 358

Forms of weanel

pluralweanels
alternative formwennel

Questions about weanel

What does weanel mean?
Weanel means a weanling.
What part of speech is weanel?
Weanel is a noun.
What is the plural of weanel?
The plural of weanel is weanels.

Words near weanel in the dictionary

  1. wean off
  2. weanable
  3. weaned
  4. weaned off
  5. weanedness
  6. weanel
  7. weanels
  8. weaner
  9. weaners
  10. weanest
  11. weaneth

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