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weasands

weasands is the plural of weasand.

Meaning of weasand

Noun

weasand (plural weasands)

  1. (dialectal) The oesophagus; the gullet.
    • By Heaven, and all saints in it, better food hath not passed my weasand for three livelong days, and by God’s providence it is that I am now here to tell it.1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XLII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst...
  2. (dialectal) The throat or windpipe.
    • […] Or cut his vvezand vvith thy knife.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

Questions about weasands

What is weasands the plural of?
Weasands is the plural of weasand.

Words near weasands in the dictionary

  1. wearyingly
  2. wearyings
  3. Wearys
  4. weasal
  5. weasand
  6. weasands
  7. Wease
  8. weasel
  9. Weasel Boy
  10. weasel clause
  11. weasel clauses

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