wesand
wesand is the obsolete form of weasand.
Meaning of weasand
Noun
weasand (plural weasands)
- 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...
- 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...
Forms of wesand
| plural | wesands |
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Questions about wesand
- What is wesand the obsolete form of?
- Wesand is the obsolete form of weasand.
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