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whinyard

whinyard noun: a sword, especially a hanger.

Noun

whinyard (plural whinyards)

  1. (obsolete) A sword, especially a hanger.
    • It is not a necessary inference that he was wounded, though she says they struck him over her shoulder with whinyards; their object, undoubtedly, was to get him out of the queen's presence in the first place.1905, John Hill Burton, The History of Scotland from Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the Last Jacobite Insurrection, volume 4

Forms of whinyard

pluralwhinyards

Origin of whinyard

Compare English dialect and Scots whingar, whinger; perhaps from Old English winn (“contention, war”) + geard, gyrd (“a staff, rod, yard”); or compare Old English [Term?] (“whistle”, verb), English whine.

Questions about whinyard

What does whinyard mean?
Whinyard means a sword, especially a hanger.
What part of speech is whinyard?
Whinyard is a noun.
What is the plural of whinyard?
The plural of whinyard is whinyards.

Words near whinyard in the dictionary

  1. whinstone
  2. whinstones
  3. whiny
  4. whiny-ass titty babies
  5. whiny-ass titty baby
  6. whinyard
  7. whinyards
  8. whio
  9. whios
  10. whip
  11. whip and spur

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