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witney

witney noun: a kind of woollen cloth.

Noun

witney (plural witneys)

  1. (historical) A kind of woollen cloth.

Proper noun capitalized: Witney

Witney

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3510).

Forms of witney

pluralwitneys

Origin of witney

After Witney in Oxfordshire, where it was made.

Questions about witney

What does witney mean?
Witney means a kind of woollen cloth.
What part of speech is witney?
Witney can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of witney?
The plural of witney is witneys.

Words near witney in the dictionary

  1. witnessest
  2. witnesseth
  3. witnessing
  4. witnessings
  5. witnessless
  6. witney
  7. Witneyer
  8. witneys
  9. witneße
  10. witneßed
  11. witneßes

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