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wuther

[ wuhth-er ]

verb (used without object)

British Dialect.
  1. (of wind) to blow fiercely.


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Origin of wuther1

1846; variant of dial. and Scots whither, Middle English ( Scots ) quhediren; compare Old Norse hvitha squall of wind
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Sometimes I will stand on a height and wuther briefly.

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"I say, wuther I'm willin' or no?"

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"Well, I dunno," said Grandpa Walker, facetiously, balancing a good-sized morsel of food carefully on the blade of his knife, "that depen's on wuther ye're willin' to take pot-luck with us or not."

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But it won't m—m—m—m—make any diffunce with granny w—w—w—wuther she's s—s—s—salivated or not.

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I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat—sure by the beating rain on the casement; sure by the "wuther" of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.

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