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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 5

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A weir. See Weir. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 5

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 5

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A man. [Obs.]

2. A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild. [Obs.] Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were. Bosworth.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 5

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To wear. See 3d Wear. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 5 of 5

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To guard; to protect. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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