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/hwawrv, wawrv/, n.Spinning. a wheel or round piece of wood on a spindle, serving as a flywheel or as a pulley.[bef. 1000; ME wherve, OE hweorfa; deriv. of hwerfan to revolve]
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wharve — [hwôrv, wôrv] n. [ME wherve < OE hweorfa < base of hweorfan, to turn: see WHARF] 1. a small flywheel on the spindle of a spinning wheel 2. a small drive pulley on a spindle of a modern spinning machine … English World dictionary
wharve — /wɔv/ (say wawv) noun a wheel or round piece of wood on a spindle, serving as a flywheel or as a pulley. {Middle English wherve, Old English hweorfa} …
wharve — ˈ(h)wȯ(ə)rv, ȯ(ə)v noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English wherve, from Old English hweorfa; akin to Old High German hwerbo turn, whirl, hinge, Old English hweorfan to turn more at wharf : whorl 1 … Useful english dictionary
warve — «wrv», noun. = wharve. (Cf. ↑wharve) * * * warve obs. variant of wharve n … Useful english dictionary
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whorl — [wɔ:l, wə:l] noun 1》 Zoology each of the convolutions in the shell of a gastropod or ammonoid mollusc. 2》 Botany a set of leaves, flowers, or branches springing from the stem at the same level and encircling it. ↘(in a flower) each of the… … English new terms dictionary
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