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  • wracking
    [cf. OED wrecking idem, Bah. quot. 1804→] n. salvaging goods from a wrecked ship: 1788 Some call it "going a raking"
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  • wrack
    [OED wrack a wrecked ship dial.; the goods therefrom arch. ] n. a shipwreck; the wreckage which washes ashore: 1832 Heard of
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  • would, woulda
    [Car.; from would('ve); cf. inter­changeable use of COULD, COULDA and SHOULD, SHOULDA] preverbal marker 1. will: 1918 If you can't call
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  • worth
    /wo(y)t/ [W Car.] v. to be worth: 1940 Y' toughts don't worth a cupshell (Dupuch 49). That old kaprang he call
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  • worsest
    /wó(y)sis/ [Car.; dial. in Brit. (EDD), US (ADD)] adj., adv. worst: Tha's the worsest I ever see him look (Nassau).
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  • worser
    /wó(y)sa/ [Car.; OED, formerly standard, now dial.] adj., adv. worse: 1940 And d' peepul —why da's wusser (Dupuch 43). (Gen.)
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  • worry
    v. [OED, to vex with reiterated demands; to cause distress of mind] 1. to bother (to do some­thing): Don't worry to close
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  • worry
     n. [cf. Atlantic wari idem (Hancock 1969: 54), from Twi wáre, Fante oware idem DJE, influenced by worry] a game played
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  • worrum
    /wóram, vóyam/ [Atlantic (Hancock 1969: 48); cf. OED wurem 13th century, and worom worm in Brit. dial. West EDD, US dial. South
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  • wormwood, wormvine
    [OED, DAE different sp.] n. a climbing plant, Vanilla articulata: 1910 (Northrop 148). = LINK-VINE (Black)
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