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  • well
    adv. 1. (Car. DJE; OED idem, formerly com-mon but now only in set phr., e.g. well aware] very, greatly (before
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  • wedding husband
    [cf. Jam, husband man (affectionate), whence sense of 'marrying man' (Cas-sidy p.c.)] n. 1. bridegroom: 1918 You shall be my
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  • wectation
    [from vexation] n. a state of anger or annoyance. (Nassau, Mayag.)
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  • weather, wedder
    /weda/ [Car.; OED idem, now dial, and nautical] n. bad weather; a storm: 1888 Daylight found us battling with a
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  • wealthy off
    /welti ohf/ [probably a merging of wealthy + well off] adj. rich: 1966 He guess they'll be more wealthy, wealthy
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  • weak heart: have a weak heart
    [cf. OED weak-hearted lacking in courage] phr. to lack courage: He heart dead weak-he even ain' get the courage to
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  • weak head
    [cf. US Black weak head immature out-look (Folb); Haititian te′t faible naive (Gaujean p.c.); OLD weak-headed idem] adj. dull-witted: 1940
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  • weak back:have (or got) weak back
    [cf. BACK] phr. 1. to have a weak bladder: That boy got weak back-he does wet he bed every night
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  • we
    obj. pron. [Car.; also dial. in Brit. (OED), US (ADD)] us: 1918 Let we go now (Parsons 117). 1966 All
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  • wayside bean
    n. a plant, Vigna sp., which has pale blue or lilac-colored flowers and bears pods. (Exuma, Eleu.)
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