whort

[ wurt, hwurt ]

noun

1. the whortleberry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whort¹

1570–80; dialectal variant of Middle English hurte, Old English horte whortleberry

Example Sentences

Enjoy the sweep when Felix Hernandez caps it tomorrow because whort of a trade that swaps out this entire Royals team overnight, there is no way they are beating Felix tomorrow.

From Seattle Times

Another mark has been added in this book to indicate a sound of O where it precedes r, as in work, marked o. work wor'thy worse wor'thi ly word wor'ship world world'li ness worm ef'fort whorl wor'ship er wort world'ly whort work'ing-man Lesson 48.

From Project Gutenberg

She don't tell no lies to get 'erself out of nothin'; 'cos she's so bad that she don't keer whort rows she gets inter.

From Project Gutenberg

But the tea and the bread and butter and the whort jam were like no food on earth.

From Project Gutenberg

That good lady was alone, and after a few civilities Mr. Lewisham opened his Shakespeare and read from a mark onward—that mark, by-the-bye, was in the middle of a scene—while he consumed mechanically a number of slices of bread and whort jam.

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