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weasand
[ wee-zuhnd ]
weasand
/ ˈwiːzənd /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of weasand1
before 1000; Middle English wesand, Old English wǣsend, variant of wāsend gullet; cognate with Old Frisian wāsande windpipe
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Word History and Origins
Origin of weasand1
Old English wǣsend, wāsend; related to Old Frisian wāsenda, Old High German weisont vein, Danish vissen
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Example Sentences
Within the most starched cravat there passes a windpipe and weasand, and under the thickliest embroidered waistcoat beats a heart.
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Why, they'd as lief draw a cutlass over his weasand, as they'd smash a ship's biscuit.
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If thou canst tell me, well and good; if not, I must e'en cut thy weasand and find me one who knoweth more.
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"May the hangman squeeze her weasand, the little beggar," exclaimed the Chouette in a rage.
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Mangrove, the moment he saw where he was, drew his knife across the leopard's weasand, and killed him on the spot.
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