wherret

/ ˈwɛrət /

verb

1. tr to strike (someone) a blow

noun

1. a blow, esp a slap on the face; stroke

Word History and Origins

Origin of wherret¹

probably of imitative origin

Example Sentences

I’m as peaceable a body as ever lived; but tak’ my advice—don’t wherret yoursel’ about Helen Perowne.

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Wherret never had had the Small-pox.

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I returned the Compliment with a Wherret of my Fist, which knock'd him over, and had cost me my Life, durst any have struck in the Palace.

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Wherret never had had the smallpox.

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A mare, the property of a person who keeps a dairy in a neighbouring parish, began to have sore heels the latter end of the month of February, 1798, which were occasionally washed by the servant men of the farm, Thomas Virgoe, William Wherret, and William Haynes, who in consequence became affected with sores in their hands, followed by inflamed lymphatic glands in the arms and axillae, shiverings succeeded by heat, lassitude, and general pains in the limbs.

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