Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A serpent.
- noun A wivern.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs.
- noun (Zoöl.) The weever.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
Wyvern .
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Examples
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And if spent pwoperwy, it goes wew with wiver and fava beans, washed down with a nice Chianti.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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And if spent pwoperwy, it goes wew with wiver and fava beans, washed down with a nice Chianti.
From On High 2006
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Coppy -- must go acwoss ve wiver, and I came after you ever so hard, but you wouldn't stop, and now you've hurted yourself, and Coppy will be angwy wiv me, and -- I've bwoken my awwest!
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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"I _knew_ she didn't ought to go acwoss ve wiver, and I knew ve wegiment would come to me if I sent Jack home."
The Short-story William Patterson Atkinson
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"You said you was going acwoss ve wiver," panted Wee Willie Winkie, throwing himself off his pony.
The Short-story William Patterson Atkinson
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"You said you was going acwoss ve wiver," panted Wee Willie
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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'And nobody -- not even Coppy -- must go acwoss ve wiver, and I came after you ever so hard, but you wouldn't stop, and now you've hurted yourself, and Coppy will be angwy wiv me, and -- I've bwoken my awwest!
The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling 1900
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'You said you was going acwoss ve wiver,' panted Wee Willie Winkie, throwing himself off his pony.
The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling 1900
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"You said you was going acwoss ve wiver," panted Wee Willie Winkie, throwing himself off his pony.
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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'I _knew_ she didn't ought to go acwoss ve wiver, and I knew ve wegiment would come to me if I sent
The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling 1900
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