Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Healing.
  • noun Protection.
  • noun Reward; guerdon; requital.
  • noun Erroneously, in the following passage, a note of assault.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Preparation; protection; provision; supply.
  • noun Obs. or Scot. Reward; requital; guerdon.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete Wealth, possessions; a treasure (literal or figurative).
  • noun obsolete A reward, recompense.
  • noun A war cry played to order the soldiers to attack (normally played on a bugle).

Etymologies

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From Old Northern French warison, variant garison, guarison.

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Examples

  • And, as my friend Scott says, 'I sound my warison;'

    Don Juan George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • And, as my friend Scott says, "I sound my warison;" [752]

    The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

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