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from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete or dialectal form of worse.

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Examples

  • Grange, [584] and otheris, repugned to thare purpoise, fearing least that the eschaping of the otheris should be ane occasioun of thare warse entreatment.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • When those cruell wolves had, as thei supposed, cleane devored the pray, thei fynd thame selfis in warse caise then thei war befoir; for then within Sanctandrose, yea, almost within the hole realme, (who heard of that fact,) thair was none found who begane not to inquyre, Whairfoir was Maistir Patrik Hammyltoun brunt?

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • Ye will just exerceese your own judgment, for he's in his ordiner ', neither better nor warse.

    Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

  • Joa jumpt up (for he wor varry little warse for his hurt,) an 'tellin

    Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

  • David, remember what thou accused me of, yonder night, when this weary mill was first spoken of; and then think how I suffer every time I hear tell o 'thee being the warse o' liquor.

    Scottish sketches Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

  • You must follow him to his drinking-haunts and take him home; if need be, you must follow him to warse places and take him home.

    Scottish sketches Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

  • I hae not indeed hid the Lord's talent in a napkin, but I hae done a warse thing; I hae been trading wi 'it for my ain proper advantage.

    Scottish sketches Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

  • But this is a warse job --- it's nae less than a wager. ''

    A Legend of Montrose 1871

  • He bean't al'ays, or I shoo'n't be scrapin 'my heels wi' nothin 'to do, and, what's warse, nothin' to eat.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • He bean't al'ays, or I shoo'n't be scrapin 'my heels wi' nothin 'to do, and, what's warse, nothin' to eat.

    Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete George Meredith 1868

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