Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
wit . - An obsolete form of
wit . - A dialectal form of
wet . - A dialectal form of
wight . - noun The peetweet, or common sandpiper. See
Tringoides . - To cry as a weet or peetweet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete Wet.
- intransitive verb obsolete To know; to wit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic To
know .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The keen and suggestive "_weet, weet, weet_" of the knife on the stone smote on Guy's ears and nerves with appalling effect.
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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He had kept up heart so far believing that the boys were "foolin '," but when he felt the awful charcoal line drawn to divide his scalp satisfactorily between these two inhuman, painted monsters, and when with a final "_weet, weet, weet_" of the knife on the stone the implacable Woodpecker approached and grabbed his tow locks in one hand, then he broke down and wept bitterly.
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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Daarnaast weet niemand mijn wachtwoord en phishing ga ik niet op in.
my wow-account nathreee 2010
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Qua personages ben ik ook heel makkelijk (je weet hoe snel ik ze er doorheen jaag).
thoughts on lrp and characters nathreee 2010
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Ik weet niet wat voor laarzen je hebt of wat je aan onderhoud doet, maar mijn leren schoenen krijgen regelmatig een laagje vet.
Omen, here we come nathreee 2010
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BTW, I think a weekly/bi-weekly fly-tying video of the most popular patterns would be suh-weet!
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En tja, wie weet komt ze na een paar maanden alweer terug omdat het haar niet is gelukt.
Global Voices in English » Netherlands: Too young to sail the world alone at 13? 2009
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Ik weet dat er in uden een schoennen winkel zit speciaal voor mensen met een breede kuit.
The weather at Omen doesn't look as depressing as I thought nathreee 2010
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Als ik in de Zeilen haar artikel lees over haar eerste oversteek naar Engeland krijg ik het idee dat ze goed weet waar ze mee bezig is.
Global Voices in English » Netherlands: Too young to sail the world alone at 13? 2009
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BTW, I think a weekly/bi-weekly fly-tying video of the most popular patterns would be suh-weet!
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