Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as wennish. Wiseman, Surgery.

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Examples

  • A portly man with wenny nose roamed into my regard;

    Ballads of a Bohemian 1916

  • The blind went groping with the blind, the lame limped on together, and the maimed made gestures to each other with the only arm that remained; the sides of a considerable waterfall were crowded by the deaf, amongst whom were some from Pegu with ears uncommonly handsome and large, but were still less able to hear than the rest; nor were there wanting others in abundance with humpbacks, wenny necks, and even horns of an exquisite polish.

    The History of the Caliph Vathek 2004

  • wenny p.s.: non è molto grande quella teglia, o sbaglio?

    Crostata alla frutta con crema pasticcera / Fruit pie with custard Orchidea 2009

  • The blind went groping with the blind, the lame limped on together, and the maimed made gestures to each other with the only arm that remained; the sides of a considerable waterfall were crowded by the deaf, amongst whom were some from Pegu with ears uncommonly handsome and large, but were still less able to hear than the rest; nor were there wanting others in abundance with humpbacks, wenny necks, and even horns of an exquisite polish.

    The History of Caliph Vathek William Beckford 1801

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