Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
wood .
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- adjective dialectal
Mad .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But yoo gots to admit, sum operhas an mooseicals in Yiddish wud be um… interesting…
Wet Willeh Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"Miss Kesiah, dar's Marse Reuben in de hall en he sez he'd be moughty glad ef'n you'd step down en speak a wud wid 'im."
The Miller Of Old Church Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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Dat wuz de on'y time he voice broke -- when he said dat; an 'I couldn' speak a wud, my th'oat choked me so.
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"Kin I peak a wud wif you, Mass Woodley?" again asks the inquirer at the wicket.
The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850
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Writing to Hooker, he says the one party to the quarrel failed to "set the affair straight with half a dozen words of frank explanation as he might have done;" as to the other, "like all quiet and mild men who do get a grievance, he became about twice as 'wud' as Berserks like you and me."
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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Writing to Hooker, he says the one party to the quarrel failed to "set the affair straight with half a dozen words of frank explanation as he might have done;" as to the other, "like all quiet and mild men who do get a grievance, he became about twice as 'wud' as Berserks like you and me."
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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A person once "wud," or deranged, is always suspected of being so, in the event of anything strange taking place.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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Its gunna go for like 500$ though i can guarantee, it starts at 200, but there r some crazy (rich) fans out there that wud probably just like smell it.!!!
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I just wish people wud let go of (stupid) traditions already!
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April 18th, 2010 5: 17 pm ET if this fat slum's paycheck is voided for couple of weeks, maybe he wud do the rite thing ..
alexz commented on the word wud
text speak for would
October 24, 2014