Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gibbet.
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Examples
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'Play on Captain Green's wuddie,' [29] said the caddy on Leith Links; and his employer struck his ball in the direction of the Captain's gibbet on the sands.
Historical Mysteries Andrew Lang 1878
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His creator liked him, but I could have seen Silver withering on the wuddie at Execution Dock, or suspended from a yardarm, without shedding the tears of sensibility.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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Ye can gie my denner to Angus: he'll want hertenin 'for the wuddie (gallows). "
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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"But ye'll alloo, Grizzie, times are altert sin 'the day whan the laird cud gie a ch'ice atween a wife an' the wuddie!
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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