wanion

• “McCoy looked thoughtful, then said, "What's a wanion?”

  Simon & Schuster: Doctor’s Orders

• “But, as he pressed upon her with a violence, of which the object could not be mistaken, and endeavoured to secure her right hand, she exclaimed, “Take it then, with a wanion to you!” — and struck him an almost stunning blow on the face, with the pebble which she held ready for such an extremity.”

  Woodstock

• “I would worthy and learned Doctor Rochecliffe had been here, with his battery ready-mounted from the Vulgate, and the Septuagint, and what not — he would have battered the presbyterian spirit out of him with a wanion.”

  Woodstock

• “But, as he pressed upon her with a violence, of which the object could not be mistaken, and endeavoured to secure her right hand, she exclaimed, "Take it then, with a wanion to you!”

  Woodstock; or, the Cavalier

• “Look how thou stirrest now! come away, or I'll fetch thee with a wanion.”

  Pericles

• “I saw how it had been betwixt you, and I sent him out of my company with a wanion — I would rather have a rifler on my perch than a false knave at my elbow — and now, Master Roland, tell me what way wing ye?””

  The Abbot

• “[95] [Old copy, _knew_.] [96] [See Hazlitt's "Proverbs," 1869, p. 478.] [97] [Mr Collier printed _not_.] [98] [Mr Collier printed _only man alive_.] [99] [This and the next line of the dialogue are given in the old copy to Hermione.] [100] [By.] [101] [Old copy, pit_.] [102] _With a wanion_ seems to have been equivalent to "with a witness," or sometimes to "with a curse," but the origin of it is uncertain.”

  A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6

• “Bide doun, with a mischief to ye — bide doun, with a wanion,” cried the king, almost overturned by the obstreperous caresses of the large stag-hounds.”

  The Fortunes of Nigel

• “O Ppt, I remember your reprimanding me for meddling in other people’s affairs: I have enough of it now, with a wanion. [”

  The Journal to Stella

• “O Ppt, I remember your reprimanding me for meddling in other people's affairs: I have enough of it now, with a wanion. [”

  The Journal to Stella

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