Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hobgoblin; the devil.
- n. Any frightful object; an ugly, awkward-looking person; a fright; a bugbear; a scarecrow.
Examples
“I fell out with a loon there, one of those Janissaries that gang hectoring aboot as though the world were not gude enough for them, and if I hadna made the best of my way out of the toon, my pow wad be a worricow on the wa's of the tower.”
“My leddy never bade ye run off mair like a wild worricow than a general officer's daughter, Miss Mysie.”
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Words With Initial and Final "w"
Words with an initial and final "w", such as whittaw, williwaw, windlestraw and wow-wow.
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chelster WUR-i-koo is the pronunciation preferred by Webster's New International, second edition (1934). WUH-ri-kow is the pronunciation preferred by the Oxford English Dictionary. — The Orthoepist Jun 9, 2010