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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To make a sullen roar, as the wind.
  2. n. A low roaring or rustling, as of the wind.

Wiktionary

  1. v. intransitive, archaic, dialectal To make a rushing sound; to whizz.
  2. v. intransitive, archaic, dialectal To shake vigorously.

Examples

  • “I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat -- sure by the beating rain on the casement; sure by the "wuther" of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.”

    Villette

  • “I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat — sure by the beating rain on the casement; sure by the “wuther” of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.”

    Villette

  • “Well, I dunno," said Grandpa Walker, facetiously, balancing a good-sized morsel of food carefully on the blade of his knife, "that depen's on wuther ye're willin 'to take pot-luck with us or not.”

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  1. wither

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  1. wudder

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