Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An old spelling of
wiry . Comparefiery for firy. - Wet; moist; marshy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Wiry.
- adjective obsolete Wet; moist; marshy.
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- adjective Obsolete form of
wiry .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is as if they had been named by the child's rigmarole -- _Iery wiery ichery van, tittle-tol-tan_.
Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various
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It is as if they had been named by the childs rigmarole, Iery wiery ichery van, tittle-tol-tan.
Walking 1914
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It is as if they had been named by the childs rigmaroleIery wiery ichery van, tittle-tol-tan.
Walking [1862] 1909
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He is rather tall, thin, very wiery and active, with a jovial English expression of countenance; but his eyes have a wild, roving look, which is common amongst the Arabs.
Three Months in the Southern States: April, June, 1863. 1864
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I was introduced to General Hood this morning; he is a tall, thin, wiery-looking man, with a grave face and a light-colored beard, thirty-three years old, and is accounted one of the best and most promising officers in the army.
Three Months in the Southern States: April, June, 1863. 1864
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It is as if they had been named by the child's rigmarole, -- _Iery wiery ichery van, tittle-tol-tan.
Excursions Henry David Thoreau 1839
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