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wharrow|ˈhwærəʊ|
Also 6 whar(r)owe, wherrow(e, 9 worra.
[By-form of wharve n.]
= wharve n. Obs. exc. dial. (= grooved pulley in spinning-wheel). Also attrib. wharrow-spindle (a heraldic bearing).
[c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 794/18 Hoc vertebrum, a aworowylle.] 1519W. Horman Vulg. 149 b, I wotte nat where is my spyndel with the wharowe. a1529Skelton E. Rummyng 298 Theyr wharrowe, Theyr rybskyn and theyr spyndell. 1578Lyte Dodoens vi. xxix. 695 The fruite whiche is large, and almost fashioned lyke to a wherrowe or buckler. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iv. vii. 204 The round Ball at the lower end serueth to the fast twisting of the threed, and is called a Wharrow: and thereof this is called a Wharrow Spindle. 1716S. Kent Gram. Her. s.v. Trefuses of Cornwall, A Chevron between three Wharrow Spindles Sable. 1825Jennings Obs. Dial. W. Eng. 84 The spill and worra are attached to the common spinning-wheel. c1828Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss., Wharrow-Spindle is represented in heraldry with a hook at the end, to spin with a distaff. |