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wilger local.|ˈwɪlgə(r)|
Also 6, 9 willger, 7 welger, 9 -ar, wolgar.
[Obscurely f. wilghe, willow n.]
1. = willow n. 1.
1682–3in Hartland Gloss. (E.D.S.) s.v., Pd. for welgers 1s. 6d. 1867Rock Jim an' Nell xxxiv, Nor welgars, no, nor withy-bans 'll vix ther herts ner bin' ther hans.
attrib.1853in Rep. & Trans. Devonsh. Assoc. XXVII. 60 Let Berry the wolgar plot, 1 s. a bundle next year. 1882Ibid. XIV. 150 Down by the wilger plot.
2. = willow n. 3, willy n.1 2.
1542Admir. Crt. Warrant Bk. 1, 19 Aug. (MS.), Septem duodenas excipularum anglice vij dosen of shrympe leapes vulgariter voc' willgers.
3. = willow n. 4, willy n.1 3.
1871Daily News 26 Aug. (Leicester), A recommendation that more care should be exercised in the use of ‘willgers’ or ‘devils’. |