† waffern.
Scottish. Mining. Obsolete.
Apparently an engineering work of some kind; ? a fan (cf. waff v.1 4).
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1592 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Early Rec. Mining Scotl. (1878) 80 It is noch possible to men to myn cast sinkes vaffers big myls quha never saw ony siclyk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1592- to to go upon the street
- to to go upon the streets
- to to have notice
- to to mount on a dead horse
- to to put on one'a face
- to to put on one's face
- to to put oneself in a person's will
- to tod etc
- to tod threes
- to tod twos
- to toe a crack
- to toe a line
- to toe a mark
- to toe a scratch
- to toe a trig
- to toe and heel
- to toe and heel it
- to toe in
- to toe out
- to toe the crack
- to toe the line
- to toe the mark
- to toe the scratch
- to toe the trig
- to toe up