whappetn.
/ˈhwɒpɪt/ dialect.
A small dog addicted to ‘wapping’ or yelping.
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1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. vii. 48 The whappet or prick-eard curre.
1622 S. Ward Life of Faith in Death 62 As the sturdie Steede dashes out the little Whappets braines, so easily doth Death with the least kicke..the stoutest Constitution.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Wappet, a yelping cur.
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- autoschediaze
- autoschediazed
- autoschediazes
- autoschediazing
- autoscope
- autoscopic
- autoscopies
- autoscopy
- autoscript
- autosearch
- autosemantic
- autosensitization
- autosex linkage
- autosexed
- autosexing
- autosexings
- autoshaping
- autosite
- autositic
- autosomal
- autosomal dominant
- autosomal recessive
- autosomally