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weanel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A weanling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 16thC, Edmund Spenser, The Shepherd′s Calendar: September, 1862, George Gilfillan, Charles Cowden Clarke (editors), The Poetical Works Of Edmund Spenser, Volume 4, page 278, A lamb, or a kid, or a weanel wast; / With that to the wood would he speed him fast.
  • 1835, Lord Huntingfield′s Important Agricultural Stock Sale, The Farmer′s Magazine, Volume 3: July - December, page 358, [...] the weanel calves for stock sold at from 12l to 20l 5s per pair [...] .

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