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▪ I. wase Obs. exc. dial.|weɪz|
Also 6 wayse, 6–7, 9 waze, 9 weize, weise, weese, wais, waese, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
[Found in various Teut. langs.: MSw. vasi wk. masc., Sw., Da., Norw. vase bundle of straw, fascine, etc., MLG. (whence mod.G. dial. and technical) wase faggot, fascine, pad worn on the head for carrying burdens, MDu. wase torch, NFris. waas, pad inside a horse-collar. It is doubtful whether the Eng. word is adopted from Scandinavian, or represents an OE. *wasa. See wrase, which appears to be a variant.]
1. A wisp or bundle of straw or reeds; in early examples with reference to its use as a torch.
c1375Cursor M. 8878 (Fairf.) Out of þat tree brast a blase þat brinde ham alle as a wase. [Other texts differently.] c1400Beryn 2351 He..goith a-bout þe wallis with a brennyng wase. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 18147 Thei bad thanne..of stre gete him a wase And make on the walles ther-of a blase. 14..Metr. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 627/23 Wase, stupa. 1565Harding Confut. Apol. iv. xv. 206 b, He geueth him [sc. his ‘man of straw’] a waze of strawe in his hande. 1602Carew Cornwall 28 b, One standeth watching..while another maketh a light with a waze of reed. 1888Berksh. Gloss., Waze, a wisp of straw for rubbing down a horse.
2. ‘A pad of straw, cloth, etc., worn on the head to relieve the pressure of a burden carried on it’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.).
1548Elyot's Dict., Arculum, a roll that women do weare on their heades, to beare water or milk easily, a wase. 1556Withals Dict. (1562) 43 b/1 A wase or wreath to be layed vnder the vessell, that is borne vpon the head, as women vse, cesticillus vel arculus. 1570Levins Manip. 36/41 A Wase, circus. Ibid. 203/13 A Wayse, cirrus, i, cesticillus, i. 1824Carr Craven Gloss., Wais, Wase, a wreath of straw or cloth on the head, to relieve the pressure of burthens. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Weeze. 1835Chatto Rambles Northumbld. 106 note, A weise is a circular pad, commonly made of an old stocking, but sometimes merely a wreath of straw or grass, to save the head from the pressure of the pail. 1851Cumberld. Gloss., Waze.
3. ‘A washer or ‘packing-ring’ for making pipe-joints watertight’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.).
1851Greenwell Coal-trade Terms Northumb. & Durh. 26 Before the bolts are put in, weizes, made of rope or spun⁓yarn, or of lead, are put between the flanches [flanges of the pump].
▪ II. wase
obs. form of ooze n.3
1483Cath. Angl. 409/2 A Wase (v.r. Wayse), alga.
▪ III. wase
obs. form of was (see be v.), whoso. |