wherretn.
/ˈhwɛrɪt/ Now dialect.figurative.1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 116 Let her Conduct be never so void of Offence, she cannot shun the Whirrits of their Malice.
A sharp blow; esp. a box on the ear or slap on the face.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > a sharp or smart blow
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1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 17v Thou fearst a pat on pate, or els a whirrit on the eare.
1581 B. Rich Farewell Mil. Profession (1846) 208 And with this up with his fiste, and gave Phylotus a sure wheritte on the eare.
1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde Ep. Ded. sig. A2 I haue giuen them both, now one Cuffe more: which albeit in truth bee but a whirret.
1612 North's Plutarch, Brutus 994 Cassius..gaue him two good wirts on the eare.
1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. v. ii. 324 He..gaue one of them such a whirret with his sword-hilts, that [etc.].
1664 J. Scudamore Homer a la Mode 25 She striking him two or three wherets O'th ears, tooke hold of's bunch of carrets.
1727 ‘S. Brunt’ Voy. to Cacklogallinia 67 I returned the Compliment with a Wherret of my Fist, which knock'd him over.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. iii. 72 Harry..gave master such a whirrick, that his cries instantly sounded the ne plus ultra to such kind of diversions.
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words 43 I'll ghee thee a wherret in the chops.
Compounds
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > device preventing injury from collision
wherret-stopper1708
1708 Constitutions Company Watermen & Lightermen liii Owners..shall Mark and Number..Boats, with plain Figures on the Linings on each side, just abaft the Wherrit-Stoppers of every Boat.
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wherretv.
/ˈhwɛrɪt/ Now rare.
transitive. To give a blow or slap to; †occasionally transferred with the blow as object. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > specific animate object
drepeOE
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to bear (a person) a blow1530
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to hit any one a blow1597
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to sock it to1877
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to soak it to1892
to cop (a person) one1898
poke1906
to hang one on1908
bop1931
clonk1949
the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow)
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to get in1834
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Cacheteádo Whirreted on the cheeke.
1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius ii. at Pugnus To box or wherret one.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. vi. 59 Their most considerable Knocks had been..jerked and whirrited within the Curtines of his Sweet-heart.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 30 Sept. (1948) II. 374 The Whigs are in a rage about the Peace; but we'll wherret them, I warrant.
1849 J. G. Whittier Leaves from Margaret Smith's Jrnl. in Prose Wks. (1889) I. 49 The Deacon..seeing him in this way, wherreted him smartly with his cane.
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