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Straw pad in Britain
Answer for the clue "Straw pad in Britain ", 4 letters:
wase
Word definitions for wase in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wase may refer to: Wase, Nigeria , a town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Plateau State, Nigeria Wase River , a river in the aforementioned LGA Christopher Wase (1625?-1690), English scholar, author, translator, and educator WASE , an integrated learning ...
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n. (context UK dialect English) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wase \Wase\ (w[=a]s), n. [Cf. Sw. vase a sheaf.] A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Usage examples of wase.
When she wase close you saw her mouth working, fists clenching, shoulders twitching in an agony of restlessness.
At any rate he's no good here, & as I statid to Mister What Is It, it's a pity he cooden't go orf sumwhares quietly by hisself, whare he cood wear red weskits & speckled neckties, & gratterfy his ambishun in varis interestin wase, without havin a eternal fuss kickt up about him.