(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
A signal indicating this time.
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
The time when such restriction begins.
curlew
curlew
noun
(Australia) A stone curlew.
Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
redwud
swedru
undrew
undrew
verb
simple past tense of undraw
unware
unware
adj
(poetic, obsolete) unaware
unwire
unwire
verb
(transitive) To undo the wiring of.
upgrew
upgrew
verb
simple past tense of upgrow
wauner
wedurn
wisure
wulder
wunder
wunner
wunner
noun
Pronunciation spelling of wonder.
wurley
wurley
noun
(chiefly South Australia) An Australian indigenous shelter made from small branches with the leaves still attached.
(chiefly South Australia, by extension) A settlement made up of such shelters.
wurset
wurzel
wurzel
noun
A mangelwurzel.
A rural, unsophisticated person; a bumpkin.
wusser
wusser
adj
(nonstandard) worse.
wuther
wuther
noun
(archaic, dialectal) A low roaring or rushing sound.
verb
(intransitive, archaic, dialectal) To make a rushing sound; to whizz.
(intransitive, archaic, dialectal) To shake vigorously.