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Wanse vs Wanst - What's the difference?

wanse | wanst |

As a verb wanse

is to wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.

As an adverb wanst is

once.

wanse

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

(wans)
  • To wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.

    • wanst

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) once
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1863 , author= , title= The Heather Lintie: Being Poetical Pieces, Spiritual and Temporal... , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=167 , passage=Be the bye, I wanst knew art ould woman of that name. She was my darling Tibbie, but a notorious drunkard.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1838 , author= et al , title= , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=308 , passage=Now, shut your eyes, and turn round wanst .' whispered the Grey Man. Shawn did as he was desired ; but, when he looked about, he was struck all of a hape to find himself standing in his own bawn....}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1837 , author=Charles Fenno Hoffman et al , title= The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=68 , passage=Wanst I was wo'th twenty thousand doll are, and I driv the saddling profession.}}

    Derived terms

    * at wanst

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