wase

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/weɪs/

noun

A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.

OriginMiddle English wase →
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Meanings

nounwase (plural wases)

plural wases

  1. UKdialectalA bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.

    a waze of strawe in his hande.

    1565, Thomas Harding, A Confutation of a Booke Intituled An Apologie of the Churche of England

Origin

  1. Middle Englishwase“torch”
  2. Englishwase

From Middle English wase (“torch”), related to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wase (“bundle of straw, torch”), Danish vase (“wisp of straw, bundle”), Swedish vase (“a sheaf”).

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APA

wase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wase

MLA

“wase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wase. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wase,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wase.

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