Meanings
whort1
plural whorts
- biologyThe whortleberry, or bilberry (fruit).
he consumed mechanically a number of slices of bread and whort jam.
1899, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, Love and Mr. Lewisham: The Story of a Very Young Couple, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC1 more example
Through weeds and thorns, and matted underwood I force my way; now climb, and now descend O'er rocks, or bare or mossy, with wild foot Crushing the purple whorts[…]
1793–1817 (date written), S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “The Picture”, in Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems, London: Rest Fenner, […], published 1817, →OCLC
whort2
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of what.
When yer 'asn't gort no work yer doesn't git no pye, And when the cash ain't 'andy, then be keerful whort yer sye,
1898, Barry Pain, The Curick
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Origin
whort · pronoun
Representing dialectal or nonstandard pronunciation.
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