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Meaning of WARISH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \War"ish\, v. t. [OF. warir to protect, heal, cure, F.
    gu['e]ri? to cure; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. werian,
    weren, to protect, to hinder. See {Garret}.]
    To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal.
    [Obs.]
          My brother shall be warished hastily.    --Chaucer.
          Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who
          warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their
          spittle.                                 --Holland.
    
  2. \War"ish\, v. i.
    To be cured; to recover. [Obs.]
          Your daughter . . . shall warish and escape. --Chaucer.
    
 
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