British Dictionary definitions for waur (2 of 2)
waur2
/ (wɔːr) /
adjective
a Scot word for wary
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How to use waur in a sentence
"She's waur," he whispered, like one who had lost his voice.
A Window in Thrums | J. M. BarrieThe proverb "Ill to hae but waur to want" was true of the Carlyles as of many another couple.
How to be Happy Though Married | E. J. Hardy.For I wasna giein-in to my mother; I was but thinkin hoo to say oot what was in me, ohn vext her waur nor couldna be helpit.
Salted With Fire | George MacDonaldI alloo the sin itsel mayna be jist damnable, but to what bouk mayna it come wi ither and waur sins upo the back o' 't?
Salted With Fire | George MacDonaldI had never muckle broo o' my gudeman's gossips, and now I like them waur than ever.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated | Sir Walter Scott
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