watter
[ wot-er ]
nounInformal.
a light bulb, radio station, etc., of specified wattage (usually used in combination): This lamp takes a 60-watter.
Origin of watter
1Words Nearby watter
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use watter in a sentence
He and I were living “doon the watter,” at Dunoon, on the Clyde, one summer month.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowDe aint no watter bout it; its fire, an I done come ter settle up, asserted Mammy.
Three Little Women | Gabrielle E. JacksonIn using the word water, he pronounced it in his native Doric as "watter."
Scotch Wit and Humor | W. H. (Walter Henry) HoweA certain remedial "watter," used in Scotland by wise women or herbalists, is supposed to have contained the same ingredient.
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles | Daniel Hack TukeAs for meate we wanted none, as we had a store of staggs along ye watter-side.
Crooked Trails | Frederic Remington
Browse