wab
[ wahb ]
/ wɑb /
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noun Scot. and North England.
web.
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Example sentences from the Web for wab
My father had the Peeto-wab-i-ush once, the little medicine deer, and so he never failed in hunting but twice.
Rolf In The Woods|Ernest Thompson SetonHe was of the lineage of the noted war-chief, Abojeeg, or Wab Ojeeg.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. SchoolcraftI've left the want to come at the wab's en', an' I ha'e nae time to mak' it guid noo.
Betty Grier|Joseph WaughYoung Wellwood 'll gie her silks and satins by the wab, and siller in gowpens.