wake
verb (used without object)
to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed byup ).
waker
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a word derived from
wake.
Example Sentences
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The dried waker is ground into powder between two stones; this, if boiled with a little gravy, produces a gelatinous and highly-flavoured soup.
From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Sir Samuel White Baker
But she got waker and waker, and at last she coon’t howd up no longer, but took whŏlly to her bed.
From Two Suffolk Friends by Francis Hindes Groome
In every plume that on her body sticks,— A thing in deed much marvelous to hear,— As many waker eyes lurk underneath, So many mouths to speak, and listening ears.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
If "the waker" came for the second time, then the feet also were threatened with temporary paralysis.
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
In Holland the housekeeper buys her milk from a little dog-drawn cart and can be waked at three in the morning, without fail, by leaving an order the night before with the "morning waker."
From The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
