Waverley

[ wey-ver-lee ]

/ ˈweɪ vər li /

a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.

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The old ruined castle—an imposing structure now partially repaired—is described in Scott's Waverley.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
If something of the mildew of time is stealing over the Waverley Novels, we must regard that as all but inevitable.
Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)|Leslie Stephen
Honour and generosity were hereditary attributes of the house of Waverley.
Waverley|Sir Walter Scott
Waverley at length found an opportunity to interrupt Janet's narrative by an inquiry after Miss Bradwardine.
Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete|Sir Walter Scott

His travels in Scotland bore fruit in illustrations to the Waverley novels.
English Painters|Harry John Wilmot-Buxton