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worset

American  
[wur-sit] / ˈwɜr sɪt /
Or worssett

noun

British Dialect.
  1. worsted.


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I'm gauin' ower to the toon to buy a feow hanks o' worset to weyve a pair o' stockins to my man.

From Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald

She fuff't her pipe wi' sic a lunt, In wrath she was sae vap'rin, She notic't na an aizle brunt Her braw, new, worset apron Out thro' that night.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

His coat was o' the scarlet red, His vest was o' the same; His stockings were o' the worset lace, And buckles tied to the same.

From The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

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