Warish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Warish \War"ish\, v. i.
     To be cured; to recover. [Obs.]
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           Your daughter . . . shall warish and escape. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Warish \War"ish\, v. t. [OF. warir to protect, heal, cure, F.
     gu['e]ri? to cure; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. werian,
     weren, to protect, to hinder. See {Garret}.]
     To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal.
     [Obs.]
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           My brother shall be warished hastily.    --Chaucer.
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           Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who
           warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their
           spittle.                                 --Holland.
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