dwale (countable and uncountable, plural dwales)
(obsolete) a sleeping-potion, especially one made from belladonna
belladonna itself, deadly nightshade; or some other soporific plant
error, delusion
(heraldry) a sable or black color.
(obsolete) A heretic.
dwale (third-person singular simple present dwales, present participle dwaling, simple past and past participle dwaled)
To mutter deliriously
• Weald, lawed, waled, weald
Source: Wiktionary
Dwale, n. Etym: [OE. dwale, dwole, deception, deadly nightshade, AS. dwala, dwola, error, doubt; akin to E. dull. See Dull, a.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.
2. (Her.)
Definition: The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.
3. A sleeping potion; an opiate. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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