WEEST

Etymology 1

Verb

weest (third-person singular simple present weests, present participle weesting, simple past and past participle weested)

(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To waste.

Etymology 2

Adjective

weest

superlative form of wee: most wee

Anagrams

• Sweet, sweet, weets

Source: Wiktionary


WEE

Wee, n. Etym: [OE. we a bit, in a little we, probably originally meaning, a little way, the word we for wei being later taken as synonymous with little. See Way.]

Definition: A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance. [Obs. or Scot.]

Wee, a.

Definition: Very small; little. [Colloq. & Scot.] A little wee face, with a little yellow beard. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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