WENCHING

Verb

wenching

present participle of wench

Anagrams

• Chewning

Source: Wiktionary


WENCH

Wench, n. Etym: [OE. wenche, for older wenchel a child, originally, weak, tottering; cf. AS. wencle a maid, a daughter, wencel a pupil, orphan, wincel, winclu, children, offspring, wencel weak, wancol unstable, OHG. wanchol; perhaps akin to E. wink. See Wink.]

1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden. Shak. Lord and lady, groom and wench. Chaucer. That they may send again My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot. Chapman. He was received by the daughter of the house, a pretty, buxom, blue- eyed little wench. W. Black.

2. A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet. She shall be called his wench or his leman. Chaucer. It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a discourse upon wenches. Spectator.

3. A colored woman; a negress. [U. S.]

Wench, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Wenching.]

Definition: To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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