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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.]

My brother shall be warished hastily. --Chaucer.

Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle. --Holland.

Warish

War"ish\, v. i. To be cured; to recover. [Obs.]

Your daughter . . . shall warish and escape. --Chaucer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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