100 Words: weasand

Sunday, 17 January 2010

weasand

Just a quickie - odd looking word:

weasand n the windpipe: the throat [Origin from Old English waesend, wasend] Chambers Students' Dictionary 1980

Posted by Chrissy Williams at 10:48

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WHAT?

I learnt a new word once a day for 100 days as part of the London Word Festival 100 Days project.

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I live in London and have had some poems published in a few places. I wish I had a dog.

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