"wair" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɛɹ/ [General-American], /wɛə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: wairs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wair (plural wairs)
  1. (obsolete) A plank six feet long and one foot across. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wair-en-noun-B6U-v2uJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /wɛɹ/ [General-American], /wɛə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: wairs [present, singular, third-person], wairing [participle, present], waired [participle, past], waired [past]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wair (third-person singular simple present wairs, present participle wairing, simple past and past participle waired)
  1. (Scotland, obsolete) To spend. Tags: Scotland, obsolete
    Sense id: en-wair-en-verb-Osjyr3IJ Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /wɛɹ/ [General-American], /wɛə/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wair
  1. Nonstandard form of were. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: were
    Sense id: en-wair-en-verb-KzlT7wt9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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