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/woɹv/ · verb
(Scotland, Northern England) To turn, turn over (especially of mown grass)..
“Junda” Klingrahool (1898)ː It wharves the wair and stirs the sand.
a wherue, whyche is a rounde thyne of stone, or wodde, or leadde, put on a spyndell to make it runne rounde.
The Warve or small Pullas.
He did lay […] a thick round peece of lead like vnto a wherue.
So fine […] a thread she [a spider] spinnes, hanging thereunto her self, and using the weight of her owne bodie in stead of a wherve.
Wouldst thou […] joynt the Wherves, slander the Spinning Quills, […]
The wharve, B, together with sliding tube, C, runs loosely on the spindle and carries the bobbin.
Use wharve when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wharve means (Scotland, Northern England) To turn, turn over (especially of mown grass)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Junda” Klingrahool (1898)ː It wharves the wair and stirs the sand.
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