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Waldo

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a copse between Lavʹant and Goodwood (Sussex). Same as weald. wold, wald, walt, “a wood.” (Anglo-Saxon.) The final o is about equivalent to “the,” as hælo, the whole, i.e. health; mænegeo, the manyi.e. multitude, etc.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Waistcoat
Waiters upon Providence
Waits
Wake
“Waking a Witch.”
Walbrook Ward (London)
Walcheren Expedition
Waldemar’s Way
Waldenses
Waldo
Wales
Walk (in Hudibras)
Walk Chalks
Walk Spanish
Walk not in the Public Ways
Walk the Plank (To)
Walk through One’s Part (To)
Walker
Walker’s Bus
Walking Gentleman (A)