warison
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Definition of warison
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(obsolete)A war cry played to order the soldiers to attack (normally played on a bugle).
“Then since a lone and widowed Dame / These restless riders may not tame, / Either receive within thy towers / Two hundred of my master’s powers, / Or straight they sound their warison§, / And storm and spoil thy garrison; […]”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Scots warisoun, from Middle English warisoun (“reward, punishment”), from Old Northern French warison, variant garison, guarison. Doublet of garrison. The change in sense from "reward" to "bugle call" arose from Walter Scott's apparent misinterpretation of a line in the Middle English text The Battle of Otterburn, equivalent to modern English "Minstrels, play up for your warison".
Words you can make from warison
129 playable · top: RAWINS (9 pts)
Best play rawins 9 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
24 words4-letter words
45 words- AWNS 7 pts
- NOWS 7 pts
- OWNS 7 pts
- RAWS 7 pts
- ROWS 7 pts
- SAWN 7 pts
- SNAW 7 pts
- SNOW 7 pts
- SOWN 7 pts
- SWAN 7 pts
- WAIN 7 pts
- WAIR 7 pts
- WANS 7 pts
- WARN 7 pts
- WARS 7 pts
- WINO 7 pts
- WINS 7 pts
- WONS 7 pts
- WORN 7 pts
- AINS 4 pts
- AIRN 4 pts
- AIRS 4 pts
- ANIS 4 pts
- AROS 4 pts
- INRO 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- IRON 4 pts
- NAOI 4 pts
- NAOS 4 pts
- NOIR 4 pts
- NORI 4 pts
- OARS 4 pts
- OSAR 4 pts
- RAIN 4 pts
- RAIS 4 pts
- RANI 4 pts
- RIAS 4 pts
- RINS 4 pts
- ROAN 4 pts
- SAIN 4 pts
- SARI 4 pts
- SOAR 4 pts
- SORA 4 pts
- SORI 4 pts
- SORN 4 pts
3-letter words
39 words- AWN 6 pts
- NAW 6 pts
- NOW 6 pts
- OWN 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- ROW 6 pts
- SAW 6 pts
- SOW 6 pts
- WAN 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- WAS 6 pts
- WIN 6 pts
- WIS 6 pts
- WON 6 pts
- WOS 6 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- SAN 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
2-letter words
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