wolves

Etymology

noun

  1. plural of wolf
  2. (obsolete) genitive of wolf
    Lŭpātus, a, um, Bridled with a ſharp bit, Sharp like a Wolves teeth. 1679, Elisha Coles, A Dictionary, English-Latin, and Latin-English;[…], 2nd edition, London: […] John Richardson, for George Sawbridg, T. Basset, John Wright, Richard Chiswell
    […] for he remembred to have read, that if one of theſe Flowers gather’d in Auguſt, when the Sun is in Leo, and if after wrapp’d up in a Lawrel Leaf, with a Wolves Tooth, this little Pacquet be laid in a Church; […] 1711, [Laurent] B[ordelon], translated by [unknown], A History of the Ridiculous Extravagancies of Monsieur Oufle;[…], London: […] J. Morphew,[…], page 44

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wolve

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