waar adjective worse ☞ “Ah’m feelan waar the day” ☞ “He’s tin a waar wey” “He has taken a turn for the worse” ☞ “He’s gaan bi the waar” “He’s getting worse” ☞ waar o the wear not in good condition ☞ “Me gansey’s the waar o the wear”
ware • waar noun seaweed growing below the low water mark (tang grows above) ☞ “The ware time is a sair time” “an old saying meaning that it was a laborious job to manure the land with seaweed in Spring time”
- ware brak seaweed breaking loose and driving ashore in the spring and autumn
- ware cowe piece of seaweed
- ware sea heavy sea which casts seaweed ashore
- ware pick bent pick for gathering seaweed