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Wench

Wench (wench)
n.(w1913 webster dictionarynch)
Wench
[OE. wenche, for older wenchel a child, originally, weak, tottering; cf. AS. wencle a maid, a daughter, wencel a pupil, orphan, wincel, winclu, children, offspring, wencel weak, wancol unstable,
  1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden.
    Shak.

    Lord and lady, groom and wench. Chaucer.

    That they may send again
    My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot.     Chapman.

    He was received by the daughter of the house, a pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench. W. Black.

  2. A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet.

    She shall be called his wench or his leman. Chaucer.

    It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a discourse upon wenches. Spectator.

  3. A colored woman; a negress.
    [U. S.]

Wench

Wench (wench)
v. i.(w1913 webster dictionarynch)
Wench
[imp. *** p. p. Wenched (w&ebreve]ncht); p. pr. *** vb. n. Wenching.]
  1. To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.












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