weared
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]weared
- simple past and past participle of wear (see usage notes)
- 1896, Stephen Crane, Maggie, a Girl of the Streets[1], New York: D. Appleton, page 154:
- "I kin remember when her two feet was no bigger dan yer tumb, and she weared worsted boots," moaned she.
Usage notes
[edit]In the standard language, this form is only found for sense 11 of wear (“to bring onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern”); in nonstandard speech, it may be found more widely.