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.