English Explanatory Dictionary

wharncliffe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Wharncliffe.
noun
  1. A knife with one straight edge and one rounded spine which tapers gradually to a point.
name
  1. An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.
  2. A British earldom.

Word forms

wharncliffe wharncliffes

Etymology

Named for James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Lord of Wharncliffe, the source of the modern design.

Derived words

Wharncliffe Side
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