Wyre

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of wire. alt-of, obsolete

    "Her long loose yellow locks lyke golden wyre, Sprinckled with perle, and perling flowres atweene, Doe lyke a golden mantle her attyre, 156 And, being crowned with a girland greene, Seem lyke some mayden queene."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood.
  2. 2
    A local government district with borough status in Lancashire, which is named after the river.

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"Her long loose yellow locks lyke golden wyre, Sprinckled with perle, and perling flowres atweene, Doe lyke a golden mantle her attyre, 156 And, being crowned with a girland greene, Seem lyke some mayden queene."

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