Woe-begone

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• Begone

  ·interj Go away; depart; get you gone. II. Begone ·p.p. Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as...

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• Woe

  ·adj Woeful; sorrowful. II. Woe ·noun A curse; a malediction. III. Woe ·noun Grief; sorrow; misery...

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• begone

  decayed, worn ; the thatch of this house is lamentably begone. Norf. and Suff. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Wel-begone

  ·adj Surrounded with happiness or prosperity. ...

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• woe worth thee! woe betide thee!

  execrations. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• woe betide thee!

  i. e. ILL BETIDE THEE. The latter is used by the queen-dowager of Edward IV. See Walpole's Historic ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose