Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wart
IPA transcription: [w'ɔɹt]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wart
    Meaning: any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
Usage examples
  • Take a potato and rub it over the wart, then wrap the potato in a piece of paper and throw it away.
  • If you find an old bone in the field, rub the wart with it, then lay it down exactly as you found it.
  • Make a wart bleed, and put the blood on a penny, throw the latter away, and the finder will get the wart.
  • Rub the wart with a cotton rag, spit on the rag and hide it under a water-board (a wooden gutter used as a duct for rain-water off the roof of a house), where the water will drip on it.