wanty

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English waynte, equivalent to womb +‎ tie.

Alternative forms

• wonty, wantow
• wantye, wanton (Scotland)

Noun

wanty (plural wanties)

1. (UK, dialectal) A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness.
2. (UK, dialect) A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of an animal.
3. (UK, dialect) A leather tie; a short wagon rope.
4. (UK, dialectal) A stretch of fishing-lines shot in the water.

Etymology 2

From want +‎ -y.

Adjective

wanty (comparative more wanty, superlative most wanty)

1. (UK dialectal) Possessing or indicating lack; deficient.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “wanty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Wyant, tawny