Biology, Botany, Natural sciences The whortleberry, or bilberry (fruit).
he consumed mechanically a number of slices of bread and whort jam.1899, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, Love and Mr. Lewisham: The Story of a Very Young Couple, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:
Through weeds and thorns, and matted underwood I force my way; now climb, and now descend O'er rocks, or bare or mossy, with wild foot Crushing the purple whorts[…]1793–1817 (date written), S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “The Picture”, in Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems, London: Rest Fenner, […], published 1817, →OCLC:
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Etymology Representing dialectal or nonstandard pronunciation.