wharve means to turn, turn over (especially of mown grass). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
wharve is pronounced /woɹv/.
Etymology
From Middle English wharven (“to turn”), from Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”). Cognate with Dutch werven (“to recruit”), Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”), German werben (“to recruit, advertise”).
verb
- To turn, turn over (especially of mown grass).“1898, “Junda” Klingrahoolː
It wharves the wair and stirs the sand.”
noun
- The whorl of a spindle.“a wherue, whyche is a rounde thyne of stone, or wodde, or leadde, put on a spyndell to make it runne rounde.”