wigan

See also: Wigan

English

Etymology

From Wigan (“town in Greater Manchester”).

Noun

wigan (countable and uncountable, plural wigans)

  1. A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
    • 1932, Transactions of the Institution of the Rubber Industry, Volume 8, page 313,
      It was really no easy matter to build up two or three plies of double warp Wigan with a thin covering of rubber to the accurate gauge that the printer required.

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

wigan

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿīgan

Verb

wīgan

  1. to fight, make war, do battle
Conjugation
Conjugation of wīgan (strong class 1)
infinitive wīgan tō wīgenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular wīge wāg
2nd-person singular wīgest wige
3rd-person singular wīgeþ wāg
plural wīgaþ wigon
subjunctive present past
singular wīge wige
plural wīgen wigen
imperative
singular wīg
plural wīgaþ
participle present past
wīgende (ġe)wigen

Derived terms
  • oferwīgan (“to overcome in battle, conquer”)
  • wīgend (“soldier, warrior”)
  • wigian (“to fight”)
  • wīg (“fight, battle, war, strife”)
  • wiga (“a fighter, warrior; a man ennobled by his doggedness”)

References
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