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Definition of "wappen" [wappen]

  • Same as wapen. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "wappen" in a sentence
  • "The sheriff of the county of Lanark was holding the wappen-schaw of a wild district, called the Upper Ward of Clydesdale, on a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough, the name of which is no way essential to my story, on the morning of the 5th of May, 1679, when our narrative commences."
  • "There was one of my able-bodied men the other day who plainly refused to attend the wappen-schaw at my bidding."
  • "The commands of the law were imperative; and the privy council, who administered the executive power in Scotland, were severe in enforcing the statutory penalties against the crown-vassals who did not appear at the periodical wappen-schaw."