(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
(now often offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
verb
(intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
(transitive) To make appear insignificant.
(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
frawn
swarf
swarf
noun
(countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.
(obsolete) A faint or swoon.
(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.
verb
(intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To grow languid; to faint.
(transitive) To grind down.
wafer
wafer
noun
(Christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
(electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
verb
(transitive) To seal or fasten with a wafer.
wharf
wharf
noun
A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.