error for wheru(e, WHARVE sb.
1552. Huloet, Wherne. Loke in whorle.
1631. Anchoran, Comenius Gate Tongues, 98. [They] draw their threads, whether it be with a reele, or with a spindle, and a wherne.
1668. Wilkins, Real Char., Alph. Dict., Wherl, Whern.