Obs. rare. Also 5 warse. [OE. wrásen band, tie. Cf. also LG. wrasen stuffed pad for the head.]
1. A small bundle.
c. 1275. Passion of our Lord, 383, in O. E. Misc., 48. Of one wrase of þornes he wryþen hym one crune.
c. 1470. Cath. Angl., 425/1 (A.). A Warse, [sic], fasciculus.
2. = WASE 2. (Cf. WREATH 5 a, WRITH.)
1565. Cooper, Thesaurus, Arculum,… a roll that women weare on their heads to beare water: a wrase [Elyot wase].
