Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—W

Wat

A familar name for a hare.

By this, poor Wat, far off upon a hill,
Stands on his hinder legs, with listening ear.

Shakespeare: Venus and Adonis.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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