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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27585 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

arrovvarrow

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it
6 times in 5 works
Consistency
100% (6 of 6)
Reach if approved
~6 places (estimated)
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Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
6 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6 changes in 5 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (6 of 6)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … now be warned when we heare of it a farr off, ſhall have this arrovvarrow of God to reach even to us, and to ſmite us thorovv the liver …
    With rule
    … now be warned when we heare of it a farr off, ſhall have this arrovvarrow of God to reach even to us, and to ſmite us thorovv the liver …

    Robert Jenison · Newcastles Call to Her Neighbor and Sister Towns · p. 166 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    As an hammer and a ſword and a ſharpe arrovvarrow, ſo is that man vvho vvitneſſeth a falſe teſtimonie againſt his neighbour.
    With rule
    As an hammer and a ſword and a ſharpe arrovvarrow, ſo is that man vvho vvitneſſeth a falſe teſtimonie againſt his neighbour.

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 215 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    AN ARROVVARROW AGAINST THE Separation of the Brovvniſtes.
    With rule
    AN ARROVVARROW AGAINST THE Separation of the Brovvniſtes.

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    AN ARROVVARROW AGAINST IDOLATRIE. TAKEN OVT OF THE Quiver of the Lord of HOSTS.
    With rule
    AN ARROVVARROW AGAINST IDOLATRIE. TAKEN OVT OF THE Quiver of the Lord of HOSTS.

    Henry Ainsworth · An Arrow Against Idolatry · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … made them as the SWORD of a mighty man, againſt thoſe mighty Adverſaries: His arrovvarrow vvent forth as the lightning againſt them. He went out with VVHIRLEWINDS of the …
    With rule
    … made them as the SWORD of a mighty man, againſt thoſe mighty Adverſaries: His arrovvarrow vvent forth as the lightning againſt them. He went out with VVHIRLEWINDS of the …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    AN ARROVVARROW Againſt the Separation OF THE Browniſts. Alſo an ADMONITION TOVCHING Talmudique & Rabbinical allegations.
    With rule
    AN ARROVVARROW Againſt the Separation OF THE Browniſts. Alſo an ADMONITION TOVCHING Talmudique & Rabbinical allegations.

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.