W () the twenty-third letter of
the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel,
forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its
written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original
form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most
related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England,
especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as
weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine, and vine for wine, etc. See
Guide to Pronunciation, // 266-268.
Waag (n.) The grivet.
Waahoo (n.) The burning
bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.
Wabble (v. i.) To move
staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the
manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the
disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw
wabbles.
Wabble (n.) A hobbling,
unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.
Wabbly (a.) Inclined to
wabble; wabbling.
Wacke (n.) Alt. of Wacky
Wacky (n.) A soft, earthy,
dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
Wad (n.) Woad.
Wad (n.) A little mass,
tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
Wad (n.) Specifically: A
little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper,
or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping
the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage.
Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.
Wad (n.) A soft mass,
especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for
stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
Waded (imp. & p. p.) of
Wad
Wadding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wad
Wad (v. t.) To form into a
mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
Wad (v. t.) To insert or
crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft
substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak.
Wad (n.) Alt. of Wadd
Wadd (n.) An earthy oxide
of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron,
and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several
varieties.
Wadd (n.) Plumbago, or
black lead.
Wadding (n.) A wad, or the
materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.
Wadding (n.) Any soft
stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of
carded cotton prepared for the purpose.
Waddled (imp. & p. p.) of
Waddle
Waddling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Waddle
Waddle (v. i.) To walk
with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or
very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble;
as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles.
Waddle (v. t.) To trample
or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.
Waddler (n.) One who, or
that which, waddles.
Waddlingly (adv.) In a
waddling manner.
Wade (n.) Woad.
Waded (imp. & p. p.) of
Wade
Wading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wade
Wade (v. i.) To go; to
move forward.
Wade (v. i.) To walk in a
substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water,
mud, sand, etc.
Wade (v. i.) Hence, to
move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances
that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.
Wade (v. t.) To pass or
cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.
Wade (n.) The act of
wading.
Wader (n.) One who, or
that which, wades.
Wader (n.) Any long-legged
bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of
limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g,
under Aves.
Wading () a. & n. from Wade, v.
Wadmol (n.) A coarse,
hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various
other purposes.
Wadset (n.) A kind of
pledge or mortgage.
Wadsetter (n.) One who
holds by a wadset.
Wadies (pl. ) of Wady
Wady (n.) A ravine through
which a brook flows; the channel of a water course, which is dry except in the
rainy season.
Wae (n.) A wave.
Waeg (n.) The kittiwake.
Wafer (n.) A thin cake
made of flour and other ingredients.
Wafer (n.) A thin cake or
piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or
with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic
Church.
Wafer (n.) An adhesive
disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and
coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents.
Wafered (imp. & p. p.) of
Wafer
Wafering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wafer
Wafer (v. t.) To seal or
close with a wafer.
Waferer (n.) A dealer in
the cakes called wafers; a confectioner.
Waffle (n.) A thin cake
baked and then rolled; a wafer.
Waffle (n.) A soft
indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.
Wafted (imp. & p. p.) of
Waft
Wafting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Waft
Waft (v. t.) To give
notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
Waft (v. t.) To cause to
move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to
bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.
Waft (v. t.) To cause to
float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
Waft (v. i.) To be moved,
or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
Waft (n.) A wave or
current of wind.
Waft (n.) A signal made by
waving something, as a flag, in the air.
Waft (n.) An unpleasant
flavor.
Waft (n.) A knot, or stop,
in the middle of a flag.
Waftage (n.) Conveyance on
a buoyant medium, as air or water.
Wafter (n.) One who, or
that which, wafts.
Wafter (n.) A boat for
passage.
Wafture (n.) The act of
waving; a wavelike motion; a waft.
Wagged (imp. & p. p.) of
Wag
Wagging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wag
Wag (v. t.) To move one
way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to
cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head.
Wag (v. i.) To move one
way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.
Wag (v. i.) To be in
action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.
Wag (v. i.) To go; to
depart; to pack oft.
Wag (v.) The act of
wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.
Wag (v.) A man full of
sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.
Wagati (n.) A small East
Indian wild cat (Felis wagati), regarded by some as a variety of the leopard
cat.
Waged (imp. & p. p.) of
Wage
Waging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wage
Wage (v. t.) To pledge; to
hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to
wage a dollar.
Wage (v. t.) To expose
one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
Wage (v. t.) To engage in,
as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
Wage (v. t.) To adventure,
or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
Wage (v. t.) To put upon
wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
Wage (v. t.) To give
security for the performance of.
Wage (v. i.) To bind one's
self; to engage.
Wage (v. t.) That which is
staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
Wage (v. t.) That for
which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire;
pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
Wagel (n.) See Waggel.
Wagenboom (n.) A south
African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for
making wagon wheels.
Wager (v. t.) Something
deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question;
a bet; a stake; a pledge.
Wager (v. t.) A contract
by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing,
shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of
an uncertain event.
Wager (v. t.) That on
which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
Wagered (imp. & p. p.) of
Wager
Wagering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wager
Wager (v. t.) To hazard on
the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some
casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet.
Wager (v. i.) To make a
bet; to lay a wager.
Wagerer (n.) One who
wagers, or lays a bet.
Wagering (a.) Hazarding;
pertaining to the act of one who wagers.
Wages (n.) A compensation
given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire.
See Wage, n., 2.
Waggel (n.) The young of
the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), formerly considered a distinct
species.
Waggeries (pl. ) of
Waggery
Waggery (n.) The manner or
action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored
sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy.
Waggie (n.) The pied
wagtail.
Waggish (a.) Like a wag;
mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome.
Waggish (a.) Done, made,
or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick.
Waggle (v. i.) To reel,
sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
Waggled (imp. & p. p.) of
Waggle
Waggling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Waggle
Waggle (v. t.) To move
frequently one way and the other; to wag; as, a bird waggles his tail.
Wag-halter (n.) One who
moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged.
Wagnerite (n.) A
fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive
forms.
Wagon (n.) A wheeled
carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one
used for carrying freight or merchandise.
Wagon (n.) A freight car
on a railway.
Wagon (n.) A chariot
Wagon (n.) The Dipper, or
Charles's Wain.
Wagoned (imp. & p. p.) of
Wagon
Wagoning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wagon
Wagon (v. t.) To transport
in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city.
Wagon (v. i.) To wagon
goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs.
Wagonage (n.) Money paid
for carriage or conveyance in wagon.
Wagonage (n.) A collection
of wagons; wagons, collectively.
Wagoner (n.) One who
conducts a wagon; one whose business it is to drive a wagon.
Wagoner (n.) The
constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa.
Wagonette (n.) A kind of
pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extended along the sides, designed to
carry six or eight persons besides the driver.
Wagonfuls (pl. ) of
Wagonful
Wagonful (n.) As much as a
wagon will hold; enough to fill a wagon; a wagonload.
Wagon-headed (a.) Having a
top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section
or outline an inverted U, thus /; as, a wagonheaded ceiling.
Wagonload (n.) Same as
Wagonful.
Wagon-roofed (a.) Having a
roof, or top, shaped like an inverted U; wagon-headed.
Wagonry (n.) Conveyance by
means of a wagon or wagons.
Wagonwright (n.) One who
makes wagons.
Wagtail (n.) Any one of
many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several
allied genera of the family Motacillidae. They have the habit of constantly
jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name.
Wah (n.) The panda.
Wahabee (n.) A follower of
Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines
prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its
influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India.
Waid (a.) Oppressed with
weight; crushed; weighed down.
Waif (n.) Goods found of
which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw
away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner
made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
Waif (n.) Hence, anything
found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
Waif (n.) A wanderer; a
castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
Waift (n.) A waif.
Wail (v. t.) To choose; to
select.
Wailed (imp. & p. p.) of
Wail
Wailing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wail
Wail (v. t.) To lament; to
bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.
Wail (v. i.) To express
sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
Wail (n.) Loud weeping;
violent lamentation; wailing.
Wailer (n.) One who wails
or laments.
Waileress (n.) A woman who
wails.
Wailful (a.) Sorrowful;
mournful.
Wailingly (adv.) In a
wailing manner.
Wailment (n.) Lamentation;
loud weeping; wailing.
Waiment (v. & n.) See
Wayment.
Wain (n.) A four-wheeled
vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon.
Wain (n.) A chariot.
Wainable (a.) Capable of
being plowed or cultivated; arable; tillable.
Wainage (n.) A finding of
carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.
Wainage (n.) See Gainage,
a.
Wainbote (n.) See Cartbote.
See also the Note under Bote.
Wainscot (n.) Oaken timber
or boarding.
Wainscot (n.) A wooden
lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.
Wainscot (n.) Any one of
numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae.
Wainscoted (imp. & p. p.)
of Wainscot
Wainscoting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wainscot
Wainscot (v. t.) To line
with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall.
Wainscoting (n.) The act
or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel.
Wainscoting (n.) The
material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as a whole; panelwork.
Wainwright (n.) Same as
Wagonwright.
Wair (n.) A piece of plank
two yard/ long and a foot broad.
Waist (n.) That part of
the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of
the body between the thorax and hips.
Waist (n.) Hence, the
middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck,
bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle
part of the ship.
Waist (n.) A garment, or
part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist
line.
Waist (n.) A girdle or
belt for the waist.
Waistband (n.) The band
which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers,
pantaloons, skirts, or the like.
Waistband (n.) A sash worn
by women around the waist.
Waistcloth (n.) A cloth or
wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips
and passing between the thighs.
Waistcloth (n.) A covering
of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the
quarterdeck and the forecastle.
Waistcoat (n.) A short,
sleeveless coat or garment for men, worn under the coat, extending no lower than
the hips, and covering the waist; a vest.
Waistcoat (n.) A garment
occasionally worn by women as a part of fashionable costume.
Waistcoateer (n.) One
wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for
such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet.
Waistcoating (n.) A fabric
designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is a pattern, differently
colored yarns being used.
Waister (n.) A seaman,
usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of
war.
Waited (imp. & p. p.) of
Wait
Waiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wait
Wait (v. i.) To watch; to
observe; to take notice.
Wait (v. i.) To stay or
rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some
person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
Wait (v. t.) To stay for;
to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.
Wait (v. t.) To attend as
a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
Wait (v. t.) To attend on;
to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
Wait (v. t.) To cause to
wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.
Wait (v. i.) The act of
waiting; a delay; a halt.
Wait (v. i.) Ambush.
Wait (v. i.) One who
watches; a watchman.
Wait (v. i.) Hautboys, or
oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
Wait (v. i.) Musicians who
sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time;
serenaders; musical watchmen.
Waiter (n.) One who, or
that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table.
Waiter (n.) A vessel or
tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.
Waiting () a. & n. from Wait, v.
Waitingly (adv.) By
waiting.
Waitress (n.) A female
waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.
Waive (v. t.) A waif; a
castaway.
Waive (v. t.) A woman put
out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.
Waived (imp. & p. p.) of
Waive
Waiving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Waive
Waive (v. t.) To
relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to
forego.
Waive (v. t.) To throw
away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
Waive (v. t.) To throw
away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.
Waive (v. t.) To desert;
to abandon.
Waive (v. i.) To turn
aside; to recede.
Waiver (n.) The act of
waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
Waivure (n.) See Waiver.
Waiwode (n.) See Waywode.
Wake (n.) The track left
by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
Waked (imp. & p. p.) of
Wake
Woke () of Wake
Waking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wake
Wake (v. i.) To be or to
continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
Wake (v. i.) To sit up
late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
Wake (v. i.) To be excited
or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with
up.
Wake (v. i.) To be exited
or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be
active.
Wake (v. t.) To rouse from
sleep; to awake.
Wake (v. t.) To put in
motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
Wake (v. t.) To bring to
life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.
Wake (v. t.) To watch, or
sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
Wake (n.) The act of
waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.
Wake (n.) The state of
forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
Wake (n.) An annual parish
festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church.
Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung
during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued,
and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes
and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.
Wake (n.) The sitting up
of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly
among the Irish.
Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping;
indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Wakened (imp. & p. pr.) of
Waken
Wakening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Waken
Waken (v. i.) To wake; to
cease to sleep; to be awakened.
Waken (v. t.) To excite or
rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
Waken (v. t.) To excite;
to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
Wakener (n.) One who
wakens.
Wakening (n.) The act of
one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening.
Wakening (n.) The revival
of an action.
Waker (n.) One who wakes.
Wake-robin (n.) Any plant
of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
Waketime (n.) Time during
which one is awake.
Waking (n.) The act of
waking, or the state or period of being awake.
Waking (n.) A watch; a
watching.
Walaway (interj.) See
Welaway.
Wald (n.) A forest; --
used as a termination of names. See Weald.
Waldenses (n. pl.) A sect
of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who
in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where
the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles.
Waldensian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Waldenses.
Waldensian (n.) One
Holding the Waldensian doctrines.
Waldgrave (n.) In the old
German empire, the head forest keeper.
Waldheimia (n.) A genus of
brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still
exist in the deep sea.
Wale (n.) A streak or mark
made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.
Wale (n.) A ridge or
streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
Wale (n.) A timber bolted
to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
Wale (n.) Certain sets or
strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes
of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along
the spar deck, etc.
Wale (n.) A wale knot, or
wall knot.
Wale (v. t.) To mark with
wales, or stripes.
Wale (v. t.) To choose; to
select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in
order to clean it.
Walhalla (n.) See
Valhalla.
Waling (n.) Same as Wale,
n., 4.
Walked (imp. & p. p.) of
Walk
Walking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Walk
Walk (v. i.) To move along
on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of
two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without
running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground.
Walk (v. i.) To move or go
on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.
Walk (v. i.) To be
stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; -- said of things or persons
expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person;
to go about as a somnambulist or a specter.
Walk (v. i.) To be in
motion; to act; to move; to wag.
Walk (v. i.) To behave; to
pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.
Walk (v. i.) To move off;
to depart.
Walk (v. t.) To pass
through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets.
Walk (v. t.) To cause to
walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses.
Walk (v. t.) To subject,
as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full.
Walk (n.) The act of
walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or
leaping.
Walk (n.) The act of
walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk.
Walk (n.) Manner of
walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk.
Walk (n.) That in or
through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a
path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise;
way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of
wandering; range; as, a sheep walk.
Walk (n.) A frequented
track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian.
Walk (n.) Conduct; course
of action; behavior.
Walk (n.) The route or
district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.
Walkable (a.) Fit to be
walked on; capable of being walked on or over.
Walker (n.) One who walks;
a pedestrian.
Walker (n.) That with
which one walks; a foot.
Walker (n.) A forest
officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.
Walker (v. t.) A fuller of
cloth.
Walker (v. t.) Any
ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.
Walking () a. & n. from Walk, v.
Walk-mill (n.) A fulling
mill.
Walk-over (n.) In racing,
the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence,
colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory.
Walkyr (n.) See Valkyria.
Wall (n.) A kind of knot
often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
Wall (n.) A work or
structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and
intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around
a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a
building or a room.
Wall (n.) A defense; a
rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works
for defense.
Wall (n.) An inclosing
part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.
Wall (n.) The side of a
level or drift.
Wall (n.) The country rock
bounding a vein laterally.
Walled (imp. & p. p.) of
Wall
Walling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wall
Wall (v. t.) To inclose
with a wall, or as with a wall.
Wall (v. t.) To defend by
walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.
Wall (v. t.) To close or
fill with a wall, as a doorway.
Wallaba (n.) A leguminous
tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red
flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles.
Wallabies (pl. ) of
Wallaby
Wallaby (n.) Any one of
numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of
Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo
(H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit
the wooded district and bushy plains.
Wallah (n.) A black
variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger.
Wallaroo (n.) Any one of
several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially M. robustus,
sometimes called the great wallaroo.
Wallbird (n.) The spotted
flycatcher.
Waller (n.) One who builds
walls.
Waller (n.) The wels.
Wallerian degeneration () A form
of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so
called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850.
Wallet (n.) A bag or sack
for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a
journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
Wallet (n.) A pocketbook
for keeping money about the person.
Wallet (n.) Anything
protuberant and swagging.
Walleteer (n.) One who
carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar.
Wall-eye (n.) An eye in
which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of
horses.
Wall-eye (n.) An American
fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion vitreum) having large and prominent eyes; --
called also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and wall-eyed perch.
Wall-eye (n.) A California
surf fish (Holconotus argenteus).
Wall-eye (n.) The alewife;
-- called also wall-eyed herring.
Wall-eyed (a.) Having an
eye of a very light gray or whitish color.
Wallflower (n.) A
perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri), with sweet-scented flowers
varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on
old walls.
Wallflower (n.) A lady at
a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a
spectator.
Wallhick (n.) The lesser
spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
Walling (n.) The act of
making a wall or walls.
Walling (n.) Walls, in
general; material for walls.
Walloons (n. pl.) A
Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of
Hainaut, Namur, Liege, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the
language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
Wallop (v. i.) To move
quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.
Wallop (n.) A quick,
rolling movement; a gallop.
Walloped (imp. & p. p.) of
Wallop
Walloping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wallop
Wallop (v. i.) To boil
with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
Wallop (v. i.) To move in
a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
Wallop (v. i.) To be
slatternly.
Wallop (v. t.) To beat
soundly; to flog; to whip.
Wallop (v. t.) To wrap up
temporarily.
Wallop (v. t.) To throw or
tumble over.
Wallop (n.) A thick piece
of fat.
Wallop (n.) A blow.
Wallowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Wallow
Wallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wallow
Wallow (n.) To roll one's
self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in
any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.
Wallow (n.) To live in
filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.
Wallow (n.) To wither; to
fade.
Wallow (v. t.) To roll;
esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.
Wallow (n.) A kind of
rolling walk.
Wallower (n.) One who, or
that which, wallows.
Wallower (n.) A lantern
wheel; a trundle.
Wallowish (a.) Flat;
insipid.
Wall-plat (n.) The spotted
flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls.
Wall-sided (a.) Having
sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them from
those having flaring sides, or sides tumbling home (see under Tumble, v. i.).
Wallwort (n.) The dwarf
elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus).
Walm (v. i.) To roll; to
spout; to boil up.
Walnut (n.) The fruit or
nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven
or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone.
Walrus (n.) A very large
marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic
Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It
uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory,
and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse.
Walter (v. i.) To roll or
wallow; to welter.
Waltron (n.) A walrus.
Walty (a.) Liable to roll
over; crank; as, a walty ship.
Waltz (n.) A dance
performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a
piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance.
Waltzed (imp. & p. p.) of
Waltz
Waltzing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Waltz
Waltz (v. i.) To dance a
waltz.
Waltzer (n.) A person who
waltzes.
Walwe (v.) To wallow.
Waly (interj.) An
exclamation of grief.
Wamble (v. i.) To heave;
to be disturbed by nausea; -- said of the stomach.
Wamble (v. i.) To move
irregularly to and fro; to roll.
Wamble (n.) Disturbance of
the stomach; a feeling of nausea.
Wamble-cropped (a.) Sick
at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected.
Wammel (v. i.) To move
irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble.
Wamp (n.) The common
American eider.
Wampee (n.) A tree (Cookia
punctata) of the Orange family, growing in China and the East Indies; also, its
fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a
peculiar flavor.
Wampee (n.) The pickerel
weed.
Wampum (n.) Beads made of
shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into
belts, etc., as an ornament.
Wan (imp.) Won.
Wan (a.) Having a pale or
sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid.
Wan (n.) The quality of
being wan; wanness.
Wan (v. i.) To grow wan;
to become pale or sickly in looks.
Wand (n.) A small stick; a
rod; a verge.
Wand (n.) A staff of
authority.
Wand (n.) A rod used by
conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.
Wandered (imp. & p. p.) of
Wander
Wandering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wander
Wander (v. i.) To ramble
here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to
range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
Wander (v. i.) To go away;
to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his
subject.
Wander (v. i.) To be
delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind
wanders.
Wander (v. t.) To travel
over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
Wanderer (n.) One who
wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.
Wandering () a. & n. from Wander,
v.
Wanderingly (adv.) In a
wandering manner.
Wanderment (n.) The act of
wandering, or roaming.
Wanderoo (n.) A large
monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a
long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus,
neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo.
Wandy (a.) Long and
flexible, like a wand.
Waned (imp. & p. p.) of
Wane
Waning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wane
Wane (v. i.) To be
diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the
illuminated part of the moon.
Wane (v. i.) To decline;
to fail; to sink.
Wane (v. t.) To cause to
decrease.
Wane (n.) The decrease of
the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
Wane (n.) Decline;
failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
Wane (n.) An inequality in
a board.
Waney (n.) A sharp or
uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is
made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a.
Wang (n.) The jaw,
jawbone, or cheek bone.
Wang (n.) A slap; a blow.
Wang (n.) See Whang.
Wangan (n.) A boat for
conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen.
Wanger (n.) A pillow for
the cheek; a pillow.
Wanghee (n.) The Chinese
name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus
Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks.
Wango (n.) A boomerang.
Wanhope (n.) Want of hope;
despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Wanhorn (n.) An East
Indian plant (Kaempferia Galanga) of the Ginger family. See Galanga.
Waniand (n.) The wane of
the moon.
Waning (n.) The act or
process of waning, or decreasing.
Wanion (n.) A word of
uncertain signification, used only in the phrase with a wanion, apparently
equivalent to with a vengeance, with a plague, or with misfortune.
Wankle (a.) Not to be
depended on; weak; unstable.
Wanly (adv.) In a wan, or
pale, manner.
Wanned (a.) Made wan, or
pale.
Wanness (n.) The quality
or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the
wanness of the cheeks after a fever.
Wannish (a.) Somewhat wan;
of a pale hue.
Want (v. i.) The state of
not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what
is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any
purpose; want of food and clothing.
Want (v. i.) Specifically,
absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
Want (v. i.) That which is
needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and
is necessary for use or pleasure.
Want (v. i.) A depression
in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
Wanted (imp. & p. p.) of
Want
Wanting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Want
Want (v. t.) To be
without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want
knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.
Want (v. t.) To have
occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in
winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
Want (v. t.) To feel need
of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
Want (v. i.) To be absent;
to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come
short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of
four.
Want (v. i.) To be in a
state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
Wa'n't () A colloquial
contraction of was not.
Wantage (n.) That which is
wanting; deficiency.
Wanting (a.) Absent;
lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is
wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion.
Wantless (a.) Having no
want; abundant; fruitful.
Wanton (v. t.) Untrained;
undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
Wanton (v. t.) Wandering
from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.
Wanton (v. t.)
Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious;
libidinous; lecherous.
Wanton (v. t.) Reckless;
heedless; as, wanton mischief.
Wanton (n.) A roving,
frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.
Wanton (n.) One brought up
without restraint; a pampered pet.
Wanton (n.) A lewd person;
a lascivious man or woman.
Wantoned (imp. & p. p.) of
Wanton
Wantoning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wanton
Wanton (v. i.) To rove and
ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
Wanton (v. i.) To sport in
lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
Wanton (v. t.) To cause to
become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
Wantonize (v. i.) To
behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton.
Wantonly (adv.) In a
wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly;
playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
Wantonly (adv.)
Unintentionally; accidentally.
Wantonness (n.) The
quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness;
recklessness; lasciviousness.
Wantrust (n.) Failing or
diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust.
Wantwit (n.) One destitute
of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.
Wanty (n.) A surcingle, or
strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a
leather tie; a short wagon rope.
Wany (v. i.) To wane.
Wany (a.) Waning or
diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of
sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the
outside of the log.
Wany (a.) Spoiled by wet;
-- said of timber.
Wanze (v. i.) To wane; to
wither.
Wap (v. t. & i.) To beat;
to whap.
Wap (n.) A blow or
beating; a whap.
Wapacut (n.) The American
hawk owl. See under Hawk.
Wapatoo (n.) The edible
tuber of a species of arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis); -- so called by the
Indians of Oregon.
Waped (a.) Cast down;
crushed by misery; dejected.
Wapentake (n.) In some
northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred
in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into
wapentakes, instead of hundreds.
Wapinschaw (n.) An
exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual, by all persons
bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district.
Wapiti (n.) The American
elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which
it somewhat exceeds in size.
Wapp (n.) A fair-leader.
Wapp (n.) A rope with wall
knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.
Wappato (n.) See Wapatoo.
Wappened (a.) A word of
doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.
Wapper (v. t. & i.) To
cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.
Wapper (n.) A gudgeon.
Wappet (n.) A small
yelping cur.
Wapping (n.) Yelping.
War (a.) Ware; aware.
War (n.) A contest between
nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging
insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the
acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and
dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of
sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities.
War (n.) A condition of
belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war
against the sovereign authority is treason.
War (n.) Instruments of
war.
War (n.) Forces; army.
War (n.) The profession of
arms; the art of war.
War (n.) a state of
opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or
action; enmity; hostility.
Warred (imp. & p. p.) of
War
Warring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of War
War (v. i.) To make war;
to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on
hostilities; to be in a state by violence.
War (v. i.) To contend; to
strive violently; to fight.
War (v. t.) To make war
upon; to fight.
War (v. t.) To carry on,
as a contest; to wage.
War-beaten (a.) Warworn.
Warble (n.) A small, hard
tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the
saddle in traveling.
Warble (n.) A small tumor
produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called
also warblet, warbeetle, warnles.
Warble (n.) See Wormil.
Warbled (imp. & p. p.) of
Warble
Warbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Warble
Warble (v. t.) To sing in
a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to modulate with turns or
variations; to trill; as, certain birds are remarkable for warbling their songs.
Warble (v. t.) To utter
musically; to modulate; to carol.
Warble (v. t.) To cause to
quaver or vibrate.
Warble (v. i.) To be
quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
Warble (v. i.) To sing in
a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations.
Warble (v. i.) To sing
with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel.
Warble (n.) A quavering
modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.
Warbler (n.) One who, or
that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds.
Warbler (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family
Sylviidae, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed
warbler (see under Reed), and sedge warbler (see under Sedge) are well-known
species.
Warbler (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the
family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old
World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical.
Warblingly (adv.) In a
warbling manner.
Warburg's tincture () A
preparation containing quinine and many other ingredients, often used in the
treatment of malarial affections. It was invented by Dr. Warburg of London.
-ward (v. i.) Alt. of
-wards
-wards (v. i.) Suffixes
denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or
backwards; toward, or towards, etc.
Ward (a.) The act of
guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day.
See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
Ward (n.) One who, or that
which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense;
protection.
Ward (n.) The state of
being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a
child under a guardian; custody.
Ward (n.) A guarding or
defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
Ward (n.) One who, or that
which, is guarded.
Ward (n.) A minor or
person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
Ward (n.) A division of a
county.
Ward (n.) A division,
district, or quarter of a town or city.
Ward (n.) A division of a
forest.
Ward (n.) A division of a
hospital; as, a fever ward.
Ward (n.) A projecting
ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which
has not a corresponding notch for passing it.
Ward (n.) A notch or slit
in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
Warded (imp. & p. p.) of
Ward
Warding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ward
Ward (n.) To keep in
safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the
day time.
Ward (n.) To defend; to
protect.
Ward (n.) To defend by
walls, fortifications, etc.
Ward (n.) To fend off; to
repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually
followed by off.
Ward (v. i.) To be
vigilant; to keep guard.
Ward (v. i.) To act on the
defensive with a weapon.
Ward-corn (n.) The duty of
keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown
upon any occasion of surprise.
Wardcorps (n.) Guardian;
one set to watch over another.
Warden (n.) A keeper; a
guardian; a watchman.
Warden (n.) An officer who
keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
Warden (n.) A head
official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
Warden (n.) A large, hard
pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.
Wardenry (n.) Alt. of
Wardenship
Wardenship (n.) The office
or jurisdiction of a warden.
Warder (n.) One who wards
or keeps; a keeper; a guard.
Warder (n.) A truncheon or
staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will.
Wardian (a.) Designating,
or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or
for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants;
-- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.
Wardmote (n.) Anciently, a
meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward
of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the
like.
Wardrobe (v. t.) A room or
apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable
closet for hanging up clothes.
Wardrobe (v. t.) Wearing
apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration.
Wardrobe (v. t.) A privy.
Wardroom (n.) A room
occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See
Gunroom.
Wardroom (n.) A room used
by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections,
etc.
-wards () See -ward.
Wardship (n.) The office
of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of
guardianship.
Wardship (n.) The state of
begin under a guardian; pupilage.
Wardsmen (pl. ) of
Wardsman
Wardsman (n.) A man who
keeps ward; a guard.
Ware (imp.) Wore.
Ware (v. t.) To wear, or
veer. See Wear.
Ware (n.) Seaweed.
Ware (a.) Articles of
merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; style or class
of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise.
Ware (a.) A ware; taking
notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See Beware.
Ware (n.) The state of
being ware or aware; heed.
Ware (v. t.) To make ware;
to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.
Wareful (a.) Wary;
watchful; cautious.
Warefulness (n.) Wariness;
cautiousness.
Warega fly () A Brazilian fly
whose larvae live in the skin of man and animals, producing painful sores.
Warehouses (pl. ) of
Warehouse
Warehouse (n.) A
storehouse for wares, or goods.
Warehoused (imp. & p. p.)
of Warehouse
Warehousing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Warehouse
Warehouse (v. t.) To
deposit or secure in a warehouse.
Warehouse (v. t.) To place
in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until
duties are paid.
Warehousemen (pl. ) of
Warehouseman
Warehouseman (n.) One who
keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.
Warehouseman (n.) One who
keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods.
Warehousing (n.) The act
of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a customhouse store.
Wareless (n.) Unwary;
incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware.
Warely (adv.) Cautiously;
warily.
Warence (n.) Madder.
Wareroom (n.) A room in
which goods are stored or exhibited for sale.
Wares (n. pl.) See 4th
Ware.
Warfare (n.) Military
service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
Warfare (n.) Contest;
struggle.
Warfare (v. i.) To lead a
military life; to carry on continual wars.
Warfarer (n.) One engaged
in warfare; a military man; a soldier; a warrior.
Warhable (a.) Fit for war.
Wariangle (n.) The
red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also wurger, worrier, and
throttler.
Warily (adv.) In a wary
manner.
Wariment (n.) Wariness.
Warine (n.) A South
American monkey, one of the sapajous.
Wariness (n.) The quality
or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness.
Warish (v. t.) To protect
from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal.
Warish (v. i.) To be
cured; to recover.
Warison (v. t.)
Preparation; protection; provision; supply.
Warison (v. t.) Reward;
requital; guerdon.
Wark (n.) Work; a
building.
Warkloom (n.) A tool; an
implement.
Warlike (a.) Fit for war;
disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.
Warlike (a.) Belonging or
relating to war; military; martial.
Warlikeness (n.) Quality
of being warlike.
Warling (n.) One often
quarreled with; -- / word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling.
Warlock (n.) A male witch;
a wizard; a sprite; an imp.
Warlock (a.) Of or
pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish.
Warlockry (n.) Impishness;
magic.
Warly (a.) Warlike.
Warm (superl.) Having heat
in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
Warm (superl.) Having a
sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
Warm (superl.) Subject to
heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm
climate of Egypt.
Warm (superl.) Fig.: Not
cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent;
fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.
Warm (superl.) Violent;
vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.
Warm (superl.) Being well
off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.
Warm (superl.) In
children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the
discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.
Warm (superl.) Having
yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and
opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.
Warmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Warm
Warming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Warm
Warm (a.) To communicate a
moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a
stove warms an apartment.
Warm (a.) To make engaged
or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
Warm (v. i.) To become
warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.
Warm (v. i.) To become
ardent or animated; as, the speake/ warms as he proceeds.
Warm (n.) The act of
warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.
Warm-blooded (a.) Having
warm blood; -- applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which
have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform
temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal.
Warmer (n.) One who, or
that which, warms.
Warmful (a.) Abounding in
capacity to warm; giving warmth; as, a warmful garment.
Warm-hearted (a.) Having
strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.
Warming () a. & n. from Warm, v.
Warmly (adv.) In a warm
manner; ardently.
Warmness (n.) Warmth.
Warmonger (n.) One who
makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary.
Warmouth (n.) An American
freshwater bream, or sunfish (Chaenobryttus gulosus); -- called also red-eyed
bream.
Warmth (n.) The quality or
state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun; the warmth of the
blood; vital warmth.
Warmth (n.) A state of
lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm;
earnestness; as, the warmth of love or piety; he replied with much warmth.
Warmth (n.) The glowing
effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance
or effect in a painting, or work of color.
Warmthless (a.) Being
without warmth; not communicating warmth; cold.
Warn (v. t.) To refuse.
Warned (imp. & p. p.) of
Warn
Warning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Warn
Warn (v. t.) To make ware
or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to
admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting;
to warn a tenant to quit a house.
Warn (v. t.) To give
notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against
anything that may prove injurious.
Warn (v. t.) To ward off.
Warner (n.) One who warns;
an admonisher.
Warner (n.) A warrener.
Warning (a.) Giving
previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warning voice.
Warning (n.) Previous
notice.
Warning (n.) Caution
against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger;
admonition; monition.
Warningly (adv.) In a
warning manner.
Warnstore (v. t.) To
furnish.
Warped (imp. & p. p.) of
Warp
Warping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Warp
Warp (v. t.) To throw;
hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.
Warp (v. t.) To turn or
twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or
otherwise.
Warp (v. t.) To turn aside
from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
Warp (v. t.) To weave; to
fabricate.
Warp (v. t.) To tow or
move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other
fixed object.
Warp (v. t.) To cast
prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
Warp (v. t.) To let the
tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization,
by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.
Warp (v. t.) To run off
the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
Warp (v. t.) To arrange
(yarns) on a warp beam.
Warp (v. i.) To turn,
twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat
plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking.
Warp (v. i.) to turn or
incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.
Warp (v. i.) To fly with a
bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.
Warp (v. i.) To cast the
young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn
off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
Warp (v.) The threads
which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.
Warp (v.) A rope used in
hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post,
or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser.
Warp (v.) A slimy
substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is
formed.
Warp (v.) A premature
casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
Warp (v.) Four; esp., four
herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.
Warp (v.) The state of
being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.
Warpage (n.) The act of
warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors.
Warpath (n.) The route
taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.
Warper (n.) One who, or
that which, warps or twists out of shape.
Warper (n.) One who, or
that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom.
Warping (n.) The act or
process of one who, or that which, warps.
Warping (n.) The art or
occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.
Warproof (n.) Valor tried
by war.
Warragal (n.) The dingo.
Warrandice (n.) The
obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold
that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from
circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty.
Warrant (n.) That which
warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing
of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes
another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or
instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from
loss or damage; commission; authority.
Warrant (n.) A writing
which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing.
Warrant (n.) A precept
issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a
search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice.
Warrant (n.) An official
certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a
commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below.
Warrant (n.) That which
vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.
Warrant (n.) That which
attests or proves; a voucher.
Warrant (n.) Right;
legality; allowance.
Warranted (imp. & p. p.)
of Warrant
Warranting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Warrant
Warrant (n.) To make
secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give
authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person
authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action.
Warrant (n.) To support by
authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants
it.
Warrant (n.) To give a
warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.
Warrant (n.) To secure to,
as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure.
Warrant (n.) To secure to,
as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss.
Warrant (n.) To secure to,
as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See
Warranty, n., 2.
Warrant (n.) To assure, as
a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to engage that the thing is what it
appears, or is represented, to be, which implies a covenant to make good any
defect or loss incurred by it.
Warrantable (a.)
Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the
seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never
warrantable.
Warrantee (n.) The person
to whom a warrant or warranty is made.
Warranter (n.) One who
warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers.
Warranter (n.) One who
assures, or covenants to assure; one who contracts to secure another in a right,
or to make good any defect of title or quality; one who gives a warranty; a
guarantor; as, the warranter of a horse.
Warrantise (n.) Authority;
security; warranty.
Warrantise (v. t.) To
warrant.
Warrantor (n.) One who
warrants.
Warranties (pl. ) of
Warranty
Warranty (n.) A covenant
real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to
warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to
yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe
become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among
these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the
nature of a real covenant.
Warranty (n.) An
engagement or undertaking, express or implied, that a certain fact regarding the
subject of a contract is, or shall be, as it is expressly or impliedly declared
or promised to be. In sales of goods by persons in possession, there is an
implied warranty of title, but, as to the quality of goods, the rule of every
sale is, Caveat emptor.
Warranty (n.) A
stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that certain things, relating to
the subject of insurance, or affecting the risk, exist, or shall exist, or have
been done, or shall be done. These warranties, when express, should appear in
the policy; but there are certain implied warranties.
Warranty (n.)
Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant.
Warranty (n.) Security;
warrant; guaranty.
Warranty (v. t.) To
warrant; to guarantee.
Warray (v. t.) To make war
upon. [Obs.] Fairfax.
Warre (a.) Worse.
Warren (n.) A place
privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as
hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren.
Warren (n.) A privilege
which one has in his lands, by royal grant or prescription, of hunting and
taking wild beasts and birds of warren, to the exclusion of any other person not
entering by his permission.
Warren (n.) A piece of
ground for the breeding of rabbits.
Warren (n.) A place for
keeping flash, in a river.
Warrener (n.) The keeper
of a warren.
Warriangle (n.) See
Wariangle.
Warrie (v. t.) See Warye.
Warrin (n.) An Australian
lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of
its colors; -- called also blue-bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot.
Warrior (n.) A man engaged
or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion.
Warrioress (n.) A female
warrior.
Warry (v. t.) See Warye.
Warsaw (n.) The black
grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States.
Warsaw (n.) The jewfish;
-- called also guasa.
Wart (n.) A small, usually
hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and
thickening of the epidermis which covers them.
Wart (n.) An excrescence
or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a
glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants.
Warted (a.) Having little
knobs on the surface; verrucose; as, a warted capsule.
Wart hog () Either one of two
species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These
animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and
second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs
curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long
dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best
known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the
coasts of the Red Sea.
Wartless (a.) Having no
wart.
Wartweed (n.) Same as
Wartwort.
Wartwort (n.) A name given
to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of
spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).
Warty (a.) Having warts;
full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf.
Warty (a.) Of the nature
of warts; as, a warty excrescence.
Warwickite (n.) A dark
brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic crystals imbedded in limestone
near Warwick, New York. It consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and
iron.
Warworn (a.) Worn with
military service; as, a warworn soldier; a warworn coat.
Wary (a.) Cautious of
danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and
dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
Wary (a.) Characterized by
caution; guarded; careful.
Warye (v. t.) To curse; to
curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex.
Was (v.) The first and
third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit
(imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.
Wase (n.) A bundle of
straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the
head.
Washed (imp. & p. p.) of
Wash
Washing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wash
Wash (v. t.) To cleanse by
ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for
the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to
wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the
pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees.
Wash (v. t.) To cover with
water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash
against; as, waves wash the shore.
Wash (v. t.) To waste or
abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an
embankment.
Wash (v. t.) To remove by
washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as
by the tide; -- often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the
hands.
Wash (v. t.) To cover with
a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.
Wash (v. t.) To overlay
with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver.
Wash (v. i.) To perform
the act of ablution.
Wash (v. i.) To clean
anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing
clothes, ore, etc., in water.
Wash (v. i.) To bear
without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash.
Wash (v. i.) To be wasted
or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or
by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc.
Wash (n.) The act of
washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a
quantity, as of clothes, washed at once.
Wash (n.) A piece of
ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and
sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a
bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire.
Wash (n.) Substances
collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a
river, etc.
Wash (n.) Waste liquid,
the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen,
often used as food for pigs.
Wash (n.) The fermented
wort before the spirit is extracted.
Wash (n.) A mixture of
dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for
distillation.
Wash (n.) That with which
anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface.
Wash (n.) A liquid
cosmetic for the complexion.
Wash (n.) A liquid
dentifrice.
Wash (n.) A liquid
preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash.
Wash (n.) A medical
preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion.
Wash (n.) A thin coat of
color, esp. water color.
Wash (n.) A thin coat of
metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
Wash (n.) The blade of an
oar, or the thin part which enters the water.
Wash (n.) The backward
current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw
or paddles, etc.
Wash (n.) The flow, swash,
or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it.
Wash (n.) Ten strikes, or
bushels, of oysters.
Wash (a.) Washy; weak.
Wash (a.) Capable of being
washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods.
Washable (a.) Capable of
being washed without damage to fabric or color.
Washboard (n.) A fluted,
or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.
Washboard (n.) A board
running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the
floor; a mopboard.
Washboard (n.) A broad,
thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking
inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose;
-- called also wasteboard.
Washbowl (n.) A basin, or
bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc.
Washdish (n.) A washbowl.
Washdish (n.) Same as
Washerwoman, 2.
Washed (a.) Appearing as
if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of
certain birds and insects.
Washen () p. p. of Wash.
Washer (n.) One who, or
that which, washes.
Washer (n.) A ring of
metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various
purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or
around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and
relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.
Washer (n.) A fitting,
usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming
the outlet opening.
Washer (n.) The common
raccoon.
Washer (n.) Same as
Washerwoman, 2.
Washermen (pl. ) of
Washerman
Washerman (n.) A man who
washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others.
Washerwomen (pl. ) of
Washerwoman
Washerwoman (n.) A woman
who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.
Washerwoman (n.) The pied
wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while
tripping along the leaves of water plants.
Washhouse (n.) An
outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.
Washiness (n.) The quality
or state of being washy, watery, or weak.
Washing (n.) The act of
one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.
Washing (n.) The clothes
washed, esp. at one time; a wash.
Washingtonian (a.)
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian
policy.
Washingtonian (a.)
Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in
Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence.
Washingtonian (n.) A
member of the Washingtonian Society.
Wash-off (a.) Capable of
being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by
steaming or otherwise.
Washout (n.) The washing
out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or
railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of
a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.
Washpot (n.) A pot or
vessel in which anything is washed.
Washpot (n.) A pot
containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated.
Washstand (n.) A piece of
furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing
the person.
Washtub (n.) A tub in
which clothes are washed.
Washy (a.) Watery; damp;
soft.
Washy (a.) Lacking
substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy
resolutions.
Washy (a.) Not firm or
hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse.
Wasite (n.) A variety of
allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium.
Wasium (n.) A rare element
supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with
thorium.
Wasp (n.) Any one of
numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous
species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of
which are called yellow jackets.
Waspish (a.) Resembling a
wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
Waspish (a.) Quick to
resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible;
petulant; snappish.
Wassail (n.) An ancient
expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some
one.
Wassail (n.) An occasion
on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.
Wassail (n.) The liquor
used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas
and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast,
roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool.
Wassail (n.) A festive or
drinking song or glee.
Wassail (a.) Of or
pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.
Wassail (v. i.) To hold a
wassail; to carouse.
Wassailer (n.) One who
drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler.
Wast () The second person
singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; -- now used
only in solemn or poetical style. See Was.
Wastage (n.) Loss by use,
decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste.
Waste (a.) Desolate;
devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
Waste (a.) Lying unused;
unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste
paper.
Waste (a.) Lost for want
of occupiers or use; superfluous.
Wasted (imp. & p. p.) of
Waste
Wasting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Waste
Waste (a.) To bring to
ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.
Waste (a.) To wear away by
degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to
consume; to spend; to wear out.
Waste (a.) To spend
unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable
result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to
be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.
Waste (a.) To damage,
impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings,
fences, etc., to go to decay.
Waste (v. i.) To be
diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to
be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less.
Waste (v. i.) To procure
or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race,
etc.
Waste (v.) The act of
wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction;
useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain;
gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time,
labor, words, etc.
Waste (v.) That which is
wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted
region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a
wilderness.
Waste (v.) That which is
of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or
other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like,
used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc.
Waste (v.) Spoil,
destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant
for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or
remainder.
Waste (v.) Old or
abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse.
Wastebasket (n.) A basket
used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper.
Wasteboard (n.) See
Washboard, 3.
Wastebook (n.) A book in
which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried
into the journal.
Wasteful (a.) Full of
waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence;
wasteful expenses.
Wasteful (a.) Expending,
or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or
useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition.
Wasteful (a.) Waste;
desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
Wastel (n.) A kind of
white and fine bread or cake; -- called also wastel bread, and wastel cake.
Wasteness (n.) The quality
or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
Wasteness (n.) That which
is waste; a desert; a waste.
Waster (v. t.) One who, or
that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends
extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.
Waster (v. t.) An
imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a
thief.
Waster (v. t.) A kind of
cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
Wastethrift (n.) A
spendthrift.
Wasteweir (n.) An
overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a
canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.
Wasting (a.) Causing
waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting
fortune.
Wastor (n.) A waster; a
thief.
Wastorel (n.) See Wastrel.
Wastrel (n.) Any waste
thing or substance
Wastrel (n.) Waste land or
common land.
Wastrel (n.) A profligate.
Wastrel (n.) A neglected
child; a street Arab.
Wastrel (n.) Anything cast
away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.
Watch (v. i.) The act of
watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly
observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive
vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.
Watch (v. i.) One who
watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a
guard.
Watch (v. i.) The post or
office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a
guard is kept.
Watch (v. i.) The period
of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time
from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.
Watch (v. i.) A small
timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of
which is moved by a spring.
Watch (n.) An allotted
portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready
for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
Watch (n.) That part,
usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working
of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated
as the port watch, and the starboard watch.
Watch (v. i.) To be awake;
to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
Watch (v. i.) To be
attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act
as sentinel.
Watch (v. i.) To be
expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
Watch (v. i.) To remain
awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the
night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
Watch (v. i.) To serve the
purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
Watched (imp. & p. p.) of
Watch
Watching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Watch
Watch (v. t.) To give heed
to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not
to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the
legislature.
Watch (v. t.) To tend; to
guard; to have in keeping.
Watchdog (n.) A dog kept
to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of
intruders.
Watcher (n.) One who
watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one
who attends upon the sick during the night.
Watches (n. pl.) The
leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets.
Watchet (a.) Pale or light
blue.
Watchful (a.) Full of
watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; --
with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's
behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful
against the growth of vicious habits.
Watchhouses (pl. ) of
Watchhouse
Watchhouse (n.) A house in
which a watch or guard is placed.
Watchhouse (n.) A place
where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police
station; a lockup.
Watchmaker (n.) One whose
occupation is to make and repair watches.
Watchmen (pl. ) of
Watchman
Watchman (n.) One set to
watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
Watchman (n.)
Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
Watchtower (n.) A tower in
which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the
like.
Watchword (n.) A word
given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a
signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to
pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password.
Watchword (n.) A sentiment
or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action.
Water (n.) The fluid which
descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
Water (n.) A body of
water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
Water (n.) Any liquid
secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.
Water (n.) A solution in
water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.
Water (n.) The limpidity
and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first
water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that
is, of the first excellence.
Water (n.) A wavy,
lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen.
Water (v. t.) An addition
to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate
par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is
diminished, or "diluted."
Watered (imp. & p. p.) of
Water
Watering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Water
Water (v. t.) To wet or
supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water
land; to water flowers.
Water (v. t.) To supply
with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and
horses.
Water (v. t.) To wet and
calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines;
to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6.
Water (n.) To add water to
(anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength
or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.
Water (v. i.) To shed,
secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.
Water (v. i.) To get or
take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.
Water adder () The water
moccasin.
Water adder () The common,
harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water
Snake.
Waterage (n.) Money paid
for transportation of goods, etc., by water.
Water agrimony () A kind of bur
marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe.
Water aloe () See Water soldier.
Water antelope () See Water buck.
Water arum () An aroid herb
(Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north
temperate zone.
Water back () See under 1st Back.
Water bailiff () An officer of
the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.
Water ballast () Water confined
in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.
Water barometer () A barometer in
which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a
column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about
thirty-three feet in height.
Water bath () A device for
regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the
vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a
desired temperature; also, a vessel designed for this purpose.
Water battery () A voltaic
battery in which the exciting fluid is water.
Water battery () A battery nearly
on a level with the water.
Water bear () Any species of
Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada.
Water-bearer (n.) The
constellation Aquarius.
Water bed () A kind of mattress
made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in
hospitals for bedridden patients.
Water beech () The American
hornbeam. See Hornbeam.
Water beetle () Any one of
numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of
the family Dytiscidae, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidae. These
beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like
oars.
Water bellows () Same as Tromp.
Water bird () Any aquatic bird; a
water fowl.
Water blackbird () The European
water ousel, or dipper.
Waterboard (n.) A board
set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.
Water boatman () A boat bug.
Waterbok (n.) A water
buck.
Water-bound (a.) Prevented
by a flood from proceeding.
Water brain () A disease of
sheep; gid.
Water brash () See under Brash.
Water breather () Any arthropod
that breathes by means of gills.
Water bridge () See Water table.
Water buck () A large, heavy
antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks
of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called
also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok.
Water buffalo () The European
buffalo.
Water bug () The Croton bug.
Water bug () Any one of numerous
species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to
Belostoma, Benacus, Zaitha, and other genera of the family Belostomatidae. Their
hind legs are long and fringed, and act like oars. Some of these insects are of
great size, being among the largest existing Hemiptera. Many of them come out of
the water and fly about at night.
Water butt () A large,
open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water.
Water caltrop () The water
chestnut.
Water can () Any one of several
species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; -- so called from the shape of the seed
vessel. See Nuphar, and cf. Candock.
Water canker () See Canker, n.,
1.
Water carriage () Transportation
or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.
Water carriage () A vessel or
boat.
Water cart () A cart carrying
water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens,
etc.
Water cavy () The capybara.
Water celery () A very acrid herb
(Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed
crowfoot.
Water cell () A cell containing
water; specifically (Zool.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is
stored up in the stomach of a camel.
Water cement () Hydraulic cement.
Water chestnut () The fruit of
Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike
fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; --
called also water caltrop.
Water chevrotain () A large West
African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter
legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet.
Water chicken () The common
American gallinule.
Water chickweed () A small annual
plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.
Water chinquapin () The American
lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.
Water clock () An instrument or
machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of
water; a clepsydra.
Water-closet (n.) A privy;
especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of
water to cleanse it.
Water cock () A large gallinule
(Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the
breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the
top of its head. Called also kora.
Water color () A color ground
with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is
water; -- so called in distinction from oil color.
Water color () A picture painted
with such colors.
Water-colorist (n.) One
who paints in water colors.
Water course () A stream of
water; a river or brook.
Water course () A natural channel
for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining
lands.
Water course () A running stream
of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of
such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry.
Water craft () Any vessel or boat
plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.
Water crake () The dipper.
Water crake () The spotted crake
(Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of Crake.
Water crake () The swamp hen, or
crake, of Australia.
Water crane () A goose-neck
apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a
locomotive.
Water cress () A perennial
cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or
spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an
antiscorbutic.
Water crow () The dipper.
Water crow () The European coot.
Water crowfoot () An aquatic kind
of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of
England.
Water cure () Hydropathy.
Water cure () A hydropathic
institution.
Water deck () A covering of
painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse.
Water deer () A small Chinese
deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has
large, descending canine tusks.
Water deer () The water
chevrotain.
Water deerlet () See Water
chevrotain.
Water devil () The rapacious
larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar
species. See Illust. of Water beetle.
Water dock () A tall, coarse dock
growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the
European is R. Hydrolapathum.
Water doctor () One who professes
to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine.
Water doctor () A physician who
treats diseases with water; an hydropathist.
Water dog () A dog accustomed to
the water, or trained to retrieve waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and
Newfoundland dogs are so trained.
Water dog () The menobranchus.
Water dog () A small floating
cloud, supposed to indicate rain.
Water dog () A sailor, esp. an
old sailor; an old salt.
Water drain () A drain or channel
for draining off water.
Water drainage () The draining
off of water.
Water dressing () The treatment
of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with
water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer.
Water dropwort () A European
poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and
finely divided leaves.
Water eagle () The osprey.
Water elder () The guelder-rose.
Water elephant () The
hippopotamus.
Water engine () An engine to
raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for
extinguishing fires; a fire engine.
Waterer (n.) One who, or
that which, waters.
Waterfall (n.) A fall, or
perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly
perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.
Waterfall (n.) An
arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance
to a waterfall.
Waterfall (n.) A certain
kind of neck scarf.
Water feather () Alt. of Water
feather-foil
Water feather-foil () The water
violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata.
Water flag () A European species
of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.
Water flannel () A floating mass
formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga
(Cladophora crispata).
Water flea () Any one of numerous
species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia,
etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.
Waterflood (n.) A flood of
water; an inundation.
Water flounder () The windowpane
(Pleuronectes maculatus).
Waterfowl (n.) Any bird
that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the
sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively.
Water fox () The carp; -- so
called on account of its cunning.
Water frame () A name given to
the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.
Water furrow () A deep furrow for
conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.
Water-furrow (v. t.) To
make water furrows in.
Water gage () See Water gauge.
Water gall () A cavity made in
the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.
Water gall () A watery appearance
in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow.
Water gang () A passage for
water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.
Water gas () See under Gas.
Water gate () A gate, or valve,
by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
Water gauge () A wall or bank to
hold water back.
Water gauge () An instrument for
measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the
height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge.
Water gavel () A gavel or rent
paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.
Water germander () A labiate
plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.
Water gilding () The act, or the
process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of
amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash
gilding.
Water glass () See Soluble glass,
under Glass.
Water god () A fabulous deity
supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water.
Water gruel () A liquid food
composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance,
boiled and seasoned.
Water hammer () A vessel partly
filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or
shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a
sound like that of a hammer.
Water hammer () A concussion, or
blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel
containing it.
Water hare () A small American
hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the
United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare.
Water hemlock () A poisonous
umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants
of that genus.
Water hemlock () A poisonous
plant (/nanthe crocata) resembling the above.
Water hemp () See under Hemp.
Water hen () Any gallinule.
Water hen () The common American
coot.
Water hog () The capybara.
Water horehound () Bugleweed.
Waterhorse (n.) A pile of
salted fish heaped up to drain.
Water hyacinth () Either of
several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel
weed.
Water ice () Water flavored,
sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.
Waterie (n.) The pied
wagtail; -- so called because it frequents ponds.
Water inch () Same as Inch of
water, under Water.
Wateriness (n.) The
quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.
Watering () a. & n. from Water,
v.
Waterish (a.) Resembling
water; thin; watery.
Waterish (a.) Somewhat
watery; moist; as, waterish land.
Waterishness (n.) The
quality of being waterish.
Water joint () A joint in a stone
pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of
the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent
the settling of water in the joints.
Water junket () The common
sandpiper.
Water-laid (a.) Having a
left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope.
Waterlander (n.) Alt. of
Waterlandian
Waterlandian (n.) One of a
body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth
century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.
Water laverock () The common
sandpiper.
Waterleaf (n.) Any plant
of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped
flowers.
Water leg () See Leg, 7.
Water lemon () The edible fruit
of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); --
so called in the West Indies.
Waterless (a.) Destitute
of water; dry.
Water lettuce () A plant (Pistia
stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy,
wedge-shaped leaves.
Water level () The level formed
by the surface of still water.
Water level () A kind of leveling
instrument. See under Level, n.
Water lily () A blossom or plant
of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating
leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea.
Water lime () Hydraulic lime.
Water line () Any one of certain
lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at
various heights from the keel.
Water line () Any one of several
lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the
water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's
proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the
highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when
loaded.
Water lizard () Any aquatic
lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.
Water locust () A thorny
leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the
Mississippi valley.
Water-logged (a.) Filled
or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of
a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has
become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm.
Watermen (pl. ) of
Waterman
Waterman (n.) A man who
plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a
seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a
boatman; a ferryman.
Waterman (n.) An attendant
on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses.
Waterman (n.) A water
demon.
Watermark (n.) A mark
indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the
usual limit of high or low water.
Watermark (n.) A letter,
device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture.
Watermark (n.) See Water
line, 2.
Water meadow () A meadow, or
piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being
overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream.
Water measure () A measure
formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The
water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel.
Water measurer () Any one of
numerous species of water; the skater. See Skater, n., 2.
Watermelon (n.) The very
large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of
many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds;
its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a
native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. See Illust.
of Melon.
Water meter () A contrivance for
measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a
street main.
Water milfoil () Any plant of the
genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones
pinnately parted into capillary divisions.
Water mill () A mill whose
machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.
Water mint () A kind of mint
(Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume
resembling bergamot.
Water mite () Any of numerous
species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family
Hydrachnidae, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are
often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of
fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also water tick, and water spider.
Water moccasin () A venomous
North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but
destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely
of fishes. Called also water snake, water adder, water viper.
Water mole () The shrew mole. See
under Shrew.
Water mole () The duck mole. See
under Duck.
Water monitor () A very large
lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams
and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded
monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.
Water motor () A water engine.
Water motor () A water wheel;
especially, a small water wheel driven by water from a street main.
Water mouse () Any one of several
species of mice belonging to the genus Hydromys, native of Australia and
Tasmania. Their hind legs are strong and their toes partially webbed. They live
on the borders of streams, and swim well. They are remarkable as being the only
rodents found in Australia.
Water murrain () A kind of
murrain affecting cattle.
Water newt () Any one of numerous
species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.
Water nymph () A goddess of any
stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides.
Water nymph () A water lily
(Nymphaea).
Water oat () Indian rice. See
under Rice.
Water opossum () See Yapock, and
the Note under Opossum.
Water ordeal () Same as Ordeal by
water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1.
Water ousel () Alt. of Water
ouzel
Water ouzel () Any one of several
species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates),
especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel
(C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of
walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food.
Water parsnip () Any plant of the
aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected
leaves and small white flowers.
Water partridge () The ruddy
duck.
Water pennywort () Marsh
pennywort. See under Marsh.
Water pepper () Smartweed.
Water pepper () Waterwort.
Water pheasant () The pintail.
See Pintail, n., 1.
Water pheasant (n.) The
goosander.
Water pheasant (n.) The
hooded merganser.
Water piet () The water ousel.
Water pig () The capybara.
Water pig () The gourami.
Water pillar () A waterspout.
Water pimpernel () A small
white-flowered shrub; brookweed.
Water pipe () A pipe for
conveying water.
Water pitcher () A pitcher for
water.
Water pitcher () One of a family
of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia
purpurea) is the type.
Water plant () A plant that grows
in water; an aquatic plant.
Water plantain () A kind of plant
with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain.
Water plate () A plate heated by
hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
Water poa () Meadow reed grass.
See under Reed.
Water poise () A hydrometer.
Water pore () A pore by which the
water tubes of various invertebrates open externally.
Water pore () One of certain
minute pores in the leaves of some plants. They are without true guardian cells,
but in other respects closely resemble ordinary stomata.
Waterpot (n.) A vessel for
holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.
Water power () The power of water
employed to move machinery, etc.
Water power () A fall of water
which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water
privilege.
Water pox () A variety of chicken
pox, or varicella.
Water privilege () The advantage
of using water as a mechanical power; also, the place where water is, or may be,
so used. See under Privilege.
Waterproof (a.) Proof
against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a
waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.
Waterproof (n.) A
substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to
water.
Waterproof (n.) Cloth made
waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material,
as rubber; esp., an outer garment made of such material.
Waterproof (v. t.) To
render impervious to water, as cloth, leather, etc.
Waterproofing (n.) The act
or process of making waterproof.
Waterproofing (n.) Same as
Waterproof, n., 1.
Water purslane () See under
Purslane.
Water qualm () See Water brash,
under Brash.
Water rabbit () See Water hare.
Water radish () A coarse
yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to
the horse-radish.
Water rail () Any one of numerous
species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus
aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail.
Water ram () An hydraulic ram.
Water rat () The water vole. See
under Vole.
Water rat () The muskrat.
Water rat () The beaver rat. See
under Beaver.
Water rat () A thief on the
water; a pirate.
Water rate () A rate or tax for a
supply of water.
Water rattle () Alt. of Water
rattler
Water rattler () The diamond
rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp
places near water.
Water-retted (imp. & p. p.)
of Water-ret
Water-retting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Water-ret
Water-ret (v. t.) To ret,
or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.
Water rice () Indian rice. See
under Rice.
Water rocket () A cruciferous
plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.
Water rocket () A kind of
firework to be discharged in the water.
Water-rotted (imp. & p. p.)
of Water-rot
Water-rotting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Water-rot
Water-rot (v. t.) To rot
by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot hemp or flax.
Water sail () A small sail
sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly
to the water.
Water sapphire () A deep blue
variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir d'eau.
Waterscape (n.) A sea
view; -- distinguished from landscape.
Water scorpion () See Nepa.
Water screw () A screw propeller.
Watershed (n.) The whole
region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.
Watershed (n.) The line of
division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water
by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.
Water shield () An aquatic
American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered
with a clear jelly.
Watershoot (n.) A sprig or
shoot from the root or stock of a tree.
Watershoot (n.) That which
serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.
Watershoot (n.) A trough
for discharging water.
Water shrew () Any one of several
species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two
common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known.
The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is
rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.
Water snail () Any aquatic
pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond
snail.
Water snail () The Archimedean
screw.
Water snake () A common North
American colubrine snake (Tropidonotus sipedon) which lives chiefly in the
water.
Water snake () Any species of
snakes of the family Homalopsidae, all of which are aquatic in their habits.
Water-soak (v. t.) To soak
water; to fill the interstices of with water.
Water soldier () An aquatic
European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.
Water souchy () A dish consisting
of small fish stewed and served in a little water.
Water spaniel () A curly-haired
breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.
Water sparrow () The reed
warbler.
Water sparrow () The reed
bunting.
Water speedwell () A kind of
speedwell (Veronica Anagallis) found in wet places in Europe and America.
Water spider () An aquatic
European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the
surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of
silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider
carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the
spinnerets and hind feet. Called also diving spider.
Water spider () A water mite.
Water spider () Any spider that
habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species
(Dolomedes lanceolatus) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called
also raft spider.
Water spinner () The water
spider.
Waterspout (n.) A
remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind,
usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.
Water sprite () A sprite, or
spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water.
Water-standing (a.)
Tear-filled.
Water star grass () An aquatic
plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.
Water starwort () See under
Starwort.
Water supply () A supply of
water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by
pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.
Water tabby () A kind of waved or
watered tabby. See Tabby, n., 1.
Water table () A molding, or
other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, --
generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the
ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation
and the beginning of the upper wall.
Watertath (n.) A kind of
coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep.
Water thermometer () A
thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise
temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39¡ Fahr.,
or 4¡ Centigrade; and from that point down to 32¡ Fahr., or 0¡ Centigrade, or
the freezing point, it expands.
Water thief () A pirate.
Water thrush () A North American
bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the
common species (S. Noveboracensis).
Water thrush () The European
water ousel.
Water thrush () The pied wagtail.
Water thyme () See Anacharis.
Water tick () Same as Water mite.
Water tiger () A diving, or
water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. See Illust. b of Water
beetle.
Water-tight (a.) So tight
as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
Water torch () The common
cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil.
Water tower () A large metal pipe
made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon
burning buildings.
Water tree () A climbing shrub
(Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery
sap from the freshly cut stems.
Water trefoil () The buck bean.
Water tube () One of a system of
tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates.
They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See
Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst.
Water tupelo () A species of
large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the United
States. See Ogeechee lime.
Water turkey () The American
snakebird. See Snakebird.
Water tu tuyere () A tuyere kept
cool by water circulating within a casing. It is used for hot blast.
Water tu twist () Yarn made by
the throstle, or water frame.
Water vine () Any plant of the
genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are
singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice.
Water violet () See under Violet.
Water viper () See Water
moccasin.
Water vole () See under Vole.
Water wagtail () See under
Wagtail.
Waterway (n.) Heavy plank
or timber extending fore and aft the whole length of a vessel's deck at the line
of junction with the sides, forming a channel to the scuppers, which are cut
through it. In iron vessels the waterway is variously constructed.
Water way () Same as Water
course.
Waterweed (n.) See
Anacharis.
Water wheel () Any wheel for
propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct
action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the
top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an
intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine
wheel, etc.
Water wheel () The paddle wheel
of a steam vessel.
Water wheel () A wheel for
raising water; a noria, or the like.
Water willow () An American
aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of
small purplish flowers.
Water wing () One of two walls
built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to
protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.
Water witch () The dabchick.
Water witch () The stormy petrel.
Water-white (n.) A
vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies,
and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching
thirst.
Waterwork (n.) Painting
executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently
taking the place of tapestry.
Waterwork (n.) An
hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of
water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices,
pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the
plural.
Waterworn (a.) Worn,
smoothed, or polished by the action of water; as, waterworn stones.
Waterwort (n.) Any plant
of the natural order Elatineae, consisting of two genera (Elatine, and Bergia),
mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or
acrid taste.
Watery (a.) Of or
pertaining to water; consisting of water.
Watery (a.) Abounding with
water; wet; hence, tearful.
Watery (a.) Resembling
water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors.
Watery (a.) Hence,
abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid;
spiritless.
Watt (n.) A unit of power
or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of power, or to work done at the rate of
one joule a second. An English horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts.
Wattmeter (n.) An
instrument for measuring power in watts, -- much used in measuring the energy of
an electric current.
Wattle (n.) A twig or
flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.
Wattle (n.) A rod laid on
a roof to support the thatch.
Wattle (n.) A naked
fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging
from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.
Wattle (n.) Barbel of a
fish.
Wattle (n.) The astringent
bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called
also wattle bark.
Wattle (n.) The trees from
which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna.
Wattled (imp. & p. p.) of
Wattle
Wattling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wattle
Wattle (v. t.) To bind
with twigs.
Wattle (v. t.) To twist or
interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to
wattle branches.
Wattle (v. t.) To form, by
interweaving or platting twigs.
Wattlebird (n.) Any one of
several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthochaera and allied genera of
the family Meliphagidae. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle
of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and
adjacent islands.
Wattlebird (n.) The
Australian brush turkey.
Wattled (a.) Furnished
with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the chin or throat.
Wattling (n.) The act or
process of binding or platting with twigs; also, the network so formed.
Waucht (n.) Alt. of Waught
Waught (n.) A large
draught of any liquid.
Waul (v. i.) To cry as a
cat; to squall; to wail.
Waur (a.) Worse.
Wave (v. t.) See Waive.
Waved (imp. & p. p.) of
Wave
Waving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wave
Wave (v. i.) To play
loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to
undulate.
Wave (v. i.) To be moved
to and fro as a signal.
Wave (v. i.) To fluctuate;
to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
Wave (v. t.) To move one
way and the other; to brandish.
Wave (v. t.) To raise into
inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
Wave (v. t.) To move like
a wave, or by floating; to waft.
Wave (v. t.) To call
attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the
hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
Wave (v. i.) An advancing
ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the
oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force
their position of rest; an undulation.
Wave (v. i.) A vibration
propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the
transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a
vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See
Undulation.
Wave (v. i.) Water; a body
of water.
Wave (v. i.) Unevenness;
inequality of surface.
Wave (v. i.) A waving or
undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.
Wave (v. i.) The
undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on
damask steel.
Wave (v. i.) Fig.: A
swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of
enthusiasm.
Waved (a.) Exhibiting a
wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; as, waved edge.
Waved (a.) Having a
wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines of color; as, waved, or watered,
silk.
Waved (a.) Having
undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as
outlines to the ordinaries, etc.
Waveless (a.) Free from
waves; undisturbed; not agitated; as, the waveless sea.
Wavelet (n.) A little
wave; a ripple.
Wavellite (n.) A hydrous
phosphate of alumina, occurring usually in hemispherical radiated forms varying
in color from white to yellow, green, or black.
Wavered (imp. & p. p.) of
Waver
Wavering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Waver
Waver (v. i.) To play or
move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to
swing; to flutter.
Waver (v. i.) To be
unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to
water in judgment.
Waver (v.) A sapling left
standing in a fallen wood.
Waverer (n.) One who
wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like.
Waveringly (adv.) In a
wavering manner.
Waveringness (n.) The
quality or state of wavering.
Waveson (n.) Goods which,
after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea.
Waveworn (a.) Worn by the
waves.
Wavey (n.) The snow goose.
Waviness (n.) The quality
or state of being wavy.
Wavure (n.) See Waivure.
Wavy (a.) Rising or
swelling in waves; full of waves.
Wavy (a.) Playing to and
fro; undulating; as, wavy flames.
Wavy (a.) Undulating on
the border or surface; waved.
Wawaskeesh (n.) The
wapiti, or wapiti, or American elk.
Wave (n.) Woe.
Wawe (n.) A wave.
Wawl (v. i.) See Waul.
Waxed (imp.) of Wax
Waxed (p. p.) of Wax
Waxen () of Wax
Waxing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wax
Wax (v. i.) To increase in
size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.
Wax (v. i.) To pass from
one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or
colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.
Wax (n.) A fatty, solid
substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their
comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches
along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with
saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.
Wax (n.) Hence, any
substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.
Wax (n.) Cerumen, or
earwax.
Wax (n.) A waxlike
composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other
purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.
Wax (n.) A waxlike
composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.
Wax (n.) A substance
similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese
wax. See Wax insect, below.
Wax (n.) A waxlike product
secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
Wax (n.) A substance,
somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt
and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
Wax (n.) Thick sirup made
by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.
Waxed (imp. & p. p.) of
Wax
Waxing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wax
Wax (v. t.) To smear or
rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.
Waxberry (n.) The
wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry
tree.
Waxbill (n.) Any one of
numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to Estrelda and allied genera,
native of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually
red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as
cage birds.
Waxbird () The waxwing.
Waxen (a.) Made of wax.
Waxen (a.) Covered with
wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.
Waxen (a.) Resembling wax;
waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
Waxiness (n.) Quality or
state of being waxy.
Waxwing (n.) Any one of
several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the
secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red
sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are
examples. Called also waxbird.
Waxwork (n.) Work made of
wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of
real beings.
Waxwork (n.) An American
climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike
pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.
Waxworker (n.) One who
works in wax; one who makes waxwork.
Waxworker (n.) A bee that
makes or produces wax.
Waxy (a.) Resembling wax
in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable;
impressible.
Way (adv.) Away.
Way (n.) That by, upon, or
along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of
passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way
to the mine.
Way (n.) Length of space;
distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
Way (n.) A moving;
passage; procession; journey.
Way (n.) Course or
direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
Way (n.) The means by
which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
Way (n.) Manner; method;
mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
Way (n.) Regular course;
habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.
Way (n.) Sphere or scope
of observation.
Way (n.) Determined
course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
Way (n.) Progress; as, a
ship has way.
Way (n.) The timbers on
which a ship is launched.
Way (n.) The longitudinal
guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along
which a table or carriage moves.
Way (n.) Right of way. See
below.
Way (v. t.) To go or
travel to; to go in, as a way or path.
Way (v. i.) To move; to
progress; to go.
Waybill (n.) A list of
passengers in a public vehicle, or of the baggage or gods transported by a
common carrier on a land route. When the goods are transported by water, the
list is called a bill of lading.
Waybread (n.) The common
dooryard plantain (Plantago major).
Waybung (n.) An Australian
insessorial bird (Corcorax melanorhamphus) noted for the curious actions of the
male during the breeding season. It is black with a white patch on each wing.
Wayed (a.) Used to the
way; broken.
Wayfare (v. i.) To
journey; to travel; to go to and fro.
Wayfare (n.) The act of
journeying; travel; passage.
Wayfarer (n.) One who
travels; a traveler; a passenger.
Wayfaring (a.) Traveling;
passing; being on a journey.
Waygate (n.) The tailrace
of a mill.
Way-going (a.) Going away;
departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away.
Way-goose (n.) See
Wayz-goose, n., 2.
Wayk (a.) Weak.
Waylaid (imp. & p. p.) of
Waylay
Waylaying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Waylay
Waylay (v. t.) To lie in
wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing
of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.
Waylayer (n.) One who
waylays another.
Wayless (a.) Having no
road or path; pathless.
Wayleway (interj.) See
Welaway.
Waymaker (n.) One who
makes a way; a precursor.
Waymark (n.) A mark to
guide in traveling.
Waymented (imp. & p. p.)
of Wayment
Waymenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wayment
Wayment (v. i.) To lament;
to grieve; to wail.
Wayment (n.) Grief;
lamentation; mourning.
Way shaft () A rock shaft.
Way shaft () An interior shaft,
usually one connecting two levels.
-ways () A suffix formed from way
by the addition of the adverbial -s (see -wards). It is often used
interchangeably with wise; as, endways or endwise; noways or nowise, etc.
Wayside (n.) The side of
the way; the edge or border of a road or path.
Wayside (a.) Of or
pertaining to the wayside; as, wayside flowers.
Wayward (a.) Taking one's
own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.
Way-wise (a.) Skillful in
finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having
traveled.
Waywiser (n.) An
instrument for measuring the distance which one has traveled on the road; an
odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.
Waywode (n.) Originally,
the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards
applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the
rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has
also been given to some inferior Turkish officers.
Waywodeship (n.) The
office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode.
Wayworn (a.) Wearied by
traveling.
Wayz-goose (n.) A stubble
goose.
Wayz-goose (n.) An annual
feast of the persons employed in a printing office.
We (obj.) The plural
nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a person
in speaking or writing denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the
subject of an action expressed by a verb.
Weak (v. i.) Wanting
physical strength.
Weak (v. i.) Deficient in
strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
Weak (v. i.) Not able to
sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.
Weak (v. i.) Not firmly
united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a
weak ship.
Weak (v. i.) Not stiff;
pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.
Weak (v. i.) Not able to
resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier;
as, a weak fortress.
Weak (v. i.) Lacking force
of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
Weak (v. i.) Not
thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or
with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as,
weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of
medicine.
Weak (v. i.) Lacking
ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a
weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.
Weak (v. i.) Not
possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength,
vigor, etc.
Weak (v. i.) Feeble of
mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or
magistrate.
Weak (v. i.) Resulting
from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence,
foolish.
Weak (v. i.) Not having
full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.
Weak (v. i.) Not able to
withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or
overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.
Weak (v. i.) Wanting in
power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.
Weak (v. i.) Not having
power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a
weak argument or case.
Weak (v. i.) Wanting in
point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.
Weak (v. i.) Not prevalent
or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
Weak (v. i.) Lacking in
elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy;
deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak
monarch; a weak government or state.
Weak (v. i.) Tending
towards lower prices; as, a weak market.
Weak (v. i.) Pertaining
to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past
participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t;
as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See
Strong, 19 (a).
Weak (v. i.) Pertaining
to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n.
See Strong, 19 (b).
Weak (a.) To make or
become weak; to weaken.
Weakened (imp. & p. p.) of
Weaken
Weakening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Weaken
Weaken (v. t.) To make
weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to
enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands
of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument.
Weaken (v. t.) To reduce
in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or
decoction.
Weaken (v. i.) To become
weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less
positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on
cross-examination.
Weakener (n.) One who, or
that which, weakens.
Weakfish (n.) Any fish of
the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. See
Squeteague.
Weak-hearted (a.) Having
little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted.
Weakish (a.) Somewhat
weak; rather weak.
Weakishness (n.) Quality
or state of being weakish.
Weak-kneed (a.) Having
weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution.
Weakling (n.) A weak or
feeble creature.
Weakling (a.) Weak;
feeble.
Weakly (adv.) In a weak
manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly.
Weakly (superl.) Not
strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly woman; a man of a weakly
constitution.
Weak-minded (a.) Having a
weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish;
idiotic.
Weakness (n.) The quality
or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of
resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.
Weakness (n.) That which
is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect.
Weal (n.) The mark of a
stripe. See Wale.
Weal (v. t.) To mark with
stripes. See Wale.
Weal (adv.) A sound,
healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness;
welfare.
Weal (adv.) The body
politic; the state; common wealth.
Weal (v. t.) To promote
the weal of; to cause to be prosperous.
Weal-balanced (a.)
Balanced or considered with reference to public weal.
Weald (n.) A wood or
forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place
names.
Wealden (a.) Of or
pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on
the Continent, which overlies the Oolitic series.
Wealden (n.) The Wealden
group or strata.
Wealdish (a.) Of or
pertaining to a weald, esp. to the weald in the county of Kent, England.
Wealful (a.) Weleful.
Wealsmen (pl. ) of
Wealsman
Wealsman (n.) A statesman;
a politician.
Wealth (n.) Weal; welfare;
prosperity; good.
Wealth (n.) Large
possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human
desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.
Wealthful (a.) Full of
wealth; wealthy; prosperous.
Wealthily (adv.) In a
wealthy manner; richly.
Wealthiness (n.) The
quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness; opulence.
Wealthy (superl.) Having
wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods,
money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.
Wealthy (superl.) Hence,
ample; full; satisfactory; abundant.
Weaned (imp. & p. p.) of
Wean
Weaning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wean
Wean (a.) To accustom and
reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of
mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on
the mother nourishment.
Wean (a.) Hence, to detach
or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the
want or loss of anything.
Wean (n.) A weanling; a
young child.
Weanedness (n.) Quality or
state of being weaned.
Weanel (n.) A weanling.
Weanling () a. & n. from Wean, v.
Weanling (n.) A child or
animal newly weaned; a wean.
Weanling (a.) Recently
weaned.
Weapon (n.) An instrument
of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or
designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a
sword, etc.
Weapon (n.) Fig.: The
means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was
his only weapon.
Weapon (n.) A thorn,
prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.
Weaponed (a.) Furnished
with weapons, or arms; armed; equipped.
Weaponless (a.) Having no
weapon.
Weaponry (n.) Weapons,
collectively; as, an array of weaponry.
Wear (n.) Same as Weir.
Wear (v. t.) To cause to
go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so
that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the
wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to
veer.
Wore (imp.) of Wear
Worn (p. p.) of Wear
Wearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wear
Weared (imp. & p. p.) of
Wear
Wear (v. t.) To carry or
bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing,
decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on;
as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
Wear (v. t.) To have or
exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile
on her countenance.
Wear (v. t.) To use up by
carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use
up; as, to wear clothes rapidly.
Wear (v. t.) To impair,
waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like;
to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
Wear (v. t.) To cause or
make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.
Wear (v. t.) To form or
shape by, or as by, attrition.
Wear (v. i.) To endure or
suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste,
consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes
applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an
acquaintance.
Wear (v. i.) To be wasted,
consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by
use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually.
Wear (n.) The act of
wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction;
as, the wear of a garment.
Wear (n.) The thing worn;
style of dress; the fashion.
Wearable (a.) Capable of
being worn; suitable to be worn.
Wearer (n.) One who wears
or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a
crown, a shackle, etc.
Wearer (n.) That which
wastes or diminishes.
Weariable (a.) That may be
wearied.
Weariful (a.) Abounding in
qualities which cause weariness; wearisome.
Weariless (a.) Incapable
of being wearied.
Wearily (adv.) In a weary
manner.
Weariness (n.) The quality
or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue.
Wearing (n.) The act of
one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.
Wearing (n.) That which is
worn; clothes; garments.
Wearing (a.) Pertaining
to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel.
Wearish (a.) Weak;
withered; shrunk.
Wearish (a.) Insipid;
tasteless; unsavory.
Wearisome (a.) Causing
weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's
work; a wearisome book.
Weary (superl.) Having the
strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength,
endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.
Weary (superl.) Causing
weariness; tiresome.
Weary (superl.) Having
one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before
the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study.
Wearied (imp. & p. p.) of
Weary
Wearying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Weary
Weary (v. t.) To reduce or
exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary
one's self with labor or traveling.
Weary (v. t.) To make
weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.
Weary (v. t.) To harass by
anything irksome.
Weary (v. i.) To grow
tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.
Weasand (n.) The windpipe;
-- called also, formerly, wesil.
Weasel (n.) Any one of
various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the
ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the
quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying
poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and
turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons.
Weasel-faced (a.) Having a
thin, sharp face, like a weasel.
Weaser (n.) The American
merganser; -- called also weaser sheldrake.
Weasiness (n.) Quality or
state of being weasy; full feeding; sensual indulgence.
Weasy (a.) Given to
sensual indulgence; gluttonous.
Weather (n.) The state of
the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or
storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena;
meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet
weather; dry weather, etc.
Weather (n.) Vicissitude
of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
Weather (n.) Storm;
tempest.
Weather (n.) A light rain;
a shower.
Weathered (imp. & p. p.)
of Weather
Weathering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Weather
Weather (v. t.) To expose
to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.
Weather (v. t.) Hence, to
sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to
endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm.
Weather (v. t.) To sail or
pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.
Weather (v. t.) To place
(a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
Weather (v. i.) To undergo
or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences;
sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste
by weather.
Weather (a.) Being toward
the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces,
weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc.
Weather-beaten (a.) Beaten
or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to
severe weather.
Weather-bit (n.) A turn of
the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
Weatherbit (v. t.) To take
another turn with, as a cable around a windlass.
Weather-bitten (a.) Eaten
into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather.
Weatherboard (n.) That
side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.
Weatherboard (n.) A piece
of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water.
Weatherboard (n.) A board
extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming
a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building
beneath.
Weatherboard (n.) A
clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.
Weather-board (v. t.) To
nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow,
etc.
Weatherboarding (n.) The
covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to
exclude rain, snow, etc.
Weatherboarding (n.)
Boards adapted or intended for such use.
Weather-bound (a.) Kept in
port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.
Weathercock (n.) A vane,
or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock,
turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction.
Weathercock (n.) Hence,
any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every
change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
Weathercock (v. t.) To
supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
Weather-driven (a.) Driven
by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather.
Weathered (a.) Made
sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill.
Weathered (a.) Having the
surface altered in color, texture, or composition, or the edges rounded off by
exposure to the elements.
Weather-fend (v. t.) To
defend from the weather; to shelter.
Weatherglass (n.) An
instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of
atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope.
Weathering (n.) The action
of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in
rounding off its edges.
Weatherliness (n.) The
quality of being weatherly.
Weatherly (a.) Working, or
able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship.
Weathermost (a.) Being
farthest to the windward.
Weatherproof (a.) Proof
against rough weather.
Weatherwise (a.) Skillful
in forecasting the changes of the weather.
Weatherwiser (n.)
Something that foreshows the weather.
Weatherworn (a.) Worn by
the action of, or by exposure to, the weather.
Wove (imp.) of Weave
Woven (p. p.) of Weave
Wove () of Weave
Weaving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Weave
Weaved (imp. & p. p.) of
Weave
Weave (v. t.) To unite, as
threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or
interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close
connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.
Weave (v. t.) To form, as
cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting
together textile materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence,
to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a
story.
Weave (v. i.) To practice
weaving; to work with a loom.
Weave (v. i.) To become
woven or interwoven.
Weave (n.) A particular
method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere weave.
Weaver (n.) One who
weaves, or whose occupation is to weave.
Weaver (n.) A weaver bird.
Weaver (n.) An aquatic
beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling.
Weaverfish (n.) See
Weever.
Weaving (n.) The act of
one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art of forming cloth in a loom by the
union or intertexture of threads.
Weaving (n.) An incessant
motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble
the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle.
Weazand (n.) See Weasand.
Weazen (a.) Thin; sharp;
withered; wizened; as, a weazen face.
Weazeny (a.) Somewhat
weazen; shriveled.
Web (n.) A weaver.
Web (n.) That which is
woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom.
Web (n.) A whole piece of
linen cloth as woven.
Web (n.) The texture of
very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb.
Web (n.) Fig.: Tissue;
texture; complicated fabrication.
Web (n.) A band of webbing
used to regulate the extension of the hood.
Web (n.) A thin metal
sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
Web (n.) The blade of a
sword.
Web (n.) The blade of a
saw.
Web (n.) The thin, sharp
part of a colter.
Web (n.) The bit of a key.
Web (n.) A plate or thin
portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or
other parts of an object.
Web (n.) The thin vertical
plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of
an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail.
Web (n.) A disk or solid
construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some
kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc.
Web (n.) The arm of a
crank between the shaft and the wrist.
Web (n.) The part of a
blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot.
Web (n.) Pterygium; --
called also webeye.
Web (n.) The membrane
which unites the fingers or toes, either at their bases, as in man, or for a
greater part of their length, as in many water birds and amphibians.
Web (n.) The series of
barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united
together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy
feathers. See Feather.
Webbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Web
Webbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Web
Web (v. t.) To unite or
surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle.
Webbed (a.) Provided with
a web.
Webbed (a.) Having the
toes united by a membrane, or web; as, the webbed feet of aquatic fowls.
Webber (n.) One who forms
webs; a weaver; a webster.
Webbing (n.) A woven band
of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc.
Webby (a.) Of or
pertaining to a web or webs; like a web; filled or covered with webs.
Weber (n.) The standard
unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Amp/re.
Webeye (n.) See Web, n.,
8.
Web-fingered (a.) Having
the fingers united by a web for a considerable part of their length.
Webfeet (pl. ) of Webfoot
Webfoot (n.) A foot the
toes of which are connected by a membrane.
Webfoot (n.) Any
web-footed bird.
Web-footed (a.) Having
webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl.
Webster (n.) A weaver;
originally, a female weaver.
Websterite (n.) A hydrous
sulphate of alumina occurring in white reniform masses.
Web-toed (a.) Having the
toes united by a web for a considerable part of their length.
Webform (n.) Any one of
various species of moths whose gregarious larvae eat the leaves of trees, and
construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding.
Wed (n.) A pledge; a pawn.
Wedded (imp.) of Wed
Wedded (p. p.) of Wed
Wed () of Wed
Wedding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wed
Wed (n.) To take for
husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.
Wed (n.) To join in
marriage; to give in wedlock.
Wed (n.) Fig.: To unite as
if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.
Wed (n.) To take to one's
self and support; to espouse.
Wed (v. i.) To contact
matrimony; to marry.
Weddahs (n. pl.) See
Veddahs.
Wedded (a.) Joined in
wedlock; married.
Wedded (a.) Of or
pertaining to wedlock, or marriage.
Wedder (n.) See Wether.
Wedding (n.) Nuptial
ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.
Weder (n.) Weather.
Wedge (n.) A piece of
metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at
the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the
like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See
Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical.
Wedge (n.) A solid of five
sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting
in an edge, and two triangular ends.
Wedge (n.) A mass of
metal, especially when of a wedgelike form.
Wedge (n.) Anything in the
form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form.
Wedge (n.) The person
whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after
a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.
Wedged (imp. & p. p.) of
Wedge
Wedging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wedge
Wedge (v. t.) To cleave or
separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive.
Wedge (v. t.) To force or
drive as a wedge is driven.
Wedge (v. t.) To force by
crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way.
Wedge (v. t.) To press
closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into
something.
Wedge (v. t.) To fasten
with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a
rail or a piece of timber in its place.
Wedge (v. t.) To cut, as
clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air
bubbles, etc.
Wedgebill (n.) An
Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a
wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where
it lives.
Wedge-formed (a.) Having
the form of a wedge; cuneiform.
Wedge-shaped (a.) Having
the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
Wedge-shaped (a.) Broad
and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped
leaf.
Wedge-shell (n.) Any one
of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied
genera in which the shell is wedge-shaped.
Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a
tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and
decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See
Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood.
Wedgewise (adv.) In the
manner of a wedge.
Wedgwood ware () A kind of fine
pottery, the most remarkable being what is called jasper, either white, or
colored throughout the body, and capable of being molded into the most delicate
forms, so that fine and minute bas-reliefs like cameos were made of it, fit even
for being set as jewels.
Wedgy (a.) Like a wedge;
wedge-shaped.
Wedlock (v. i.) The
ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.
Wedlock (v. i.) A wife; a
married woman.
Wedlock (v. t.) To marry;
to unite in marriage; to wed.
Wednesday (a.) The fourth
day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.
Wee (n.) A little; a bit,
as of space, time, or distance.
Wee (a.) Very small;
little.
Weech-elm (n.) The
wych-elm.
Weed (n.) A garment;
clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.
Weed (n.) An article of
dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on
his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's
weeds.
Weed (n.) A sudden illness
or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed.
Weed (n.) Underbrush; low
shrubs.
Weed (n.) Any plant
growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or
to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.
Weed (n.) Fig.: Something
unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
Weed (n.) An animal unfit
to breed from.
Weed (n.) Tobacco, or a
cigar.
Weeded (imp. & p. p.) of
Weed
Weeding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Weed
Weed (v. t.) To free from
noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.
Weed (v. t.) To take away,
as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate.
Weed (v. t.) To free from
anything hurtful or offensive.
Weed (v. t.) To reject as
unfit for breeding purposes.
Weeder (n.) One who, or
that which, weeds, or frees from anything noxious.
Weedery (n.) Weeds,
collectively; also, a place full of weeds or for growing weeds.
Weeding () a. & n. from Weed, v.
Weeding-rhim (n.) A kind
of implement used for tearing up weeds esp. on summer fallows.
Weedless (a.) Free from
weeds or noxious matter.
Weedy (superl.) Of or
pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.
Weedy (superl.) Abounding
with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.
Weedy (superl.) Scraggy;
ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses, and also of persons.
Weedy (a.) Dressed in
weeds, or mourning garments.
Week (n.) A period of
seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.
Weekly (a.) Of or
pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor.
Weekly (a.) Coming,
happening, or done once a week; hebdomadary; as, a weekly payment; a weekly
gazette.
Weeklies (pl. ) of Weekly
Weekly (n.) A publication
issued once in seven days, or appearing once a week.
Weekly (adv.) Once a week;
by hebdomadal periods; as, each performs service weekly.
Weekwam (n.) See Wigwam.
Weel (a. & adv.) Well.
Weel (n.) A whirlpool.
Weel () Alt. of Weely
Weely () A kind of trap or snare
for fish, made of twigs.
Ween (v. i.) To think; to
imagine; to fancy.
Weep (n.) The lapwing; the
wipe; -- so called from its cry.
Weep () imp. of Weep, for wept.
Wept (imp. & p. p.) of
Weep
Weeping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Weep
Weep (v. i.) Formerly, to
express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in
modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to
cry.
Weep (v. i.) To lament; to
complain.
Weep (v. i.) To flow in
drops; to run in drops.
Weep (v. i.) To drop
water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
Weep (v. i.) To hang the
branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its
branches.
Weep (v. t.) To lament; to
bewail; to bemoan.
Weep (v. t.) To shed, or
pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of
joy.
Weeper (n.) One who weeps;
esp., one who sheds tears.
Weeper (n.) A white band
or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning.
Weeper (n.) The capuchin.
See Capuchin, 3 (a).
Weepful (a.) Full of
weeping or lamentation; grieving.
Weeping (n.) The act of
one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
Weeping (a.) Grieving;
lamenting; shedding tears.
Weeping (a.) Discharging
water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water.
Weeping (a.) Having
slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.
Weeping (a.) Pertaining to
lamentation, or those who weep.
Weepingly (adv.) In a
weeping manner.
Weeping-ripe (a.) Ripe for
weeping; ready to weep.
Weerish (a.) See Wearish.
Weesel (n.) See Weasel.
Weet (a. & n.) Wet.
Wot (imp.) of Weet
Weet (v. i.) To know; to
wit.
Weet-bird (n.) The
wryneck; -- so called from its cry.
Weetingly (adv.)
Knowingly.
Weetless (a.) Unknowing;
also, unknown; unmeaning.
Weet-weet (n.) The common
European sandpiper.
Weet-weet (n.) The
chaffinch.
Weever (n.) Any one of
several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the
family Trachinidae. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking
upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which
cause painful wounds.
Weevil (n.) Any one of
numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is
elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to
cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and
grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut
weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of
other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other
plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil,
Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed.
Weeviled (a.) Infested by
weevils; as, weeviled grain.
Weevily (a.) Having
weevils; weeviled.
Weezel (n.) See Weasel.
Weft () imp. & p. p. of Wave.
Weft (n.) A thing waved,
waived, or cast away; a waif.
Weft (n.) The woof of
cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread
carried by the shuttle in weaving.
Weft (n.) A web; a thing
woven.
Weftage (n.) Texture.
Wegotism (n.) Excessive
use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism.
Wehrgeld (n.) Alt. of
Wehrgelt
Wehrgelt (n.) See
Weregild.
Wehrwolf (n.) See
Werewolf.
Weigela (n.) Alt. of
Weigelia
Weigelia (n.) A hardy
garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with
white or red flowers. It was introduced from China.
Weigh (n.) A corruption of
Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.
Weighed (imp. & p. p.) of
Weigh
Weighing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Weigh
Weigh (v. t.) To bear up;
to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.
Weigh (v. t.) To examine
by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a
thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity
of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.
Weigh (v. t.) To be
equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.
Weigh (v. t.) To pay,
allot, take, or give by weight.
Weigh (v. t.) To examine
or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for
the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate
deliberately and maturely; to balance.
Weigh (v. t.) To consider
as worthy of notice; to regard.
Weigh (v. i.) To have
weight; to be heavy.
Weigh (v. i.) To be
considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
Weigh (v. i.) To bear
heavily; to press hard.
Weigh (v. i.) To judge; to
estimate.
Weigh (n.) A certain
quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.
Weighable (a.) Capable of
being weighed.
Weighage (n.) A duty or
toil paid for weighing merchandise.
Weighbeam (n.) A kind of
large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.
Weighboard (n.) Clay
intersecting a vein.
Weighbridge (n.) A
weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
Weigher (n.) One who
weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities.
Weigh-houses (pl. ) of
Weigh-house
Weigh-house (n.) A
building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed.
Weighing () a. & n. from Weigh,
v.
Weighlock (n.) A lock, as
on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
Weighmaster (n.) One whose
business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public
weigher.
Weight (v. t.) The quality
of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of
the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain
units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.
Weight (v. t.) The
quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the
quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with
reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five
hundred pounds.
Weight (v. t.) Hence,
pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.
Weight (v. t.) Importance;
power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a
consideration of vast weight.
Weight (v. t.) A scale, or
graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois
weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.
Weight (v. t.) A ponderous
mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
Weight (v. t.) A definite
mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the
weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.
Weight (v. t.) The
resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
Weighted (imp. & p. p.) of
Weight
Weighting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Weight
Weight (v. t.) To load
with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as,
to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.
Weight (v. t.) To assign a
weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation.
See Weight of observations, under Weight.
Weightily (adv.) In a
weighty manner.
Weightiness (n.) The
quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.
Weightless (a.) Having no
weight; imponderable; hence, light.
Weighty (superl.) Having
weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
Weighty (superl.) Adapted
to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious;
momentous.
Weighty (superl.)
Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
Weir (n.) Alt. of Wear
Wear (n.) A dam in a river
to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming
a fish pond, or the like.
Wear (n.) A fence of
stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea,
for taking fish.
Wear (n.) A long notch
with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through
which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
Weird (n.) Fate; destiny;
one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.
Weird (n.) A spell or
charm.
Weird (a.) Of or
pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
Weird (a.) Of or
pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence;
supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
Weird (v. t.) To foretell
the fate of; to predict; to destine to.
Weirdness (n.) The quality
or state of being weird.
Weism (n.) Same as
Wegotism.
Weive (v. t.) See Waive.
Weka (n.) A New Zealand
rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of
flight.
Wekau (n.) A small New
Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives
chiefly on the ground.
Wekeen (n.) The meadow
pipit.
Welaway (interj.) Alas!
Wel-begone (a.) Surrounded
with happiness or prosperity.
Welch (a.) See Welsh.
Welcher (n.) See Welsher.
Welchman (n.) See
Welshman.
Welcome (n.) Received with
gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a
welcome visitor.
Welcome (n.) Producing
gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news.
Welcome (n.) Free to have
or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library.
Welcome (n.) Salutation to
a newcomer.
Welcome (n.) Kind
reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready
welcome.
Welcomed (imp. & p. p.) of
Welcome
Welcoming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Welcome
Welcome (v. t.) To salute
with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and
cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea.
Welcomely (adv.) In a
welcome manner.
Welcomeness (n.) The
quality or state of being welcome; gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception.
Welcomer (n.) One who
welcomes; one who salutes, or receives kindly, a newcomer.
Weld (v. t.) To wield.
Weld (n.) An herb (Reseda
luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in
America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by
dyers to give a yellow color.
Weld (n.) Coloring matter
or dye extracted from this plant.
Welded (imp. & p. p.) of
Weld
Welding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Weld
Weld (v. t.) To press or
beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost
to fusion.
Weld (v. t.) Fig.: To
unite closely or intimately.
Weld (n.) The state of
being welded; the joint made by welding.
Weldable (a.) Capable of
being welded.
Welder (n.) One who welds,
or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding.
Welder (n.) One who welds,
or wields.
Welder (n.) A manager; an
actual occupant.
Weldon's process () A process for
the recovery or regeneration of manganese dioxide in the manufacture of
chlorine, by means of milk of lime and the oxygen of the air; -- so called after
the inventor.
Wele (n.) Prosperity;
happiness; well-being; weal.
Weleful (a.) Producing
prosperity or happiness; blessed.
Welew (v. t.) To welk, or
wither.
Welfare (n.) Well-doing or
well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of
life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness.
Welfaring (a.) Faring
well; prosperous; thriving.
Welked (imp. & p. p.) of
Welk
Welking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Welk
Welk (v. i.) To wither; to
fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane.
Welk (v. t.) To cause to
wither; to wilt.
Welk (v. t.) To contract;
to shorten.
Welk (v. t.) To soak;
also, to beat severely.
Welk (n.) A pustule. See
2d Whelk.
Welk (n.) A whelk.
Welked (v. t.) See
Whelked.
Welkin (n.) The visible
regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.
Well (v. i.) An issue of
water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
Well (v. i.) A pit or hole
sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of
a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth
from caving in.
Well (v. i.) A shaft made
in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
Well (v. i.) Fig.: A
source of supply; fountain; wellspring.
Well (v. i.) An inclosure
in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower
deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection.
Well (v. i.) A compartment
in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but
having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of
fish alive while they are transported to market.
Well (v. i.) A vertical
passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out
of water.
Well (v. i.) A depressed
space in the after part of the deck; -- often called the cockpit.
Well (v. i.) A hole or
excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
Well (v. i.) An opening
through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
Well (v. i.) The lower
part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
Welled (imp. & p. p.) of
Well
Welling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Well
Well (v. i.) To issue
forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
Well (v. t.) To pour
forth, as from a well.
Well (v. t.) In a good or
proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly.
Well (v. t.) Suitably to
one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably;
abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly.
Well (v. t.) Fully or
about; -- used with numbers.
Well (v. t.) In such
manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably;
advantageously; conveniently.
Well (v. t.) Considerably;
not a little; far.
Well (a.) Good in
condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense;
fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that
the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered.
Well (a.) Being in health;
sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the
patient is perfectly well.
Well (a.) Being in favor;
favored; fortunate.
Well (a.) Safe; as, a chip
warranted well at a certain day and place.
Welladay (interj.) Alas!
Welaway!
Wellat (n.) The king
parrakeet See under King.
Well-being (n.) The state
or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is
essential to the well-being of men or of society.
Well-born (a.) Born of a
noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.
Well-bred (a.) Having good
breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated.
Welldoer (n.) One who does
well; one who does good to another; a benefactor.
Welldoing (n.) A doing
well; right performance of duties. Also used adjectively.
Welldrained (imp. & p. p.)
of Welldrain
Well-draining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Welldrain
Welldrain (v. t.) To
drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive the water, and from
which it is discharged by machinery.
Wellfare (n.) See Welfare.
Well-favored (a.)
Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye.
Wellhead (n.) A source,
spring, or fountain.
Wellhole (n.) The open
space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase.
Wellhole (n.) The open
space left beyond the ends of the steps of a staircase.
Wellhole (n.) A cavity
which receives a counterbalancing weight in certain mechanical contrivances, and
is adapted also for other purposes.
Well-informed (a.)
Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic
knowledge; intelligent.
Wellingtonia (n.) A name
given to the "big trees" (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in
England. See Sequoia.
Wellingtons (n. pl.) A
kind of long boots for men.
Well-intentioned (a.)
Having upright intentions or honorable purposes.
Well-known (a.) Fully
known; generally known or acknowledged.
Well-liking (a.) Being in
good condition.
Well-mannered (a.) Polite;
well-bred; complaisant; courteous.
Well-meaner (n.) One whose
intention is good.
Well-meaning (a.) Having a
good intention.
Well-natured (a.)
Good-natured; kind.
Well-nigh (adv.) Almost;
nearly.
Well-plighted (a.) Being
well folded.
Well-read (a.) Of
extensive reading; deeply versed; -- often followed by in.
Well-seen (a.) Having seen
much; hence, accomplished; experienced.
Well-set (a.) Properly or
firmly set.
Well-set (a.) Well put
together; having symmetry of parts.
Well-sped (a.) Having good
success.
Well-spoken (a.) Speaking
well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly.
Well-spoken (a.) Spoken
with propriety; as, well-spoken words.
Wellspring (n.) A
fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.
Well-willer (n.) One who
wishes well, or means kindly.
Well-wish (n.) A wish of
happiness.
Wellwisher (n.) One who
wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.
We'll () Contraction for we will
or we shall.
Wels (n.) The sheatfish;
-- called also waller.
Welsh (a.) Of or
pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants.
Welsh (n.) The language of
Wales, or of the Welsh people.
Welsh (n.) The natives or
inhabitants of Wales.
Welsher (n.) One who
cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able to pay; one
who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it.
Welshmen (pl. ) of
Welshman
Welshman (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Wales; one of the Welsh.
Welshman (n.) A squirrel
fish.
Welshman (n.) The
large-mouthed black bass. See Black bass.
Welsome (a.) Prosperous;
well.
Welt (n.) That which,
being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard,
strengthen, or adorn it
Welt (n.) A small cord
covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of
cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down.
Welt (n.) A hem, border,
or fringe.
Welt (n.) In shoemaking, a
narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole.
Welt (n.) In steam boilers
and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt
joint.
Welt (n.) In carpentry, a
strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen
it.
Welt (n.) In machine-made
stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
Welt (n.) A narrow border,
as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
Welted (imp. & p. p.) of
Welt
Welting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Welt
Welt (v. t.) To furnish
with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a
sleeve.
Welt (v. t.) To wilt.
Welte () imp. of Weld, to wield.
Weltered (imp. & p. p.) of
Welter
Weltering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Welter
Welter (v. i.) To roll, as
the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling;
to wallow.
Welter (v. i.) To rise and
fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
Welter (v. i.) To wither;
to wilt.
Welter (a.) Of, pertaining
to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter
race; the welter stakes.
Welter (n.) That in which
any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.
Welter (n.) A rising or
falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.
Welwitschia (n.) An
African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It
consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves,
which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into
diverging segments.
Wem (n.) The abdomen; the
uterus; the womb.
Wem (n.) Spot; blemish;
harm; hurt.
Wem (v. t.) To stain; to
blemish; to harm; to corrupt.
Wemless (a.) Having no
wem, or blemish; spotless.
Wem (n.) An indolent,
encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst.
Wench (n.) A young woman;
a girl; a maiden.
Wench (n.) A low, vicious
young woman; a drab; a strumpet.
Wench (n.) A colored
woman; a negress.
Wenched (imp. & p. p.) of
Wench
Wenching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wench
Wench (v. i.) To frequent
the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
Wencher (n.) One who
wenches; a lewd man.
Wenchless (a.) Being
without a wench.
Wend () p. p. of Wene.
Wended (imp. & p. p.) of
Wend
Went () of Wend
Wending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wend
Wend (v. i.) To go; to
pass; to betake one's self.
Wend (v. i.) To turn
round.
Wend (v. t.) To direct; to
betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively.
Wend (n.) A large extent
of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
Wende () imp. of Wene.
Wendic (a.) Alt. of
Wendish
Wendish (a.) Of or
pertaining the Wends, or their language.
Wendic (n.) The language
of the Wends.
Wends (n. pl.) A Slavic
tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a
small remnant exists.
Wene (v. i.) To ween.
Wenlock group () The middle
subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; -- so named from the typical
locality in Shropshire.
Wennel (n.) See Weanel.
Wennish (a.) Alt. of Wenny
Wenny (a.) Having the
nature of a wen; resembling a wen; as, a wennish excrescence.
Wenona (n.) A sand snake
(Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family Erycidae.
Went () imp. & p. p. of Wend; --
now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has no etymological
connection. See Go.
Went (n.) Course; way;
path; journey; direction.
Wentletrap (n.) Any one of
numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria,
especially Scalaria pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; -- called also
staircase shell. See Scalaria.
Wep () imp. of Weep.
Wepen (n.) Weapon.
Wept () imp. & p. p. of Weep.
Werche (v. t. & i.) To
work.
Were (v. t. & i.) To wear.
See 3d Wear.
Were (n.) A weir. See
Weir.
Were (v. t.) To guard; to
protect.
Were () The imperfect indicative
plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.
Were (n.) A man.
Were (n.) A fine for
slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.
Weregild (n.) The price of
a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the
loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of
kin. It was paid by the murderer.
Werewolves (pl. ) of
Werewolf
Werewolf (n.) A person
transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently,
whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a
lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct.
Werk (v.) Alt. of Werke
Werke (v.) See Work.
Wern (v. t.) To refuse.
Wernerian (a.) Of or
pertaining to A. G. Werner, The German mineralogist and geologist, who
classified minerals according to their external characters, and advocated the
theory that the strata of the earth's crust were formed by depositions from
water; designating, or according to, Werner's system.
Wernerite (n.) The common
grayish or white variety of soapolite.
Weroole (n.) An Australian
lorikeet (Ptilosclera versicolor) noted for the variety of its colors; -- called
also varied lorikeet.
Werre (n.) War.
Werrey (v. t.) To warray.
Werst (n.) See Verst.
Wert () The second person
singular, indicative and subjunctive moods, imperfect tense, of the verb be. It
is formed from were, with the ending -t, after the analogy of wast. Now used
only in solemn or poetic style.
Wert (n.) A wart.
Weryangle (n.) See
Wariangle.
Wesand (n.) See Weasand.
Wesh (imp.) Washed.
Wesil (n.) See Weasand.
Wesleyan (a.) Of or
pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.
Wesleyan (n.) One who
adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist.
Wesleyanism (n.) The
system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d.
1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See
Methodist, n., 2.
West (n.) The point in the
heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point
on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a
direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a
person facing north; the point directly opposite to east.
West (n.) A country, or
region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is
situated in the direction toward the west.
West (n.) The Westen
hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing
westward from Europe; the Occident.
West (n.) Formerly, that
part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the
whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of
the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article.
West (a.) Lying toward the
west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of
observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west;
as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind
blows from the west.
West (adv.) Westward.
West (v. i.) To pass to
the west; to set, as the sun.
West (v. i.) To turn or
move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.
Westering (a.) Passing to
the west.
Westerly (a.) Of or
pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western.
Westerly (adv.) Toward the
west; westward.
Western (a.) Of or
pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the
direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western
shore of France; the western ocean.
Western (a.) Moving toward
the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western
breeze.
Westerner (n.) A native or
inhabitant of the west.
Westernmost (a.) Situated
the farthest towards the west; most western.
West India () Alt. of West Indian
West Indian () Belonging or
relating to the West Indies.
West Indian () A native of, or a
dweller in, the West Indies.
Westing (n.) The distance,
reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the
extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course
which lies to the west of north.
Westling (n.) A westerner.
Westminster Assembly () See under
Assembly.
Westmost (a.) Lying
farthest to the west; westernmost.
Westward (adv.) Alt. of
Westwards
Westwards (adv.) Toward
the west; as, to ride or sail westward.
Westward (a.) Lying toward
the west.
Westward (n.) The western
region or countries; the west.
Westwardly (adv.) In a
westward direction.
Westy (a.) Dizzy; giddy.
Wet (superl.) Containing,
or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having
water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
Wet (superl.) Very damp;
rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.
Wet (superl.) Employing,
or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of
copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is
employed.
Wet (superl.) Refreshed
with liquor; drunk.
Wet (a.) Water or wetness;
moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
Wet (a.) Rainy weather;
foggy or misty weather.
Wet (a.) A dram; a drink.
Wet (imp. & p. p.) of Wet
Wetted () of Wet
Wetting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wet
Wet (v. t.) To fill or
moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other
fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge;
to wet the hands; to wet cloth.
Wetbird (n.) The
chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain.
Wether (n.) A castrated
ram.
Westness (n.) The quality
or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness
of a cloth.
Westness (n.) A watery or
moist state of the atmosphere; a state of being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the
wetness of weather or the season.
Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles
a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.
Wet-shod (a.) Having the
feet, or the shoes on the feet, wet.
Wettish (a.) Somewhat wet;
moist; humid.
Wevil (n.) See Weevil.
Wex (v. t. & i.) To grow;
to wax.
Wex (imp.) Waxed.
Wex (n.) Wax.
Wey (n.) Way; road; path.
Wey (v. t. & i.) To weigh.
Wey (n.) A certain measure
of weight.
Weyle (v. t. & i.) To
wail.
Weyleway (interj.) See
Welaway.
Weyve (v. t.) To waive.
Wezand (n.) See Weasand.
Whaap (n.) The European
curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.
Whaap (n.) The whimbrel;
-- called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup.
Whacked (imp. & p. p.) of
Whack
Whacking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whack
Whack (v. t.) To strike;
to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks.
Whack (v. i.) To strike
anything with a smart blow.
Whack (n.) A smart
resounding blow.
Whacker (n.) One who
whacks.
Whacker (n.) Anything very
large; specif., a great lie; a whapper.
Whacking (a.) Very large;
whapping.
Whahoo (n.) An American
tree, the winged elm. (Ulmus alata).
Whaled (imp. & p. p.) of
Whala
Whaling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whala
Whala (v. t.) To lash with
stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub.
Whale (n.) Any aquatic
mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of
which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their
oil and baleen, or whalebone.
Whaleboat (n.) A long,
narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.
Whalebone (n.) A firm,
elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale;
baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various
other purposes. See Baleen.
Whalemen (pl. ) of
Whaleman
Whaleman (n.) A man
employed in the whale fishery.
Whaler (n.) A vessel or
person employed in the whale fishery.
Whaler (n.) One who
whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual
size.
Whaling (n.) The hunting
of whales.
Whaling (a.) Pertaining
to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a whaling voyage; a whaling
vessel.
Whall (n.) A light color
of the iris in horses; wall-eye.
Whally (a.) Having the
iris of light color; -- said of horses.
Whame (n.) A breeze fly.
Whammel (v. t.) To turn
over.
Whan (adv.) When.
Whang (n.) A leather
thong.
Whang (v. t.) To beat.
Whanghee (n.) See Wanghee.
Whap (v. i.) Alt. of Whop
Whop (v. i.) To throw
one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped
down on the floor; the fish whapped over.
Whapped (imp. & p. p.) of
Whop
Whapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whop
Whap (v. t.) Alt. of Whop
Whop (v. t.) To beat or
strike.
Whap (n.) Alt. of Whop
Whop (n.) A blow, or
quick, smart stroke.
Whapper (n.) Alt. of
Whopper
Whopper (n.) Something
uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a
bold lie.
Whapping (a.) Alt. of
Whopping
Whopping (a.) Very large;
monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story.
Wharfs (pl. ) of Wharf
Wharves (pl. ) of Wharf
Wharf (n.) A structure or
platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore
of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to
deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge
cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.
Wharf (n.) The bank of a
river, or the shore of the sea.
Wharfed (imp. & p. p.) of
Wharf
Wharfing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wharf
Wharf (v. t.) To guard or
secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish
with a wharf or wharfs.
Wharf (v. t.) To place
upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
Wharfage (n.) The fee or
duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods;
pierage, collectively; quayage.
Wharfage (n.) A wharf or
wharfs, collectively; wharfing.
Wharfing (n.) Wharfs,
collectively.
Wharfing (n.) A mode of
facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by
ties.
Wharfinger (n.) A man who
owns, or has the care of, a wharf.
Wharl (n.) Alt. of
Wharling
Wharling (n.) A guttural
pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See Burr, n., 6.
Wharp (n.) A kind of fine
sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
What (pron., a., & adv.)
As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons
or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is
lost?
What (pron., a., & adv.)
As an exclamatory word: -- (a) Used absolutely or independently; -- often with a
question following.
What (pron., a., & adv.)
Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what
eloquence! what courage!
What (pron., a., & adv.)
Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to
how; as, what happy boys!
What (pron., a., & adv.)
As a relative pronoun
What (pron., a., & adv.)
Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or
those [persons] who, or those [things] which; -- called a compound relative.
What (pron., a., & adv.)
Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . .
which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which.
What (pron., a., & adv.)
Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked
what good fruit he saw.
What (pron., a., & adv.)
Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; -- used indefinitely.
What (pron., a., & adv.)
Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; -- with a following preposition,
especially, with, and commonly with repetition.
What (n.) Something;
thing; stuff.
What (interrog. adv.) Why?
For what purpose? On what account?
Whate'er (pron.) A
contraction of what-ever; -- used in poetry.
Whatever (pron.) Anything
soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature
or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole
that; all particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively.
Whatnot (n.) A kind of
stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an
etagere.
Whatso (indef. pron.)
Whatsoever; whosoever; whatever; anything that.
Whatsoe'er (pron.) A
contraction of whatsoever; -- used in poetry.
Whatsoever (pron. & a.)
Whatever.
Whaul (n.) Same as Whall.
Whaup (n.) See Whaap.
Wheal (n.) A pustule; a
whelk.
Wheal (n.) A more or less
elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a
weal; a wale.
Wheal (n.) Specifically
(Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by
a mosquito bite, or in urticaria.
Wheal (n.) A mine.
Whealworm (n.) The harvest
mite; -- so called from the wheals, caused by its bite.
Wheat (n.) A cereal grass
(Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and,
next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.
Wheatbird (n.) A bird that
feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
Wheatear (n.) A small
European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray
above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black
at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called
also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and
whitetail.
Wheaten (a.) Made of
wheat; as, wheaten bread.
Wheatsel bird () The male of the
chaffinch.
Wheatstone's bridge () See under
Bridge.
Wheatworm (n.) A small
nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear.
It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing
a large number of the minute young of the worm.
Wheder (pron. & conj.)
Whether.
Wheedled (imp. & p. p.) of
Wheedle
Wheedling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wheedle
Wheedle (v. t.) To entice
by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
Wheedle (v. t.) To grain,
or get away, by flattery.
Wheedle (v. i.) To
flatter; to coax; to cajole.
Wheel (n.) A circular
frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed
of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is
inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery,
and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill,
of a watch, etc.
Wheel (n.) Any instrument
having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel.
Wheel (n.) A spinning
wheel. See under Spinning.
Wheel (n.) An instrument
of torture formerly used.
Wheel (n.) A circular
frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with
the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of
steering.
Wheel (n.) A potter's
wheel. See under Potter.
Wheel (n.) A firework
which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the
escaping gases.
Wheel (n.) The burden or
refrain of a song.
Wheel (n.) A bicycle or a
tricycle; a velocipede.
Wheel (n.) A rolling or
revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
Wheel (n.) A turn
revolution; rotation; compass.
Wheeled (imp. & p. p.) of
Wheel
Wheeling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wheel
Wheel (v. t.) To convey on
wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.
Wheel (v. t.) To put into
a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or
perform in a circle.
Wheel (v. i.) To turn on
an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate.
Wheel (v. i.) To change
direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops
wheeled to the right.
Wheel (v. i.) To go round
in a circuit; to fetch a compass.
Wheel (v. i.) To roll
forward.
Wheelband (n.) The tire of
a wheel.
Wheelbarrow (n.) A light
vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is
rolled by a single person.
Wheelbird (n.) The
European goatsucker.
Wheeled (a.) Having
wheels; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a four-wheeled carriage.
Wheeler (n.) One who
wheels, or turns.
Wheeler (n.) A maker of
wheels; a wheelwright.
Wheeler (n.) A wheel
horse. See under Wheel.
Wheeler (n.) A steam
vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the
terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.
Wheeler (n.) A worker on
sewed muslin.
Wheeler (n.) The European
goatsucker.
Wheelhouse (n.) A small
house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.
Wheelhouse (n.) A paddle
box. See under Paddle.
Wheeling (n.) The act of
conveying anything, or traveling, on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle.
Wheeling (n.) The act or
practice of using a cycle; cycling.
Wheeling (n.) Condition of
a road or roads, which admits of passing on wheels; as, it is good wheeling, or
bad wheeling.
Wheeling (n.) A turning,
or circular movement.
Wheelmen (pl. ) of
Wheelman
Wheelman (n.) One who
rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist.
Wheel-shaped (a.) Shaped
like a wheel.
Wheel-shaped (a.)
Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a
wheel-shaped corolla.
Wheelswarf (n.) See Swarf.
Wheelwork (n.) A
combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism.
Wheel-worn (a.) Worn by
the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.
Wheelwright (n.) A man
whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts,
wagons, and the like.
Wheely (a.) Circular;
suitable to rotation.
Wheen (n.) A quantity; a
goodly number.
Wheezed (imp. & p. p.) of
Wheeze
Wheezing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wheeze
Wheeze (v. i.) To breathe
hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with
asthma.
Wheeze (n.) A piping or
whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
Wheeze (n.) An ordinary
whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage
whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
Wheezy (a.) Breathing with
difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively.
Wheft (n.) See Waft, n.,
4.
Whelk (n.) Any one
numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied
genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and
North America, and much used as food in Europe.
Whelk (n.) A papule; a
pustule; acne.
Whelk (n.) A stripe or
mark; a ridge; a wale.
Whelked (a.) Having
whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns.
Whelky (a.) Having whelks,
ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated.
Whelky (a.) Shelly.
Whelmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Whelm
Whelming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whelm
Whelm (v. t.) To cover
with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on
all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
Whelm (v. t.) Fig.: To
cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in
sorrows.
Whelm (v. t.) To throw
(something) over a thing so as to cover it.
Whelp (n.) One of the
young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.
Whelp (n.) A child; a
youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.
Whelp (n.) One of the
longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually
in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.
Whelp (n.) One of the
teeth of a sprocket wheel.
Whelped (imp. & p. p.) of
Whelp
Whelping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whelp
Whelp (v. i.) To bring
forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.
Whelp (v. t.) To bring
forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.
When (adv.) At what time;
-- used interrogatively.
When (adv.) At what time;
at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that; -- used
relatively.
When (adv.) While;
whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a
dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or
adversative relation to the principal proposition; as, he chose to turn
highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when
it was the best in the grounds.
When (adv.) Which time;
then; -- used elliptically as a noun.
Whenas (conj.) Whereas;
while
Whence (adv.) From what
place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the
like; how; -- used interrogatively.
Whence (adv.) From what or
which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which;
-- used relatively.
Whenceever (adv. & conj.)
Whencesoever.
Whenceforth (adv.) From,
or forth from, what or which place; whence.
Whencesoever (adv. & conj.)
From what place soever; from what cause or source soever.
Whene'er (adv. & conj.)
Whenever.
Whenever (adv. & conj.) At
whatever time.
Whennes (adv.) Whence.
Whensoever (adv. & conj.)
At what time soever; at whatever time; whenever.
Where (pron. & conj.)
Whether.
Where (adv.) At or in what
place; hence, in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used
interrogatively.
Where (adv.) At or in
which place; at the place in which; hence, in the case or instance in which; --
used relatively.
Where (adv.) To what or
which place; hence, to what goal, result, or issue; whither; -- used
interrogatively and relatively; as, where are you going?
Where (conj.) Whereas.
Where (n.) Place;
situation.
Whereabout (adv.) Alt. of
Whereabouts
Whereabouts (adv.) About
where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as,
whereabouts did you meet him?
Whereabouts (adv.)
Concerning which; about which.
Whereabout (n.) Alt. of
Whereabouts
Whereabouts (n.) The place
where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts.
Whereas (adv.) At which
place; where.
Whereas (conj.)
Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble
which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like,
that follow.
Whereas (conj.) When in
fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; although; -- implying
opposition to something that precedes; or implying recognition of facts,
sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or
something consequent.
Whereat (adv.) At which;
upon which; whereupon; -- used relatively.
Whereat (adv.) At what; --
used interrogatively; as, whereat are you offended?
Whereby (adv.) By which;
-- used relatively.
Whereby (adv.) By what;
how; -- used interrogatively.
Where'er (adv.) Wherever;
-- a contracted and poetical form.
Wherefore (adv. & conj.)
For which reason; so; -- used relatively.
Wherefore (adv. & conj.)
For what reason; why; -- used interrogatively.
Wherefore (n.) the reason
why.
Whereform (adv.) From
which; from which or what place.
Wherein (adv.) In which;
in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively.
Wherein (adv.) In what; --
used interrogatively.
Whereinto (adv.) Into
which; -- used relatively.
Whereinto (adv.) Into
what; -- used interrogatively.
Whereness (n.) The quality
or state of having a place; ubiety; situation; position.
Whereof (adv.) Of which;
of whom; formerly, also, with which; -- used relatively.
Whereof (adv.) Of what; --
used interrogatively.
Whereon (adv.) On which;
-- used relatively; as, the earth whereon we live.
Whereon (adv.) On what; --
used interrogatively; as, whereon do we stand?
Whereout (adv.) Out of
which.
Whereso (adv.)
Wheresoever.
Wheresoe'er (adv.)
Wheresoever.
Wheresoever (adv.) In what
place soever; in whatever place; wherever.
Wherethrough (adv.)
Through which.
Whereto (adv.) To which;
-- used relatively.
Whereto (adv.) To what; to
what end; -- used interrogatively.
Whereunto (adv.) Same as
Whereto.
Whereupon (adv.) Upon
which; in consequence of which; after which.
Wherever (adv.) At or in
whatever place; wheresoever.
Wherewith (adv.) With
which; -- used relatively.
Wherewith (adv.) With
what; -- used interrogatively.
Wherewith (n.) The
necessary means or instrument.
Wherewithal (adv. & n.)
Wherewith.
Whereret (v. t.) To hurry;
to trouble; to tease.
Whereret (v. t.) To box
(one) on the ear; to strike or box. (the ear); as, to wherret a child.
Wherret (n.) A box on the
ear.
Wherries (pl. ) of Wherry
Wherry (n.) A passenger
barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel
used in fishing.
Wherry (n.) A long,
narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast rowing or sailing; esp., a
racing boat rowed by one person with sculls.
Wherry (n.) A liquor made
from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes
called crab wherry.
Wherso (adv.) Wheresoever.
Whetted (imp. & p. p.) of
Whet
Whetting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whet
Whet (v. t.) To rub or on
with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to
sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife.
Whet (v. t.) To make
sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the
courage.
Whet (n.) The act of
whetting.
Whet (n.) That which whets
or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.
Whether (pron.) Which (of
two); which one (of two); -- used interrogatively and relatively.
Whether (conj.) In case;
if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other
or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two
alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated
by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted
entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first.
Whethering (n.) The
retention of the afterbirth in cows.
Whetile (n.) The green
woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle.
Whetstone (n.) A piece of
stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools.
Whetter (n.) One who, or
that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates.
Whetter (n.) A tippler;
one who drinks whets.
Whettlebones (n. pl.) The
vertebrae of the back.
Whew (n. & interj.) A
sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike.
Whew (v. i.) To whistle
with a shrill pipe, like a plover.
Whewellite (n.) Calcium
oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.
Whewer (n.) The European
widgeon.
Whey (n.) The serum, or
watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in
the process of making cheese.
Wheyey (a.) Of the nature
of, or containing, whey; resembling whey; wheyish.
Wheyface (n.) One who is
pale, as from fear.
Whey-faced (a.) Having a
pale or white face, as from fright.
Wheyish (a.) Somewhat like
whey; wheyey.
Which (a.) Of what sort or
kind; what; what a; who.
Which (a.) A interrogative
pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect
questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several
of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he
asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note
under What, pron., 1.
Which (pron.) A relative
pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes
with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following
noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has
preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of
persons.
Which (pron.) A compound
relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that
which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will.
Whichever (pron. & a.)
Alt. of Whichsoever
Whichsoever (pron. & a.)
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or
more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
Whidah bird () Any one of several
species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and
Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers.
Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and
widow finch.
Whider (adv.) Whither.
Whiff (n.) A sudden
expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or
smoke.
Whiff (n.) A glimpse; a
hasty view.
Whiff (n.) The marysole,
or sail fluke.
Whiffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Whiff
Whiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whiff
Whiff (v. t.) To throw out
in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
Whiff (v. t.) To carry or
convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
Whiff (v. i.) To emit
whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
Whiffet (n.) A little
whiff or puff.
Whiffing (n.) The act of
one who, or that which, whiffs.
Whiffing (n.) A mode of
fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like.
Whiffled (imp. & p. p.) of
Whiffle
Whiffling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whiffle
Whiffle (v. i.) To waver,
or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
Whiffle (v. i.) To change
from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be
fickle.
Whiffle (v. t.) To
disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
Whiffle (v. t.) To wave or
shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
Whiffle (n.) A fife or
small flute.
Whiffler (n.) One who
whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and
evasions in argument; hence, a trifler.
Whiffler (n.) One who
plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
Whiffler (n.) An officer
who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise;
hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
Whiffler (n.) The
golden-eye.
Whiffletree (n.) Same as
Whippletree.
Whig (n.) Acidulated whey,
sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
Whig (n.) One of a
political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the
reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal
prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his
high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of
parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after
1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded
Whig in English politics. See the note under Tory.
Whig (n.) A friend and
supporter of the American Revolution; -- opposed to Tory, and Royalist.
Whig (n.) One of the
political party in the United States from about 1829 to 1856, opposed in
politics to the Democratic party.
Whig (a.) Of or pertaining
to the Whigs.
Whiggamore (n.) A Whig; --
a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians.
Whiggarchy (n.) Government
by Whigs.
Whiggery (n.) The
principles or practices of the Whigs; Whiggism.
Whiggish (a.) Of or
pertaining to Whigs; partaking of, or characterized by, the principles of Whigs.
Whiggishly (adv.) In a
Whiggish manner.
Whiggism (n.) The
principles of the Whigs.
Whigling (n.) A petty or
inferior Whig; -- used in contempt.
While (n.) Space of time,
or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him
innocent.
While (n.) That which
requires time; labor; pains.
Whiled (imp. & p. p.) of
While
Whiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of While
While (v. t.) To cause to
pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass; --
usually followed by away.
While (v. i.) To loiter.
While (conj.) During the
time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; as, while I write, you
sleep.
While (conj.) Hence, under
which circumstances; in which case; though; whereas.
While (prep.) Until; till.
Whilere (adv.) A little
while ago; recently; just now; erewhile.
Whiles (n.) Meanwhile;
meantime.
Whiles (n.) sometimes; at
times.
Whiles (conj.) During the
time that; while.
Whilk (n.) A kind of
mollusk, a whelk.
Whilk (n.) The scoter.
Whilk (pron.) Which.
Whilom (n.) Formerly;
once; of old; erewhile; at times.
Whilst (adv.) While.
Whim (n.) The European
widgeon.
Whim (n.) A sudden turn or
start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious
notion; a humor; a caprice.
Whim (n.) A large capstan
or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water,
etc., from mines, or for other purposes; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey.
Whim (v. i.) To be subject
to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish.
Whimbrel (n.) Any one of
several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius
phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup.
See Illustration in Appendix.
Whimling (n.) One given to
whims; hence, a weak, childish person; a child.
Whimmy (a.) Full of whims;
whimsical.
Whimpered (imp. & p. p.)
of Whimper
Whimpering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whimper
Whimper (v. i.) To cry
with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers.
Whimper (v. t.) To utter
in alow, whining tone.
Whimper (n.) A low,
whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.
Whimperer (n.) One who
whimpers.
Whimple (v. t.) See
Wimple.
Whimple (v. i.) To
whiffle; to veer.
Whimseys (pl. ) of Whimsy
Whimsies (pl. ) of Whimsy
Whimsey (n.) Alt. of
Whimsy
Whimsy (n.) A whim; a
freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit.
Whimsy (n.) A whim.
Whimsey (v. t.) To fill
with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
Whimsical (a.) Full of, or
characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer;
strange; freakish.
Whimsical (a.) Odd or
fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
Whimsicality (n.) The
quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness.
Whimsically (adv.) In a
whimsical manner; freakishly.
Whimsicalness (n.) The
quality or state of being whimsical; freakishness; whimsical disposition.
Whimsy (n.) A whimsey.
Whimwham (n.) A whimsical
thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack.
Whimwham (n.) A whim, or
whimsey; a freak.
Whin (n.) Gorse; furze.
See Furze.
Whin (n.) Woad-waxed.
Whin (n.) Same as
Whinstone.
Whinberry (n.) The English
bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze.
Whinchat (n.) A small
warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker,
whincheck, whin-clocharet.
Whined (imp. & p. p.) of
Whine
Whining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whine
Whine (v. i.) To utter a
plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or
to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to
complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely.
Whine (v. t.) To utter or
express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.
Whine (n.) A plaintive
tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
Whiner (n.) One who, or
that which, whines.
Whinge (v. i.) To whine.
Whinger (n.) A kind of
hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.
Whiningly (adv.) In a
whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint.
Whinner (v. i.) To whinny.
Whinnied (imp. & p. p.) of
Whinny
Whinnying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whinny
Whinny (v. i.) To utter
the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
Whinnies (pl. ) of Whinny
Whinny (n.) The ordinary
cry or call of a horse; a neigh.
Whinny (a.) Abounding in
whin, gorse, or furze.
Whinock (n.) The small pig
of a litter.
Whinstone (n.) A
provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to
other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the
pick. -- for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names
sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt.
Whinyard (n.) A sword, or
hanger.
Whinyard (n.) The
shoveler.
Whinyard (n.) The
poachard.
Whipped (imp. & p. p.) of
Whip
Whipping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whip
Whip (v. t.) To strike
with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as,
to whip a horse, or a carpet.
Whip (v. t.) To drive with
lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to
whip a top.
Whip (v. t.) To punish
with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip
one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy.
Whip (v. t.) To apply that
which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply
cutting language to.
Whip (v. t.) To thrash; to
beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.
Whip (v. t.) To beat
(eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.
Whip (v. t.) To conquer;
to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass.
Whip (v. t.) To overlay (a
cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast,
as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over.
Whip (v. t.) To sew
lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting
the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle.
Whip (v. t.) To take or
move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the
like.
Whip (v. t.) To hoist or
purchase by means of a whip.
Whip (v. t.) To secure the
end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.
Whip (v. t.) To fish (a
body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in
using a whip.
Whip (v. i.) To move
nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped
around the corner.
Whip (v. t.) An instrument
or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a
lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a
flexible rod.
Whip (v. t.) A coachman; a
driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
Whip (v. t.) One of the
arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.
Whip (v. t.) The length of
the arm reckoned from the shaft.
Whip (v. t.) A small
tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.
Whip (v. t.) The long
pennant. See Pennant (a)
Whip (v. t.) A huntsman
who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
Whip (v. t.) A person (as
a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the
attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session,
especially when their votes are needed.
Whip (v. t.) A call made
upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as
when a vote is to be taken.
Whipcord (n.) A kind of
hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes.
Whipgrafted (imp. & p. p.)
of Whipgraft
Whipgrafting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whipgraft
Whipgraft (v. t.) To graft
by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner. See Whip grafting, under
Grafting.
Whiplash (n.) The lash of
a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted.
Whipparee (n.) A large
sting ray (Dasybatis, / Trygon, Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It
is destitute of large spines on the body and tail.
Whipparee (n.) A large
sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or R. quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the
United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence
it is also called cow-nosed ray.
Whipper (n.) One who
whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.
Whipper (n.) One who
raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.
Whipper (n.) A kind of
simple willow.
Whipperin (n.) A huntsman
who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of
chase.
Whipperin (n.) Hence, one
who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of
the members on all necessary occasions.
Whippersnapper (n.) A
diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person.
Whipping () a & n. from Whip, v.
Whippletree (n.) The
pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened,
and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a
whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree.
Whippletree (n.) The
cornel tree.
Whip-poor-will (n.) An
American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; --
so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.
Whipsaw (n.) A saw for
dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons;
also, a fret saw.
Whip-shaped (a.) Shaped
like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped
root or stem.
Whipstaff (n.) A bar
attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.
Whipstalk (n.) A
whipstock.
Whipster (n.) A nimble
little fellow; a whippersnapper.
Whipstick (n.) Whip
handle; whipstock.
Whipstitch (n.) A tailor;
-- so called in contempt.
Whipstitch (n.) Anything
hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition.
Whipstitch (n.) The act or
process of whipstitching.
Whipstitch (v. t.) To
rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.
Whipstock (n.) The rod or
handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.
Whipt (imp. & p. p.)
Whipped.
Whip-tom-kelly (n.) A
vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also
black-whiskered vireo.
Whipworm (n.) A nematode
worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its
body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.
Whirred (imp. & p. p.) of
Whir
Whirring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whir
Whir (v. i.) To whirl
round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing
or whizzing sound; to whiz.
Whir (v. t.) To hurry a
long with a whizzing sound.
Whir (n.) A buzzing or
whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as, the whir of a
partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel.
Whirled (imp. & p. p.) of
Whirl
Whirling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whirl
Whirl (v. t.) To turn
round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
Whirl (v. t.) To remove or
carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
Whirl (v. i.) To be turned
round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great
speed; to gyrate.
Whirl (v. i.) To move
hastily or swiftly.
Whirl (v. t.) A turning
with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration;
rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.
Whirl (v. t.) Anything
that moves with a whirling motion.
Whirl (v. t.) A revolving
hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the
threads to be twisted are attached.
Whirl (v. t.) A whorl. See
Whorl.
Whirlabout (n.) Something
that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a whirligig.
Whirlbat (n.) Anything
moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; --
applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers.
Whirl-blast (n.) A
whirling blast or wind.
Whirlbone (n.) The huckle
bone.
Whirlbone (n.) The
patella, or kneepan.
Whirler (n.) One who, or
that which, whirls.
Whirlicote (n.) An open
car or chariot.
Whirligig (n.) A child's
toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top.
Whirligig (n.) Anything
which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame
with seats or wooden horses.
Whirligig (n.) A mediaeval
instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on
a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity.
Whirligig (n.) Any one of
numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is
firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike
luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with
great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to
dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and
whirlwig beetle.
Whirling () a. & n. from Whirl,
v. t.
Whirlpit (n.) A whirlpool.
Whirlpool (n.) An eddy or
vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a
circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which
floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular
motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of
opposing currents, or the like.
Whirlpool (n.) A sea
monster of the whale kind.
Whirlwig (n.) A whirligig.
Whirlwind (n.) A violent
windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral
motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It
usually has a rapid progressive motion.
Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A
body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Whirry (v. i.) To whir.
Whirtle (n.) A perforated
steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them.
Whisk (n.) A game at
cards; whist.
Whisk (n.) The act of
whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or
quick puff.
Whisk (n.) A small bunch
of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or
small besom, as of broom corn.
Whisk (n.) A small
culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs,
cream, etc.
Whisk (n.) A kind of cape,
forming part of a woman's dress.
Whisk (n.) An impertinent
fellow.
Whisk (n.) A plane used by
coopers for evening chines.
Whisked (imp. & p. p.) of
Whisk
Whisking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whisk
Whisk (n.) To sweep,
brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table;
to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.
Whisk (n.) To move with a
quick, sweeping motion.
Whisk (v. i.) To move
nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.
Whisker (n.) One who, or
that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
Whisker (n.) Formerly, the
hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural.
Whisker (n.) That part of
the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon
both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.
Whisker (n.) A hair of the
beard.
Whisker (n.) One of the
long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other
animal.
Whisker (n.) Iron rods
extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.
Whiskered (a.) Formed into
whiskers; furnished with whiskers; having or wearing whiskers.
Whiskered (a.) Having
elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks.
Whiskerless (a.) Being
without whiskers.
Whisket (n.) A basket;
esp., a straw provender basket.
Whisket (n.) A small lathe
for turning wooden pins.
Whiskey (n.) Same as
Whisky, a liquor.
Whiskeys (pl. ) of Whisky
Whiskies (pl. ) of Whisky
Whiskey (n.) Alt. of
Whisky
Whisky (n.) A light
carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim-whiskey.
Whiskin (n.) A shallow
drinking bowl.
Whisking (a.) Sweeping
along lightly.
Whisking (a.) Large;
great.
Whisky (n.) Alt. of
Whiskey
Whiskey (n.) An
intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in
Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is
generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is
often made from malted barley.
Whiskyfied (a.) Alt. of
Whiskeyfied
Whiskeyfied (a.) Drunk
with whisky; intoxicated.
Whisp (n.) See Wisp.
Whisp (n.) A flock of
snipe.
Whispered (imp. & p. p.)
of Whisper
Whispering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whisper
Whisper (v. i.) To speak
softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to
utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx
which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n.
Whisper (n.) To make a
low, sibilant sound or noise.
Whisper (n.) To speak with
suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
Whisper (v. t.) To utter
in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately
and confidentially, or in a whisper.
Whisper (v. t.) To address
in a whisper, or low voice.
Whisper (v. t.) To prompt
secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
Whisper (n.) A low, soft,
sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand;
voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against
the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the
vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the
sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by
friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to
Pronunciation, // 5, 153, 154.
Whisper (n.) A cautious or
timorous speech.
Whisper (n.) Something
communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.
Whisper (n.) A low,
sibilant sound.
Whisperer (n.) One who
whispers.
Whisperer (n.) A tattler;
one who tells secrets; a conveyer of intelligence secretly; hence; a backbiter;
one who slanders secretly.
Whispering () a. & n. from
Whisper. v. t.
Whisperingly (adv.) In a
whisper, or low voice; in a whispering manner; with whispers.
Whisperously (adv.)
Whisperingly.
Whist (interj.) Be silent;
be still; hush; silence.
Whist (n.) A certain game
at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is
played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a
complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these
are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and
distributed.
Whist (v. t.) To hush or
silence.
Whist (v. i.) To be or
become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.
Whist (a.) Not speaking;
not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.
Whistled (imp. & p. p.) of
Whistle
Whistling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whistle
Whistle (v. i.) To make a
kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a
small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or
series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds.
Whistle (v. i.) To make a
shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the
lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone.
Whistle (v. i.) To sound
shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles
through the air.
Whistle (v. t.) To form,
utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air.
Whistle (v. t.) To send,
signal, or call by a whistle.
Whistle (v. i.) A sharp,
shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small
orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the
sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as,
the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow
whistle.
Whistle (v. i.) The shrill
sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by
bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much
used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice,
or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup.
Whistle (v. i.) An
instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge,
produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the
compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle
(see Steam whistle, under Steam).
Whistle (v. i.) The mouth
and throat; -- so called as being the organs of whistling.
Whistlefish (n.) A gossat,
or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and
sorghe.
Whistler (n.) One who, or
that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.
Whistler (n.) The ring
ousel.
Whistler (n.) The widgeon.
Whistler (n.) The
golden-eye.
Whistler (n.) The golden
plover and the gray plover.
Whistler (n.) The hoary,
or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus).
Whistler (n.) The
whistlefish.
Whistlewing (n.) The
American golden-eye.
Whistlewood (n.) The
moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple.
Whistling () a. & n. from
Whistle, v.
Whistlingly (adv.) In a
whistling manner; shrilly.
Whistly (adv.) In a whist
manner; silently.
Whit (n.) The smallest
part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an
adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.
White (superl.) Reflecting
to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the
proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the
opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
White (superl.) Destitute
of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as,
white with fear.
White (superl.) Having the
color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution;
innocent; pure.
White (superl.) Gray, as
from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
White (superl.)
Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate;
happy; favorable.
White (superl.) Regarded
with especial favor; favorite; darling.
White (n.) The color of
pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a
composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under
Color, n., 1.
White (n.) Something
having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the
eye.
White (n.) Specifically,
the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the
center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
White (n.) A person with a
white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
White (n.) A white
pigment; as, Venice white.
White (n.) Any one of
numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which
the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
Whited (imp. & p. p.) of
White
Whiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of White
White (v. t.) To make
white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Whiteback (n.) The
canvasback.
Whitebait (n.) The young
of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a
great delicacy by epicures in England.
Whitebait (n.) A small
translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of
China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.
Whitebeam (n.) The common
beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); -- so called from the white, woolly under
surface of the leaves.
Whitebeard (n.) An old
man; a graybeard.
Whitebelly (n.) The
American widgeon, or baldpate.
Whitebelly (n.) The
prairie chicken.
Whitebill (n.) The
American coot.
White-blaze (n.) See
White-face.
Whiteblow (n.) Same as
Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
Whiteboy (n.) A favorite.
Whiteboy (a.) One of an
association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760,
ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so
called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids.
Whiteboyism (n.) The
conduct or principle of the Whiteboys.
Whitecap (n.) The European
redstart; -- so called from its white forehead.
Whitecap (n.) The
whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head.
Whitecap (n.) The European
tree sparrow.
Whitecap (n.) A wave whose
crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening.
Whitecoat (n.) The skin of
a newborn seal; also, the seal itself.
White-ear (n.) The
wheatear.
White-eye (n.) Any one of
several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops
palpebrosus of India, and Z. c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by
a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and
white-eyed tit.
White-face (n.) A white
mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also
white-blaze.
Whitefish (n.) Any one of
several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the
salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and
Europe. The largest and most important American species (C. clupeiformis) is
abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake
whitefish, and Oswego bass.
Whitefish (n.) The
menhaden.
Whitefish (n.) The beluga,
or white whale.
Whiteflaw (n.) A whitlow.
White-foot (n.) A white
mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.
White friar () A mendicant monk
of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See
Carmelite.
White-fronted (a.) Having
a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur.
Whitehead (n.) The
blue-winged snow goose.
Whitehead (n.) The surf
scoter.
White-heart (n.) A
somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
White-hot (a.) White with
heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence.
White-limed (a.)
Whitewashed or plastered with lime.
White-livered (a.) Having
a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
Whitely (a.) Like, or
coming near to, white.
Whitened (imp. & p. p.) of
Whiten
Whitening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whiten
Whiten (v. i.) To grow
white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea
whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
Whiten (v. t.) To make
white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten
cloth.
Whitener (n.) One who, or
that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.
Whiteness (n.) The quality
or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on
the surface.
Whiteness (n.) Want of a
sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc.
Whiteness (n.) Freedom
from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
Whiteness (n.) Nakedness.
Whiteness (n.) A flock of
swans.
Whitening (n.) The act or
process of making or becoming white.
Whitening (n.) That which
is used to render white; whiting.
White-pot (n.) A kind of
food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot.
Whiterump (n.) The
American black-tailed godwit.
Whites (n. pl.)
Leucorrh/a.
Whites (n. pl.) The finest
flour made from white wheat.
Whites (n. pl.) Cloth or
garments of a plain white color.
Whiteside (n.) The
golden-eye.
Whitesmith (n.) One who
works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith.
Whitesmith (n.) A worker
in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges
it.
Whitester (n.) A bleacher
of linen; a whitener; a whitster.
Whitetail (n.) The
Virginia deer.
Whitetail (n.) The
wheatear.
Whitethorn (n.) The
hawthorn.
Whitethroat (n.) Any one
of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species
(Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the
garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat
(S. curruca).
Whitetop (n.) Fiorin.
Whitewall (n.) The spotted
flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts.
Whitewash (n.) Any wash or
liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.
Whitewash (n.) A
composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used
for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime.
Whitewashed (imp. & p. p.)
of Whitewash
Whitewashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whitewash
Whitewash (v. t.) To apply
a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.
Whitewash (v. t.) To make
white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or
disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts.
Whitewasher (n.) One who
whitewashes.
White-water (n.) A
dangerous disease of sheep.
Whiteweed (n.) A perennial
composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a
yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye
daisy.
Whitewing (n.) The
chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing.
Whitewing (n.) The velvet
duck.
Whitewood (n.) The soft
and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in
cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.
Whitewort (n.) Wild
camomile.
Whitewort (n.) A kind of
Solomon's seal (Polygonum officinale).
Whitflaw (n.) Whitlow.
Whither (adv.) To what
place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou?
Whither (adv.) To what or
which place; -- used relatively.
Whither (adv.) To what
point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a
sense not physical.
Whithersoever (adv.) To
whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, I will go whithersoever
you lead.
Whitherward (adv.) In what
direction; toward what or which place.
Whitile (v.) The yaffle.
Whiting (n.) A common
European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; -- called also
fittin.
Whiting (n.) A North
American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also
silver hake.
Whiting (n.) Any one of
several species of North American marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to
genus Menticirrhus, especially M. Americanus, found from Maryland to Brazil, and
M. littoralis, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also silver whiting, and
surf whiting.
Whiting (n.) Chalk
prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a
pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc.
Whiting-mop (n.) A young
whiting.
Whiting-mop (n.) A fair
lass.
Whitish (a.) Somewhat
white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree.
Whitish (a.) Covered with
an opaque white powder.
Whitishness (n.) The
quality or state of being whitish or somewhat white.
Whitleather (n.) Leather
dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and
toughness; white leather.
Whitleather (n.) The
paxwax. See Paxwax.
Whitling (n.) A young full
trout during its second season.
Whitlow (a.) An
inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating
usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin
and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the
periosteal structures of the bone.
Whitlow (a.) An
inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid
matter is collected.
Whitlow-wort (n.) Same as
Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
Whitmonday (n.) The day
following Whitsunday; -- called also Whitsun Monday.
Whitneyite (n.) an
arsenide of copper from Lake Superior.
Whitson (a.) See Whitsun.
Whitsour (n.) A sort of
apple.
Whitster (n.) A whitener;
a bleacher; a whitester.
Whitsun (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday;
Whitsun pastorals.
Whitsunday (n.) The
seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in
commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost;
Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who
had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white
garments.
Whitsunday (n.) See the
Note under Term, n., 12.
Whitsuntide (n.) The week
commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun
Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.
Whitten tree () Either of two
shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish
branches.
Whitterick (n.) The
curlew.
Whittle (n.) A grayish,
coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the
shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
Whittle (n.) Same as
Whittle shawl, below.
Whittle (n.) A knife;
esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.
Whittled (imp. & p. p.) of
Whittle
Whittling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whittle
Whittle (v. t.) To pare or
cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood
held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.
Whittle (v. t.) To edge;
to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to
inebriate.
Whittle (v. i.) To cut or
shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a
knife.
Whittlings (n. pl.) Chips
made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a stick with a knife.
Whittret (n.) A weasel.
Whittuesday (n.) The day
following Whitmonday; -- called also Whitsun Tuesday.
Whitwall (n.) Same as
Whetile.
Whitworth ball () A prejectile
used in the Whitworth gun.
Whitworth gun () A form of rifled
cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England.
Whity-brown (a.) Of a
color between white and brown.
Whizzed (imp. & p. p.) of
Whiz
Whizzing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whiz
Whiz (v. i.) To make a
humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly
or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.
Whiz (n.) A hissing and
humming sound.
Whizzingly (adv.) With a
whizzing sound.
Who (object.) Originally,
an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always
substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron.,
1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which
person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that),
are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but
are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who
and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning
the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever.
Who (pron.) One; any; one.
Whoa (interj.) Stop;
stand; hold. See Ho, 2.
Whobub (n.) Hubbub.
Whoever (pron.) Whatever
person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished,
whoever he may be.
Whole (a.) Containing the
total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all;
total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the
whole nation.
Whole (a.) Complete;
entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired;
uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.
Whole (a.) Possessing, or
being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.
Whole (n.) The entire
thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect
or exception; a thing complete in itself.
Whole (n.) A regular
combination of parts; a system.
Whole-hoofed (a.) Having
an undivided hoof, as the horse.
Whole-length (a.)
Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue.
Whole-length (n.) A
portrait or statue representing the whole figure.
Wholeness (n.) The quality
or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.
Wholesale (n.) Sale of
goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail.
Wholesale (a.) Pertaining
to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or
jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.
Wholesale (a.) Extensive
and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter.
Wholesome (superl.)
Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.
Wholesome (superl.)
Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or
prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome
doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.
Wholesome (superl.) Sound;
healthy.
Whole-souled (a.)
Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted.
Wholly (adv.) In a whole
or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly.
Wholly (adv.) To the
exclusion of other things; totally; fully.
Whom (pron.) The objective
case of who. See Who.
Whomsoever (pron.) The
objective of whosoever. See Whosoever.
Whoobub (n.) Hubbub.
Whoop (n.) The hoopoe.
Whooped (imp. & p. p.) of
Whoop
Whooping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whoop
Whoop (v. i.) To utter a
whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to
shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl.
Whoop (v. i.) To cough or
breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
Whoop (v. t.) To insult
with shouts; to chase with derision.
Whoop (n.) A shout of
pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance,
terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl.
Whoop (n.) A loud, shrill,
prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
Whooper (n.) One who, or
that which, whooops.
Whooping () a. & n. from Whoop,
v. t.
Whoot (v. i.) To hoot.
Whop (v. t.) Same as Whap.
Whop (n.) Same as Whap.
Whopper (n.) One who, or
that which, whops.
Whopper (n.) Same as
Whapper.
Whore (n.) A woman who
practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her
body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
Whored (imp. & p. p.) of
Whore
Whoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whore
Whore (n.) To have
unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness.
Whore (n.) To worship
false and impure gods.
Whore (v. t.) To corrupt
by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to debauch.
Whoredom (n.) The practice
of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.
Whoredom (n.) The sin of
worshiping idols; idolatry.
Wheremaster (n.) A man who
practices lewdness; a lecher; a whoremonger.
Wheremaster (n.) One keeps
or procures whores for others; a pimp; a procurer.
Whoremasterly (a.) Having
the character of a whoremaster; lecherous; libidinous.
Whoremonger (n.) A
whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores.
Whoreson (n.) A bastard;
colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse
humor. Also used adjectively.
Whorish (a.) Resembling a
whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent;
lewd; unchaste.
Whorl (n. & v.) A circle
of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of
a stem.
Whorl (n. & v.) A
volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
Whorl (n. & v.) The fly of
a spindle.
Whorled (a.) Furnished
with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as,
whorled leaves.
Whorler (n.) A potter's
wheel.
Whort (n.) The
whortleberry, or bilberry. See Whortleberry (a).
Whortle (n.) The
whortleberry, or bilberry.
Whortleberry (n.) In
England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry,
1.
Whortleberry (n.) The
fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these
plants. See Huckleberry.
Whose (pron.) The
possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which.
Whosesoever (pron.) The
possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
Whoso (pron.) Whosoever.
Whosoever (pron.)
Whatsoever person; any person whatever that; whoever.
Whot (a.) Hot.
Whur (v. i.) To make a
rough, humming sound, like one who pronounces the letter r with too much force;
to whir; to birr.
Whur (v. i.) To snarl or
growl, as a dog.
Whur (n.) A humming or
whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a
whir.
Whurry (v. t.) To whisk
along quickly; to hurry.
Whurt (n.) See Whort.
Why (adv.) For what cause,
reason, or purpose; on what account; wherefore; -- used interrogatively. See the
Note under What, pron., 1.
Why (adv.) For which; on
account of which; -- used relatively.
Why (adv.) The reason or
cause for which; that on account of which; on what account; as, I know not why
he left town so suddenly; -- used as a compound relative.
Why (n.) A young heifer.
Whydah bird () Alt. of Whydah
finch
Whydah finch () The whidah bird.
Why-not (n.) A violent and
peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.
Wich (n.) A variant of 1st
Wick.
Wichitas (n. pl.) A tribe
of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are
related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.
Wick (n.) Alt. of Wich
Wich (n.) A street; a
village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now
obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick.
Wich (n.) A narrow port or
passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.
Wick (n.) A bundle of
fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of
soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply
of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used
for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.
Wick (v. i.) To strike a
stone in an oblique direction.
Wicke (a.) Wicked.
Wicked (a.) Having a wick;
-- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.
Wicked (a.) Evil in
principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine
law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons
and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.
Wicked (a.) Cursed;
baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.
Wicked (a.) Ludicrously or
sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.
Wickedly (adv.) In a
wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and designs, contrary to the divine
law or the law of morality; viciously; corruptly; immorally.
Wickedness (n.) The
quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the
moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.
Wickedness (n.) A wicked
thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.
Wicken tree () Same as Quicken
tree.
Wicker (n.) A small pliant
twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.
Wicker (n.) Wickerwork; a
piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket.
Wicker (n.) Same as 1st
Wike.
Wicker (a.) Made of, or
covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.
Wickered (a.) Made of,
secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork.
Wickerwork (n.) A texture
of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.
Wicket (n.) A small gate
or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate;
a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which
is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman.
Wicket (n.) A small gate
by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water
passing to a water wheel is regulated.
Wicket (n.) A small
framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set
vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying
horizontally across the top.
Wicket (n.) The ground on
which the wickets are set.
Wicket (n.) A place of
shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc.
Wicket (n.) The space
between the pillars, in postand-stall working.
Wicking (n.) the material
of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of
cotton.
Wiclifite (n.) Alt. of
Wickliffite
Wickliffite (n.) See
Wyclifite.
Wicopy (n.) See
Leatherwood.
Widdy (n.) A rope or
halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.
Wide (superl.) Having
considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much
extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad;
as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.
Wide (superl.) Having a
great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide
plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.
Wide (superl.) Of large
scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.
Wide (superl.) Of a
certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to
that of length; as, a table three feet wide.
Wide (superl.) Remote;
distant; far.
Wide (superl.) Far from
truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.
Wide (superl.) On one side
or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the
batsman, etc.
Wide (superl.) Made, as a
vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth
organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr.
Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension
of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of
the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See
Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15.
Wide (adv.) To a distance;
far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.
Wide (adv.) So as to leave
or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
Wide (adv.) So as to be or
strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.
Wide (n.) That which is
wide; wide space; width; extent.
Wide (n.) That which goes
wide, or to one side of the mark.
Wide-awake (a.) Fully
awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert.
Wide-awake (n.) A
broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat.
Widegap (n.) The angler;
-- called also widegab, and widegut.
Widely (adv.) In a wide
manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely
disseminated by the apostles.
Widely (adv.) Very much;
to a great degree or extent; as, to differ widely in opinion.
Widened (imp. & p. p.) of
Widen
Widening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Widen
Widen (v. t.) To make wide
or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field;
to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.
Widen (v. i.) To grow wide
or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
Wideness (n.) The quality
or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the
wideness of a room.
Wideness (n.) Large extent
in all directions; broadness; greatness; as, the wideness of the sea or ocean.
Widespread (a.) Spread to
a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings;
a widespread movement.
Widewhere (adv.) Widely;
far and wide.
Widgeon (n.) Any one of
several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus
Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the
American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is
called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck,
and whitebelly.
Widish (a.) Moderately
wide.
Widmanstatten figures () Certain
figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B.
Widmanstatten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and
Illust. under Meteorite.
Widow (n.) A woman who has
lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a
husband.
Widow (a.) Widowed.
Widowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Widow
Widowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Widow
Widow (v. t.) To reduce to
the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the
past participle.
Widow (v. t.) To deprive
of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make
desolate or bare; to bereave.
Widow (v. t.) To endow
with a widow's right.
Widow (v. t.) To become,
or survive as, the widow of.
Widow bird () See Whidan bird.
Widower (n.) A man who has
lost his wife by death, and has not married again.
Widowerhood (n.) The state
of being a widower.
Widowhood (n.) The state
of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the
state of being a widower.
Widowhood (n.) Estate
settled on a widow.
Widow-hunter (n.) One who
courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune.
Widowly (a.) Becoming or
like a widow.
Widow-maker (n.) One who
makes widows by destroying husbands.
Widow-wail (n.) A low,
narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe.
Width (n.) The quality of
being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth;
the width of a door.
Widual (a.) Of or
pertaining to a widow; vidual.
Widwe (n.) A widow.
Wielded (imp. & p. p.) of
Wield
Wielding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wield
Wield (v. t.) To govern;
to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.
Wield (v. t.) To direct or
regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
Wield (v. t.) To use with
full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to
handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.
Wieldable (a.) Capable of
being wielded.
Wieldance (n.) The act or
power of wielding.
Wielder (n.) One who
wields or employs; a manager; a controller.
Wielding (n.) Power;
authority; rule.
Wieldless (a.) Not to be
wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy.
Wieldsome (a.) Admitting
of being easily wielded or managed.
Wieldy (a.) Capable of
being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy.
Wier (n.) Same as Weir.
Wierangle (n.) Same as
Wariangle.
Wiery (a.) Wet; moist;
marshy.
Wiery (a.) Wiry.
Wives (pl. ) of Wife
Wife (n.) A woman; an
adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases,
as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.
Wife (n.) The lawful
consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a
husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband.
Wifehood (n.) Womanhood.
Wifehood (n.) The state of
being a wife; the character of a wife.
Wifeless (a.) Without a
wife; unmarried.
Wifelike (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman.
Wifely (a.) Becoming or
life; of or pertaining to a wife.
Wig (n.) A covering for
the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either
in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to
supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to
traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter
especially in England by judges and barristers.
Wig (n.) An old seal; --
so called by fishermen.
Wigged (imp. & p. p.) of
Wig
Wigging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wig
Wig (v. t.) To censure or
rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
Wigan (n.) A kind of
canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers
and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of
a town in Lancashire, England.
Wigeon (n.) A widgeon.
Wigg (n.) Alt. of Wig
Wig (n.) A kind of raised
seedcake.
Wigged (a.) Having the
head covered with a wig; wearing a wig.
Wiggery (n.) A wig or
wigs; false hair.
Wiggery (n.) Any cover or
screen, as red-tapism.
Wiggle (v. t.) To move to
and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering
motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles
his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.
Wiggle (n.) Act of
wiggling; a wriggle.
Wiggler (n.) The young,
either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail.
Wigher (v. i.) To neigh;
to whinny.
Wight (n.) Weight.
Wight (n.) A whit; a bit;
a jot.
Wight (n.) A supernatural
being.
Wight (n.) A human being;
a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or
in humorous language.
Wight (a.) Swift; nimble;
agile; strong and active.
Wightly (adv.) Swiftly;
nimbly; quickly.
Wigless (a.) Having or
wearing no wig.
Wigwag (v. t.) To signal
by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the
purpose.
Wigwam (n.) An Indian
cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles
covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee.
Wike (n.) A temporary mark
or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as
tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker.
Wike (n.) A home; a
dwelling.
Wikke (a.) Wicked.
Wild (superl.) Living in a
state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not
familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as,
a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
Wild (superl.) Growing or
produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man;
native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not
domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.
Wild (superl.) Desert; not
inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land.
Wild (superl.) Savage;
uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa
or America.
Wild (superl.) Not
submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous;
violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful;
imaginary; visionary; crazy.
Wild (superl.) Exposed to
the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
Wild (superl.) Indicating
strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look.
Wild (superl.) Hard to
steer; -- said of a vessel.
Wild (n.) An uninhabited
and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as,
the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.
Wild (adv.) Wildly; as, to
talk wild.
Wild-cat (a.) Unsound;
worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the
notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a
panther.
Wild-cat (a.) Running
without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat
locomotive.
Wildebeest (n.) The gnu.
Wilded (a.) Become wild.
Wildered (imp. & p. p.) of
Wilder
Wildering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wilder
Wilder (a.) To bewilder;
to perplex.
Wildering (n.) A plant
growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped
from cultivation.
Wilderment (n.) The state
of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
Wilderness (v. t.) A tract
of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a
forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of
any kind.
Wilderness (v. t.) A
disorderly or neglected place.
Wilderness (v. t.) Quality
or state of being wild; wildness.
Wildfire (n.) A
composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench;
Greek fire.
Wildfire (n.) An old name
for erysipelas.
Wildfire (n.) A disease of
sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.
Wildfire (n.) A sort of
lightning unaccompanied by thunder.
Wildgrave (n.) A
waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave.
Wilding (n.) A wild or
uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple tree or crab apple; also, the fruit
of such a plant.
Wilding (a.) Not tame,
domesticated, or cultivated; wild.
Wildish (a.) Somewhat
wild; rather wild.
Wildly (adv.) In a wild
manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.
Wildness (n.) The quality
or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or
go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.
Wildwood (n.) A wild or
unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes.
Wile (n.) A trick or
stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a
beguilement; an allurement.
Wile (v. t.) To practice
artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.
Wile (v. t.) To draw or
turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly.
Wileful (a.) Full of
wiles; trickish; deceitful.
Wilful (n.) Alt. of
Wilfulness
Wilfully (n.) Alt. of
Wilfulness
Wilfulness (n.) See
Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness.
Wiliness (n.) The quality
or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.
Wilk (n.) See Whelk.
Will (v.) The power of
choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of
choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to
do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.
Will (v.) The choice which
is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of
the power of choice; a volition.
Will (v.) The choice or
determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary
pleasure.
Will (v.) Strong wish or
inclination; desire; purpose.
Will (v.) That which is
strongly wished or desired.
Will (v.) Arbitrary
disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.
Will (v.) The legal
declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his
property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally
executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after
his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.
Would (imp.) of Will
Will (adv.) To wish; to
desire; to incline to have.
Will (adv.) As an
auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first
person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is
emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you
wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of
distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is
appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future
event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or
context) certain futurity or fixed determination.
Will (v. i.) To be
willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.
Willed (imp. & p. p.) of
Will
Willing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Will
Will (n.) To form a
distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.
Will (n.) To enjoin or
command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.
Will (n.) To give or
direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's
estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his
nephew should have his watch.
Will (v. i.) To exercise
an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.
Willemite (n.) A silicate
of zinc, usually occurring massive and of a greenish yellow color, also in
reddish crystals (troostite) containing manganese.
Willer (n.) One who wills.
Willet (n.) A large North
American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet,
semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.
Willful (a.) Of set
purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder.
Willful (a.) Governed by
the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn;
refractory; as, a willful man or horse.
Willier (n.) One who works
at a willying machine.
Willing (v. t.) Free to do
or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to
refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
Willing (v. t.) Received
of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
Willing (v. t.)
Spontaneous; self-moved.
Willingly (adv.) In a
willing manner; with free will; without reluctance; cheerfully.
Willingness (n.) The
quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom
from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.
Williwaw (n.) Alt. of
Willywaw
Willywaw (n.) A whirlwind,
or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan.
Willock (n.) The common
guillemot.
Willock (n.) The puffin.
Will-o'-the-wisp (n.) See
Ignis fatuus.
Willow (n.) Any tree or
shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are
characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A
wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover
forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
Willow (n.) A machine in
which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes;
-- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of
willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing,
or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil,
and devil.
Willow (v. t.) To open and
cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.
Willowed (a.) Abounding
with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows.
Willower (n.) A willow.
See Willow, n., 2.
Willow-herb (n.) A
perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy
rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the
same genus.
Willowish (a.) Having the
color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy.
Willow-thorn (n.) A thorny
European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
Willow-weed (n.) A
European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).
Willow-weed (n.) Any kind
of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.
Willow-wort (n.) Same as
Willow-weed.
Willow-wort (n.) Any plant
of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family.
Willowy (a.) Abounding
with willows.
Willowy (a.) Resembling a
willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
Willsome (a.) Willful;
obstinate.
Willsome (a.) Fat;
indolent.
Willsome (a.) Doubtful;
uncertain.
Willy (n.) A large wicker
basket.
Willy (n.) Same as 1st
Willow, 2.
Willying (n.) The process
of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow.
Willy nilly () See Will I, nill
I, etc., under 3d Will.
Wilne (v. t.) To wish; to
desire.
Wilt () 2d pers. sing. of Will.
Wilting (imp. & p. p.) of
Wilt
Wilt (v. i.) To begin to
wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when
exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its
root; to droop;. to wither.
Wilt (v. t.) To cause to
begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant.
Wilt (v. t.) Hence, to
cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of.
Wilton carpet () A kind of carpet
woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops
cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally
at Wilton, England.
Wilwe (n.) Willow.
Wily (superl.) Full of
wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose;
mischievously artful; subtle.
Wimble (n.) An instrument
for boring holes, turned by a handle.
Wimble (n.) A gimlet.
Wimble (n.) A
stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.
Wimble (n.) An auger used
for boring in earth.
Wimbled (imp. & p. p.) of
Wimble
Wimbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wimble
Wimble (v. t.) To bore or
pierce, as with a wimble.
Wimble (a.) Active;
nimble.
Wimbrel (n.) The whimbrel.
Wimple (n.) A covering of
silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as
an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns.
Wimple (n.) A flag or
streamer.
Wimpled (imp. & p. p.) of
Wimple
Wimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wimple
Wimple (v. t.) To clothe
with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.
Wimple (v. t.) To draw
down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.
Wimple (v. t.) To cause to
appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as, the
wind wimples the surface of water.
Wimple (v. i.) To lie in
folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.
Won (imp. & p. p.) of Win
Wan () of Win
Winning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Win
Win (a.) To gain by
superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or
rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win
a country.
Win (a.) To allure to
kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or
courtship.
Win (a.) To gain over to
one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render
friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.
Win (a.) To come to by
toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
Win (a.) To extract, as
ore or coal.
Win (v. i.) To gain the
victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
Winced (imp. & p. p.) of
Wince
Wincing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wince
Wince (v. i.) To shrink,
as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
Wince (v. i.) To kick or
flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces.
Wince (n.) The act of one
who winces.
Wince (n.) A reel used in
dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall
between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either
compartment. at will.
Wincer (n.) One who, or
that which, winces, shrinks, or kicks.
Wincey (n.)
Linsey-woolsey.
Winch (v. i.) To wince; to
shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
Winch (n.) A kick, as of a
beast, from impatience or uneasiness.
Winch (n.) A crank with a
handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
Winch (n.) An instrument
with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
Winch (n.) An axle or drum
turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the
hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.
Winch (n.) A wince.
Wincing (n.) The act of
washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince.
Wincopipe (n.) A little
red flower, no doubt the pimpernel, which, when it opens in the morning, is
supposed to bode a fair day. See Pimpernel.
Wound (imp. & p. p.) of
Wind
Winded () of Wind
Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wind
Wind (v. t.) To turn
completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed;
to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to
wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
Wind (v. t.) To entwist;
to infold; to encircle.
Wind (v. t.) To have
complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or
will; to regulate; to govern.
Wind (v. t.) To introduce
by insinuation; to insinuate.
Wind (v. t.) To cover or
surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
Wind (v. i.) To turn
completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved
or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
Wind (v. i.) To have a
circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and
out among trees.
Wind (v. i.) To go to the
one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as,
a hare pursued turns and winds.
Wind (n.) The act of
winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
Wind (n.) Air naturally in
motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
Wind (n.) Air artificially
put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of
a bellows.
Wind (n.) Breath modulated
by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
Wind (n.) Power of
respiration; breath.
Wind (n.) Air or gas
generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
Wind (n.) Air impregnated
with an odor or scent.
Wind (n.) A direction from
which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal
points, which are often called the four winds.
Wind (n.) A disease of
sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a
violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
Wind (n.) Mere breath or
talk; empty effort; idle words.
Wind (n.) The dotterel.
Winded (imp. & p. p.) of
Wind
Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wind
Wind (v. t.) To expose to
the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
Wind (v. t.) To perceive
or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
Wind (v. t.) To drive
hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind;
to put out of breath.
Wind (v. t.) To rest, as a
horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
Wound (imp. & p. p.) of
Wind
Winded () of Wind
Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wind
Wind (v. t.) To blow; to
sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
Windage (n.) The
difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired
from it.
Windage (n.) The sudden
compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.
Windas (n.) See 3d
Windlass.
Windbore (n.) The lower,
or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine.
Windbound (a.) prevented
from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound.
Wind-break (v. t.) To
break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.
Wind-break (n.) A clump of
trees serving for a protection against the force of wind.
Wind-broken (a.) Having
the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together
of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the
expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said
of a horse.
Winder (n.) One who, or
that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
Winder (n.) An apparatus
used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.
Winder (n.) One in a
flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one
end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer.
Winder (v. t. & i.) To
fan; to clean grain with a fan.
Winder (n.) A blow taking
away the breath.
Winder (v. i.) To wither;
to fail.
Windfall (n.) Anything
blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a
portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc.
Windfall (n.) An
unexpected legacy, or other gain.
Windfallen (a.) Blown down
by the wind.
Wind-fertilized (a.)
Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
Windflower (n.) The
anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was
blowing. See Anemone.
Windgall (n.) A soft tumor
or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having
formerly been supposed to contain air.
Windhover (n.) The
kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner.
Windiness (n.) The quality
or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the
season.
Windiness (n.) Fullness of
wind; flatulence.
Windiness (n.) Tendency to
generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence; as, the windiness of
vegetables.
Windiness (n.) Tumor;
puffiness.
Winding (n.) A call by the
boatswain's whistle.
Winding (a.) Twisting from
a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
Winding (n.) A turn or
turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or
stream.
Winding (n.) A line- or
ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object;
as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric
motor or generator.
Windingly (adv.) In a
winding manner.
Windlace (n. & v.) See
Windlass.
Windlass (n.) A winding
and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
Windlass (v. i.) To take a
roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.
Windlass (n.) A machine
for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its
axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or
chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of
the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and
is worked by hand or steam.
Windlass (n.) An apparatus
resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
Windlass (v. t. & i.) To
raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
Windle (n.) A spindle; a
kind of reel; a winch.
Windle (n.) The redwing.
Windless (a.) Having no
wind; calm.
Windless (a.) Wanting
wind; out of breath.
Windlestrae (n.) Alt. of
Windlestraw
Windlestraw (n.) A grass
used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis.
Windmill (n.) A mill
operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon
oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft.
Windore (n.) A window.
Window (n.) An opening in
the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by
casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable
of being opened and shut at pleasure.
Window (n.) The shutter,
casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window
opening.
Window (n.) A figure
formed of lines crossing each other.
Windowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Window
Windowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Window
Window (v. t.) To furnish
with windows.
Window (v. t.) To place at
or in a window.
Windowed (a.) Having
windows or openings.
Windowless (a.) Destitute
of a window.
Windowpane (n.) See Pane,
n., (3) b.
Windowpane (n.) A thin,
spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its
translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot,
daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.
Windowy (a.) Having little
crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.
Windpipe (n.) The passage
for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See
Illust. under Lung.
Wind-plant (n.) A
windflower.
Wind-rode (a.) Caused to
ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a
vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.
Windrow (n.) A row or line
of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.
Windrow (n.) Sheaves of
grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them.
Windrow (n.) The green
border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it.
Windrowed (imp. & p. p.)
of Windrow
Windrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Windrow
Windrow (v. t.) To arrange
in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made.
Windsor (n.) A town in
Berkshire, England.
Windstorm (n.) A storm
characterized by high wind with little or no rain.
Wind-sucker (n.) A horse
given to wind-sucking
Wind-sucker (n.) The
kestrel.
Wind-sucking (n.) A
vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually
associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4.
Windtight (a.) So tight as
to prevent the passing through of wind.
Windward (n.) The point or
side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to
leeward.
Windward (a.) Situated
toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.
Windward (adv.) Toward the
wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.
Windy (superl.) Consisting
of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.
Windy (superl.) Next the
wind; windward.
Windy (superl.)
Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
Windy (superl.) Serving to
occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
Windy (superl.) Attended
or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines.
Windy (superl.) Fig.:
Empty; airy.
Wine (n.) The expressed
juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes
by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment.
Wine (n.) A liquor or
beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to
that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
Wine (n.) The effect of
drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
Wineberry (n.) The red
currant.
Wineberry (n.) The
bilberry.
Wineberry (n.) A peculiar
New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in which the petals ripen and afford an
abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in
Chili.
Winebibber (n.) One who
drinks much wine.
Wineglass (n.) A small
glass from which to drink wine.
Wineglassfuls (pl. ) of
Wineglassful
Wineglassful () As much as a
wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two
fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls.
Wineless (a.) destitute of
wine; as, wineless life.
Winery (n.) A place where
grapes are converted into wine.
Wing (n.) One of the two
anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of
man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of
birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in
running or swimming.
Wing (n.) Any similar
member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
Wing (n.) One of the two
pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad,
fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins
or nervures.
Wing (n.) One of the large
pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
Wing (n.) Passage by
flying; flight; as, to take wing.
Wing (n.) Motive or
instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
Wing (n.) Anything which
agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the
action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a
windmill, etc.
Wing (n.) An ornament worn
on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
Wing (n.) Any appendage
resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
Wing (n.) One of the
broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in
swimming.
Wing (n.) Any
membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit
of the kind called samara.
Wing (n.) Either of the
two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
Wing (n.) One of two
corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
Wing (n.) A side building,
less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.
Wing (n.) The longer side
of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work.
Wing (n.) A side shoot of
a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
Wing (n.) The right or
left division of an army, regiment, etc.
Wing (n.) That part of the
hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the
extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides
of a triangle.
Wing (n.) One of the sides
of the stags in a theater.
Winged (imp. & p. p.) of
Wing
Winging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wing
Wing (v. t.) To furnish
with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.
Wing (v. t.) To supply
with wings or sidepieces.
Wing (v. t.) To transport
by flight; to cause to fly.
Wing (v. t.) To move
through in flight; to fly through.
Wing (v. t.) To cut off
the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.
Winged (a.) Furnished with
wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.
Winged (a.) Soaring with
wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime.
Winged (a.) Swift; rapid.
Winged (a.) Wounded or
hurt in the wing.
Winged (a.) Furnished with
a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in
certain plants; alate.
Winged (a.) Represented
with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body.
Winged (a.) Fanned with
wings; swarming with birds.
Winger (n.) One of the
casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are
stowed more amidships.
Wingfish (n.) A sea robin
having large, winglike pectoral fins. See Sea robin, under Robin.
Wing-footed (a.) Having
wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with
rapidity; fleet.
Wing-footed (a.) Having
part or all of the feet adapted for flying.
Wing-footed (a.) Having
the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike
swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod mollusks.
Wing-handed (a.) Having
the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.
Wing-leaved (a.) Having
pinnate or pinnately divided leaves.
Wingless (a.) Having no
wings; not able to ascend or fly.
Winglet (n.) A little
wing; a very small wing.
Winglet (n.) A bastard
wing, or alula.
Wingmanship (n.) Power or
skill in flying.
Wing-shell (n.) Any one of
various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in
which the hinge border projects like a wing.
Wing-shell (n.) Any marine
gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus.
Wing-shell (n.) Any
pteropod shell.
Wingy (a.) Having wings;
rapid.
Wingy (a.) Soaring with
wings, or as if with wings; volatile airy.
Winked (imp. & p. p.) of
Wink
Winking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wink
Wink (v. i.) To nod; to
sleep; to nap.
Wink (v. i.) To shut the
eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.
Wink (v. i.) To close and
open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.
Wink (v. i.) To give a
hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.
Wink (v. i.) To avoid
taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be
tolerant; -- generally with at.
Wink (v. i.) To be dim and
flicker; as, the light winks.
Wink (v. t.) To cause (the
eyes) to wink.
Wink (n.) The act of
closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary
for such an act; a moment.
Wink (n.) A hint given by
shutting the eye with a significant cast.
Winker (n.) One who winks.
Winker (n.) A horse's
blinder; a blinker.
Winkingly (adv.) In a
winking manner; with the eye almost closed.
Winkle (n.) Any
periwinkle.
Winkle (n.) Any one of
various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two
species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F. carica).
Winkle-hawk (n.) A
rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole.
Winnard 2 (n.) The
redwing.
Winnebagoes (n.) A tribe
of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay,
Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in
1640 by the IIlinnois.
Winner (n.) One who wins,
or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.
Winning (a.) Attracting;
adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address.
Winning (n.) The act of
obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
Winning (n.) The money,
etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually
in the plural.
Winning (n.) A new
opening.
Winning (n.) The portion
of a coal field out for working.
Winningly (adv.) In a
winning manner.
Winningness (n.) The
quality or state of being winning.
Winninish (n.) The
land-locked variety of the common salmon.
Winnowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Winnew
Winnowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Winnew
Winnew (n.) To separate,
and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain.
Winnew (n.) To sift, as
for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from
good.
Winnew (n.) To beat with
wings, or as with wings.
Winnow (v. i.) To separate
chaff from grain.
Winnower (n.) One who, or
that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine.
Winnowing (n.) The act of
one who, or that which, winnows.
Winrow (n.) A windrow.
Winsing (a.) Winsome.
Winsome (a.) Cheerful;
merry; gay; light-hearted.
Winsome (a.) Causing joy
or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.
Winsomeness (n.) The
characteristic of being winsome; attractiveness of manner.
Winter (n.) The season of
the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest
season of the year.
Winter (n.) The period of
decay, old age, death, or the like.
Wintered (imp. & p. p.) of
Winter
Wintering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Winter
Winter (v. i.) To pass the
winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
Winter (v. i.) To keep,
feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.
Winter-beaten (a.) Beaten
or harassed by the severe weather of winter.
Wintergreen (n.) A plant
which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
Winter-ground (v. t.) To
coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to
winter-ground the roods of a plant.
Winterkilled (imp. & p. p.)
of Winterkill
Winterkilling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Winterkill
Winterkill (v. t.) To kill
by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as, the wheat was
winterkilled.
Winterly (a.) Like winter;
wintry; cold; hence, disagreeable, cheerless; as, winterly news.
Winter-proud (a.) Having
too rank or forward a growth for winter.
Winter-rig (v. t.) To
fallow or till in winter.
Winter's bark () The aromatic
bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found
in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer,
Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.
Wintertide (n.) Winter
time.
Winterweed (n.) A kind of
speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) which spreads chiefly in winter.
Wintery (a.) Wintry.
Wintry (a.) Suitable to
winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold;
stormy; wintery.
Winy (a.) Having the taste
or qualities of wine; vinous; as, grapes of a winy taste.
Winze (n.) A small shaft
sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation.
Wipe (n.) The lapwing.
Wiped (imp. & p. p.) of
Wipe
Wiping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wipe
Wipe (v. t.) To rub with
something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands
or face with a towel.
Wipe (v. t.) To remove by
rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out.
Also used figuratively.
Wipe (v. t.) To cheat; to
defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out.
Wipe (n.) Act of rubbing,
esp. in order to clean.
Wipe (n.) A blow; a
stroke; a hit; a swipe.
Wipe (n.) A gibe; a jeer;
a severe sarcasm.
Wipe (n.) A handkerchief.
Wipe (n.) Stain; brand.
Wiper (n.) One who, or
that which, wipes.
Wiper (n.) Something used
for wiping, as a towel or rag.
Wiper (n.) A piece
generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock
shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and
leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam.
Wiper (n.) A rod, or an
attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the
barrel.
Wirbled (imp. & p. p.) of
Wirble
Wirbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wirble
Wirble (v. i.) To whirl;
to eddy.
Wirche (v. i. & t.) To
work
Wire (n.) A thread or
slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being
passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
Wire (n.) A telegraph wire
or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
Wired (imp. & p. p.) of
Wire
Wiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wire
Wire (v. t.) To bind with
wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling
liquors.
Wire (v. t.) To put upon a
wire; as, to wire beads.
Wire (v. t.) To snare by
means of a wire or wires.
Wire (v. t.) To send (a
message) by telegraph.
Wire (v. i.) To pass like
a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
Wire (v. i.) To send a
telegraphic message.
Wiredrew (imp.) of
Wiredraw
Wiredrawn (p. p.) of
Wiredraw
Wiredrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wiredraw
Wiredraw (v. t.) To form
(a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.
Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence, to
draw by art or violence.
Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence,
also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an
argument.
Wiredraw (v. t.) To pass,
or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its
pressure or force by friction.
Wire-drawer (n.) One who
draws metal into wire.
Wire-heel (n.) A disease
in the feet of a horse or other beast.
Wire-puller (n.) One who
pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an
intriguer.
Wire-pulling (n.) The act
of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management,
especially in politics; intrigue.
Wire-tailed (a.) Having
some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft,
without a web or barbules.
Wirework (n.) Work,
especially openwork, formed of wires.
Wire-worker (n.) One who
manufactures articles from wire.
Wireworm (n.) One of the
larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from
their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are
sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.
Wireworm (n.) A
galleyworm.
Wiriness (n.) The quality
of being wiry.
Wiry (a.) Made of wire;
like wire; drawn out like wire.
Wiry (a.) Capable of
endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.
Wis (adv.) Certainly;
really; indeed.
Wis (v. t.) To think; to
suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I
wis. See the Note under Ywis.
Wisard (n.) See Wizard.
Wisdom (a.) The quality of
being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the
best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity;
skill; dexterity.
Wisdom (a.) The results of
wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition.
Wise (v.) Having
knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
Wise (v.) Hence,
especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly
concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and
the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
Wise (v.) Versed in art or
science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
Wise (v.) Hence, prudent;
calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
Wise (v.) Dictated or
guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good
effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise
conduct or management; a wise determination.
Wise (v.) Way of being or
acting; manner; mode; fashion.
Wiseacre (v.) A learned or
wise man.
Wiseacre (v.) One who
makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a
simpleton; a dunce.
Wise-hearted (a.) Wise;
knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent.
Wise-like (a.) Resembling
that which is wise or sensible; judicious.
Wiseling (n.) One who
pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling.
Wisely (adv.) In a wise
manner; prudently; judiciously; discreetly; with wisdom.
Wiseness (n.) Wisdom.
Wished (imp. & p. p.) of
Wish
Wishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wish
Wish (v. t.) To have a
desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
Wish (v. t.) To desire; to
long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
Wish (v. t.) To frame or
express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to
attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.
Wish (v. t.) To recommend;
to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.
Wish (n.) Desire; eager
desire; longing.
Wish (n.) Expression of
desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
Wish (n.) A thing desired;
an object of desire.
Wishable (a.) Capable or
worthy of being wished for; desirable.
Wishbone (n.) The forked
bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and
wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.
Wishedly (adv.) According
to wish; conformably to desire.
Wisher (n.) One who wishes
or desires; one who expresses a wish.
Wishful (a.) Having
desire, or ardent desire; longing.
Wishful (a.) Showing
desire; as, wishful eyes.
Wishful (a.) Desirable;
exciting wishes.
Wishing () a. & n. from Wish, v.
t.
Wishly (adv.) According to
desire; longingly; with wishes.
Wishtonwish (n.) The
prairie dog.
Wish-wash (n.) Any weak,
thin drink.
Wishy-washy (a.) Thin and
pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig.,
weak-minded; spiritless.
Wishy-washy (n.) A weak or
thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.
Wisket (n.) A whisket, or
basket.
Wisly (adv.) Certainly.
Wisp (n.) A small bundle,
as of straw or other like substance.
Wisp (n.) A whisk, or
small broom.
Wisp (n.) A
Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.
Wisped (imp. & p. p.) of
Wisp
Wisping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wisp
Wisp (v. t.) To brush or
dress, an with a wisp.
Wisp (v. t.) To rumple.
Wispen (a.) Formed of a
wisp, or of wisp; as, a wispen broom.
Wisse (a.) To show; to
teach; to inform; to guide; to direct.
Wist (v.) Knew.
Wistaria (n.) A genus of
climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous clusters of pale bluish
flowers.
Wistful (a.) Longing;
wishful; desirous.
Wistful (a.) Full of
thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative.
Wistit (n.) A small South
American monkey; a marmoset.
Wistly (adv.) Attentively;
observingly.
Wistonwish (n.) See
Wishtonwish.
Wit (inf.) of Wit
Wot (pres. sing.) of Wit
Wite (pl.) of Wit
Wist(e) (imp.) of Wit
Wist (p. p.) of Wit
Wit(t)ing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wit
Wit (n.) To know; to
learn.
Wit (v.) Mind; intellect;
understanding; sense.
Wit (v.) A mental faculty,
or power of the mind; -- used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in
certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like.
Wit (v.) Felicitous
association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant
surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner.
Wit (v.) A person of
eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished
for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like.
Witch (n.) A cone of paper
which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
Witch (n.) One who
practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or
magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or
sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as
well.
Witch (n.) An ugly old
woman; a hag.
Witch (n.) One who
exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person;
also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child.
Witch (n.) A certain curve
of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
Witch (n.) The stormy
petrel.
Witched (imp. & p. p.) of
Witch
Witching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Witch
Witch (v. t.) To bewitch;
to fascinate; to enchant.
Witchcraft (n.) The
practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil
spirits.
Witchcraft (n.) Power more
than natural; irresistible influence.
Witch-elm (n.) See
Wych-elm.
Witcheries (pl. ) of
Witchery
Witchery (n.) Sorcery;
enchantment; witchcraft.
Witchery (n.) Fascination;
irresistible influence; enchantment.
Witch-hazel (n.) The
wych-elm.
Witch-hazel (n.) An
American shrub or small tree (Hamamelis Virginica), which blossoms late in
autumn.
Witching (a.) That witches
or enchants; suited to enchantment or witchcraft; bewitching.
Witch-tree (n.) The
witch-hazel.
Witchuck (n.) The sand
martin, or bank swallow.
Wit-cracker (n.) One who
breaks jests; a joker.
Witcraft (n.) Art or skill
of the mind; contrivance; invention; wit.
Witcraft (n.) The art of
reasoning; logic.
Wite (v.) To reproach; to
blame; to censure; also, to impute as blame.
Wite (v.) Blame; reproach.
Witeless (a.) Blameless.
Witen () pl. pres. of Wit.
Witenagemote (n.) A
meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the
days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest.
Witfish (n.) The ladyfish
(a).
Witful (a.) Wise;
sensible.
With (n.) See Withe.
With (prep.) With denotes
or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association,
connection, or the like.
With (prep.) To denote a
close or direct relation of opposition or hostility; -- equivalent to against.
With (prep.) To denote
association in respect of situation or environment; hence, among; in the company
of.
With (prep.) To denote a
connection of friendship, support, alliance, assistance, countenance, etc.;
hence, on the side of.
With (prep.) To denote the
accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; -- sometimes equivalent to by.
With (prep.) To denote
association in thought, as for comparison or contrast.
With (prep.) To denote
simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
With (prep.) To denote
having as a possession or an appendage; as, the firmament with its stars; a
bride with a large fortune.
Withal (adv.) With this;
with that.
Withal (adv.) Together
with this; likewise; at the same time; in addition; also.
Withal (prep.) With; --
put after its object, at the end of sentence or clause in which it stands.
Withamite (n.) A variety
of epidote, of a reddish color, found in Scotland.
Withdrew (imp.) of
Withdraw
Withdrawn (p. p.) of
Withdraw
Withdrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Withdraw
Withdraw (v. t.) To take
back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to
move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like.
Withdraw (v. t.) To take
back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
Withdraw (v. i.) To
retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from
the company.
Withdrawal (n.) The act of
withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
Withdrawer (n.) One who
withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts.
Withdrawing-room (n.) A
room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room.
Withdrawment (n.) The act
of withdrawing; withdrawal.
Withe (n.) A flexible,
slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
Withe (n.) A band
consisting of a twig twisted.
Withe (n.) An iron
attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast
or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe.
Withe (n.) A partition
between flues in a chimney.
Withed (imp. & p. p.) of
Withe
Withing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Withe
Withe (v. t.) To bind or
fasten with withes.
Withered (imp. & p. p.) of
Wither
Withering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wither
Wither (n.) To fade; to
lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
Wither (n.) To lose or
want animal moisture; to waste; to pin/ away, as animal bodies.
Wither (n.) To lose vigor
or power; to languish; to pass away.
Wither (v. t.) To cause to
fade, and become dry.
Wither (v. t.) To cause to
shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture.
Wither (v. t.) To cause to
languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny.
Witherband (n.) A piece of
iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow.
Withered (a.) Faded; dried
up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.
Withering (a.) Tending to
wither; causing to shrink or fade.
Witherite (n.) Barium
carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in
columnar or granular masses.
Witherling (n.) A withered
person; one who is decrepit.
Withernam (n.) A second or
reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first
distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in
the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in
connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal),
which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a
return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of
return.
Withe-rod (n.) A North
American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used
for binding sheaves.
Withers (prep.) The ridge
between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of
Horse.
Wither-wrung (a.) Injured
or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
Withheld (imp.) of
Withhold
Withheld (p. p.) of
Withhold
Withholden () of Withhold
Withholding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Withhold
Withhold (v. t.) To hold
back; to restrain; to keep from action.
Withhold (v. t.) To
retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
Withhold (v. t.) To keep;
to maintain; to retain.
Withholder (n.) One who
withholds.
Withholdment (n.) The act
of withholding.
Within (prep.) In the
inner or interior part of; inside of; not without; as, within doors.
Within (prep.) In the
limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not
longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses
kept within one's income.
Within (prep.) Hence,
inside the limits, reach, or influence of; not going outside of; not beyond,
overstepping, exceeding, or the like.
Within (adv.) In the inner
part; inwardly; internally.
Within (adv.) In the
house; in doors; as, the master is within.
Withinforth (adv.) Within;
inside; inwardly.
Withinside (adv.) In the
inner parts; inside.
Without (prep.) On or at
the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors.
Without (prep.) Out of the
limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
Without (prep.) Not with;
otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from, or destitution of; not with
use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as,
without labor; without damage.
Without (conj.) Unless;
except; -- introducing a clause.
Without (adv.) On or art
the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally.
Without (adv.) Outside of
the house; out of doors.
Without-door (a.) Outdoor;
exterior.
Withouten (prep.) Without.
Withoutforth (adv.)
Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth.
Withsay (v. t.) To
contradict; to gainsay; to deny; to renounce.
Withset (v. t.) To set
against; to oppose.
Withstood (imp. & p. p.)
of Withstand
Withstanding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Withstand
Withstand (prep.) To stand
against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to
withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments.
Withstander (n.) One who
withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting power.
Withstood (imp. & p. p.)
o/ Withstand.
Withvine (n.) Quitch
grass.
Withwind (n.) A kind of
bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
Withwine (n.) Same as
Withvine.
Withies (pl. ) of Withy
Withy (n.) The osier
willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a).
Withy (n.) A withe. See
Withe, 1.
Withy (a.) Made of withes;
like a withe; flexible and tough; also, abounding in withes.
Witing (v.) Knowledge.
Witless (a.) Destitute of
wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance
of judgment.
Witling (n.) A person who
has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.
Witness (v. i.)
Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
Witness (v. i.) That which
furnishes evidence or proof.
Witness (v. i.) One who is
cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of,
anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness.
Witness (v. i.) One who
testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the
witness in court agreed in all essential facts.
Witness (v. i.) One who
sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of
confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed,
a marriage, or the like.
Witnessed (imp. & p. p.)
of Witness
Witnessing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Witness
Witness (v. t.) To see or
know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
Witness (v. t.) To give
testimony to; to testify to; to attest.
Witness (v. t.) To see the
execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing
its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.
Witness (v. i.) To bear
testimony; to give evidence; to testify.
Witnesser (n.) One who
witness.
Wit-snapper (n.) One who
affects repartee; a wit-cracker.
Wit-starved (a.) Barren of
wit; destitute of genius.
Witted (a.) Having (such)
a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy.
Witticaster (n.) A
witling.
Witticism (n.) A witty
saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a
conceit.
Wittified (a.) Possessed
of wit; witty.
Witily (adv.) In a witty
manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with it; with a delicate turn or phrase,
or with an ingenious association of ideas.
Wittiness (n.) The quality
of being witty.
Wittingly (v.) Knowingly;
with knowledge; by design.
Wittol (n.) The wheatear.
Wittol (n.) A man who
knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called
because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest.
Wittolly (a.) Like a
wittol; cuckoldly.
Witts (n.) Tin ore freed
from earthy matter by stamping.
Witty (n.) Possessed of
wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning.
Witty (n.) Especially,
possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes,
sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like.
Witwal (n.) Alt. of
Witwall
Witwall (n.) The golden
oriole.
Witwall (n.) The greater
spotted woodpecker.
Witworm (n.) One who, or
that which, feeds on or destroys wit.
Wived (imp. & p. p.) of
Wive
Wiving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wive
Wive (v. i.) To marry, as
a man; to take a wife.
Wive (v. t.) To match to a
wife; to provide with a wife.
Wive (v. t.) To take for a
wife; to marry.
Wivehood (n.) Wifehood.
Wiveless (a.) Wifeless.
Wively (a.) Wifely.
Wiver (n.) Alt. of Wivern
Wivern (n.) A fabulous
two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon,
and without spurs.
Wivern (n.) The weever.
Wives (n.) pl. of Wife.
Wizard (n.) A wise man; a
sage.
Wizard (n.) One devoted to
the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter.
Wizard (a.) Enchanting;
charming.
Wizard (a.) Haunted by
wizards.
Wizardly (a.) Resembling
or becoming a wizard; wizardlike; weird.
Wizardry (n.) The
character or practices o/ wizards; sorcery; magic.
Wizen (v. i.) To wither;
to dry.
Wizen (a.) Wizened; thin;
weazen; withered.
Wizen (n.) The weasand.
Wizened (a.) Dried;
shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man.
Wizen-faced (a.) Having a
shriveled, thin, withered face.
Wlatsome (a.) Loathsome;
disgusting; hateful.
Wo (n. & a.) See Woe.
Woad (n.) An herbaceous
cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue
coloring matter derived from its leaves.
Woad (n.) A blue dyestuff,
or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the
Isatis tinctoria. It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with
indigo as a ferment in dyeing.
Woaded (a.) Colored or
stained with woad.
Woad-waxen (n.) A
leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and Russian Asia, and
adventitious in America; -- called also greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed,
and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.
Woald (n.) See Weld.
Wobble (v. i.) See Wabble.
Wode (a.) Mad. See Wood,
a.
Wode (n.) Wood.
Wodegeld (n.) A geld, or
payment, for wood.
Woden (n.) A deity
corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is
named for him. See Odin.
Woe (n.) Grief; sorrow;
misery; heavy calamity.
Woe (n.) A curse; a
malediction.
Woe (a.) Woeful;
sorrowful.
Woe-begone (a.) Beset or
overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.
Woeful (a.) Alt. of Woful
Woful (a.) Full of woe;
sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
Woful (a.) Bringing
calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want.
Woful (a.) Wretched;
paltry; miserable; poor.
Woefully (adv.) Alt. of
Wofully
Wofully (adv.) In a woeful
manner; sorrowfully; mournfully; miserably; dolefully.
Woefulness (n.) Alt. of
Wofulness
Wofulness (n.) The quality
or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness.
Woesome (a.) Woeful.
Woke (imp. & p. p.) Wake.
Wol (v. t. & i.) See 2d
Will.
Wold (n.) A wood; a
forest.
Wold (n.) A plain, or low
hill; a country without wood, whether hilly or not.
Wold (n.) See Weld.
Wolde () imp. of Will. See Would.
Wolves (pl. ) of Wolf
Wolf (a.) Any one of
several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and
closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species
are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C.
occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and
may thus attack large animals and even man.
Wolf (a.) One of the
destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain
moths; as, the bee wolf.
Wolf (a.) Fig.: Any very
ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want;
starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.
Wolf (a.) A white worm, or
maggot, which infests granaries.
Wolf (a.) An eating ulcer
or sore. Cf. Lupus.
Wolf (a.) The harsh,
howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal
temperament.
Wolf (a.) In bowed
instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the
scale.
Wolf (a.) A willying
machine.
Wolfberry (n.) An American
shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.
Wolffian (a.) Discovered,
or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern
embryology.
Wolfish (a.) Like a wolf;
having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs.
Wolfkin (n.) A little or
young wolf.
Wolfling (n.) A young
wolf.
Wolfram (n.) Same as
Wolframite.
Wolframate (n.) A salt of
wolframic acid; a tungstate.
Wolframic (a.) Of or
pertaining to wolframium. See Tungstic.
Wolframite (n.) Tungstate
of iron and manganese, generally of a brownish or grayish black color,
submetallic luster, and high specific gravity. It occurs in cleavable masses,
and also crystallized. Called also wolfram.
Wolframium (n.) The
technical name of the element tungsten. See Tungsten.
Wolfsbane (n.) A poisonous
plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant
or species of the genus Aconitum. See Aconite.
Wolf's-claw (n.) A kind of
club moss. See Lycopodium.
Wolf's-foot (n.) Club
moss. See Lycopodium.
Wolf's-milk (n.) Any kind
of spurge (Euphorbia); -- so called from its acrid milky juice.
Woll (v. t. & i.) See 2d
Will.
Wollastonite (n.) A
silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color, occurring generally
in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals; tabular spar.
Wolle (n.) Wool.
Wolverene (n.) Alt. of
Wolverine
Wolverine (n.) The
glutton.
Wolverine (n.) A nickname
for an inhabitant of Michigan.
Wolves (n.) pl. of Wolf.
Wolvish (a.) Wolfish.
Women (pl. ) of Woman
Woman (n.) An adult female
person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child;
sometimes, any female person.
Woman (n.) The female part
of the human race; womankind.
Woman (n.) A female
attendant or servant.
Woman (v. t.) To act the
part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it.
Woman (v. t.) To make
effeminate or womanish.
Woman (v. t.) To furnish
with, or unite to, a woman.
Womanhead (n.) Alt. of
Womanhede
Womanhede (n.) Womanhood.
Womanhood (n.) The state
of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of
womankind.
Womanhood (n.) Women,
collectively; womankind.
Womanish (a.) Suitable to
a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; --
usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate.
Womanize (v. t.) To make
like a woman; to make effeminate.
Womankind (n.) The females
of the human race; women, collectively.
Womanless (a.) Without a
woman or women.
Womanlike (a.) Like a
woman; womanly.
Womanliness (n.) The
quality or state of being womanly.
Womanly (a.) Becoming a
woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior.
Womanly (adv.) In the
manner of a woman; with the grace, tenderness, or affection of a woman.
Womb (n.) The belly; the
abdomen.
Womb (n.) The uterus. See
Uterus.
Womb (n.) The place where
anything is generated or produced.
Womb (n.) Any cavity
containing and enveloping anything.
Womb (v. t.) To inclose in
a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret.
Wombat (n.) Any one of
three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys,
especially the common species (P. ursinus). They are nocturnal in their habits,
and feed mostly on roots.
Womby (a.) Capacious.
Women (n.) pl. of Woman.
Won () imp. & p. p. of Win.
Won (v. i.) To dwell or
abide.
Won (n.) Dwelling; wone.
Wonder (n.) That emotion
which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of
something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood;
surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
Wonder (n.) A cause of
wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle.
Wondered (imp. & p. p.) of
Wonder
Wondering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wonder
Wonder (v. i.) To be
affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be
amazed; to marvel.
Wonder (v. i.) To feel
doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind;
as, he wondered why they came.
Wonder (a.) Wonderful.
Wonder (adv.) Wonderfully.
Wondered (a.) Having
performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things.
Wonderer (n.) One who
wonders.
Wonderful (a.) Adapted to
excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing.
Wonderingly (adv.) In a
wondering manner.
Wonderland (n.) A land
full of wonders, or marvels.
Wonderly (adv.)
Wonderfully; wondrously.
Wonderment (n.) Surprise;
astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder.
Wonderous (a.) Same as
Wondrous.
Wonders (adv.) See
Wondrous.
Wonderstruck (a.) Struck
with wonder, admiration, or surprise.
Wonderwork (n.) A
wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle.
Wonder-worker (n.) One who
performs wonders, or miracles.
Wonder-working (a.) Doing
wonders or surprising things.
Wondrous (n.) In a
wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully.
Wondrous (a.) Wonderful;
astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment;
strange.
Wone (a.) To dwell; to
abide.
Wone (a.) Dwelling;
habitation; abode.
Wone (a.) Custom; habit;
wont; use; usage.
Wong (n.) A field.
Wonger (n.) See Wanger.
Woning (n.) Dwelling.
Won't () A colloquial contraction
of woll not. Will not. See Will.
Wont (a.) Using or doing
customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.
Wont (n.) Custom; habit;
use; usage.
Wont (imp.) of Wont
Wont (p. p.) of Wont
Wonted () of Wont
Wonting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wont
Wont (v. i.) To be
accustomed or habituated; to be used.
Wont (v. t.) To accustom;
-- used reflexively.
Wonted (a.) Accustomed;
customary; usual.
Wontedness (n.) The
quality or state of being accustomed.
Wontless (a.)
Unaccustomed.
Wooed (imp. & p. p.) of
Woo
Wooing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Woo
Woo (v. t.) To solicit in
love; to court.
Woo (v. t.) To court
solicitously; to invite with importunity.
Woo (v. i.) To court; to
make love.
Wood (a.) Mad; insane;
possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.
Wood (v. i.) To grow mad;
to act like a madman; to mad.
Wood (n.) A large and
thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural.
Wood (n.) The substance of
trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree
and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber.
Wood (n.) The fibrous
material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and
shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists
of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven
with the shinning bands called silver grain.
Wood (n.) Trees cut or
sawed for the fire or other uses.
Wooded (imp. & p. p.) of
Wood
Wooding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wood
Wood (v. t.) To supply
with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.
Wood (v. i.) To take or
get a supply of wood.
Woodbind (n.) Woodbine.
Woodbine (v. t.) A
climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the
honeysuckle.
Woodbine (v. t.) The
Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia.
Wood-bound (a.) Incumbered
with tall, woody hedgerows.
Woodbury-type (n.) A
process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which
has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or
other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures
may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing.
Woodbury-type (n.) A print
from such a plate.
Woodchat (n.) Any one of
several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera Ianthia and
Larvivora. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually
bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath.
Woodchat (n.) A European
shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the
back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white.
Woodchuck (n.) A common
large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more
or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious
to growing crops. Called also ground hog.
Woodchuck (n.) The yaffle,
or green woodpecker.
Woodcock (n.) Any one of
several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax
and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly
esteemed as game birds.
Woodcock (n.) Fig.: A
simpleton.
Woodcracker (n.) The
nuthatch.
Woodcraft (n.) Skill and
practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other
sports in the woods.
Woodcut (n.) An engraving
on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.
Woodcutter (n.) A person
who cuts wood.
Woodcutter (n.) An
engraver on wood.
Woodcutting (n.) The act
or employment of cutting wood or timber.
Woodcutting (n.) The act
or art of engraving on wood.
Wooded (a.) Supplied or
covered with wood, or trees; as, land wooded and watered.
Wooden (a.) Made or
consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a
wooden leg; a wooden wedding.
Wooden (a.) Clumsy;
awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.
Woodenly (adv.) Clumsily;
stupidly; blockishly.
Woodenness (n.) Quality of
being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.
Woodhack (n.) Alt. of
Woodhacker
Woodhacker (n.) The
yaffle.
Woodnewer (n.) A
woodpecker.
Woodhole (n.) A place
where wood is stored.
Woodhouse (n.) A house or
shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from the weather.
Woodiness (n.) The quality
or state of being woody.
Woodknacker (n.) The
yaffle.
Woodland (n.) Land covered
with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for
fuel or timber.
Woodland (a.) Of or
pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.
Woodlander (n.) A dweller
in a woodland.
Wood-layer (n.) A young
oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other
plants used in hedges.
Woodless (a.) Having no
wood; destitute of wood.
Woodly (adv.) In a wood,
mad, or raving manner; madly; furiously.
Woodmen (pl. ) of Woodman
Woodman (n.) A forest
officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester.
Woodman (n.) A sportsman;
a hunter.
Woodman (n.) One who cuts
down trees; a woodcutter.
Woodman (n.) One who
dwells in the woods or forest; a bushman.
Woodmeil (n.) See Wadmol.
Woodmonger (n.) A wood
seller.
Woodness (n.) Anger;
madness; insanity; rage.
Wood-note (n.) A wild or
natural note, as of a forest bird.
Woodpeck (n.) A
woodpecker.
Woodpecker (n.) Any one of
numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera
of the family Picidae.
Woodrock (n.) A compact
woodlike variety of asbestus.
Woodruff (n.) Alt. of
Woodroof
Woodroof (n.) A little
European herb (Asperula odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used
for flavoring wine. See Illust. of Whorl.
Wood-sare (n.) A kind of
froth seen on herbs.
Wood-sere (n.) The time
when there no sap in the trees; the winter season.
Woodsmen (pl. ) of
Woodsman
Woodsman (n.) A woodman;
especially, one who lives in the forest.
Wood's metal () A fusible alloy
consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with
seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ to 71¡ C. See Fusible
metal, under Fusible.
Woodstone (n.) A striped
variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance.
Woodsy (a.) Of or
pertaining to the woods or forest.
Wood tick () Any one of several
species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly
fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact.
When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome
sores. The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes unipunctata.
Woodwall (n.) The yaffle.
Woodward (n.) An officer
of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods.
Woodwardia (n.) A genus of
ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in
California, the Azores, etc.
Wood-wash (n.) Alt. of
Wood-waxen
Wood-wax (n.) Alt. of
Wood-waxen
Wood-waxen (n.) Same as
Woadwaxen.
Woodwork (n.) Work made of
wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood.
Woodworm (n.) See Wood
worm, under Wood.
Woody (a.) Abounding with
wood or woods; as, woody land.
Woody (a.) Consisting of,
or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.
Woody (a.) Of or
pertaining to woods; sylvan.
Wooer (v. t.) One who
wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.
Woof (n.) The threads that
cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually
carried by the shuttle in weaving.
Woof (n.) Texture; cloth;
as, a pall of softest woof.
Woofell (n.) The European
blackbird.
Woofy (a.) Having a close
texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud.
Woohoo (n.) The sailfish.
Wooingly (adv.) In a
wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness.
Wook (imp.) Woke.
Wool (n.) The soft and
curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals,
and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the
fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of
clothing in all cold and temperate climates.
Wool (n.) Short, thick
hair, especially when crisped or curled.
Wool (n.) A sort of
pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain
plants.
Woolded (imp. & p. p.) of
Woold
Woolding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Woold
Woold (v. t.) To wind, or
wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more
pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen
it.
Woolder (n.) A stick used
to tighten the rope in woolding.
Woolder (n.) One of the
handles of the top, formed by a wooden pin passing through it. See 1st Top, 2.
Woolding (n.) The act of
winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast.
Woolding (n.) A rope used
for binding masts and spars.
Wool-dyed (a.) Dyed before
being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain.
Wooled (a.) Having (such)
wool; as, a fine-wooled sheep.
Woolen (a.) Made of wool;
consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.
Woolen (a.) Of or
pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a
woolen draper.
Woolen (n.) Cloth made of
wool; woollen goods.
Woolenet (n.) A thin,
light fabric of wool.
Woolert (n.) The barn owl.
Woolfell (n.) A skin with
the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled.
Woolgathering (a.)
Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a
fruitless quest; idly fanciful.
Woolgathering (n.)
Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.
Woolgrower (n.) One who
raises sheep for the production of wool.
Wool-hall (n.) A trade
market in the woolen districts.
Woolhead (n.) The buffel
duck.
Woolliness (n.) The
quality or state of being woolly.
Woolly (a.) Consisting of
wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece.
Woolly (a.) Resembling
wool; of the nature of wool.
Woolly (a.) Clothed with
wool.
Woolly (a.) Clothed with a
fine, curly pubescence resembling wool.
Woolly-head (n.) A negro.
Woolmen (pl. ) of Woolman
Woolman (n.) One who deals
in wool.
Woolpack (n.) A pack or
bag of wool weighing two hundred and forty pounds.
Woolsack (n.) A sack or
bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord chancellor of England in the
House of Lords, being a large, square sack of wool resembling a divan in form.
Woolsey (n.)
Linsey-woolsey.
Woolstock (n.) A heavy
wooden hammer for milling cloth.
Woolward (adv.) In wool;
with woolen raiment next the skin.
Woolward-going (n.) A
wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance.
Woon (n.) Dwelling. See
Wone.
Woorali (n.) Same as
Curare.
Woosy (a.) Oozy; wet.
Wootz (n.) A species of
steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel.
It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica.
Wooyen (n.) See Yuen.
Wopen (p. p.) Wept.
Worble (n.) See Wormil.
Word (n.) The spoken sign
of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of
articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom
expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or
language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable.
Word (n.) Hence, the
written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a
term; as, the words on a page.
Word (n.) Talk; discourse;
speech; language.
Word (n.) Account;
tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular.
Word (n.) Signal; order;
command; direction.
Word (n.) Language
considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it;
statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.
Word (n.) Verbal
contention; dispute.
Word (n.) A brief remark
or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.
Word (v. i.) To use words,
as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
Worded (imp. & p. p.) of
Word
Wording (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Word
Word (v. t.) To express in
words; to phrase.
Word (v. t.) To ply with
words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.
Word (v. t.) To flatter
with words; to cajole.
Wordbook (n.) A collection
of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon.
Word-catcher (n.) One who
cavils at words.
Worder (n.) A speaker.
Wordily (adv.) In a wordy
manner.
Wordiness (n.) The quality
or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness.
Wording (n.) The act or
manner of expressing in words; style of expression; phrasing.
Wordish (a.) Respecting
words; full of words; wordy.
Wordle (n.) One of several
pivoted pieces forming the throat of an adjustable die used in drawing wire,
lead pipe, etc.
Wordless (a.) Not using
words; not speaking; silent; speechless.
Wordsman (n.) One who
deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist.
Wordy (superl.) Of or
pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war.
Wordy (superl.) Using many
words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker.
Wordy (superl.) Containing
many words; full of words.
Wore () imp. of Wear.
Wore () imp. of Ware.
Work (n.) Exertion of
strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end;
industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physically
labor.
Work (n.) The matter on
which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working
upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take
up one's work; to drop one's work.
Work (n.) That which is
produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by exertion or toil;
product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed,
service, effect, result, achievement, feat.
Work (n.) Specifically:
(a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work,
or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the
needle; embroidery.
Work (n.) Structures in
civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches,
fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a
manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.
Work (n.) The moving parts
of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch.
Work (n.) Manner of
working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect.
Work (n.) The causing of
motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is
measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the
direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of
work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg.
Work (n.) Ore before it is
dressed.
Work (n.) Performance of
moral duties; righteous conduct.
Worked (imp. & p. p.) of
Work
Wrought () of Work
Working (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Work
Work (n.) To exert one's
self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to
labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.
Work (n.) Hence, in a
general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well.
Work (n.) Hence,
figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce.
Work (n.) To carry on
business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a
laborer; to labor; to toil.
Work (n.) To be in a state
of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move
heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.
Work (n.) To make one's
way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed
with effort; -- with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through,
and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.
Work (n.) To ferment, as a
liquid.
Work (n.) To act or
operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.
Work (v. t.) To labor or
operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize,
by labor.
Work (v. t.) To produce or
form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate;
to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to
work cotton or wool into cloth.
Work (v. t.) To produce by
slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action
or motion.
Work (v. t.) To influence
by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead.
Work (v. t.) To form with
a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.
Work (v. t.) To set in
motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to
manage; as, to work a machine.
Work (v. t.) To cause to
ferment, as liquor.
Workable (a.) Capable of
being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay.
Workaday (n.) See
Workyday.
Workbag (n.) A bag for
holding implements or materials for work; especially, a reticule, or bag for
holding needlework, and the like.
Workbasket (n.) A basket
for holding materials for needlework, or the like.
Workbench (n.) A bench on
which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop.
Workbox (n.) A box for
holding instruments or materials for work.
Workday (n. & a.) A day on
which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a
working day.
Worker (n.) One who, or
that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.
Worker (n.) One of the
neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social ants, bees, and white ants. The
workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed.
See Ant, and White ant, under White.
Workfellow (n.) One
engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.
Workfolk (n.) People that
labor.
Workful (a.) Full of work;
diligent.
Workhouses (pl. ) of
Workhouse
Workhouse (n.) A house
where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
Workhouse (n.) A house in
which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
Workhouse (n.) A house
where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a
poorhouse.
Working () a & n. from Work.
Working-day (a.)
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence,
plodding; hard-working.
Workingmen (pl. ) of
Workingman
Workingman (n.) A laboring
man; a man who earns his daily support by manual labor.
Workless (a.) Without
work; not laboring; as, many people were still workless.
Workless (a.) Not carried
out in practice; not exemplified in fact; as, workless faith.
Workmen (pl. ) of Workman
Workman (n.) A man
employed in labor, whether in tillage or manufactures; a worker.
Workman (n.) Hence,
especially, a skillful artificer or laborer.
Workmanlike (a.) Becoming
a workman, especially a skillful one; skillful; well performed.
Workmanly (a.) Becoming a
skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike.
Workmanly (adv.) In a
skillful manner; in a manner becoming a skillful workman.
Workmanship (n.) The art
or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.
Workmanship (n.) That
which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual
labor.
Workmaster (n.) The
performer of any work; a master workman.
Workroom (n.) Any room or
apartment used especially for labor.
Workship (n.) Workmanship.
Workshop (n.) A shop where
any manufacture or handiwork is carried on.
Worktable (n.) A table for
holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and
other conveniences for needlework, etc.
Workwomen (pl. ) of
Workwoman
Workwoman (n.) A woman who
performs any work; especially, a woman skilled in needlework.
Workyday (n.) A week day
or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or a holiday. Also used
adjectively.
World (n.) The earth and
the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent
creation; the universe.
World (n.) Any planet or
heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of
interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds.
World (n.) The earth and
its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests.
World (n.) In a more
restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any
one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants;
human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view;
also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New
World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future
world; the heathen world.
World (n.) The customs,
practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public
affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.
World (n.) Individual
experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which
affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and
begin the world anew.
World (n.) The inhabitants
of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind.
World (n.) The earth and
its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished
from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence,
secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly
corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind.
World (n.) As an emblem of
immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number.
Worldliness (n.) The
quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of
this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments;
worldly-mindedness.
Worldling () A person whose soul
is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its
enjoyments.
Worldly (a.) Relating to
the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions.
Worldly (a.) Pertaining to
this world or life, in contradistinction from the life to come; secular;
temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly
pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men.
Worldly (a.) Lay, as
opposed to clerical.
Worldly (adv.) With
relation to this life; in a worldly manner.
Worldly-minded (a.)
Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and
forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the
exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns.
World-wide (a.) Extended
throughout the world; as, world-wide fame.
Worldlywise (a.) Wise in
regard to things of this world.
Worm (n.) A creeping or a
crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the
like.
Worm (n.) Any small
creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short
ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.
Worm (n.) Any helminth; an
entozoon.
Worm (n.) Any annelid.
Worm (n.) An insect larva.
Worm (n.) Same as Vermes.
Worm (n.) An internal
tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.
Worm (n.) A being debased
and despised.
Worm (n.) Anything spiral,
vermiculated, or resembling a worm
Worm (n.) The thread of a
screw.
Worm (n.) A spiral
instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from
firearms.
Worm (n.) A certain
muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.
Worm (n.) The condensing
tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of
Still.
Worm (n.) A short
revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by
gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below.
Wormed (imp. & p. p.) of
Worm
Worming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Worm
Worm (v. i.) To work
slowly, gradually, and secretly.
Worm (v. t.) To effect,
remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by
out.
Worm (v. t.) To clean by
means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5
(b).
Worm (n.) To cut the worm,
or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a
disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine
madness.
Worm (n.) To wind rope,
yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to
wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.
Wormal (n.) See Wormil.
Worm-eaten (a.) Eaten, or
eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.
Worm-eaten (a.) Worn-out;
old; worthless.
Wormed (a.) Penetrated by
worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormed timber.
Wormhole (n.) A burrow
made by a worm.
Wormian (a.) Discovered or
described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish anatomist.
Wormil (n.) Any botfly
larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus
producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera.
Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also
warble, and worble.
Wormil (n.) See 1st
Warble, 1 (b).
Wormling (n.) A little
worm.
Wormseed (n.) Any one of
several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose
seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.
Worm-shaped (a.) Shaped
like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a
worm-shaped root.
Worm-shell (n.) Any
species of Vermetus.
Wormul (n.) See Wornil.
Wormwood (n.) A composite
plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste,
formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile
oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the
same genus.
Wormwood (n.) Anything
very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Wormy (superl.) Containing
a worm; abounding with worms.
Wormy (superl.) Like or
pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.
Worn () p. p. of Wear.
Wornil (n.) See Wormil.
Worn-out (a.) Consumed, or
rendered useless, by wearing; as, worn-out garments.
Worral (n.) Alt. of Worrel
Worrel (n.) An Egyptian
fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown.
Worrier (n.) One who
worries.
Worriment (n.) Trouble;
anxiety; worry.
Worrisome (a.) Inclined to
worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.
Worrit (v. t.) To worry;
to annoy.
Worrit (n.) Worry;
anxiety.
Worried (imp. & p. p.) of
Worry
Worrying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Worry
Worry (v. t.) To harass by
pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the
teeth.
Worry (v. t.) To harass or
beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment;
to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague.
Worry (v. t.) To harass
with labor; to fatigue.
Worry (v. i.) To feel or
express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful;
to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
Worries (pl. ) of Worry
Worry (n.) A state of
undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation;
anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.
Worryingly (adv.) In a
worrying manner.
Worse (compar.) Bad, ill,
evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good;
specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral
sense.
Worse (n.) Loss;
disadvantage; defeat.
Worse (n.) That which is
worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
Worse (a.) In a worse
degree; in a manner more evil or bad.
Worse (v. t.) To make
worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.
Worsen (v. t.) To make
worse; to deteriorate; to impair.
Worsen (v. t.) To get the
better of; to worst.
Worsen (v. i.) To grow or
become worse.
Worser (a.) Worse.
Worship (a.) Excellence of
character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
Worship (a.) Honor;
respect; civil deference.
Worship (a.) Hence, a
title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or
station.
Worship (a.) The act of
paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage;
adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God.
Worship (a.) Obsequious or
submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.
Worship (a.) An object of
worship.
Worshiped (imp. & p. p.)
of Worship
Worshipped () of Worship
Worshiping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Worship
Worshipping () of Worship
Worship (v. t.) To
respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
Worship (v. t.) To pay
divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform
religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.
Worship (v. t.) To honor
with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
Worship (v. i.) To perform
acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.
Worshipability (n.) The
quality of being worthy to be worshiped.
Worshipable (a.) Capable
of being worshiped; worthy of worship.
Worshiper (n.) One who
worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one who adores.
Worshipful (a.) Entitled
to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; --
often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically.
Worst (a.) Bad, evil, or
pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See
Worse.
Worst (n.) That which is
most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or
degree.
Worsted (imp. & p. p.) of
Worst
Worsting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Worst
Worst (a.) To gain
advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to
overthrow; to discomfit.
Worst (v. i.) To grow
worse; to deteriorate.
Worsted (n.) Well-twisted
yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel,
used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.
Worsted (n.) Fine and soft
woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.
Wort (n.) A plant of any
kind.
Wort (n.) Cabbages.
Wort (n.) An infusion of
malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion
of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of
incipient fermentation.
Worth (v. i.) To be; to
become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth
the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man,
etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are
equivalent phrases.
Worth (a.) Valuable; of
worthy; estimable; also, worth while.
Worth (a.) Equal in value
to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.
Worth (a.) Deserving of;
-- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.
Worth (a.) Having
possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.
Worth (a.) That quality of
a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which
render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a
standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price.
Worth (a.) Value in
respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert;
merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth.
Worthful (a.) Full of
worth; worthy; deserving.
Worthily (adv.) In a
worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably;
becomingly.
Worthiness (n.) The
quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue;
worth.
Worthless (a.) Destitute
of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like;
undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a
worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate.
worthwhile (adj.) Worth
the time or effort spent.
Worthy (n.) Having worth
or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent;
virtuous.
Worthy (n.) Having
suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before
the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive
instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or
dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in
a bad one.
Worthy (n.) Of high
station; of high social position.
Worthies (pl. ) of Worthy
Worthy (n.) A man of
eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a
person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of
the church; political worthies; military worthies.
Worthy (v. t.) To render
worthy; to exalt into a hero.
Wost () 2d pers. sing. pres. of
Wit, to know.
Wot () 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres.
of Wit, to know. See the Note under Wit, v.
Wotest () Alt. of Wottest
Wottest () 2d pers. sing. pres.
of Wit, to know.
Woteth () Alt. of Wotteth
Wotteth () 3d pers. sing. pres.
of Wit, to know.
Woul (v. i.) To howl.
Would (v. t.) Commonly
used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or
optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.
Would (n.) See 2d Weld.
Would-be (a.) Desiring or
professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.
Woulding (n.) Emotion of
desire; inclination; velleity.
Wouldingness (n.)
Willingness; desire.
Woulfe bottle (n.) A kind
of wash bottle with two or three necks; -- so called after the inventor, Peter
Woulfe, an English chemist.
Wound () imp. & p. p. of Wind to
twist, and Wind to sound by blowing.
Wound (n.) A hurt or
injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an
animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent,
or the like.
Wound (n.) Fig.: An
injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation,
etc.
Wound (n.) An injury to
the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of
the body, involving some solution of continuity.
Wounded (imp. & p. p.) of
Wound
Wounding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wound
Wound (n.) To hurt by
violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab,
blow, or the like.
Wound (n.) To hurt the
feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury
to.
Woundable (a.) Capable of
being wounded; vulnerable.
Wounder (n.) One who, or
that which, wounds.
Woundily (adv.) In a
woundy manner; excessively; woundy.
Woundless (a.) Free from
wound or hurt; exempt from being wounded; invulnerable.
Woundwort (n.) Any one of
certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as
the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys.
Woundy (a.) Excessive.
Woundy (adv.) Excessively;
extremely.
Wourali (n.) Same as
Curare.
Wou-wou (n.) The agile, or
silvery, gibbon; -- called also camper. See Gibbon.
Wove () p. pr. & rare vb. n. of
Weave.
Woven () p. p. of Weave.
Wowe (v. t. & i.) To woo.
Wowf (a.) Disordered or
unsettled in intellect; deranged.
Wowke (n.) Week.
Wow-wow (n.) See Wou-wou.
Wox () imp. of Wax.
Woxen () p. p. of Wax.
Wrack (n.) A thin, flying
cloud; a rack.
Wrack (v. t.) To rack; to
torment.
Wrack (n.) Wreck; ruin;
destruction.
Wrack (n.) Any marine
vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus,
Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores.
Wrack (n.) Coarse seaweed
of any kind.
Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
Wrackful (a.) Ruinous;
destructive.
Wrain-bolt (n.) Same as
Wringbolt.
Wraith (n.) An apparition
of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence,
an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.
Wraith (n.) Sometimes,
improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water
wraith.
Wrangled (imp. & p. p.) of
Wrangle
Wrangling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wrangle
Wrangle (v. i.) To argue;
to debate; to dispute.
Wrangle (v. i.) To dispute
angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.
Wrangle (v. t.) To involve
in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
Wrangle (n.) An angry
dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.
Wrangler (n.) An angry
disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness.
Wrangler (n.) One of those
who stand in the first rank of honors in the University of Cambridge, England.
They are called, according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler,
third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime.
Wranglership (n.) The
honor or position of being a wrangler at the University of Cambridge, England.
Wranglesome (a.)
Contentious; quarrelsome.
Wrannock (n.) Alt. of
Wranny
Wranny (n.) The common
wren.
Wrap (v. t.) To snatch up;
transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
Wrapped (imp. & p. p.) of
Wrap
Wrapt () of Wrap
Wrapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wrap
Wrap (v. t.) To wind or
fold together; to arrange in folds.
Wrap (v. t.) To cover by
winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with
up.
Wrap (v. t.) To conceal by
enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or
consequence; to be followed by.
Wrap (n.) A wrapper; --
often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or
traveling.
Wrappage (n.) The act of
wrapping.
Wrappage (n.) That which
wraps; envelope; covering.
Wrapper (n.) One who, or
that which, wraps.
Wrapper (n.) That in which
anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering.
Wrapper (n.) Specifically,
a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the
person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's wrapper.
Wraprascal (n.) A kind of
coarse upper coat, or overcoat, formerly worn.
Wrasse (n.) Any one of
numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which
several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of
Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored.
Wrastle (v. i.) To
wrestle.
Wrath (a.) Violent anger;
vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.
Wrath (a.) The effects of
anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime.
Wrath (a.) See Wroth.
Wrath (v. t.) To anger; to
enrage; -- also used impersonally.
Wrathful (a.) Full of
wrath; very angry; greatly incensed; ireful; passionate; as, a wrathful man.
Wrathful (a.) Springing
from, or expressing, wrath; as, a wrathful countenance.
Wrathily (adv.) In a
wrathy manner; very angrily; wrathfully.
Wrathless (a.) Free from
anger or wrath.
Wrathy (a.) Very angry.
Wraw (a.) Angry; vexed;
wrathful.
Wrawful (a.) Ill-tempered.
Wrawl (v. i.) To cry, as a
cat; to waul.
Wrawness (n.) Peevishness;
ill temper; anger.
Wray (v. t.) To reveal; to
disclose.
Wreak (v. i.) To reck; to
care.
Wreaked (imp. & p. p.) of
Wreak
Wreaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wreak
Wreak (v. t.) To revenge;
to avenge.
Wreak (v. t.) To execute
in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on
an enemy.
Wreak (v. t.) Revenge;
vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
Wreaken () p. p. of Wreak.
Wreaker (n.) Avenger.
Wreakful (a.) Revengeful;
angry; furious.
Wreakless (a.)
Unrevengeful; weak.
Wreaths (pl. ) of Wreath
Wreath (n.) Something
twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers.
Wreath (n.) A garland; a
chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.
Wreath (n.) An appendage
to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest).
It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the
principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.
Wreathed (imp.) of Wreathe
Wreathed (p. p.) of
Wreathe
Wreathen (Archaic) of
Wreathe
Wreathing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wreathe
Wreathe (n.) To cause to
revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
Wreathe (n.) To twist; to
convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.
Wreathe (n.) To surround
with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
Wreathe (n.) To twine or
twist about; to surround; to encircle.
Wreathe (v. i.) To be
intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees.
Wreathen (a.) Twisted;
made into a wreath.
Wreathless (a.) Destitute
of a wreath.
Wreath-shell (n.) A marine
shell of the genus Turbo. See Turbo.
Wreathy (a.) Wreathed;
twisted; curled; spiral; also, full of wreaths.
Wrecche (n.) A wretch.
Wrecche (a.) Wretched.
Wreche (n.) Wreak.
Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d
& 3d Wreak.
Wreck (v. t.) The
destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by
being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck.
Wreck (v. t.) Destruction
or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad
train.
Wreck (v. t.) The ruins of
a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise
rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.
Wreck (v. t.) The remain
of anything ruined or fatally injured.
Wreck (v. t.) Goods, etc.,
which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.
Wrecked (imp. & p. p.) of
Wreck
Wrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wreck
Wreck (v. t.) To destroy,
disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on
rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to
shipwreck.
Wreck (v. t.) To bring
wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.
Wreck (v. t.) To involve
in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring
disaster on.
Wreck (v. i.) To suffer
wreck or ruin.
Wreck (v. i.) To work upon
a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
Wreckage (n.) The act of
wrecking, or state of being wrecked.
Wreckage (n.) That which
has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
Wrecker (n.) One who
causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.
Wrecker (n.) One who
searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One
who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving
property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the
wreckers of Key West.
Wrecker (n.) A vessel
employed by wreckers.
Wreckfish (n.) A stone
bass.
Wreckful (a.) Causing
wreck; involving ruin; destructive.
Wrecking () a. & n. from Wreck,
v.
Wreck-master (n.) A person
appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a
shipwreck.
Wreke (v. t.) Alt. of
Wreeke
Wreeke (v. t.) See 2d
Wreak.
Wren (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglodytes and numerous
allied of the family Troglodytidae.
Wren (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small singing birds more or less resembling the true wrens
in size and habits.
Wrench (v. t.) Trick;
deceit; fraud; stratagem.
Wrench (v. t.) A violent
twist, or a pull with twisting.
Wrench (v. t.) A sprain;
an injury by twisting, as in a joint.
Wrench (v. t.) Means;
contrivance.
Wrench (v. t.) An
instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either
at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning
bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws
for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes.
Wrench (v. t.) The system
made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that
force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be
compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.
Wrenched (imp. & p. p.) of
Wrench
Wrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wrench
Wrench (n.) To pull with a
twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.
Wrench (n.) To strain; to
sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.
Wrested (imp. & p. p.) of
Wrest
Wresting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wrest
Wrest (v. t.) To turn; to
twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if
by, violent wringing or twisting.
Wrest (v. t.) To turn from
truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to
pervert; to distort.
Wrest (v. t.) To tune with
a wrest, or key.
Wrest (n.) The act of
wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
Wrest (n.) Active or
moving power.
Wrest (n.) A key to tune a
stringed instrument of music.
Wrest (n.) A partition in
a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
Wrester (n.) One who
wrests.
Wrestled (imp. & p. p.) of
Wrestle
Wrestling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wrestle
Wrestle (v. t.) To
contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as,
they wrestled skillfully.
Wrestle (v. t.) Hence, to
struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
Wrestle (v. t.) To wrestle
with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
Wrestle (n.) A struggle
between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling;
a wrestling match; a struggle.
Wrestler (n.) One who
wrestles; one who is skillful in wrestling.
Wretch (v. t.) A miserable
person; one profoundly unhappy.
Wretch (v. t.) One sunk in
vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate
wretch.
Wretched (a.) Very
miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from
want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.
Wretched (a.) Worthless;
paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.
Wretched (a.) Hatefully
contemptible; despicable; wicked.
Wretchedly (adv.) In a
wretched manner; miserably; despicable.
Wretchedness (n.) The
quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
Wretchedness (n.) A
wretched object; anything despicably.
Wretchful (a.) Wretched.
Wretchless (a.) Reckless;
hence, disregarded.
Wrey (v. t.) See Wray.
Wrie (a. & v.) See Wry.
Wrig (v. i.) To wriggle.
Wriggled (imp. & p. p.) of
Wriggle
Wriggling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wriggle
Wriggle (v. i.) To move
the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to
twist uneasily or quickly about.
Wriggle (v. t.) To move
with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
Wriggle (a.) Wriggling;
frisky; pliant; flexible.
Wriggler (n.) One who, or
that which, wriggles.
Wright (n.) One who is
engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a
manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in
compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc.
Wrightine (n.) A rare
alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian apocynaceous tree (Wrightia
antidysenterica), and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. It was
formerly used as a remedy for diarrh/a. Called also conessine, and neriine.
Wrung (imp. & p. p.) of
Wring
Wringed () of Wring
Wringing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wring
Wring (v. t.) To twist and
compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to
pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
Wring (v. t.) Hence, to
pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
Wring (v. t.) To distort;
to pervert; to wrest.
Wring (v. t.) To extract
or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to
extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; --
usually with out or form.
Wring (v. t.) To subject
to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
Wring (v. t.) To bend or
strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
Wring (v. i.) To writhe;
to twist, as with anguish.
Wring (n.) A writhing, as
in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
Wringbolt (n.) A bolt used
by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are
fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt.
Wringer (n.) One who, or
that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.
Wringer (n.) A machine for
pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been
washed.
Wringing () a. & n. from Wring,
v.
Wringstaves (pl. ) of
Wringstaff
Wringstaff (n.) A strong
piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.
Wrinkle (n.) A winkle.
Wrinkle (n.) A small
ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any
smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the
skin; a wrinkle in cloth.
Wrinkle (n.) hence, any
roughness; unevenness.
Wrinkle (n.) A notion or
fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle.
Wrinkled (imp. & p. p.) of
Wrinkle
Wrinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wrinkle
Wrinkle (v. t.) To
contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to
corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow.
Wrinkle (v. t.) Hence, to
make rough or uneven in any way.
Wrinkle (v. i.) To shrink
into furrows and ridges.
Wrinkly (a.) Full of
wrinkles; having a tendency to be wrinkled; corrugated; puckered.
Wrist (n.) The joint, or
the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.
Wrist (n.) A stud or pin
which forms a journal; -- also called wrist pin.
Wristband (n.) The band of
the sleeve of a shirt, or other garment, which covers the wrist.
Wrister (n.) A covering
for the wrist.
Wristlet (n.) An elastic
band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a
glove.
Writ (obs.) 3d pers. sing.
pres. of Write, for writeth.
Writ () imp. & p. p. of Write.
Writ (n.) That which is
written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the
books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ.
Writ (n.) An instrument in
writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority,
commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom
it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of
mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.
Writability (n.) Ability
or capacity to write.
Writable (a.) Capable of,
or suitable for, being written down.
Writative (a.) Inclined to
much writing; -- correlative to talkative.
Wrote (imp.) of Write
Written (p. p.) of Write
Writ (Archaic imp. & p. p.)
of Write
Writing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Write
Write (v. t.) To set down,
as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any
material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters;
to write figures.
Write (v. t.) To set down
for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as,
to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set
down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.
Write (v. t.) Hence, to
compose or produce, as an author.
Write (v. t.) To impress
durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.
Write (v. t.) To make
known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often
used reflexively.
Write (v. i.) To form
characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to
express words and sentences by written signs.
Write (v. i.) To be
regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as
clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices.
Write (v. i.) To frame or
combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite
or relate in books; to compose.
Write (v. i.) To compose
or send letters.
Writer (n.) One who
writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.
Writer (n.) One who is
engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of
novels.
Writer (n.) A clerk of a
certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a
certain number of years, became a factor.
Writership (n.) The office
of a writer.
Writhed (imp.) of Writhe
Writhed (p. p.) of Writhe
Writhen () of Writhe
Writhing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Writhe
Writhe (v. t.) To twist;
to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
Writhe (v. t.) To wrest;
to distort; to pervert.
Writhe (v. t.) To extort;
to wring; to wrest.
Writhe (v. i.) To twist or
contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used
figuratively.
Writhen (a.) Having a
twisted distorted from.
Writhle (v. t.) To
wrinkle.
Writing (n.) The act or
art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material,
for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of
communicating them to others by visible signs.
Writing (n.) Anything
written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters
Writing (n.) Any legal
instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like.
Writing (n.) Any written
composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings
of Addison.
Writing (n.) An
inscription.
Writing (n.) Handwriting;
chirography.
Written () p. p. of Write, v.
Wrizzle (v. t.) To
wrinkle.
Wroken () p. p. of Wreak.
Wrong () imp. of Wring. Wrung.
Wrong (a.) Twisted; wry;
as, a wrong nose.
Wrong (a.) Not according
to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest
and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or
equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong
inclinations and desires.
Wrong (a.) Not fit or
suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according
to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end
uppermost; to take the wrong way.
Wrong (a.) Not according
to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as,
a wrong statement.
Wrong (a.) Designed to be
worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
Wrong (adv.) In a wrong
manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
Wrong (a.) That which is
not right.
Wrong (a.) Nonconformity
or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; --
the opposite of moral right.
Wrong (a.) Deviation or
departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.
Wrong (a.) Whatever
deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences,
as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from;
another; a trespass; a violation of right.
Wronged (imp. & p. p.) of
Wrong
Wronging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wrong
Wrong (v. t.) To treat
with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice
from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure.
Wrong (v. t.) To impute
evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.
Wrongdoer (n.) One who
injures another, or who does wrong.
Wrongdoer (n.) One who
commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor.
Wrongdoing (n.) Evil or
wicked behavior or action.
Wronger (n.) One who
wrongs or injures another.
Wrongful (a.) Full of
wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful
dealing.
Wronghead (n.) A person of
a perverse understanding or obstinate character.
Wronghead (a.)
Wrongheaded.
Wrongheaded (a.) Wrong in
opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.
Wrongless (a.) Not wrong;
void or free from wrong.
Wrongly (adv.) In a wrong
manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my
motives.
Wrongness (n.) The quality
or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault.
Wrongous (a.)
Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful.
Wrongous (a.) Not right;
illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment.
Wrong-timed (a.) Done at
an improper time; ill-timed.
Wroot () imp. of Write. Wrote.
Wrote (v. i.) To root with
the snout. See 1st Root.
Wrote () imp. & archaic p. p. of
Write.
Wroth (a.) Full of wrath;
angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful.
Wrought () imp. & p. p. of Work.
Wrought (a.) Worked;
elaborated; not rough or crude.
Wrung () imp. & p. p. of Wring.
Wry (v. t.) To cover.
Wry (superl.) Turned to
one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
Wry (superl.) Hence,
deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
Wry (superl.) Wrested;
perverted.
Wry (v. i.) To twist; to
writhe; to bend or wind.
Wry (v. i.) To deviate
from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
Wried (imp. & p. p.) of
Wry
Wrying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wry
Wry (a.) To twist; to
distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
Wrybill (n.) See
Crookbill.
Wrymouth (n.) Any one of
several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes,
especially C. maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is called
ghostfish.
Wryneck (n.) A twisted or
distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid
contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.
Wryneck (n.) Any one of
several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers;
especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its
habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's
mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.
Wrynecked (a.) Having a
distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.
Wryness (n.) The quality
or state of being wry, or distorted.
Wrythen (p. p.) Writhen.
Wulfenite (n.) Native lead
molybdate occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually tabular, and of a bright
orange-yellow to red, gray, or brown color; -- also called yellow lead ore.
Wull (v. t. & i.) See 2d
Will.
Wung-out (a.) Having the
sails set in the manner called wing-and-wing.
Wurbagool (n.) A fruit bat
(Pteropus medius) native of India. It is similar to the flying fox, but smaller.
Wurmal (n.) See Wormil.
Wurraluh (n.) The
Australian white-quilled honey eater (Entomyza albipennis).
Wust () Alt. of Wuste
Wuste () imp. of Wit.
Wyandots (n. pl.) Same as
Hurons.
Wych-elm (n.) A species of
elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm.
Wych-hazel (n.) The wych-elm;
-- so called because its leaves are like those of the hazel.
Wyclifite (n.) Alt. of
Wycliffite
Wycliffite (n.) A follower
of Wyclif, the English reformer; a Lollard.
Wyd (a.) Wide.
Wyes (pl. ) of Wye
Wye (n.) The letter Y.
Wye (n.) A kind of crotch.
See Y, n. (a).
Wyke (n.) Week.
Wyla (n.) A helmeted
Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus); -- called also funeral cockatoo.
Wynd (n.) A narrow lane or
alley.
Wynkernel (n.) The
European moor hen.
Wynn (n.) A kind of timber
truck, or carriage.
Wype (n.) The wipe, or
lapwing.
Wythe (n.) Same as Withe,
n., 4.
Wys (a.) Wise.
Wyte () Alt. of Wyten
Wyten () pl. pres. of Wit.
Wyvern (n.) Same as Wiver.
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