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<p><centered><point26>W.</point26></centered><br/>
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<p><hw>W</hw> <pr>(d&ubreve;b"'l &umacr;)</pr>, <def>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 <xex>few</xex>, <xex>how</xex>. 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 <xex>U</xex>. Etymologically it is most related to <xex>v</xex> and <xex>u</xex>.  See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse <xex>w</xex> and <xex>v</xex>, substituting the one for the other, as <xex>weal</xex> for <xex>veal</xex>, and <xex>veal</xex> for <xex>weal</xex>; <xex>wine</xex> for <xex>vine</xex>, and <xex>vine</xex> for <xex>wine</xex>, etc.  See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, &sect;&sect; 266-268.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Waag</hw> <pr>(w&auml;g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The grivet.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Waa*hoo"</hw> <pr>(w&auml;*h&oomacr_;")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wab"ble</hw> <pr>(w&obreve_;b"b'l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Prov. G. <ets>wabbeln</ets> to wabble, and E. <ets>whap</ets>.  Cf. <er>Quaver</er>.]</ety> <def>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>as, a top <ex>wabbles</ex>; a buzz saw <ex>wabbles</ex></as>.</def>
<!-- now replaced by <er>wobble.</er>, same pronunciation --><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wab"ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wab"bly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inclined to wabble; wabbling.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Wack"e</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Wack"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>wacke</ets>, MHG. <ets>wacke</ets> a large stone, OHG. <ets>waggo</ets> a pebble.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Woad</er>.]</ety> <def>Woad.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. <ets>vadd</ets> wadding, Dan <ets>vat</ets>, D. &amp; G. <ets>watte</ets>.  Cf. <er>Wadmol</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wed hook</b></col>, <cd>a rod with a screw or hook at the end, used for removing the wad from a gun.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wad</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wadding</conjf>.]</vmorph><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; <as>as, to <ex>wad</ex> tow or cotton</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To insert or crowd a wad into; <as>as, to <ex>wad</ex> a gun</as>; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; <as>as, to <ex>wad</ex> a cloak</as>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Wad</hw>, <hw>Wadd</hw>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Plumbago, or black lead.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"die</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v.</pos> <def>See <er>Waddy</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"ding</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Wad</er> a little mass.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"dle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waddled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waddling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Freq. of <ets>wade</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>w&aelig;dlian</ets> to beg, from <ets>wadan</ets> to go.  See <er>Wade</er>.]</ety> <def>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>as, a child <ex>waddles</ex> when he begins to walk; a goose <ex>waddles</ex>.</as></def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>She drawls her words, and <qex>waddles</qex> in her pace.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"dle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"dler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, waddles.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"dling*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a waddling manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wad"dy</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Waddies</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <altsp>[Written also <asp>waddie</asp>, <asp>whaddie</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Native name. Thought by some to be a corrup. of E. <ets>wood</ets>.]</ety> <mark>[Australia]</mark> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An aboriginal war club.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A piece of wood; stick; peg; also, a walking stick.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"dy</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos>  <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waddied</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waddying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To attack or beat with a waddy.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"dy*wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An Australian tree (<spn>Pittosporum bicolor</spn>); also, its wood, used in making waddies.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wade</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Woad.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wade</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wading</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waden</ets> to wade, to go, AS. <ets>wadan</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>wada</ets>, D. <ets>waden</ets>, OHG. <ets>watan</ets>, Icel. <ets>va&unr_;a</ets>, Sw. <ets>vada</ets>, Dan. <ets>vade</ets>, L. <ets>vadere</ets> to go, walk, <ets>vadum</ets> a ford.  Cf. <er>Evade</er>, <er>Invade</er>, <er>Pervade</er>, <er>Waddle</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To go; to move forward.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>When might is joined unto cruelty,<br/>
Alas, too deep will the venom <qex>wade</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Forbear, and <qex>wade</qex> no further in this speech.</q> <rj><qau>Old Play.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>So eagerly the fiend . . . <br/>
With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way,<br/>
And swims, or sinks, or <qex>wades</qex>, or creeps, or flies.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed &unr_;lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly &unr_;inder or embarrass; <as>as, to <ex>wade</ex> through a dull book</as>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>And <qex>wades</qex> through fumes, and gropes his way.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The king's admirable conduct has <qex>waded</qex> through all these difficulties.</q> <rj><qau>Davenant.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wade</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To pass or cross by wading; <as>as, he <ex>waded</ex> &unr_;he rivers and swamps</as>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wade</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of wading.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, wades.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also <altname>wading bird</altname>.  See <xex>Illust.</xex> <it>g</it>, under <er>Aves</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wad"ing</hw>, <def><pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> from <er>Wade</er>, <pos>v.</pos></def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Wading bird</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Wader</er>, 2.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"mol</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. <ets>va&unr_;m&amacr;l</ets> a woollen stuff, Dan <ets>vadmel</ets>.  Cf. <er>Wad</er> a small mass, and <er>Woodmeil</er>.]</ety> <def>A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes.</def>  <altsp>[Spelled also <asp>wadmal</asp>, <asp>wadmeal</asp>, <asp>wadmoll</asp>, <asp>wadmel</asp>, etc.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Beck (Draper's Dict.). Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wad"set</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Scot. <ets>wad</ets> a pledge; akin to Sw. <ets>vad</ets> a wager.  See <er>Wed</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>A kind of pledge or mortgage.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>wadsett</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"set*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who holds by a wadset.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wad"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Wadies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Ar. <ets>w&amacr;d&imacr;</ets> a valley, a channel of a river, a river.]</ety> <def>A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water course, which is dry except in the rainy season.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wae</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A wave.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Waeg</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The kittiwake.</def>  <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"fer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wafre</ets>, OF. <ets>waufre</ets>, <ets>qaufre</ets>, F. <ets>qaufre</ets>; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. &amp; D. <ets>wafel</ets>, G. <ets>waffel</ets>, Dan. <ets>vaffel</ets>, Sw. <ets>v&aring;ffla</ets>; all akin to G. <ets>wabe</ets> a honeycomb, OHG. <ets>waba</ets>, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. <ets>wabe</ets> is probably akin to E. <ets>weave</ets>.  See <er>Weave</er>, and cf. <er>Waffle</er>, <er>Gauffer</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Wafers</qex> piping hot out of the gleed.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The curious work in pastry, the fine cakes, <qex>wafers</qex>, and marchpanes.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A woman's oaths are <qex>wafers</qex> -- break with making</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Any thin but rigid plate of solid material, esp. of discoidal shape; -- a term used commonly to refer to the thin slices of silicon used as starting material for the manufacture of integrated circuits.</def><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Wafer cake</b></col>, <cd>a sweet, thin cake.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <mcol><col><b>Wafer irons</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Wafer tongs</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Cookery)</fld>, <cd>a pincher-shaped contrivance, having flat plates, or blades, between which wafers are baked.</cd> -- <col><b>Wafer woman</b></col>, <cd>a woman who sold wafer cakes; also, one employed in amorous intrigues.</cd>  <au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wa"fer</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wafered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wafering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To seal or close with a wafer.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Wa"fer*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Waffle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>wafel</ets>.  See <er>Wafer</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Waffle iron</b></col>, <cd>an iron utensil or mold made in two parts shutting together, -- used for cooking waffles over a fire.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Waft</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wafted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wafting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Prob. originally imp. &amp; p. p. of <ets>wave</ets>, v. t.  See <er>Wave</er> to waver.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>But soft: who <qex>wafts</qex> us yonder?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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>as, a balloon was <ex>wafted</ex> over the channel</as>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A gentle <qex>wafting</qex> to immortal life.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul,<br/>
And <qex>waft</qex> a sigh from Indus to the pole.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This verb is regular; but <xex>waft</xex> was formerly som&unr_;times used, as by Shakespeare, instead of <xex>wafted</xex>.</note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Waft</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And now the shouts <qex>waft</qex> near the citadel.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waft</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A wave or current of wind.</def>  &ldquo;Every<xex>waft</xex> of the air.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Longfellow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing<br/>
Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains<br/>
In one wide <qex>waft</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An unpleasant flavor.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>wheft</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; A flag with a <xex>waft</xex> in it, when hoisted at the staff, or half way to the gaff, means, a man overboard; at the peak, a desire to communicate; at the masthead, &ldquo;Recall boats.&rdquo;</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Waft"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Boats prepared for <qex>waftage</qex> to and fro.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waft"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, wafts.</def><br/>
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<p><q>O Charon,<br/>
Thou <qex>wafter</qex> of the soul to bliss or bane.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; FL.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A boat for passage.</def>  <rj><au>Ainsworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waf"ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft.</def>  <rj><au>R. Browning.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>An angry <qex>wafture</qex> of your hand.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wagged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wagging</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waggen</ets>; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. <ets>vagga</ets> to rock a cradle, <ets>vagga</ets> cradle, Icel. <ets>vagga</ets>, Dan. <ets>vugge</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>wagian</ets> to move, wag, <ets>wegan</ets> to bear, carry, G. &amp; D. be<ets>wegen</ets> to move, and E. <ets>weigh</ets>. &radic;136.  See <er>Weigh</er>.]</ety> <def>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>as, to <ex>wag</ex> the head</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>No discerner durst <qex>wag</qex> his tongue in censure.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and <qex>wag</qex> his head.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. xviii. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Wag</xex> expresses specifically the motion of the head and body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and mockery.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The resty sieve <qex>wagged</qex> ne'er the more.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>&ldquo;Thus we may see,&rdquo; quoth he, &ldquo;how the world <qex>wags</qex>.&rdquo;</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To go; to depart; to pack oft.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I will provoke him to 't, or let him <qex>wag</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Wag</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of wagging; a shake; <as>as, a <ex>wag</ex> of the head</as>.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Perhaps shortened from <ets>wag-halter</ets> a rogue.]</ety> <def>A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We wink at <qex>wags</qex> when they offend.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A counselor never pleaded without a piece of pack thread in his hand, which he used to twist about a finger all the while he was speaking; the <qex>wags</qex> used to call it the thread of his discourse.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Wa*ga"ti</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small East Indian wild cat (<spn>Felis wagati</spn>), regarded by some as a variety of the leopard cat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waging</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>wagen</ets>, OF. <ets>wagier</ets>, <ets>gagier</ets>, to pledge, promise, F. <ets>gager</ets> to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. <ets>wadium</ets> a pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. <ets>wadi</ets> a pledge, ga<ets>wadj&omacr;n</ets> to pledge, akin to E. <ets>wed</ets>, G. <ets>wette</ets> a wager.  See <er>Wed</er>, and cf. <er>Gage</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; <as>as, to <ex>wage</ex> a dollar</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Hakluyt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>My life I never but as a pawn<br/>
To <qex>wage</qex> against thy enemies.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.</def>  &ldquo;Too weak to <xex>wage</xex> an instant trial with the king.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To wake and <qex>wage</qex> a danger profitless.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.</def><br/>
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<p><q> [He pondered] which of all his sons was fit<br/>
To reign and <qex>wage</qex> immortal war with wit.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The two are <qex>waging</qex> war, and the one triumphs by the destruction of the other.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  &ldquo;Thou . . . must <xex>wage</xex> thy works for wealth.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Abundance of treasure which he had in store, wherewith he might <qex>wage</qex> soldiers.</q> <rj><qau>Holinshed.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I would have them <qex>waged</qex> for their labor.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>To give security for the performance of.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To wage battle</b></col> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>to give gage, or security, for joining in the <xex>duellum</xex>, or combat.  See <cref>Wager of battel</cref>, under <er>Wager</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> <au>Burrill.</au> -- <col><b>To wage one's law</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to give security to make one's law.  See <cref>Wager of law</cref>, under <er>Wager</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wage</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To bind one's self; to engage.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wage</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>wage</ets>, <ets>gage</ets>, guarantee, engagement.  See <er>Wage</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos> ]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;That warlike <xex>wage</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural.  See <er>Wages</er>.</def>  &ldquo;My day's <xex>wage</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Sir W. Scott.</au> &ldquo;At least I earned my <xex>wage</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Thackeray.</au> &ldquo;Pay them a <xex>wage</xex> in advance.&rdquo; <au>J. Morley.</au> &ldquo;The <xex>wages</xex> of virtue.&rdquo; <au>Tennyson.</au><br/>
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<p><q>By Tom Thumb, a fairy page,<br/>
He sent it, and doth him engage,<br/>
By promise of a mighty <qex>wage</qex>,<br/>
It secretly to carry.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Our praises are our <qex>wages</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Existing legislation on the subject of <qex>wages</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Encyc. Brit.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Wage</xex> is used adjectively and as the first part of compounds which are usually self-explaining; as, <xex>wage</xex> worker, or <xex>wage</xex>-worker; <xex>wage</xex>-earner, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Board wages</b></col>. <cd>See under 1st <er>Board</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Hire; reward; stipend; salary; allowance; pay; compensation; remuneration; fruit.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Waggel</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"gen*boom`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D., literally, wagon tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A south African proteaceous tree (<spn>Protea grandiflora</spn>); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1622 --><br/>
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<p><hw>wa"ger</hw> <pr>(w&amacr;"j&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wager</ets>, <ets>wajour</ets>, OF. <ets>wagiere</ets>, or <ets>wageure</ets>, F. <ets>gageure</ets>.  See <er>Wage</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Besides these plates for horse races, the <qex>wagers</qex> may be as the persons please.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Temple.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If any atheist can stake his soul for a <qex>wager</qex> against such an inexhaustible disproportion, let him never hereafter accuse others of credulity.</q> <rj><qau>Bentley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; At common law a wager is considered as a legal contract which the courts must enforce unless it be on a subject contrary to public policy, or immoral, or tending to the detriment of the public, or affecting the interest, feelings, or character of a third person. In many of the United States an action can not be sustained upon any wager or bet.</note>  <rj><au>Chitty.</au>  <au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Wager of battel</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Wager of battle</b></col></mcol> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>the giving of gage, or pledge, for trying a cause by single combat, formerly allowed in military, criminal, and civil causes. In writs of right, where the trial was by champions, the tenant produced his champion, who, by throwing down his glove as a gage, thus <xex>waged</xex>, or stipulated, battle with the champion of the demandant, who, by taking up the glove, accepted the challenge. The <xex>wager of battel</xex>, which has been long in disuse, was abolished in England in 1819, by a statute passed in consequence of a defendant's having waged his battle in a case which arose about that period.  See <er>Battel</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wager of law</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the giving of gage, or sureties, by a defendant in an action of debt, that at a certain day assigned he would take a law, or oath, in open court, that he did not owe the debt, and at the same time bring with him eleven neighbors (called <xex>compurgators</xex>), who should avow upon their oaths that they believed in their consciences that he spoke the truth.</cd> -- <col><b>Wager policy</b></col>. <fld>(Insurance Law)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Policy</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Wagering contract</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>gambling contract</b></col></mcol>. <cd>A contract which is of the nature of wager.  Contracts of this nature include various common forms of valid commercial contracts, as contracts of insurance, contracts dealing in futures, options, etc.  Other wagering contracts and bets are now generally made illegal by statute against betting and gambling, and wagering has in many cases been made a criminal offence.</cd> [<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</cs><br/>
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<p><hw>wa"ger</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>wagered</conjf> <pr>(w&amacr;"j&etilde_;rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>wagering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some eventuality; to lay; to stake; to bet.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And <qex>wagered</qex> with him<br/>
Pieces of gold 'gainst this which he wore.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ger</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make a bet; to lay a wager.</def><br/>
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<p><q>'T was merry when<br/>
You <qex>wagered</qex> on your angling.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ger*er</hw> <pr>(w&amacr;"j&etilde_;r*&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who wagers, or lays a bet.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ger*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wagering policy</b></col>. <fld>(Com.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Wager policy</cref>, under <er>Policy</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ges</hw> <pr>(w&amacr;"j&ebreve_;z)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <it>plural</it> in termination, but <it>singular</it> in signification. <ety>[Plural of <ets>wage</ets>; cf. F. <ets>gages</ets>, pl., wages, hire.  See <er>Wage</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire.  See <er>Wage</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>wages</qex> of sin is death.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. vi. 23.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Economics)</fld> <def>The share of the annual product or national dividend which goes as a reward to labor, as distinct from the remuneration received by capital in its various forms. This economic or technical sense of the word <xex>wages</xex> is broader than the current sense, and includes not only amounts actually paid to laborers, but the remuneration obtained by those who sell the products of their own work, and the <xex>wages of superintendence</xex> or <xex>management</xex>, which are earned by skill in directing the work of others.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wages fund</b></col> <fld>(Polit. Econ.)</fld>, <cd>the aggregate capital existing at any time in any country, which theoretically is unconditionally destined to be paid out in wages. It was formerly held, by Mill and other political economists, that the average rate of wages in any country at any time depended upon the relation of the wages fund to the number of laborers. This theory has been greatly modified by the discovery of other conditions affecting wages, which it does not take into account.</cd>  <rj><au>Encyc. Brit.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See under <er>Wage</er>, <pos>n.</pos></syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"gel</hw> <pr>(w&abreve;g"g&ebreve_;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The young of the great black-backed gull (<spn>Larus marinus</spn>), formerly considered a distinct species.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"ger*y</hw> <pr>(-g&etilde_;r*&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Waggeries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[From <er>Wag</er>.]</ety> <def>The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; <as>as, the <ex>waggery</ex> of a schoolboy</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A drollery and lurking <qex>waggery</qex> of expression.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"gie</hw> <pr>(-g&ibreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The pied wagtail.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"gish</hw>  <pr>(-g&ibreve_;sh)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome.</def>  &ldquo;A company of <xex>waggish</xex> boys.&rdquo;  <rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; <as>as, a <ex>waggish</ex> trick</as>.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Wag"gish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Wag"gish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Freq. of <ets>wag</ets>; cf. D. <ets>waggelen</ets>, G. <ets>wackeln</ets>.]</ety> <def>To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Why do you go nodding and <qex>waggling</qex> so?</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"gle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waggled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waggling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To move frequently one way and the other; to wag; <as>as, a bird <ex>waggles</ex> his tail</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A waggling or wagging;</def> <specif>specif.</specif> <fld>(Golf)</fld>, <def>the preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"-hal`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Wag</ets> + <ets>halter</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged.</def>  <mark>[Colloq. &amp; Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I can tell you, I am a mad <qex>wag-halter</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Marston.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag*ne"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling the style of, Richard <etsep>Wagner</etsep>, the German musical composer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"ner*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive forms.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>wagen</ets>. &radic;136.  See <er>Wain</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In the United States, light <xex>wagons</xex> are used for the conveyance of persons and light commodities.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A freight car on a railway.</def>  <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A chariot</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The Dipper, or Charles's Wain.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This word and its compounds are often written with two g's (<xex>waggon</xex>, <xex>waggonage</xex>, etc.), chiefly in England. The forms <xex>wagon</xex>, <xex>wagonage</xex>, etc., are, however, etymologically preferable, and in the United States are almost universally used.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wagon boiler</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under <er>Boiler</er>, 3.</cd> -- <col><b>Wagon ceiling</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a semicircular, or wagon-headed, arch or ceiling; -- sometimes used also of a ceiling whose section is polygonal instead of semicircular.</cd> -- <col><b>Wagon master</b></col>, <cd>an officer or person in charge of one or more wagons, especially of those used for transporting freight, as the supplies of an army, and the like.</cd> -- <col><b>Wagon shoe</b></col>, <cd>a skid, or shoe, for retarding the motion of a wagon wheel; a drag.</cd> -- <col><b>Wagon vault</b></col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See under 1st <er>Vault</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wagoned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wagoning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To transport in a wagon or wagons; <as>as, goods are <ex>wagoned</ex> from city to city</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"on</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To wagon goods as a business; <as>as, the man <ex>wagons</ex> between Philadelphia and its suburbs</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"on*age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Money paid for carriage or conveyance in wagon.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Wagonage</qex>, provender, and a piece or two of cannon.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"on*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who conducts a wagon; one whose business it is to drive a wagon.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major.  See <cref>Ursa major</cref>, under <er>Ursa</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag`on*ette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extended along the sides, designed to carry six or eight persons besides the driver.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"on*ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Wagonfuls</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>As much as a wagon will hold; enough to fill a wagon; a wagonload.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"on-head`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outline an inverted <universbold>U</universbold>, thus &unr_;; <as>as, a <ex>wagonheaded</ex> ceiling</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"on*load`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Wagonful</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"on-roofed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted <universbold>U</universbold>; wagon-headed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"on*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"on*wright`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes wagons.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wag"tail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to <gen>Motacilla</gen> and several allied genera of the family <fam>Motacillid&aelig;</fam>. They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Field wagtail</b></col>, <cd>any one of several species of wagtails of the genus <gen>Budytes</gen> having the tail shorter, the legs longer, and the hind claw longer and straighter, than do the water wagtails. Most of the species are yellow beneath. Called also <altname>yellow wagtail</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Garden wagtail</b></col>, <cd>the Indian black-breasted wagtail (<spn>Nemoricola Indica</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Pied wagtail</b></col>, <cd>the common European water wagtail (<spn>Motacilla lugubris</spn>).  It is variegated with black and white. The name is applied also to other allied species having similar colors. Called also <altname>pied dishwasher</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wagtail flycatcher</b></col>, <cd>a true flycatcher (<spn>Sauloprocta motacilloides</spn>) common in Southern Australia, where it is very tame, and frequents stock yards and gardens and often builds its nest about houses; -- called also <altname>black fantail</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Water wagtail</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Any one of several species of wagtails of the restricted genus <gen>Motacilla</gen>. They live chiefly on the shores of ponds and streams.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The American water thrush.  See <er>Water thrush</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wood wagtail</b></col>, <cd>an Asiatic wagtail; (<spn>Calobates sulphurea</spn>) having a slender bill and short legs.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wah</hw> <pr>(w&auml;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The panda.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa*ha"bee</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>wah&amacr;bi</ets>.]</ety> <def>A follower of <person>Abdel <etsep>Wahab</etsep></person> (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Islam.  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.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>Wahaby</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa*hoo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any of various American trees or shrubs;</def> <specif>specif.:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A certain shrub (<spn>Evonymus atropurpureus</spn>) having purple capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled seeds; -- called also <altname>burning bush</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Cascara buckthorn.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Basswood.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa*hoo"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dark blue scombroid food fish (<spn>Acanthocibium solandri</spn> <it>or</it> <spn>Acanthocibium petus</spn>) of Florida and the West Indies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[For <ets>weighed</ets>.]</ety> <def>Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tusser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waif</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>waif</ets>, <ets>gaif</ets>, as adj., lost, unclaimed, <ets>chose gaive</ets> a waif, LL. <ets>wayfium</ets>, <ets>res vaivae</ets>; of Scand. origin.  See <er>Waive</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Eng. Law.)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.</def>  &ldquo;Rolling in his mind old <xex>waifs</xex> of rhyme.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>waif</qex><br/>
Desirous to return, and not received.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waift</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A waif.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wail</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>val</ets> choice, <ets>velja</ets> to choose, akin to Goth. <ets>waljan</ets>, G. <ets>w&auml;hlen</ets>.]</ety> <def>To choose; to select.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Wailed</xex> wine and meats.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Henryson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wail</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wailed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wailing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>wailen</ets>, <ets>weilen</ets>, probably fr. Icel. <ets>v&aelig;la</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>v&aelig;</ets>, <ets>vei</ets>, woe, and E. <ets>wayment</ets>, also OE. <ets>wai</ets>, <ets>wei</ets>, woe.  Cf. <er>Woe</er>.]</ety> <def>To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; <as>as, to <ex>wail</ex> one's death</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wail</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Therefore I will <qex>wail</qex> and howl.</q>  <rj><au>Micah i. 8.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wail</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.</def>  &ldquo;The <xex>wail</xex> of the forest.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Longfellow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wail"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who wails or laments.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wail"er*ess</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who wails.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wail"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Sorrowful; mournful.</def>  &ldquo; Like <xex>wailful</xex> widows.&rdquo; <au>Spenser.</au> &ldquo;<xex>Wailful</xex> sonnets.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Wail"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a wailing manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wail"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hacket.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wai"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>v. &amp; n.</pos> <def>See <er>Wayment</er>.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wain</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wain</ets>, AS. <ets>w&aelig;gn</ets>; akin to D. &amp; G. <ets>wagen</ets>, OHG. <ets>wagan</ets>, Icel. &amp; Sw. <ets>vagn</ets>, Dan. <ets>vogn</ets>, and E. <ets>way</ets>. <ets>&unr_;</ets>&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;.  See <er>Way</er>, <er>Weigh</er>, and cf. <er>Wagon</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The wardens see nothing but a <qex>wain</qex> of hay.</q> <rj><qau>Jeffrey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Driving in ponderous <qex>wains</qex> their household goods to the seashore.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A chariot.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>The Wain</b></col>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Charles's Wain</er>, in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Wain rope</b></col>, <cd>a cart rope.</cd>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wain"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being plowed or cultivated; arable; tillable.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cowell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wain"age</hw> <pr>(?; 48)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Wain</er>.]</ety> <def>A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.</def>  <rj><au>Ainsworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wain"age</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>See <er>Gainage</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wain"bote`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Wain</ets> + <ets>bote</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>See <er>Cartbote</er>.  See also the Note under <er>Bote</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wain"scot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OD. <ets>waeghe-schot</ets>, D. <ets>wagen-schot</ets>, a clapboard, fr. OD. <ets>waeg</ets>, <ets>weeg</ets>, a wall (akin to AS. <ets>wah</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>veggr</ets>) + <ets>schot</ets> a covering of boards (akin to E. <ets>shot</ets>, <ets>shoot</ets>).]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Oaken timber or boarding.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A wedge <qex>wainscot</qex> is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree.</q> <rj><qau>Urquhart.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Inclosed in a chest of <qex>wainscot</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>J. Dart.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family <fam>Leucanid&aelig;</fam>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larv&aelig; feed on grasses and sedges.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wain"scot</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wainscoted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wainscoting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; <as>as, to <ex>wainscot</ex> a hall</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Music soundeth better in chambers <qex>wainscoted</qex> than hanged.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The other is <qex>wainscoted</qex> with looking-glass.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wain"scot*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as a whole; panelwork.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wain"wright`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Wagonwright</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wair</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A piece of plank two yard&unr_; long and a foot broad.</def>  <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wast</ets>; originally, growth, akin to AS. <ets>weaxan</ets> to grow; cf. AS. <ets>w&aelig;stm</ets> growth.  See <er>Wax</er> to grow.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I am in the <qex>waist</qex> two yards about.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A girdle or belt for the waist.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Waist anchor</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Sheet anchor</er>, 1, in the Vocabulary.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Waist"band</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sash worn by women around the waist.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Waist"cloth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A cloth or wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips and passing between the thighs.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waist"coat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A short, sleeveless coat or garment for men, worn under the coat, extending no lower than the hips, and covering the waist; a vest.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A garment occasionally worn by women as a part of fashionable costume.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The <xex>waistcoat</xex> was a part of female attire as well as male . . . It was only when the <xex>waistcoat</xex> was worn without a gown or upper dress that it was considered the mark of a mad or profligate woman.  <rj><au>Nares.</au></rj>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Vest</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Waist`coat*eer"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Do you think you are here, sir,<br/>
Amongst your <qex>waistcoateers</qex>, your base wenches?</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waist"coat*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fabric designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is a pattern, differently colored yarns being used.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waist"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war.</def>  <rj><au>R. H. Dana, Jr.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wait</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waited</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waiting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waiten</ets>, OF. <ets>waitier</ets>, <ets>gaitier</ets>, to watch, attend, F. <ets>guetter</ets> to watch, to wait for, fr. OHG. <ets>wahta</ets> a guard, watch, G. <ets>wacht</ets>, from OHG. <ets>wahh&emacr;n</ets> to watch, be awake. &radic;134.  See <er>Wake</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To watch; to observe; to take notice.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>&ldquo;But [unless] ye <qex>wait</qex> well and be privy,<br/>
I wot right well, I am but dead,&rdquo; quoth she.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All the days of my appointed time will I <qex>wait</qex>, till my change come.</q> <rj><qau>Job xiv. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They also serve who only stand and <qex>wait</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Haste, my dear father; 't is no time to <qex>wait</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To wait on</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To wait upon</b></col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To attend, as a servant; to perform services for; <as>as, to <ex>wait on</ex> a gentleman; <ex>to wait on</ex> the table</as>.</cd> &ldquo;Authority and reason <xex>on</xex> her <xex>wait</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au> &ldquo;I must <xex>wait on</xex> myself, must I?&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for ceremony.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To follow, as a consequence; to await.</cd> &ldquo;That ruin that <xex>waits on</xex> such a supine temper.&rdquo; <au>Dr. H. More.</au> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To look watchfully at; to follow with the eye; to watch.</cd> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;It is a point of cunning <xex>to wait upon</xex> him with whom you speak with your eye.&rdquo; <au>Bacon.</au> <sd>(e)</sd> <cd>To attend to; to perform.</cd> &ldquo;Aaron and his sons . . . shall <xex>wait on</xex> their priest's office.&rdquo; <au>Num. iii. 10.</au> <sd>(f)</sd> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <cd>To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; -- said of a hawk.</cd> <au>Encyc. Brit.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wait</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; <as>as, to <ex>wait</ex> orders</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Awed with these words, in camps they still abide,<br/>
And <qex>wait</qex> with longing looks their promised guide.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He chose a thousand horse, the flower of all<br/>
His warlike troops, to <qex>wait</qex> the funeral.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Remorse and heaviness of heart shall <qex>wait</qex> thee,<br/>
And everlasting anguish be thy portion.</q> <rj><qau>Rowe.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; <as>as, to <ex>wait</ex> dinner</as>.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wait</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>waite</ets>, <ets>guaite</ets>, <ets>gaite</ets>, F. <ets>guet</ets> watch, watching, guard, from OHG. <ets>wahta</ets>.  See <er>Wait</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There is a <qex>wait</qex> of three hours at the border Mexican town of El Paso.</q> <rj><qau>S. B. Griffin.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Ambush.</def>  &ldquo;An enemy in <xex>wait</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One who watches; a watchman.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.</def>  <altsp>[Written formerly <asp>wayghtes</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>Hark! are the <qex>waits</qex> abroad?</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The sound of the <qex>waits</qex>, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To lay wait</b></col>, <cd>to prepare an ambuscade.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie in wait</b></col>. <cd>See under 4th <er>Lie</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wait"-a-bit`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any of several plants bearing thorns or stiff hooked appendages, which catch and tear the clothing,</def> <specif>as:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The greenbrier.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any of various species of hawthorn.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>In South Africa, one of numerous acacias and mimosas.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The grapple plant.</def> <sd>(e)</sd> <def>The prickly ash.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wait"-a-while`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the Australian wattle trees (<spn>Acacia colletioides</spn>), so called from the impenetrability of the thicket which it makes.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>same as <er>Wait-a-bit</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wait"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>waiters</qex> stand in ranks; the yeomen cry,<br/>
&ldquo;Make room,&rdquo; as if a duke were passing by.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Coast waiter</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Coast</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wait"ing</hw>, <def><pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> from <er>Wait</er>, <pos>v.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>In waiting</b></col>, <cd>in attendance; <as>as, lords <ex>in waiting</ex></as>.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Waiting gentlewoman</b></col>, <cd>a woman who waits upon a person of rank.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Waiting maid</b></col>, <col><b>Waiting woman</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wait"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By waiting.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wait"ress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.</def>
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<p><hw>Waive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Waive</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos> ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A waif; a castaway.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Donne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A woman put out of the protection of the law.  See <er>Waive</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 3 <sd>(b)</sd>, and the Note.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waive</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waived</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waiving</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waiven</ets>, <ets>weiven</ets>, to set aside, remove, OF. <ets>weyver</ets>, <ets>quesver</ets>, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. <ets>veifa</ets> to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. <ets>vip</ets> to tremble.  Cf. <er>Vibrate</er>, <er>Waif</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>wave</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>waiveth</qex> milk, and flesh, and all.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>We absolutely do renounce or <qex>waive</qex> our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others.</q> <rj><qau>Barrow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>To desert; to abandon.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as <xex>outlaw</xex> to a man. A woman could not be <xex>outlawed</xex>, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never <xex>in law</xex>, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be <xex>waived</xex>, and held as abandoned.  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj>
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<p><hw>Waive</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To turn aside; to recede.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>waive</qex> from the word of Solomon.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waiv"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waiv"ure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Waiver</er>.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wai"wode</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Waywode</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Wai Wu Pu</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Chinese <ets>wai</ets> foreign + <ets>wu</ets> affairs + <ets>pu</ets> office.]</ety> <def>The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Chinese government.</def></p>

<p><q>The Tsung-li Yamen, or Foreign Office, created by a decree of January 19, 1861, was in July, 1902, superseded by the formation of a new Foreign Office called the <qex>Wai Wu Pu</qex>, . . . with precedence before all other boards.</q>  <rj><qau>J. Scott Keltie.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wake</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Originally, an open space of water s&unr_;rrounded by ice, and then, the passage cut through ice for a vessel, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. <ets>v&ouml;k</ets> a hole, opening in ice, Sw. <ets>vak</ets>, Dan. <ets>vaage</ets>, perhaps akin to E. <ets>humid</ets>.]</ety> <def>The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; <as>as, the <ex>wake</ex> of an army</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This effect followed immediately in the <qex>wake</qex> of his earliest exertions.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Several humbler persons . . . formed quite a procession in the dusty <qex>wake</qex> of his chariot wheels.</q> <rj><qau>Thackeray.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wake</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr> or <conjf>Woke</conjf> (&unr_;); <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>wacan</ets>, <ets>wacian</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>waka</ets>, OS. <ets>wak&unr_;n</ets>, D. <ets>waken</ets>, G. <ets>wachen</ets>, OHG. <ets>wahh&unr_;n</ets>, Icel. <ets>vaka</ets>, Sw. <ets>vaken</ets>, Dan. <ets>vaage</ets>, Goth. <ets>wakan</ets>, v. i., us<ets>wakjan</ets>, v. t., Skr. <ets>v&amacr;jay</ets> to rouse, to impel. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;.  Cf. <er>Vigil</er>, <er>Wait</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>, <er>Watch</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The father <qex>waketh</qex> for the daughter.</q> <rj><qau>Ecclus. xlii. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Though wisdom <qex>wake</qex>, suspicion sleeps.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I can not think any time, <qex>waking</qex> or sleeping, without being sensible of it.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The king doth <qex>wake</qex> to-night, and takes his rouse,<br/>
Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with <xex>up</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He infallibly <qex>woke</qex> up at the sound of the concluding doxology.</q> <rj><qau>G. Eliot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Gentle airs due at their hour<br/>
To fan the earth now <qex>waked</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Then <qex>wake</qex>, my soul, to high desires.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wake</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To rouse from sleep; to awake.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The angel . . . came again and <qex>waked</qex> me.</q> <rj><qau>Zech. iv. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.</def>  &ldquo;I shall <xex>waken</xex> all this company.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Lest fierce remembrance <qex>wake</qex> my sudden rage.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Even Richard's crusade <qex>woke</qex> little interest in his island realm.</q> <rj><qau>J. R. Green.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To second life<br/>
<qex>Waked</qex> in the renovation of the just.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wake</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Poetic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Making such difference 'twixt <qex>wake</qex> and sleep.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Singing her flatteries to my morning <qex>wake</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The warlike <qex>wakes</qex> continued all the night,<br/>
And funeral games played at new returning light.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The wood nymphs, decked with daises trim,<br/>
Their merry <qex>wakes</qex> and pastimes keep.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Ch. of Eng.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Great solemnities were made in all churches, and great fairs and <qex>wakes</qex> throughout all England.</q> <rj><qau>Ld. Berners.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And every village smokes at <qex>wakes</qex> with lusty cheer.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.</def>  &ldquo;Blithe as shepherd at a <xex>wake</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wake play</b></col>, <cd>the ceremonies and pastimes connected with a wake.  See <er>Wake</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3 <sd>(b)</sd>, above.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wake"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Dissembling sleep, but <qex>wakeful</qex> with the fright.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Wake"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Wake"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Wak"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. pr.</pos> <conjf>Wakened</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wakening</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waknen</ets>, AS. <ets>w&aelig;cnan</ets>; akin to Goth. ga<ets>waknan</ets>.  See <er>Wake</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <def>To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Early, Turnus <qex>wakening</qex> with the light.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wak"en</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.</def>  &ldquo;Go, <xex>waken</xex> Eve.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Then Homer's and Tyrt&aelig;us' martial muse<br/>
<qex>Wakened</qex> the world.</q> <rj><qau>Roscommon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Venus now wakes, and <qex>wakens</qex> love.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They introduce<br/>
Their sacred song, and <qex>waken</qex> raptures high.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wak"en*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who wakens.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wak"en*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>The revival of an action.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They were too much ashamed to bring any <qex>wakening</qex> of the process against Janet.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wak"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who wakes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wake"-rob`in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the genus <gen>Arum</gen>, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (<spn>Arum maculatum</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In America the name is given to several species of Trillium, and sometimes to the Jack-in-the-pulpit.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wake"time`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Time during which one is awake.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Mrs. Browning.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wakf</hw> <pr>(w&ubreve;kf)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>waqf</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Moham. Law)</fld> <def>The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support of one's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit some particular person or persons and afterward the poor, etc.; also, the trust so created, or the property in trust.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"kif</hw> <pr>(w&auml;"k&ibreve_;f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>w&amacr;qif</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Moham. Law)</fld> <def>The person creating a wakf.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wak"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A watch; a watching.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Bodily pain . . . standeth in prayer, in <xex>wakings</xex>, in fastings.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In the fourth <qex>waking</qex> of the night.</q> <rj><qau>Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"la*way</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <def>See <er>Welaway</er>.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wald</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>weald</ets>.  See <er>Wold</er>.]</ety> <def>A forest; -- used as a termination of names.  See <er>Weald</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal*den"ses</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[So called from Petrus <etsep>Waldus</etsep>, or Peter <etsep>Waldo</etsep>, a merchant of Lyons, who founded this sect about <sc>a. d.</sc> 1170.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal*den"sian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Waldenses.</def>  -- <def2><pos>n.</pos>  <def>One Holding the Waldensian doctrines.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Wald"grave</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Wald</er>, and <er>Margrave</er>.]</ety> <def>In the old German empire, the head forest keeper.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Wald*hei"mi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>walu</ets> a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. <ets>v&ouml;lr</ets>, Goth. <ets>walus</ets> a rod, staff. &radic;146.   Cf. <er>Goal</er>, <er>Weal</er> a wale.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal.  See <er>Wheal</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> welt; weal; wheal.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thou 'rt rougher far,<br/>
And of a coarser <qex>wale</qex>, fuller of pride.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; <as>as, the main <ex>wales</ex>, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel <ex>wales</ex>, or those along the spar deck, etc.</as></def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A wale knot, or wall knot.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wale knot</b></col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Wall knot</cref>, under 1st <er>Wall</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wale</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To mark with wales, or stripes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To choose; to select; specifically <fld>(Mining)</fld>, to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <etsep>Wales</etsep>, i.e., New South Wales.]</ety> <def>A horse imported from New South Wales; also, any Australian horse.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Kipling.</au></rj></p>

<p><note>&hand_; The term originated in India, whither many horses are exported from Australia (mostly from New South Wales), especially for the use of cavalry.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal*hal"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>walhalla</ets>, See <er>Valhalla</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Valhalla</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Wale</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Walk</hw> <pr>(w&asuml_;k)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Walked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Walking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>walken</ets>, probably from AS. <ets>wealcan</ets> to roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. <ets>walken</ets> to felt hats, to work a hat, G. <ets>walken</ets> to full, OHG. <ets>walchan</ets> to beat, to full, Icel. <ets>v&amacr;lka</ets> to roll, to stamp, Sw. <ets>valka</ets> to full, to roll, Dan. <ets>valke</ets> to full; cf. Skr. <ets>valg</ets> to spring; but cf. also AS. <ets>weallian</ets> to roam, ramble, G. <ets>wallen</ets>. &radic;130.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>At the end of twelve months, he <qex>walked</qex> in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.</q> <rj><qau>Dan. iv. 29.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When Peter was come down out of the ship, he <qex>walked</qex> on the water, to go to Jesus.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xiv. 29.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In the walk of quadrupeds, there are always two, and for a brief space there are three, feet on the ground at once, but never four.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead<br/>
May <qex>walk</qex> again.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When was it she last <qex>walked</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Her tongue did <xex>walk</xex> in foul reproach.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Do you think I'd <qex>walk</qex> in any plot?</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I heard a pen <qex>walking</qex> in the chimney behind the cloth.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We <qex>walk</qex> perversely with God, and he will <qex>walk</qex> crookedly toward us.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To move off; to depart.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He will make their cows and garrans to <qex>walk</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To walk</b></col><cd> in, to go in; to enter, as into a house.</cd> -- <col><b>To walk after the flesh</b></col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>to indulge sensual appetites, and to live in sin.</cd> <au>Rom. viii. 1.</au> -- <col><b>To walk after the Spirit</b></col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>to be guided by the counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of God.</cd> <au>Rom. viii. 1.</au> -- <col><b>To walk by faith</b></col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>to live in the firm belief of the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for salvation.</cd> <au>2 Cor. v. 7.</au> -- <col><b>To walk in darkness</b></col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>to live in ignorance, error, and sin.</cd> <au>1 John i. 6.</au> -- <col><b>To walk in the flesh</b></col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>to live this natural life, which is subject to infirmities and calamities.</cd> <au>2 Cor. x. 3.</au> -- <col><b>To walk in the light</b></col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>to live in the practice of religion, and to enjoy its consolations.</cd> <au>1 John i. 7.</au> -- <col><b>To walk over</b></col>, <cd>in racing, to go over a course at a walk; -- said of a horse when there is no other entry; hence, colloquially, to gain an easy victory in any contest.</cd><!-- = to win in a walk. --> -- <col><b>To walk through the fire</b></col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>to be exercised with severe afflictions.</cd> <au>Isa. xliii. 2.</au> -- <col><b>To walk with God</b></col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>to live in obedience to his commands, and have communion with him.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Walk</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; <as>as, to <ex>walk</ex> the streets</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>As we <qex>walk</qex> our earthly round.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; <as>as, to <ex>walk</ex> one's horses; to <ex>walk</ex> the dog</as>.</def>  &ldquo; I will rather trust . . . a thief to <xex>walk</xex> my ambling gelding.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <ety>[AS. <ets>wealcan</ets> to roll.  See <er>Walk</er> to move on foot.]</ety> <def>To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Sporting)</fld> <def>To put or keep (a puppy) in a walk; to train (puppies) in a walk.</def> <mark>[Cant]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn>  <def>To move in a manner likened to walking.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></p>

<p><q>She <qex>walked</qex> a spinning wheel into the house, making it use first one and then the other of its own spindling legs to achieve progression rather than lifting it by main force.</q>  <rj><qau>C. E. Craddock.</qau></rj></p>

<p><cs><col><b>To walk one's chalks</b></col>, <cd>to make off; take French leave.</cd> -- <col><b>To walk the plank</b></col>, <cd>to walk off the plank into the water and be drowned; -- an expression derived from the practice of pirates who extended a plank from the side of a ship, and compelled those whom they would drown to walk off into the water; figuratively, to vacate an office by compulsion.</cd>  <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Walk</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of walking for recreation or exercise; <as>as, a morning <ex>walk</ex>; an evening <ex>walk</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Manner of walking; gait; step; <as>as, we often know a person at a distance by his <ex>walk</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>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>as, a sheep <ex>walk</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A woody mountain . . . with goodliest trees<br/>
Planted, with <qex>walks</qex> and bowers.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He had <qex>walk</qex> for a hundred sheep.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Amid the sound of steps that beat<br/>
The murmuring <qex>walks</qex> like rain.</q> <rj><qau>Bryant.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; <as>as, the <ex>walk</ex> of the historian</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The mountains are his <qex>walks</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sandys.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He opened a boundless <qex>walk</qex> for his imagination.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Conduct; course of action; behavior.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>The route or district regularly served by a vender; <as>as, a milkman's <ex>walk</ex></as>.</def>  <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn>  <fld>(Sporting)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A place for keeping and training puppies.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An inclosed area of some extent to which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1624 --><br/>
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<p><hw>Walk"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Walk"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who walks; a pedestrian.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That with which one walks; a foot.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Lame Mulciber, his <qex>walkers</qex> quite misgrown.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <ety>[AS. <ets>wealcere</ets>.  See <er>Walk</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 3.]</ety> <def>A fuller of cloth.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>She cursed the weaver and the <qex>walker</qex><br/>
The cloth that had wrought.</q> <rj><qau>Percy's Reliques.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(construction, tunneling)</fld> <def>A shift superintendent or assistant superintendent who supervises several shifters(4} and their crews.  Since these crews are usually separated by some distance, the walker is frequently seen walking between them.  Also called <altname>walking boss</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Walk"ing</hw>, <def><pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> from <er>Walk</er>, <pos>v.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Walking beam</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Beam</er>, 10.</cd> -- <col><b>Walking crane</b></col>, <cd>a kind of traveling crane.  See under <er>Crane</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Walking fern</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Walking leaf</cref>, below.</cd> -- <col><b>Walking fish</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus <gen>Ophiocephalus</gen>, some of which, as <spn>Ophiocephalus marulius</spn>, become over four feet long.  They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name.  They construct a curious nest for their young.  Called also <altname>langya</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Walking gentleman</b></col> <fld>(Theater)</fld>, <cd>an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words.</cd> <mark>[Cant]</mark> -- <col><b>Walking lady</b></col> <fld>(Theater)</fld>, <cd>an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage.</cd> <mark>[Cant]</mark> -- <col><b>Walking leaf</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>A little American fern (<spn>Camptosorus rhizophyllus</spn>); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>A leaf insect.  See under <er>Leaf</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Walking papers</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Walking ticket</b></col></mcol>, <cd>an order to leave; dismissal, as from office; <as>as, to get one's <ex>walking papers</ex>, i. e. to be dismissed or fired</as>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <au>Bartlett.</au> -- <col><b>Walking stick</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>A stick insect; -- called also <altname>walking straw</altname>.  See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <cref>Stick insect</cref>, under <er>Stick</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Walking wheel</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Walk"-mill`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Walk</ets> to Walking Leaf, or full + <ets>mill</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fulling mill.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>walk"-off`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>Game-ending and game-winning; such as to end the game immediately, and allow the players to walk off the field; -- of hits, especially home runs, which occur in the last half of the ninth or a later inning, which put the home team ahead of the visiting team and thereby end the game immediatey.  This occurs in baseball because, when the last half of the ninth inning arrives, if the home team (which bats last) is already ahead in the score the last half of that inning is not played, the winner of the game having already been decided.  Likewise, as soon as the home team gets ahead in the score after the visiting team has batted in the ninth inning, the game is ended.</def> <mark>[Baseball jargon]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><persfn>Curtis's</persfn> homer over the left-center-field fence beat the <org>Braves</org> and was the first <qex>walk-off</qex> homer by a Yankee in the World Series since Mickey Mantle slugged one against the <org>St. Louis Cardinals</org> in game 3 in 1964.</q>  <qau>Jack Curry (New York Times, Oct. 28, 1999 p. D4)</qau><br/>
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<p><q>There are so many people in here who are happy for Chad.  We know what he's been through.  Those hits could make <person>Chad Curtis's</person> whole year.  When you hit a <qex>walk-off</qex> homer in the World Series, that's something he's going to remember for a long time.</q>  <qau>Paul O'Neill (the Yankee outfielder, quoted by Jack Curry in the New York Times, Oct. 27, 1999 p. D4)</qau><br/>
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<p><hw>Walk"-o`ver</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <mark>(colloquially)</mark> <def>A one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> walk; cake-walk.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"kyr</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Scand. Myth.)</fld> <def>See <er>Valkyria</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wall knot</b></col>, <cd>a knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first; a wale knot. Wall knots may be <xex>single</xex> or <xex>double</xex>, <xex>crowned</xex> or <xex>double-crowned</xex>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>weall</ets>, from L. <ets>vallum</ets> a wall, <ets>vallus</ets> a stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. &unr_; a nail.  Cf. <er>Interval</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The plaster of the <qex>wall</qex> of the King's palace.</q> <rj><qau>Dan. v. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The waters were a <qex>wall</qex> unto them on their right hand, and on their left.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xiv. 22.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In such a night,<br/>
Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troyan <qex>walls</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To rush undaunted to defend the <qex>walls</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; <as>as, the <ex>walls</ex> of a steam-engine cylinder</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The side of a level or drift.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The country rock bounding a vein laterally.</def> <rj><au>Raymond.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Wall</xex> is often used adjectively, and also in the formation of compounds, usually of obvious signification; as in <xex>wall</xex> paper, or <xex>wall</xex>-paper; <xex>wall</xex> fruit, or <xex>wall</xex>-fruit; <xex>wall</xex>flower, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Blank wall</b></col>, <cd>Blind wall, etc.  See under <er>Blank</er>, <er>Blind</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>To drive to the wall</b></col>, <cd>to bring to extremities; to push to extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.</cd> -- <col><b>To go to the wall</b></col>, <cd>to be hard pressed or driven; to be the weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.</cd> -- <col><b>To take the wall</b></col>. <cd>to take the inner side of a walk, that is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.</cd>  &ldquo;I will <xex>take the wall</xex> of any man or maid of Montague's.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Wall barley</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of grass (<spn>Hordeum murinum</spn>) much resembling barley; squirrel grass.  See under <er>Squirrel</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall box</b></col>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Wall frame</cref>, below.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall creeper</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a small bright-colored bird (<spn>Tichodroma muraria</spn>) native of Asia and Southern Europe. It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red at the base and black distally, some of them with white spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also <altname>spider catcher</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall cress</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name given to several low cruciferous herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress.  See under <er>Mouse-ear</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall frame</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a frame set in a wall to receive a pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the wall; -- called also <altname>wall box</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall fruit</b></col>, <cd>fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall gecko</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several species of Old World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by means of suckers on the feet.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall lizard</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a common European lizard (<spn>Lacerta muralis</spn>) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks and crevices of walls; -- called also <altname>wall newt</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall louse</b></col>, <cd>a wood louse.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall moss</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>any species of moss growing on walls.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall newt</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the wall lizard.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Wall paper</b></col>, <cd>paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper hangings.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall pellitory</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a European plant (<spn>Parictaria officinalis</spn>) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed medicinal.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall pennywort</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant (<spn>Cotyledon Umbilicus</spn>) having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in Western Europe.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall pepper</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a low mosslike plant (<spn>Sedum acre</spn>) with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in Europe, and is sometimes seen in America.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall pie</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of fern; wall rue.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall piece</b></col>, <cd>a gun planted on a wall.</cd> <au>H. L. Scott.</au> -- <col><b>Wall plate</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a piece of timber placed horizontally upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.  See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Roof</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall rock</b></col>, <cd>granular limestone used in building walls.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> <au>Bartlett.</au> -- <col><b>Wall rue</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of small fern (<spn>Asplenium Ruta-muraria</spn>) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall spring</b></col>, <cd>a spring of water issuing from stratified rocks.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall tent</b></col>, <cd>a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to the walls of a house.</cd> -- <col><b>Wall wasp</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a common European solitary wasp (<spn>Odynerus parietus</spn>) which makes its nest in the crevices of walls.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Walled</conjf> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Walling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall.</def>  &ldquo;Seven <xex>walled</xex> towns of strength.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The king of Thebes, Amphion,<br/>
That with his singing <qex>walled</qex> that city.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The terror of his name that <qex>walls</qex> us in.</q> <rj><qau>Denham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"la*ba</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A leguminous tree (<spn>Eperua falcata</spn>) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles.</def>  <au>J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"la*by</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Wallabies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[From a native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus <gen>Halmaturus</gen>, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (<spn>Halmaturus Bennettii</spn>) and the pademelon (<spn>Halmaturus thetidis</spn>). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>wallabee</asp>, and <asp>whallabee</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal*la"chi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Also <ets>Walachian</ets>, <ets>Wallach</ets>, <ets>Wallack</ets>, <ets>Vlach</ets>, etc.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to <etsep>Wallachia</etsep>, a former principality, now part of the kingdom, of Roumania.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos>  <def>An inhabitant of Wallachia; also, the language of the Wallachians; Roumanian.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"lack</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>See <er>Wallachian</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"lah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also <altname>tapir tiger</altname>.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>walla</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal`la*roo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus <gen>Macropus</gen>, especially <spn>Macropus robustus</spn>, sometimes called the <stype>great wallaroo</stype>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall"bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The spotted flycatcher.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who builds walls.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The wels.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal*le"ri*an de*gen`er*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. <ets>Waller</ets>, who published an account of it in 1850.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>walet</ets>, probably the same word as OE. <ets>watel</ets> a bag.  See <er>Wattle</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>[His hood] was trussed up in his <qex>walet</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Anything protuberant and swagging.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Wallets</xex> of flesh.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal`let*eer"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall"-eye`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Wall-eyed</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses.</def>  <rj><au>Booth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Jonson has defined <xex>wall-eye</xex> to be &ldquo;a disease in the crystalline humor of the eye; glaucoma.&rdquo; But glaucoma is not a disease of the crystalline humor, nor is <xex>wall-eye</xex> a disease at all, but merely a natural blemish. <au>Tully.</au> In the north of England, as Brockett states, persons are said to be <xex>wall-eyed</xex> when the white of the eye is very large and distorted, or on one side.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An American fresh-water food fish (<spn>Stizostedion vitreum</spn>) having large and prominent eyes; -- called also <altname>glasseye</altname>, <altname>pike perch</altname>, <altname>yellow pike</altname>, and <altname>wall-eyed perch</altname>.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A California surf fish (<spn>Holconotus argenteus</spn>).</def>  <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The alewife; -- called also <altname>wall-eyed herring</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall"-eyed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>valdeyg&eth;r</ets>, or <ets>vagleygr</ets>; fr. <ets>vagl</ets> a beam, a beam in the eye (akin to Sw. <ets>vagel</ets> a roost, a perch, a sty in the eye) + <ets>eygr</ets> having eyes (from <ets>auga</ets> eye).  See <er>Eye</er>.]</ety> <def>Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color.</def>  <rj><au>Booth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Shakespeare, in using <xex>wall-eyed</xex> as a term of reproach (as &ldquo;<xex>wall-eyed</xex> rage,&rdquo; a &ldquo;<xex>wall-eyed</xex> wretch&rdquo;), alludes probably to the idea of unnatural or distorted vision.  See the Note under <er>Wall-eye</er>. It is an eye which is utterly and incurably perverted, an eye that knows no pity.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall"flow`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A perennial, cruciferous plant (<spn>Cheiranthus Cheiri</spn>), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The name is sometimes extended to other species of <spn>Cheiranthus</spn> and of the related genus <gen>Erysimum</gen>, especially the American <stype>Western wallflower</stype> (<spn>Erysimum asperum</spn>), a biennial herb with orange-yellow flowers.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>In Australia, the desert poison bush (<spn>Gastrolobium grandiflorum</spn>); -- called also <altname>native wallflower</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall"hick`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The lesser spotted woodpecker (<spn>Dryobates minor</spn>).</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of making a wall or walls.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Walls, in general; material for walls.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Walling wax</b></col>, <cd>a composition of wax and tallow used by etchers and engravers to make a bank, or wall, round the edge of a plate, so as to form a trough for holding the acid used in etching, and the like.</cd>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal*loons"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing. <singw>Walloon</singw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr></sing>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>wallon</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Li&eacute;ge, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.</def>  <mark>[Written also Wallons.]</mark> &ldquo;A base <xex>Walloon</xex> . . . thrust Talbot with a spear.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Walloon guard</b></col>, <cd>the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; -- so called because formerly consisting of Walloons.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"lop</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OFlem. <ets>walop</ets> a gallop; of uncertain origin.  Cf. <er>Gallop</er>.]</ety> <def>To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"lop</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A quick, rolling movement; a gallop.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"lop</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Walloped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Walloping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Probably fr. AS. <ets>weallan</ets> to spring up, to boil or bubble. &radic;147.  See <er>Well</er>, <pos>n.</pos> &amp; <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Brockett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To be slatternly.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"lop</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To beat soundly; to flog; to whip.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng., Scot., &amp; Colloq. U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To wrap up temporarily.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To throw or tumble over.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"lop</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thick piece of fat.</def>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A blow.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng., Scot., &amp; Colloq. U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wallowed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wallowing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>walwen</ets>, AS. <ets>wealwian</ets>; akin to Goth. <ets>walwjan</ets> (in comp.) to roll, L. <ets>volvere</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>val</ets> to turn. &radic;147.  Cf. <er>Voluble Well</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, swine <ex>wallow</ex> in the mire</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I may <qex>wallow</qex> in the lily beds.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.</def><br/>
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<p><q>God sees a man <qex>wallowing</qex> in his native impurity.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To wither; to fade.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"low</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Wallow</xex> thyself in ashes.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Jer. vi. 26.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"low</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of rolling walk.</def><br/>
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<p><q>One taught the toss, and one the new French <qex>wallow</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Act of wallowing.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>A place to which an animal comes to wallow; also, the depression in the ground made by its wallowing; <as>as, a buffalo <ex>wallow</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"low*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, wallows.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A lantern wheel; a trundle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"low*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Scot. <ets>wallow</ets> to fade or wither.]</ety> <def>Flat; insipid.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Overbury.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall"-plat`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall"-sid`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Having sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those having <xex>flaring</xex> sides, or sides <xex>tumbling home</xex> (see under <er>Tumble</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall Street</hw>. <def>A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending from Broadway to the East River; -- so called from the old wall which extended along it when the city belonged to the Dutch. It is the chief financial center of the United States, hence the name is often used for the money market and the financial interests of the country; -- in American financial publications, also referred to as <altname>the street</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wall"wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The dwarf elder, or danewort (<spn>Sambucus Ebulus</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Walm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>weallan</ets>; cf. <ets>w&aelig;lm</ets>, billow. &radic;147.]</ety> <def>To roll; to spout; to boil up.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"nut</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>walnot</ets>, AS. <ets>wealh-hnutu</ets> a Welsh or foreign nut, a walnut; <ets>wealh</ets> foreign, strange, n., a Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG. <ets>Walh</ets>, properly, a Celt, from the name of a Celtic tribe, in L. <ets>Volcae</ets>) + <ets>hnutu</ets> a nut; akin to D. <ets>walnoot</ets>, G. <ets>walnuss</ets>, Icel. <ets>valhnot</ets>, Sw. <ets>valn&ouml;t</ets>, Dan <ets>valn&ouml;d</ets>.  See <er>Nut</er>, and cf. <er>Welsh</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus <gen>Juglans</gen>; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In some parts of America, especially in New England, the name <xex>walnut</xex> is given to several species of hickory (<spn>Carya</spn>), and their fruit.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ash-leaved walnut</b></col>, <cd>a tree (<spn>Juglans fraxinifolia</spn>), native in Transcaucasia.</cd> -- <col><b>Black walnut</b></col>, <cd>a North American tree (<spn>Juglans nigra</spn>) valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks.  The nuts are thick-shelled, and nearly globular.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>English walnut</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>European walnut</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a tree (<spn>Juglans regia</spn>), native of Asia from the <geog>Caucasus</geog> to <country>Japan</country>, valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which are also called <prod>Madeira nuts</prod>.</cd> -- <col><b>Walnut brown</b></col>, <cd>a deep warm brown color, like that of the heartwood of the black walnut.</cd> -- <col><b>Walnut oil</b></col>, <cd>oil extracted from walnut meats.  It is used in cooking, making soap, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>White walnut</b></col>, <cd>a North American tree (<spn>Juglans cinerea</spn>), bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called <altname>butternuts</altname>.  See <er>Butternut</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"rus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>walrus</ets>; of Scand. origin; cf. Dan <ets>valros</ets>, Sw. <ets>vallross</ets>, Norw. <ets>hvalros</ets>; literally, whale horse; akin to Icel. <ets>hrosshvalr</ets>, AS. <ets>horshw&aelig;l</ets>.  See <er>Whale</er>, and <er>Horse</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A very large marine mammal (<spn>Trichecus rosmarus</spn>) 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 <altname>morse</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The walrus of the North Pacific and Behring Strait (<spn>Trichecus obesus</spn>) is regarded by some as a distinct species, by others as a variety of the common walrus.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Welter</er>.]</ety> <def>To roll or wallow; to welter.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"tron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A walrus.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Woodward.</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Walter</er> to roll.]</ety> <def>Liable to roll over; crank; <as>as, a <ex>walty</ex> ship</as>.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Longfellow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waltz</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>walzer</ets>, from <ets>walzen</ets> to roll, revolve, dance, OHG. <ets>walzan</ets> to roll; akin to AS. <ets>wealtan</ets>.  See <er>Welter</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waltz</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waltzed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waltzing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To dance a waltz.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waltz"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who waltzes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wal"we</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v.</pos> <def>To wallow.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Welaway</er>.]</ety> <def>An exclamation of grief.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wam"ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Dan. <ets>vamle</ets>, and <ets>vammel</ets> squeamish, ready to vomit, Icel. <ets>v&aelig;ma</ets> to feel nausea, <ets>v&aelig;minn</ets> nauseous.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To heave; to be disturbed by nausea; -- said of the stomach.</def>  <rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To move irregularly to and fro; to roll.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wam"ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Disturbance of the stomach; a feeling of nausea.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wam"ble-cropped`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected.</def>  <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wam"mel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wamp</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the North American Indian name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common American eider.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wam*pee"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A tree (<spn>Cookia punctata</spn>) 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.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The pickerel weed.</def>  <mark>[Southern U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wam"pum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[North American Indian <ets>wampum</ets>, <ets>wompam</ets>, from the Mass. <ets>w&oacute;mpi</ets>, Del. <ets>w&amacr;pe</ets>, white.]</ety> <def>Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Round his waist his belt of <qex>wampum</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Girded with his <qex>wampum</qex> braid.</q> <rj><qau>Whittier.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; These beads were of two kinds, one white, and the other black or dark purple. The term <xex>wampum</xex> is properly applied only to the white; the dark purple ones are called <xex>suckanhock</xex>.  See <er>Seawan</er>. &ldquo;It [wampum] consisted of cylindrical pieces of the shells of testaceous fishes, a quarter of an inch long, and in diameter less than a pipestem, drilled . . . so as to be strung upon a thread. The beads of a white color, rated at half the value of the black or violet, passed each as the equivalent of a farthing in transactions between the natives and the planters.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Palfrey.</au></rj>
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<p><hw>Wan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Win</er>. <def>Won.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>wann</ets>, <ets>wonn</ets>, <ets>wan</ets>, <ets>won</ets>, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from <ets>winnan</ets> to labor, strive.  See <er>Win</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid.</def>  &ldquo;Sad to view, his visage pale and <xex>wan</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>My color . . . [is] <qex>wan</qex> and of a leaden hue.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Why so pale and <qex>wan</qex>, fond lover?</q> <rj><qau>Suckling.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>With the <qex>wan</qex> moon overhead.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being wan; wanness.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Tinged with <qex>wan</qex> from lack of sleep.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.</def>  &ldquo;All his visage <xex>wanned</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever <qex>wann'd</qex> with despair.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wand</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. <ets>v&ouml;ndr</ets>, akin to Dan. <ets>vaand</ets>, Goth. <ets>wandus</ets>; perhaps originally, a pliant twig, and akin to E. <ets>wind</ets> to turn.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small stick; a rod; a verge.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With good smart blows of a <qex>wand</qex> on his back.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A staff of authority.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Though he had both spurs and <qex>wand</qex>, they seemed rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of punishment.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Picus bore a buckler in his hand;<br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wand of peace</b></col> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld>, <cd>a wand, or staff, carried by the messenger of a court, which he breaks when deforced (that is, hindered from executing process), as a symbol of the deforcement, and protest for remedy of law.</cd>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wandered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wandering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>wandren</ets>, <ets>wandrien</ets>, AS. <ets>wandrian</ets>; akin to G. <ets>wandern</ets> to wander; fr. AS. <ets>windan</ets> to turn.  See <er>Wind</er> to turn.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; <as>as, to <ex>wander</ex> over the fields</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They <qex>wandered</qex> about in sheepskins and goatskins.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. xi. 37.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>wandereth</qex> abroad for bread.</q> <rj><qau>Job xv. 23.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; <as>as, a writer <ex>wanders</ex> from his subject</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When God caused me to <qex>wander</qex> from my father's house.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xx. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>O, let me not <qex>wander</qex> from thy commandments.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxix. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; <as>as, the mind <ex>wanders</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err; swerve; deviate; depart.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"der</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;[Elijah] <xex>wandered</xex> this barren waste.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"der*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"der*ing</hw>, <def><pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> from <er>Wander</er>, <pos>v.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wandering albatross</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the great white albatross.  See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Albatross</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wandering cell</b></col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood.</cd> -- <col><b>Wandering Jew</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several creeping species of <spn>Tradescantia</spn>, which have alternate, pointed leaves, and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets, window boxes, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Wandering kidney</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a morbid condition in which one kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain directions; -- called also <altname>floating kidney</altname>, <altname>movable kidney</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wandering liver</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a morbid condition of the liver, similar to wandering kidney.</cd> -- <col><b>Wandering mouse</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the whitefooted, or deer, mouse.  See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Mouse</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wandering spider</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of a tribe of spiders that wander about in search of their prey.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"der*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a wandering manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"der*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of wandering, or roaming.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan`der*oo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cingalese <ets>wanderu</ets> a monkey.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large monkey (<spn>Macacus silenus</spn>) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also <altname>maha</altname>, <altname>silenus</altname>, <altname>neelbhunder</altname>, <altname>lion-tailed baboon</altname>, and <altname>great wanderoo</altname>.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>ouanderoo</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The name is sometimes applied also to other allied species.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wand"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Long and flexible, like a wand.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Brockett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wane</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>wanien</ets>, AS. <ets>wanian</ets>, <ets>wonian</ets>, from <ets>wan</ets>, <ets>won</ets>, deficient, wanting; akin to D. <ets>wan-</ets>, G. <ets>wahn</ets>sinn, insanity, OHG. <ets>wan</ets>, <ets>wana-</ets>, lacking, <ets>wan&unr_;n</ets> to lessen, Icel. <ets>vanr</ets> lacking, Goth. <ets>vans</ets>; cf. Gr. &unr_; bereaved, Skr. <ets>&unr_;na</ets> wanting, inferior. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;.  Cf. <er>Want</er> lack, and <er>Wanton</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with <ant>wax</ant>, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Like the moon, aye wax ye and <qex>wane</qex>.<br/>
<qex>Waning</qex> moons their settled periods keep.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To decline; to fail; to sink.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You saw but sorrow in its <qex>waning</qex> form.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Land and trade ever will wax and <qex>wane</qex> together.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Child.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wane</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to decrease.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wane</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.</def><br/>
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<p><q>An age in which the church is in its <qex>wane</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Though the year be on the <qex>wane</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An inequality in a board.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Forestry)</fld> <def>The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ey</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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 <er>Wany</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wang</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wange</ets>, AS. <ets>wange</ets>, <ets>wonge</ets>, cheek, jaw; akin to D. <ets>wang</ets>, OS. &amp; OHG. <ets>wanga</ets>, G. <ets>wange</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>So work aye the <qex>wangs</qex> in his head.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A slap; a blow.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wang tooth</b></col>, <cd>a cheek tooth; a molar.</cd>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wang</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Whang</er>.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"gan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[American Indian.]</ety> <def>A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>wangun</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wang"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>wangere</ets>.  See 1st <er>Wang</er>.]</ety> <def>A pillow for the cheek; a pillow.</def>  <mark>[Obs. &amp; R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>His bright helm was his <qex>wanger</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wang*hee"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>wang</ets> yellow + <ets>he&unr_;</ets> a root.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus <gen>Phyllostachys</gen>. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>whanghee</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Wang"o</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A boomerang.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"hope`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>wan</ets>, <ets>won</ets>, deficient, wanting + <ets>hopa</ets> hope: cf. D. <ets>wanhoop</ets>. <ets>&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;</ets>.  See <er>Wane</er>, and <er>Hope</er>.]</ety> <def>Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <xex>Piers Plowman</xex>.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Wanhope</xex> and distress.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"horn`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Corruption fr. Siamese <ets>wanhom</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An East Indian plant (<spn>K&aelig;mpferia Galanga</spn>) of the Ginger family.  See <er>Galanga</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"i*and</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Wanion</er>.]</ety> <def>The wane of the moon.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of waning, or decreasing.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and <qex>wanings</qex>, and sometimes her eclipses.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Probably for OE. <ets>waniand</ets> waning, p. pr. of <ets>wanien</ets>; hence, used of the waning of the moon, supposed to be an unlucky time.  See <er>Wane</er>.]</ety> <def>A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase <xex>with a wanion</xex>, apparently equivalent to <xex>with a vengeance</xex>, <xex>with a plague</xex>, or <xex>with misfortune</xex>.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson. Latimer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>wancol</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not to be depended on; weak; unstable.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Grose.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a wan, or pale, manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wanned</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made wan, or pale.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; <as>as, the <ex>wanness</ex> of the cheeks after a fever</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"nish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.</def><br/>
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<p><q>No sun, but a <qex>wannish</qex> glare,<br/>
In fold upon fold of hueless cloud.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Want</hw> <pr>(277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Originally an adj., from Icel. <ets>vant</ets>, neuter of <ets>vanr</ets> lacking, deficient. &radic;139.  See <er>Wane</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; <as>as, a <ex>want</ex> of power or knowledge for any purpose; <ex>want</ex> of food and clothing.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>And me, his parent, would full soon devour<br/>
For <qex>want</qex> of other prey.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>From having wishes in consequence of our <qex>wants</qex>, we often feel <qex>wants</qex> in consequence of our wishes.</q> <rj><qau>Rambler.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Pride is as loud a beggar as <qex>want</qex>, and more saucy.</q> <rj><qau>Franklin.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in <qex>want</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Habitual superfluities become actual <qex>wants</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Paley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.</def>  <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Indigence; deficiency; defect; destitution; lack; failure; dearth; scarceness.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Want</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wanted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wanting</conjf>.]</vmorph><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; <as>as, to <ex>want</ex> knowledge; to <ex>want</ex> judgment; to <ex>want</ex> learning; to <ex>want</ex> food and clothing.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>They that <qex>want</qex> honesty, <qex>want</qex> anything.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Nor think, though men were none,<br/>
That heaven would <qex>want</qex> spectators, God <qex>want</qex> praise.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The unhappy never <qex>want</qex> enemies.</q> <rj><qau>Richardson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; <as>as, in winter we <ex>want</ex> a fire; in summer we <ex>want</ex> cooling breezes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.</def>  &ldquo; What <xex>wants</xex> my son?&rdquo;  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I <qex>want</qex> to speak to you about something.</q> <rj><qau>A. Trollope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Want</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>vanta</ets> to be wanting.  See <er>Want</er> to lack.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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 <xex>of</xex>; <as>as, it <ex>wants</ex> ten minutes of four</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are <qex>wanting</qex> or imperfect, so much <qex>wants</qex> or is imperfect in the imitation of human life.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You have a gift, sir (thank your education),<br/>
Will never let you <qex>want</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find<br/>
What <qex>wants</qex> in blood and spirits, swelled with wind.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Want</xex> was formerly used impersonally with an indirect object. &ldquo;Him <xex>wanted</xex> audience.&rdquo;</note>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa'n't</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A colloquial contraction of <xex>was not</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Want"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is wanting; deficiency.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Want"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; <as>as, one of the twelve is <ex>wanting</ex>; I shall not be <ex>wanting</ex> in exertion</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1626 --><br/>
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<p><hw>Want"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no want; abundant; fruitful.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ton</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wantoun</ets>, contr. from <ets>wantowen</ets>; pref. <ets>wan-</ets> wanting (see <er>Wane</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>), hence expressing negation + <ets>towen</ets>, p. p., AS. <ets>togen</ets>, p. p. of <ets>te&oacute;n</ets> to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred.  See <er>Tug</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.</def>  &ldquo;In woods and <xex>wanton</xex> wilderness.&rdquo; <au>Spenser.</au> &ldquo;A wild and <xex>wanton</xex> herd.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>wanton</qex> and a merry [friar].</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>[She] her unadorned golden tresses wore<br/>
Disheveled, but in <qex>wanton</qex> ringlets waved.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>How does your tongue grow <qex>wanton</qex> in her praise!</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.</def> &ldquo;Men grown <xex>wanton</xex> by prosperity.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Roscommon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Not with <qex>wanton</qex> looking of folly.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>[Thou art] froward by nature, enemy to peace,<br/>
Lascivious, <qex>wanton</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Reckless; heedless; <as>as, <ex>wanton</ex> mischief</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ton</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I am afeard you make a <qex>wanton</qex> of me.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Peace, my <qex>wantons</qex>; he will do<br/>
More than you can aim unto.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Anything, sir,<br/>
That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred <qex>wanton</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ton</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wantoned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wantoning</conjf>.]</vmorph><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Nature here <qex>wantoned</qex> as in her prime.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>How merrily we would sally into the fields, and strip under the first warmth of the sun, and <qex>wanton</qex> like young dace in the streams!</q> <rj><qau>Lamb.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ton</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ton*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Lamb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ton*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Unintentionally; accidentally.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>J. Dee.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ton*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.</def>  <rj><au>Gower.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into <qex>wantonness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Eikon Basilike.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Young gentlemen would be as sad as night<br/>
Only for <qex>wantonness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"trust`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>wan-</ets> as in <ets>wanton + trust</ets>.]</ety> <def>Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Want"wit`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[For <ets>womb tie</ets>, that is, belly&unr_;and.  See <er>Womb</er>, and <er>Tie</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To wane.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wan"y</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Spoiled by wet; -- said of timber.</def>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wanze</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To wane; to wither.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Whap</er>.]</ety> <def>To beat; to whap.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Malory.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A blow or beating; a whap.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap"a*cut</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The American hawk owl.  See under <er>Hawk</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap"a*too`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead (<spn>Sagittaria variabilis</spn>); -- so called by the Indians of Oregon.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>wappato</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Waped</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>wape</ets> pale, v., to stupefy, akin to <ets>wap</ets> to beat.  Cf. <er>Whap</er>, and <er>Wappened</er>.]</ety> <def>Cast down; crushed by misery; dejected.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap"en*take</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>w&unr_;penge&unr_;&unr_;c</ets>, <ets>w&unr_;pent&amacr;c</ets>, from Icel. <ets>v&amacr;pnat&amacr;k</ets>, literally, a weapon taking or weapon touching, hence an expression of assent (&ldquo;si displicuit sententia fremitu aspernantur; sin placuit frameas concutiunt.&rdquo; <au>Tacitus, &ldquo;Germania,&rdquo; xi.</au>).  See <er>Weapon</er>, and <er>Take</er>. This name had its origin in a custom of touching lances or spears when the hundreder, or chief, entered on his office. &ldquo;Cum quis accipiebat pr&aelig;fecturam wapentachii, die statuto in loco ubi consueverant congregari, omnes majores natu contra eum conveniebant, et descendente eo de equo suo, omnes assurgebant ei. Ipse vero, erecta lancea sua, ab omnibus secundum morem f&oelig;dus accipiebat; omnes enim quot-quot venissent cum lanceis suis ipsius hastam tangebant, et ita se confirmabant per contactum armorum, pace palam concessa. <ets>W&aelig;pnu</ets> enim arma sonat; <ets>tac</ets>, tactus est -- hac de causa totus ille conventus dicitur <ets>Wapentac</ets>, eo quod per tactum armorum suorum ad invicem conf&oelig;derati sunt.&rdquo; <au>L L. Edward Confessor, 33.  D. Wilkins.</au>]</ety> <def>In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the <xex>hundred</xex> in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>wapentac</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Selden. Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap"in*schaw</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Scot.  See <er>Weapon</er>, and <er>Show</er>.]</ety> <def>An exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district.</def>  <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jamieson. Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap"i*ti</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Probably the Iroquois name. <ets>Bartlett</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The American elk (<spn>Cervus Canadensis</spn>). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; By some writers it is thought to be a variety of the red deer, but it is considered a distinct species by others. It is noted for the large, branching antlers of the male.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wapp</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[CF. Prov. E. <ets>wap</ets> to wrap up.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A fair-leader.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap"pa*to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Wapatoo</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap"pened</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Waped</er>, <er>Wapper</er>.]</ety> <def>A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This [gold] is it</q><br/>
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<p><q>That makes the <qex>wappen'd</qex> widow wed again.</q><br/>
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<p><note>It is conjectured by some that it is an error for <xex>wappered</xex>, meaning tremulous or exhausted.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[freq. of <ets>wap</ets>, v.; cf. dial. G. <ets>wappern</ets>, <ets>wippern</ets>, to move up and down, to rock.]</ety> <def>To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A gudgeon.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>
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<p><hw>Wap"pet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small yelping cur.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wap"ping</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Yelping.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ware; aware.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. &amp; AS. <ets>werre</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>werra</ets> scandal, quarrel, sedition, <ets>werran</ets> to confound, mix, D. <ets>warren</ets>, G. <ets>wirren</ets>, ver<ets>wirren</ets>, to embroil, confound, disturb, and perhaps to E. <ets>worse</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>werre</ets> war, F. <ets>querre</ets>, of Teutonic origin.  Cf. <er>Guerrilla</er>, <er>Warrior</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Men will ever distinguish <qex>war</qex> from mere bloodshed.</q> <rj><qau>F. W. Robertson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; As <xex>war</xex> is the contest of nations or states, it always implies that such contest is authorized by the monarch or the sovereign power of the nation. A war begun by attacking another nation, is called an <xex>offensive</xex> war, and such attack is <xex>aggressive</xex>. War undertaken to repel invasion, or the attacks of an enemy, is called <xex>defensive</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Instruments of war.</def>  <mark>[Poetic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>His complement of stores, and total <qex>war</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Forces; army.</def>  <mark>[Poetic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>On their embattled ranks the waves return,<br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The profession of arms; the art of war.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thou art but a youth, and he is a man of <qex>war</qex> from his youth.</q> <rj><qau>1 Sam. xvii. 33.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility.</def>  &ldquo;Raised impious <xex>war</xex> in heaven.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but <qex>war</qex> was in his heart.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. lv. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Civil war</b></col>, <cd>a war between different sections or parties of the same country or nation.</cd> -- <col><b>Holy war</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Holy</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Man of war</b></col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Public war</b></col>, <cd>a war between independent sovereign states.</cd> -- <col><b>War cry</b></col>, <cd>a cry or signal used in war; <as>as, the Indian <ex>war cry</ex></as>.</cd> -- <col><b>War dance</b></col>, <cd>a dance among savages preliminary to going to war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby enlists as one of the party engaged in a warlike excursion.</cd> <au>Schoolcraft.</au> -- <col><b>War field</b></col>, <cd>a field of war or battle.</cd> -- <col><b>War horse</b></col>, <cd>a horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse for military service; a charger.</cd> -- <col><b>War paint</b></col>, <cd>paint put on the face and other parts of the body by savages, as a token of going to war.</cd>  &ldquo;Wash the <xex>war paint</xex> from your faces.&rdquo; <au>Longfellow.</au> -- <col><b>War song</b></col>, <cd>a song of or pertaining to war; especially, among the American Indians, a song at the war dance, full of incitements to military ardor.</cd> -- <col><b>War whoop</b></col>, <cd>a war cry, especially that uttered by the American Indians.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>War</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Warred</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Warring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to <qex>war</qex> against it.</q> <rj><qau>Isa. vii. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Why should I <qex>war</qex> without the walls of Troy?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Our countrymen were <qex>warring</qex> on that day!</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To contend; to strive violently; to fight.</def>  &ldquo;Lusts which <xex>war</xex> against the soul.&rdquo;  <rj><au>1 Pet. ii. 11.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make war upon; to fight.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>war</qex> the Scot, and borders to defend.</q> <rj><qau>Daniel.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To carry on, as a contest; to wage.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>That thou . . . mightest <qex>war</qex> a good warfare.</q> <rj><qau>Tim. i. 18.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"-beat`en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Warworn.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Wormil</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A small tumor produced by the larv&aelig; of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also <altname>warblet</altname>, <altname>warbeetle</altname>, <altname>warnles</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Wormil</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ble</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Warbled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Warbling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>werbelen</ets>, OF. <ets>werbler</ets>; of Teutonic origin; cf. G. <ets>wirbeln</ets> to turn, to warble, D. <ets>wervelen</ets>, akin to E. <ets>whirl</ets>.  See <er>Whirl</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to modulate with turns or variations; to trill; <as>as, certain birds are remarkable for <ex>warbling</ex> their songs</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To utter musically; to modulate; to carol.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If she be right invoked in <qex>warbled</qex> song.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Warbling</qex> sweet the nuptial lay.</q> <rj><qau>Trumbull.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to quaver or vibrate.</def>  &ldquo;And touch the <xex>warbled</xex> string.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ble</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Such strains ne'er <qex>warble</qex> in the linnet's throat.</q> <rj><qau>Gay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations.</def>  &ldquo;Birds on the branches <xex>warbling</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And he, the wondrous child,<br/>
Whose silver <qex>warble</qex> wild<br/>
Outvalued every pulsing sound.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"bler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In lulling strains the feathered <qex>warblers</qex> woo.</q> <rj><qau>Tickell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family <fam>Sylviid&aelig;</fam>, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under <er>Reed</er>), and sedge warbler (see under <er>Sedge</er>) are well-known species.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily <fam>Mniotiltid&aelig;</fam>, or <fam>Sylvicolin&aelig;</fam>. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The American warblers are often divided, according to their habits, into <xex>bush</xex> warblers, <xex>creeping</xex> warblers, <xex>fly-catching</xex> warblers, <xex>ground</xex> warblers, <xex>wood</xex> warblers, <xex>wormeating</xex> warblers, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Bush warbler</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>any American warbler of the genus <gen>Opornis</gen>, as the Connecticut warbler (<spn>Opornis agilis</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Creeping warbler</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several species of very small American warblers belonging to <gen>Parula</gen>, <gen>Mniotilta</gen>, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed warbler (<spn>Parula Americana</spn>), and the black-and-white creeper (<spn>Mniotilta varia</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Fly-catching warbler</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several species of warblers belonging to <gen>Setophaga</gen>, <gen>Sylvania</gen>, and allied genera having the bill hooked and notched at the tip, with strong rictal bristles at the base, as the hooded warbler (<spn>Sylvania mitrata</spn>), the black-capped warbler (<spn>Sylvania pusilla</spn>), the Canadian warbler (<spn>Sylvania Canadensis</spn>), and the American redstart (see <er>Redstart</er>).</cd> -- <col><b>Ground warbler</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any American warbler of the genus <gen>Geothlypis</gen>, as the mourning ground warbler (<spn>G. Philadelphia</spn>), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see <er>Yellowthroat</er>).</cd> -- <col><b>Wood warbler</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of numerous American warblers of the genus <gen>Dendroica</gen>. Among the most common wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or yellow warbler (see under <er>Yellow</er>), the black-throated green warbler (<spn>Dendroica virens</spn>), the yellow-rumped warbler (<spn>Dendroica coronata</spn>), the blackpoll (<spn>D. striata</spn>), the bay-breasted warbler (<spn>Dendroica castanea</spn>), the chestnut-sided warbler (<spn>Dendroica Pennsylvanica</spn>), the Cape May warbler (<spn>Dendroica tigrina</spn>), the prairie warbler (see under <er>Prairie</er>), and the pine warbler (<spn>Dendroica pinus</spn>).  See also <cref>Magnolia warbler</cref>, under <er>Magnolia</er>, and <er>Blackburnian warbler</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>War"bling*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a warbling manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"burg's tinc"ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Pharm.)</fld> <def>A preparation containing quinine and many other ingredients, often used in the treatment of malarial affections. It was invented by Dr. <ets>Warburg</ets> of London.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>-ward</hw> <pr>(w&etilde_;rd)</pr>, <hw>-wards</hw> <pr>(w&etilde_;rdz)</pr> }</mhw>. <ety>[AS. <ets>-weard</ets>, <ets>-weardes</ets>; akin to OS. &amp; OFries. <ets>-ward</ets>. OHG. <ets>-wert</ets>, G. <ets>-w&auml;rts</ets>, Icel. <ets>-ver&eth;r</ets>, Goth. <ets>-va&iacute;r&thorn;s</ets>, L. <ets>vertere</ets> to turn, <ets>versus</ets> toward, and E. <ets>worth</ets> to become. &radic;143.  See <er>Worth</er>. <pos>v. i.</pos>, and cf. <er>Verse</er>. Adverbs ending in <ets>-wards</ets> (AS. <ets>-weardes</ets>) and some other adverbs, such as <ets>besides</ets>, <ets>betimes</ets>, <ets>since</ets> (OE. <ets>sithens</ets>). etc., were originally genitive forms used adverbially.]</ety> <def>Suffixes denoting <xex>course</xex> or <xex>direction to</xex>; <xex>motion</xex> or <xex>tendency toward</xex>; as in back<xex>ward</xex>, or back<xex>wards</xex>; to<xex>ward</xex>, or to<xex>wards</xex>, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>weard</ets>, fem., guard, <ets>weard</ets>, masc., keeper, guard; akin to OS. <ets>ward</ets> a watcher, warden, G. <ets>wart</ets>, OHG. <ets>wart</ets>, Icel. <ets>v&ouml;r&eth;r</ets> a warden, a watch, Goth. <ets>-wards</ets> in da&uacute;ra<ets>wards</ets> a doorkeeper, and E. <ets>wary</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>warde</ets> guard, from the German.  See <er>Ware</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, <er>Wary</er>, and cf. <er>Guard</er>, <er>Wraith</er>.]</ety>  <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day.  See the Note under <er>Watch</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and <qex>ward</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.</def><br/>
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<p><q>For the best <qex>ward</qex> of mine honor.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The assieged castle's <qex>ward</qex><br/>
Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>For want of other <qex>ward</qex>,<br/>
He lifted up his hand, his front to guard.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And he put them in <qex>ward</qex> in the house of the captain of the guard.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xl. 3.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am now in <qex>ward</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It is also inconvenient, in Ireland, that the <qex>wards</qex> and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal of any of those lords.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.</def>  &ldquo;Thou knowest my old <xex>ward</xex>; here I lay, and thus I bore my point.&rdquo; <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, is guarded.</def>  Specifically: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>A minor or person under the care of a guardian; <as>as, a <ex>ward</ex> in chancery</as>.</def>  &ldquo;You know our father's <xex>ward</xex>, the fair Monimia.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Otway.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>A division of a county.</def>  <mark>[Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Throughout the trembling city placed a guard,<br/>
Dealing an equal share to every <qex>ward</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>A division of a forest.</def>  <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sd>(e)</sd> <def>A division of a hospital; <as>as, a fever <ex>ward</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The lock is made . . . more secure by attaching <qex>wards</qex> to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches.</q> <rj><qau>Tomlinson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1627 --><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ward penny</b></col> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd> money paid to the sheriff or castellan for watching and warding a castle.</cd> -- <col><b>Ward staff</b></col>, <cd>a constable's or watchman's staff.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Warded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Warding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>wardien</ets>, AS. <ets>weardian</ets> to keep, protect; akin to OS. <ets>ward&unr_;n</ets> to watch, take care, OFries. <ets>wardia</ets>, OHG. <ets>wart&unr_;n</ets>, G. <ets>warten</ets> to wait, wait on, attend to, Icel. <ets>var&unr_;a</ets> to guarantee defend, Sw. <ets>v&aring;rda</ets> to guard, to watch; cf. OF. <ets>warder</ets>, of German origin.  See <er>Ward</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, and cf. <er>Award</er>, <er>Guard</er>, <er>Reward</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight<br/>
To <qex>ward</qex> the same.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To defend; to protect.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Tell him it was a hand that <qex>warded</qex> him<br/>
From thousand dangers.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by <xex>off</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Now <qex>wards</qex> a felling blow, now strikes again.</q> <rj><qau>Daniel.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The pointed javelin <qex>warded</qex> off his rage.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It instructs the scholar in the various methods of <qex>warding</qex> off the force of objections.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be vigilant; to keep guard.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To act on the defensive with a weapon.</def><br/>
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<p><q>She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to <qex>ward</qex> and go back.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward"-corn`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ward</ets> + F. <ets>corne</ets> horn, L. <ets>cornu</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under <er>Watch</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward"corps`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Wars</ets> + <ets>corps</ets>.]</ety> <def>Guardian; one set to watch over another.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Though thou preyedest Argus . . . to be my <xex>wardcorps</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wardein</ets>, OF. <ets>wardein</ets>, <ets>gardein</ets>, <ets>gardain</ets>, F. <ets>gardien</ets>.  See <er>Guardian</er>, and <er>Ward</er> guard.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He called to the <qex>warden</qex> on the . . . battlements.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; <as>as, the <ex>warden</ex> of a prison</as>.</def>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A head official; <as>as, the <ex>warden</ex> of a college</as>; specifically <fld>(Eccl.)</fld>, a churchwarden.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <ety>[Properly, a keeping pear.]</ety> <def>A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I would have had him roasted like a <qex>warden</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Warden pie</b></col>, <cd>a pie made of warden pears.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ward"en*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ward"en*ship</hw>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office or jurisdiction of a warden.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.</def>  &ldquo;The <xex>warders</xex> of the gate.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind,<br/>
Casts down his <qex>warder</qex> to arrest them there.</q> <rj><qau>Daniel.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Wafting his <qex>warder</qex> thrice about his head,<br/>
He cast it up with his auspicious hand,<br/>
Which was the signal, through the English spread,<br/>
This they should charge.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; <as>as, a <ex>Wardian</ex> case of plants</as>; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. <etsep>Ward</etsep>, an Englishman.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward"mote`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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.</def> <au>Brande &amp; C.</au>  &ldquo;Wards and <xex>wardmotes</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward"robe`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>warderobe</ets>, OF. <ets>warderobe</ets>, F. <ets>garderobe</ets>; of German origin.  See <er>Ward</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, and <er>Robe</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Flowers that their gay <qex>wardrobe</qex> wear.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>With a pair of saddlebags containing his <qex>wardrobe</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>T. Hughes.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A privy.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward"room`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel.  See <er>Gunroom</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc.</def>  <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>-wards</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See <er>-ward</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ward"ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Wardship</qex> is incident to tenure in socage.</q> <rj><qau>Blackstone.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It was the wisest act . . . in my <qex>wardship</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wards"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Wardsmen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A man who keeps ward; a guard.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sydney Smith.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Wear</er>. <def>Wore.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To wear, or veer.  See <er>Wear</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>w&amacr;r</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Seaweed.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ware goose</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the brant; -- so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ware</ets>, AS. <ets>waru</ets>; akin to D. <ets>waar</ets>, G. <ets>waare</ets>, Icel. &amp; Sw. <ets>vara</ets>, Dan. <ets>vare</ets>; and probably to E. <ets>worth</ets>, a.  See <er>Worth</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>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.</def>  &ldquo;Retails his <xex>wares</xex> at wakes.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> &ldquo;To chaffer with them and eke to sell them their <xex>ware</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It the people of the land bring <qex>ware</qex> or any victuals on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day.</q> <rj><qau>Neh. x. 31.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Although originally and properly a collective noun, it admits of a plural form, when articles of merchandise of different kinds are meant. It is often used in composition; as in hard<xex>ware</xex>, glass<xex>ware</xex>, tin<xex>ware</xex>, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>war</ets>, AS. <ets>w&aelig;r</ets>. &radic;142.  See <er>Wary</er>.]</ety> <def>A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard.  See <er>Beware</er>.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>She was <qex>ware</qex> and knew it bet [better] than he.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Of whom be thou <qex>ware</qex> also.</q> <rj><qau>2. Tim. iv. 15.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He is <qex>ware</qex> enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The only good that grows of passed fear<br/>
Is to be wise, and <qex>ware</qex> of like again.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>waru</ets> caution.]</ety> <def>The state of being ware or aware; heed.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[As. <ets>warian</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Ware</xex> that I say.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>God . . . <qex>ware</qex> you for the sin of avarice.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Then <qex>ware</qex> a rising tempest on the main.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wary; watchful; cautious.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware"ful*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Wariness; cautiousness.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Full of <xex>warefulness</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir P. Sidney.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa*re"ga fly`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A Brazilian fly whose larv&aelig; live in the skin of man and animals, producing painful sores.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware"house`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Warehouses</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A storehouse for wares, or goods.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware"house`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Warehoused</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Warehousing</conjf>.]</vmorph><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To deposit or secure in a warehouse.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware"house`man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Warehousemen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods.</def>  <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Warehouseman's itch</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a form of eczema occurring on the back of the hands of warehousemen.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware"hous`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a customhouse store.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Warehousing system</b></col>, <cd>an arrangement for lodging imported articles in the customhouse stores, without payment of duties until they are taken out for home consumption. If re&euml;xported, they are not charged with a duty.  See <cref>Bonded warehouse</cref>, under <er>Bonded</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ware</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Unwary; incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>And <qex>wareless</qex> of the evil<br/>
That by themselves unto themselves is wrought.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Cautiously; warily.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>They bound him hand and foot with iron chains,<br/>
And with continual watch did <qex>warely</qex> keep.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>warance</ets>. F. <ets>garance</ets>, LL. <ets>warentia</ets>, <ets>garantia</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Madder.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ware"room`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A room in which goods are stored or exhibited for sale.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wares</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See 4th <er>Ware</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"fare`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>War</ets> + OE. <ets>fare</ets> a journey, a passage, course, AS. <ets>faru.</ets> See <er>Fare</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Philistines gathered their armies together for <qex>warfare</qex>, to fight with Israel.</q> <rj><qau>I Sam. xxviii. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This day from battle rest;<br/>
Faithful hath been your <qex>warfare</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Contest; struggle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The weapons of our <qex>warfare</qex> are not carnal.</q> <rj><qau>2 Cor. x. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"fare`</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.</def>  <rj><au>Camden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"far`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One engaged in warfare; a military man; a soldier; a warrior.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ha`ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>War</ets> + <ets>hable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fit for war.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Warhable</xex> youth.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War`i*an"gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wariangel</ets>, <ets>weryangle</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>wearg</ets> outlaw, criminal, OHG, <ets>warg</ets>, <ets>warch</ets>, Goth. <ets>wargs</ets> (in comp.), G. <ets>w&uuml;rgengel</ets>, i. e., destroying angel, destroyer, killer, and E. <ets>worry</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The red-backed shrike (<spn>Lanius collurio</spn>); -- called also <altname>w&uuml;rger</altname>, <altname>worrier</altname>, and <altname>throttler</altname>.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>warriangle</asp>, <asp>weirangle</asp>, etc.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ri*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a wary manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ri*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Wariness.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A South American monkey, one of the sapajous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ri*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness.</def>  &ldquo;An almost reptile <xex>wariness</xex>.&rdquo; <au>G. W. Cable.</au><br/>
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<p><q>To determine what are little things in religion, great <qex>wariness</qex> is to be used.</q> <rj><qau>Sprat.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Caution; watchfulness; circumspection; foresight; care; vigilance; scrupulousness.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>warir</ets> to protect, heal, cure, F. <ets>gu&eacute;ri&unr_;</ets> to cure; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. <ets>werian</ets>, <ets>weren</ets>, to protect, to hinder.  See <er>Garret</er>.]</ety> <def>To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>My brother shall be <qex>warished</qex> hastily.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who <qex>warish</qex> and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ish</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be cured; to recover.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Your daughter . . . shall <qex>warish</qex> and escape.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"i*son</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>warison</ets> safety, supplies, cure, F. <ets>gu&eacute;rison</ets> cure.  See <er>Warish</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Preparation; protection; provision; supply.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Reward; requital; guerdon.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Wit and wisdom is good <qex>warysoun</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Proverbs of Hending.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wark</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Work</er>.]</ety> <def>Work; a building.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wark"loom</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tool; an implement.</def>  <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>War"like`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fit for war; disposed for war; <as>as, a <ex>warlike</ex> state; a <ex>warlike</ex> disposition</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Old Siward, with ten thousand <qex>warlike</qex> men.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The great archangel from his <qex>warlike</qex> toil Surceased.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Martial; hostile; soldierly.  See <er>Martial</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>War"like`ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being warlike.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One often quarreled with; -- &unr_; word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with <xex>darling</xex>.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Better be an old man's darling than a young man's <qex>warling</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Camde&unr_;.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"lock</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>warloghe</ets> a deceiver, a name or the Devil, AS. <ets>w&unr_;rloga</ets> a belier or breaker of his agreement, word, or pledge; <ets>w&unr_;r</ets> covenant, troth (aki&unr_; to L. <ets>verus</ets> true; see <er>Very</er>) + <ets>loga</ets> a liar (in comp.), <ets>le&oacute;gan</ets> to lie.  See 3d <er>Lie</er>.]</ety> <def>A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>warluck</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It was Eyvind Kallda's crew<br/>
Of <qex>warlocks</qex> blue,<br/>
With their caps of darkness hooded!</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"lock</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Thou shalt win the <qex>warlock</qex> fight.</q> <rj><qau>J. R. Drak&unr_;.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"lock*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Impishness; magic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Warlike.</def>  <rj><au>Burns.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Warm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Warmer</adjf>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Warmest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>wearm</ets>; akin to OS., OFries., D., &amp; G. <ets>warm</ets>, Icel. <ets>varmr</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>varm</ets>, Goth. <ets>warmjan</ets> to warm; probably akin to Lith. <ets>virti</ets> to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. <ets>gharma</ets> heat, OL. <ets>formus</ets> warm. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, <xex>warm</xex> milk.</def>  &ldquo;Whose blood is <xex>warm</xex> within.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Warm</qex> and still is the summer night.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; <as>as, the <ex>warm</ex> climate of Egypt</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Mirth, and youth, and <qex>warm</qex> desire!</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Each <qex>warm</qex> wish springs mutual from the heart.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They say he's <qex>warm</qex> man and does not care to be mad&unr_; mouths at.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I had been none of the <qex>warmest</qex> of partisans.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthor&unr_;&unr_;.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; <as>as, a <ex>warm</ex> contest; a <ex>warm</ex> debate</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Welcome, daylight; we shall have <qex>warm</qex> work on't.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Warm</qex> householders, every one of them.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as <qex>warm</qex> a man as any within five miles round him.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting &ldquo;<qex>warm</qex>,&rdquo; &unr_;&unr_; children say at blindman's buff.</q> <rj><qau>Black.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to <xex>cold</xex> which is of blue and its compounds.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Warm</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Warmed</conjf> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Warming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>wearmian</ets>.  See <er>Warm</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; <as>as, a stove <ex>warms</ex> an apartment</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and <qex>warm</qex> himself.</q> <rj><qau>Isa. xliv 15</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Enough to <qex>warm</qex>, but not enough to burn.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I formerly <qex>warmed</qex> my head with reading controversial writings.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Bright hopes, that erst bosom <qex>warmed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Warm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>wearmian</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To become warm, or moderately heated; <as>as, the earth soon <ex>warms</ex> in a clear day summer</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There shall not be a coal to <qex>warm</qex> at.</q> <rj><qau>Isa. xlvii. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To become ardent or animated; <as>as, the speake&unr_; <ex>warms</ex> as he proceeds</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Warm</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dickens.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Warm"-blood`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>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 <er>Homoiothermal</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Warm"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, warms.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Warm"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abounding in capacity to warm; giving warmth; <as>as, a <ex>warmful</ex> garment</as>.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Warm"-heart`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.</def>  -- <wordforms><wf>Warm"-heart`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Warm"ing</hw>, <def><pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> from <er>Warm</er>, <pos>v.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Warming pan</b></col>, <cd>a long-handled covered pan into which live coals are put, -- used for warming beds.</cd>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Warm"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a warm manner; ardently.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Warm"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Warmth.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"mon`ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"mouth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (<spn>Ch&aelig;nobryttus gulosus</spn>); -- called also <altname>red-eyed bream</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Warmth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; <as>as, the <ex>warmth</ex> of the sun; the <ex>warmth</ex> of the blood; vital <ex>warmth</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Here kindly <qex>warmth</qex> their mounting juice ferments.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; <as>as, the <ex>warmth</ex> of love or piety; he replied with much <ex>warmth</ex>.</as></def> &ldquo;<xex>Spiritual warmth</xex>, and holy fires.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That <qex>warmth</qex> . . . which agrees with Christian zeal.</q> <rj><qau>Sprat.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement; vehemence.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Warmth"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being without warmth; not communicating warmth; cold.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Warn</hw> <pr>(w&asuml_;rn)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wernen</ets>, AS. <ets>weornan</ets>, <ets>wyrnan</ets>.  Cf. <er>Warn</er> to admonish.]</ety> <def>To refuse.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>wern</asp>, <asp>worn</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Warn</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Warned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Warning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>warnen</ets>, <ets>warnien</ets>, AS. <ets>warnian</ets>, <ets>wearnian</ets>, to take heed, to warn; akin to AS. <ets>wearn</ets> denial, refusal, OS. <ets>warning</ets>, <ets>wernian</ets>, to refuse, OHG. <ets>warnen</ets>, G. <ets>warnen</ets> to warn, OFries. <ets>warna</ets>, <ets>werna</ets>, Icel. <ets>varna</ets> to refuse; and probably to E. <ets>wary</ets>. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, to <ex>warn</ex> a town meeting; to <ex>warn</ex> a tenant to quit a house.</as></def> &ldquo;<xex>Warned</xex> of the ensuing fight.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Cornelius the centurion . . . was <qex>warned</qex> from God by an holy angel to send for thee.</q> <rj><qau>Acts x. 22.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Who is it that hath <qex>warned</qex> us to the walls?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.</def>  &ldquo;Juturna <xex>warns</xex> the Daunian chief of Lausus' danger, urging swift relief.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To ward off.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Warn"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who warns; an admonisher.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Warn"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A warrener.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Piers Plowman.</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Warn"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; <as>as, a <ex>warning</ex> voice</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That <qex>warning</qex> timepiece never ceased.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Warning piece</b></col>, <col><b>Warning wheel</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Horol.)</fld>, <cd>a piece or wheel which produces a sound shortly before the clock strikes.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Warn"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Previous notice.</def>  &ldquo;At a month's <xex>warning</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A great journey to take upon so short a <qex>warning</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Could <qex>warning</qex> make the world more just or wise.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Warn"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a warning manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Warn"store</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>warnesture</ets>, <ets>garnesture</ets>, provisions, supplies, and E. <ets>garnish</ets>.]</ety> <def>To furnish.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;To <xex>warnstore</xex> your house.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Warp</hw> <pr>(w&asuml_;rp)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Warped</conjf> <pr>(w&asuml_;rpt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Warping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>warpen</ets>; fr. Icel. <ets>varpa</ets> to throw, cast, <ets>varp</ets> a casting, fr. <ets>verpa</ets> to throw; akin to Dan. <ets>varpe</ets> to warp a ship, Sw. <ets>varpa</ets>, AS. <ets>weorpan</ets> to cast, OS. <ets>werpan</ets>, OFries. <ets>werpa</ets>, D. &amp; LG. <ets>werpen</ets>, G. <ets>werfen</ets>, Goth. <ets>wa&iacute;rpan</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>v&rsdot_;j</ets> to twist. &radic;144.  Cf. <er>Wrap</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The planks looked <qex>warped</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Walter <qex>warped</qex> his mouth at this<br/>
To something so mock solemn, that I laughed.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This first avowed, nor folly <qex>warped</qex> my mind.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I have no private considerations to <qex>warp</qex> me in this controversy.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and <qex>warp</qex> the understandings, of men.</q> <rj><qau>Southey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To weave; to fabricate.</def>  <mark>[R. &amp; Poetic.]</mark>  <rj><au>Nares.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>While doth he mischief <qex>warp</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sternhold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Rope Making)</fld> <def>To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Weaving)</fld> <def>To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(A&euml;ronautics)</fld> <def>To twist the end surfaces of (an a&euml;rocurve in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Warped surface</b></col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a surface generated by a straight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane.</cd>  <rj><au>Davies &amp; Peck.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Warp</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; <as>as, a board <ex>warps</ex> in seasoning or shrinking</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, <qex>warp</qex>, <qex>warp</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or <qex>warping</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Moxon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There is our commission,<br/>
From which we would not have you <qex>warp</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A pitchy cloud<br/>
Of locusts, <qex>warping</qex> on the eastern wind.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Weaving)</fld> <def>To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Warp</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>wearp</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>varp</ets> a casting, throwing, Sw. <ets>varp</ets> the draught of a net, Dan. <ets>varp</ets> a towline, OHG. <ets>warf</ets> warp, G. <ets>werft</ets>.  See <er>Warp</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Weaving)</fld> <def>The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.</def>  <rj><au>Lyell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Four; esp., four herrings; a cast.  See <er>Cast</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 17.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <ety>[From <er>Warp</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>The state of being warped or twisted; <as>as, the <ex>warp</ex> of a board</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Warp beam</b></col>, <cd>the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.</cd> -- <col><b>Warp fabric</b></col>, <cd>fabric produced by warp knitting.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Warp frame</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Warp-net frame</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a machine for making warp lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for each needle.</cd> -- <col><b>Warp knitting</b></col>, <cd>a kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side; -- also called <cref>warp weaving</cref>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Warp lace</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Warp net</b></col></mcol>, <cd>lace having a warp crossed by weft threads.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Warp"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"path`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.</def>  <rj><au>Schoolcraft.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>On the warpath</b></col>, <cd>on a hostile expedition; hence, colloquially, about to attack a person or measure.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Warp"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Warp"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.</def>  <rj><au>Craig.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Warping bank</b></col>, <cd>a bank of earth raised round a field to retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land.</cd> <au>Craig.</au> -- <col><b>Warping hook</b></col>, <cd>a hook used by rope makers for hanging the yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring.</cd> -- <col><b>Warping mill</b></col>, <cd>a machine for warping yarn.</cd> -- <col><b>Warping penny</b></col>, <cd>money, varying according to the length of the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying the warp.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <au>Wright.</au> -- <col><b>Warping post</b></col>, <cd>a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Warp knitting</hw>. <def>A kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"proof`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Valor tried by war.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Warp speed</hw>. <ety>[From science fiction tales of spaceship drives operating by <ets>warp</ets>ing the shape of space or of time.]</ety> <def>literally, a speed faster than the speed of light; fig., an extremely high speed, usually the fastest possible; -- used only in the figurative sense except in fiction.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ra*gal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The dingo.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ran*dice</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Warrantise</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>warrandise</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Craig.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>warant</ets>, OF. <ets>warant</ets> a warrant, a defender, protector, F. <ets>garant</ets>, originally a p. pr. pf German origin, fr. OHG. <ets>wer&emacr;n</ets> to grant, warrant, G. ge<ets>w&auml;hren</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>wera</ets>.  Cf. <er>Guarantee</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def>  Specifically: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Mil. &amp; Nav.)</fld> <def>An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer.  See <cref>Warrant officer</cref>, below.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I give thee <qex>warrant</qex> of thy place.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His worth is <qex>warrant</qex> for his welcome hither.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which attests or proves; a voucher.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Right; legality; allowance.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Bench warrant</b></col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Dock warrant</b></col> <fld>(Com.)</fld>, <cd>a customhouse license or authority.</cd> -- <col><b>General warrant</b></col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See under <er>General</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Land warrant</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Land</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Search warrant</b></col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Search</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Warrant of attorney</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>written authority given by one person to another empowering him to transact business for him; specifically, written authority given by a client to his attorney to appear for him in court, and to suffer judgment to pass against him by confession in favor of some specified person.</cd> <au>Bouvier.</au> -- <col><b>Warrant officer</b></col>, <cd>a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant, corporal, bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a quartermaster, gunner, boatswain, etc., in the navy.</cd> -- <col><b>Warrant to sue and defend</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <cd>A special warrant from the crown, authorizing a party to appoint an attorney to sue or defend for him.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A special authority given by a party to his attorney to commence a suit, or to appear and defend a suit in his behalf. This warrant is now disused.</cd>  <au>Burrill.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Warranted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Warranting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waranten</ets>, OF. <ets>warantir</ets>, <ets>garantir</ets>, <ets>guarantir</ets>, <ets>garentir</ets>, <ets>garandir</ets>, F.  <ets>garantir</ets> to warrant, fr. OF. <ets>warant</ets>, <ets>garant</ets>, <ets>guarant</ets>, a warrant, a protector, a defender, F. <ets>garant</ets>. &radic;142.  See <er>Warrant</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That show I first my body to <qex>warrant</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I'll <qex>warrant</qex> him from drowning.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In a place<br/>
Less <qex>warranted</qex> than this, or less secure,<br/>
I can not be.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; <as>as, reason <ex>warrants</ex> it</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>True fortitude is seen in great exploits,<br/>
That justice <qex>warrants</qex>, and that wisdom guides.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>How little while it is since he went forth out of his study, -- chewing a Hebrew text of Scripture in his mouth, I <qex>warrant</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.</def><br/>
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<p><q>[My neck is] as smooth as silk, I <qex>warrant</qex> ye.</q> <rj><qau>L' Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss.</def>  <sd>(c)</sd> <def>To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented.  See <er>Warranty</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def>  <sd>(d)</sd> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rant*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; <as>as, the seizure of a thief is always <ex>warrantable</ex> by law and justice; falsehood is never <ex>warrantable</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>His meals are coarse and short, his employment <qex>warrantable</qex>, <qex>his sleep certain and refreshing</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>War"rant*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>War"rant*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>War`ran*tee"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rant*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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>as, the <ex>warranter</ex> of a horse</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rant*ise</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>warentise</ets>, <ets>warandise</ets>, <ets>garantise</ets>.  See <er>Warrant</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Authority; security; warranty.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rant*ise</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To warrant.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hakluyt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rant*or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who warrants.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rant*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Warranties</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OF. <ets>warantie</ets>, F. <ets>garantie</ets>.  See <er>Warrant</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, and cf. <er>Guaranty</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anc. Law)</fld> <def>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 <xex>warranty</xex> has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the <xex>covenant of warranty</xex>, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant.</def>  <rj><au>Kent.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Modern Law)</fld> <def>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 <xex>implied warranty of title</xex>, but, as to the <xex>quality</xex> of goods, the rule of every sale is, <xex>Caveat emptor</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>Chitty. Bouvier.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Insurance Law)</fld> <def>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 <xex>warranties</xex>, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are certain implied warranties.</def>  <rj><au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If they disobey precept, that is no excuse to us, nor gives us any <qex>warranty</qex> . . . to disobey likewise.</q> <rj><qau>Kettlewe&unr_;&unr_;.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Security; warrant; guaranty.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The stamp was a <qex>warranty</qex> of the public.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Guarantee</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rant*y</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To warrant; to guarantee.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ray</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>werreier</ets>, <ets>werrier</ets>, <ets>guerroier</ets>, F. <ets>guerroyer</ets>, from OF. <ets>werre</ets> war, F. <ets>guerre</ets>; of German origin.  See <er>War</er>.]</ety> <def>To make war upon. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <xex>Fairfax</xex>.</def>  &ldquo;When a man <xex>warrayeth</xex> truth.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Warre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>werre</ets>; of Scand. origin.  See <er>Worse</er>.]</ety> <def>Worse.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>They say the world is much <qex>warre</qex> than it wont.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ren</hw> <pr>(w&obreve_;r"r&ebreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>waresne</ets>, <ets>warenne</ets>, <ets>garene</ets>, F. <ets>garenne</ets>, from OF. <ets>warer</ets>, <ets>garer</ets>, to beware, to take care; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. <ets>war&omacr;n</ets> (in comp.), OS. <ets>war&omacr;n</ets> to take care, to observe, akin to E. <ets>wary</ets>. &radic;142.  See <er>Wary</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Eng Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of <xex>warren</xex>.</def>  <au>Burrill.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A privilege which one has in his lands, by royal grant or prescription, of hunting and taking wild beasts and birds of <xex>warren</xex>, to the exclusion of any other person not entering by his permission.</def>  <rj><au>Spelman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They wend both <qex>warren</qex> and in waste.</q> <rj><qau>Piers Plowman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The <xex>warren</xex> is the next franchise in degree to the park; and a forest, which is the highest in dignity, comprehends a chase, a park, and a free warren.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A place for keeping flash, in a river.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ren*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The keeper of a warren.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War`ri*an"gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Wariangle</er>.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Warye</er>.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From a native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An Australian lorikeet (<spn>Trichoglossus multicolor</spn>) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also <altname>blue-bellied lorikeet</altname>, and <altname>blue-bellied parrot</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rior</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>werreour</ets>, OF. <ets>werreour</ets>, <ets>guerreor</ets>, from <ets>guerre</ets>, <ets>werre</ets>, war.  See <er>War</er>, and <er>Warray</er>.]</ety> <def>A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Warriors</qex> old with ordered spear and shield.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Warrior ant</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a reddish ant (<spn>Formica sanguinea</spn>) native of Europe and America. It is one of the species which move in armies to capture and enslave other ants.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>War"rior*ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female warrior.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>War" room`</hw>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>a room in a military headquarters to which the current status of military operations is reported from the field, and the situation is evaluated, as by use of maps showing the locations of all relevant military units, both friendly and hostile.  The room may also be used to plan tactics or strategy.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A room at the center of operations of an organization, such as a large business enterprise, where the status of operations may be discussed, or plans made, and often containing special equipment, such as charts, maps, or computers, to assist such functions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War story</hw>. <def>A recounting of a memorable personal experience, especially one involving challenge, hardship, danger, or other interesting features.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Warye</er>.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>War"saw</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The black grouper (<spn>Epinephelus nigritus</spn>) of the southern coasts of the United States.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The jewfish; -- called also <altname>guasa</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wart</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>werte</ets>, AS. <ets>wearte</ets>; akin to D. <ets>wrat</ets>, G. <ets>warze</ets>, OHG. <ets>warza</ets>, Icel. <ets>varta</ets>, Sw. <ets>v&aring;rta</ets>, Dan. <ets>vorte</ets>; perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. <ets>wort</ets>; or cf. L. <ets>verruca</ets> wart.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papill&aelig;, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Fig wart</b></col>, <col><b>Moist wart</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a soft, bright red, pointed or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma.  Called also <altname>pointed wart</altname>, <altname>venereal wart</altname>.</cd> <au>L. A. Duhring.</au> -- <col><b>Wart cress</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the swine's cress.  See under <er>Swine</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wart snake</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several species of East Indian colubrine snakes of the genus <gen>Acrochordus</gen>, having the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes.</cd> -- <col><b>Wart spurge</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of wartwort (<spn>Euphorbia Helioscopia</spn>).</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wart"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having little knobs on the surface; verrucose; <as>as, a <ex>warted</ex> capsule</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wart" hog`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus <gen>Phacoch&oelig;rus</gen>.  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 (<spn>Phacoch&oelig;rus &AElig;thiopicus</spn>) is the best known. Called also <altname>vlacke vark</altname>. The second species (<spn>Phacoch&oelig;rus &AElig;liani</spn>) is native of the coasts of the Red Sea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wart"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no wart.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wart"weed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Wartwort</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wart"wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (<spn>Euphorbia Helioscopia</spn>), and the nipplewort (<spn>Lampsana communis</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wart"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; <as>as, a <ex>warty</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of the nature of warts; <as>as, a <ex>warty</ex> excrescence</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Warty egg</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a marine univalve shell (<spn>Ovulum verrucosum</spn>), having the surface covered with wartlike elevations.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wart"y-back`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An American fresh-water mussel (<spn>Quadrula pustulosa</spn>). Its shell is used in making buttons.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"wick*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic crystals imbedded in limestone near <etsep>Warwick</etsep>, New York. It consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>War"worn`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Worn with military service; <as>as, a <ex>warworn</ex> soldier; a <ex>warworn</ex> coat.</as></def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Warier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Wariest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>war</ets>, AS. <ets>w&aelig;r</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>v&unr_;rr</ets>, Dan. &amp; Sw. <ets>var</ets>, Goth. <ets>wars</ets>, G. ge<ets>wahr</ets> aware, OHG. <ets>wara</ets> notice, attention, Gr. &unr_; to see.  Cf. <er>Aware</er>, <er>Garment</er>, <er>Garnish</er>, <er>Garrison</er>, <er>Panorama</er>, <er>Ward</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <er>Ware</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, <er>Warren</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.</def>  &ldquo;Bear a <xex>wary</xex> eye.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>We should be <qex>wary</qex>, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It behoveth our words to be <qex>wary</qex> and few.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Cautious; circumspect; watchful.  See <er>Cautious</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>War"ye</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>wergian</ets>, <ets>wyrgean</ets>.  Cf. <er>Worry</er>.]</ety> <def>To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Spelled also <asp>warrie</asp>, <asp>warry</asp>, and <asp>wary</asp>.]</altsp> &ldquo;Whom I thus blame and <xex>warye</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Was</hw> <pr>(w&obreve_;z)</pr>. <ety>[AS. <ets>w&aelig;s</ets>, 2d pers. <ets>w&aemacr_;re</ets>, 3d pers. <ets>w&aelig;s</ets>, pl. <ets>w&aemacr_;ron</ets>, with the inf. <ets>wesan</ets> to be; akin to D. <ets>wezen</ets>, imp. <ets>was</ets>, OHG. <ets>wesan</ets>, imp. <ets>was</ets>, G. <ets>wesen</ets>, n., a being, essence, <ets>war</ets> was, Icel. <ets>vera</ets> to be, imp. <ets>var</ets>, Goth. <ets>wisan</ets> to be, to dwell, to remain, imp. <ets>was</ets>, Skr. <ets>vas</ets> to remain, to dwell. &radic;148.   Cf. <er>Vernacular</er>, <er>Wassail</er>, <er>Were</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>The first and third persons singular of the verb <xex>be</xex>, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; <as>as, I <ex>was</ex>; he <ex>was</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wase</hw> <pr>(w&amacr;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>vase</ets> a sheaf.]</ety> <def>A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash</hw> <pr>(w&obreve_;sh)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Washed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Washing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waschen</ets>, AS. <ets>wascan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>wasschen</ets>, G. <ets>waschen</ets>, OHG. <ets>wascan</ets>, Icel. &amp; Sw. <ets>vaska</ets>, Dan. <ets>vaske</ets>, and perhaps to E. <ets>water</ets>. &radic;150.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, to <ex>wash</ex> the hands or body; to <ex>wash</ex> garments; to <ex>wash</ex> sheep or wool; to <ex>wash</ex> the pavement or floor; to <ex>wash</ex> the bark of trees.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, . . . he took water and <qex>washed</qex> his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxvii. 24.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; <as>as, waves <ex>wash</ex> the shore</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Fresh-blown roses <qex>washed</qex> with dew.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>[The landscape] <qex>washed</qex> with a cold, gray mist.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; <as>as, heavy rains <ex>wash</ex> a road or an embankment</as>.</def><!-- now, wash out. --><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>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 <xex>away</xex>, <xex>off</xex>, <xex>out</xex>, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>wash</ex> dirt from the hands</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Arise, and be baptized, and <qex>wash</qex> away thy sins.</q> <rj><qau>Acts xxii. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The tide will <qex>wash</qex> you off.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To overlay with a thin coat of metal; <as>as, steel <ex>washed</ex> with silver</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To cause dephosphorisation of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn>  <def>To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, esp. by removing soluble constituents.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To wash gold</b></col>, etc., <cd>to treat earth or gravel, or crushed ore, with water, in order to separate the gold or other metal, or metallic ore, through their higher density.</cd> -- <col><b>To wash the hands of</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Hand</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To perform the act of ablution.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Wash</qex> in Jordan seven times.</q> <rj><qau>2 Kings v. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water.</def>  &ldquo;She can <xex>wash</xex> and scour.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To bear without injury the operation of being washed; <as>as, some calicoes do not <ex>wash</ex></as>.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To use washes, as for the face or hair.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn>  <def>To move with a lapping or swashing sound, or the like; to lap; splash; <as>as, to hear the water <ex>washing</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>to be accepted as true or valid; to be proven true by subsequent evidence; -- usually used in the negative; <as>as, his alibi won't <ex>wash</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Wash</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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>as, the <ex>washes</ex> in Lincolnshire</as>.</def>  &ldquo;The <xex>Wash</xex> of Edmonton so gay.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>These Lincoln <qex>washes</qex> have devoured them.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; <as>as, the <ex>wash</ex> of a sewer, of a river, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>wash</qex> of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, where rain water hath a long time settled.</q> <rj><qau>Mortimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Distilling)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.</def>  <rj><au>B. Edwards.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface.</def>  <specif>Specifically:</specif> --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>A liquid cosmetic for the complexion.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>A liquid dentifrice.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>A liquid preparation for the hair; <as>as, a hair <ex>wash</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(e)</sd> <fld>(Painting)</fld> <def>A thin coat of color, esp. water color.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(j)</sd> <def>A thin coat of metal applied in a liquid form on any object, for beauty or preservation;  -- called also <altname>washing</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <mark>[Western U. S.]</mark> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Gravel and other rock d&eacute;bris transported and deposited by running water; coarse alluvium.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An alluvial cone formed by a stream at the base of a mountain.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn>  <def>The dry bed of an intermittent stream, sometimes at the bottom of a ca&ntilde;on; <as>as, the Amargosa <ex>wash</ex>, Diamond <ex>wash</ex></as>; -- called also <altname>dry wash</altname>.</def> <mark>[Western U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn>  <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water. Hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water, as a carriage <xex>wash</xex> in a stable.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>an action or situation in which the gains and losses are equal, or closely compensate each other.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <fld>(Aeronautics)</fld> <def>the disturbance of the air left behind in the wake of a moving airplane or one of its parts.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wash ball</b></col>, <cd>a ball of soap to be used in washing the hands or face.</cd> <au>Swift.</au> -- <col><b>Wash barrel</b></col> <fld>(Fisheries)</fld>, <cd>a barrel nearly full of split mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order to soak the blood from the fish before salting.</cd> -- <col><b>Wash bottle</b></col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A bottle partially filled with some liquid through which gases are passed for the purpose of purifying them, especially by removing soluble constituents.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A washing bottle. See under <er>Washing</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wash gilding</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Water gilding</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wash leather</b></col>, <cd>split sheepskin dressed with oil, in imitation of chamois, or shammy, and used for dusting, cleaning glass or plate, etc.; also, alumed, or buff, leather for soldiers' belts.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Washy; weak.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Their bodies of so weak and <qex>wash</qex> a temper.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of being washed without injury; washable; <as>as, <ex>wash</ex> goods</as>.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"board`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>wasteboard</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Mar. Dict.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"bowl`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"dish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A washbowl.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Washerwoman</er>, 2.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash drawing</hw>. <fld>(Art)</fld> <def>In water-color painting, work in, or a work done chiefly in, washes, as distinguished from that done in stipple, in body color, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Washed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Washed sale</hw>. <def>Same as <er>Wash sale</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Wash</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>w&aelig;scere</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, washes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Plumbing)</fld> <def>A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common raccoon.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Washerwoman</er>, 2.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"er*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Washermen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"er*wom`an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Washerwomen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"house`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Gold dust procured by washing; also, a place where this is done; a washery.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <def>A thin covering or coat; <as>as, a <ex>washing</ex> of silver</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn>  <fld>(Stock Exchanges)</fld> <def>The operation of simultaneously buying and selling the same stock for the purpose of manipulating the market. The transaction is fictitious, and is prohibited by stock-exchange rules.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn>  <fld>(Pottery)</fld> <def>The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Washing bear</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the raccoon.</cd> -- <col><b>Washing bottle</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a bottle fitted with glass tubes passing through the cork, so that on blowing into one of the tubes a stream of water issuing from the other may be directed upon anything to be washed or rinsed, as a precipitate upon a filter, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Washing fluid</b></col>, <cd>a liquid used as a cleanser, and consisting usually of alkaline salts resembling soaps in their action.</cd> -- <col><b>Washing machine</b></col>, <cd>a machine for washing; specifically, a machine for washing clothes.</cd> -- <col><b>Washing soda</b></col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Sodium carbonate</cref>, under <er>Sodium</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Washing stuff</b></col>, <cd>any earthy deposit containing gold enough to pay for washing it; -- so called among gold miners.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash`ing*to"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or characteristic of, <person>George <etsep>Washington</etsep></person>; <as>as, a <ex>Washingtonian</ex> policy</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence.</def>  -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A member of the Washingtonian Society.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"oe proc`ess</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[From the <etsep>Washoe</etsep> district, Nevada.]</ety> <def>The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as blue vitriol and salt.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"-off`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Calico Printing)</fld> <def>Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"out`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a complete failure; -- of an enterprise.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>a person who has failed a course of study or training, leaving the program before its completion.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash out</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i. &amp; t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>to be removed by washing; -- of spots and stains, especially on clothing.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to be removed, broken, or destroyed by the action of flowing water; <as>as, the bridge was <ex>washed out</ex> by the flood</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>to fail in a course of study or training, especially to leave before completion of the course.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"pot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pot or vessel in which anything is washed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Tin-Plate Manuf.)</fld> <def>A pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash sale</hw>. <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld> <def>A sale made in washing. See <er>Washing</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3, above.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"stand`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash stand</hw>. <def>In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off.</def> <mark>[Cant]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"tub`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tub in which clothes are washed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wash"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Wash</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Watery; damp; soft.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Washy</xex> ooze.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; <as>as, <ex>washy</ex> tea; <ex>washy</ex> resolutions</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q> A polish . . . not over thin and <qex>washy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir H. Wotton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; <as>as, a <ex>washy</ex> horse</as>.</def>  <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"site</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Wasium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"si*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. So called from <ets>Wasa</ets>, or <ets>Vasa</ets>, the name of a former royal family of Sweden.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with thorium.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wasp</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>waspe</ets>, AS. <ets>w&aelig;ps</ets>, <ets>w&aelig;fs</ets>; akin to D. <ets>wesp</ets>, G. <ets>wespe</ets>, OHG. <ets>wafsa</ets>, <ets>wefsa</ets>, Lith. <ets>vapsa</ets> gadfly, Russ. <ets>osa</ets> wasp, L. <ets>vespa</ets>, and perhaps to E. <ets>weave</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus <gen>Vespa</gen>, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called <stype>yellow jackets</stype>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The social wasps make a complex series of combs, of a substance like stiff paper, often of large size, and protect them by a paperlike covering. The larv&aelig; are reared in the cells of the combs, and eat insects and insect larv&aelig; brought to them by the adults, but the latter feed mainly on the honey and pollen of flowers, and on the sweet juices of fruit.  See <xex>Illust.</xex> in Appendix.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Digger wasp</b></col>, <cd>any one of numerous species of solitary wasps that make their nests in burrows which they dig in the ground, as the sand wasps.  See <cref>Sand wasp</cref>, under <er>Sand</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Mud wasp</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Mud</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Potter wasp</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Potter</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wasp fly</b></col>, <cd>a species of fly resembling a wasp, but without a sting.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wasp"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He was naturally a <qex>waspish</qex> and hot man.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace<br/>
This jealous, <qex>waspish</qex>, wrong-head, rhyming race.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; testy; peevish; captious.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Wasp"ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Wasp"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Was"sail</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>wes h&amacr;l</ets> (or an equivalent form in another dialect) be in health, which was the form of drinking a health. The form <ets>wes</ets> is imperative.  See <er>Was</er>, and <er>Whole</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Geoffrey of Monmouth relates, on the authority of Walter Calenius, that this lady [Rowena], the daughter of Hengist, knelt down on the approach of the king, and, presenting him with a cup of wine, exclaimed, Lord king <qex>w&aelig;s heil</qex>, that is, literally, Health be to you.</q> <rj><qau>N. Drake.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.</def>  &ldquo;In merry <xex>wassail</xex> he . . . peals his loud song.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The king doth wake to-night and takes his rouse,<br/>
Keeps <qex>wassail</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The victors abandoned themselves to feasting and <qex>wassail</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Prescott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>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 <altname>lamb's wool</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A jolly wassail bowl,<br/>
A <qex>wassail</qex> of good ale.</q> <rj><qau>Old Song.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A festive or drinking song or glee.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Have you done your <qex>wassail</qex>! 'T is a handsome, drowsy ditty, I'll assure you.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Was"sail</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; <as>as, a <ex>wassail</ex> bowl</as>.</def>  &ldquo;A<xex>wassail</xex> candle, my lord, all tallow.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wassail bowl</b></col>, <cd>a bowl in which wassail was mixed, and placed upon the table.</cd>  &ldquo;Spiced <xex>wassail bowl</xex>.&rdquo; <au>J. Fletcher.</au> &ldquo;When the cloth was removed, the butler brought in a huge silver vessel . . . Its appearance was hailed with acclamation, being the <xex>wassail bowl</xex> so renowned in Christmas festivity.&rdquo; <au>W. Irving.</au> -- <col><b>Wassail cup</b></col>, <cd>a cup from which wassail was drunk.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Was"sail</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To hold a wassail; to carouse.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Spending all the day, and good part of the night, in dancing, caroling, and <qex>wassailing</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Was"sail*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The rudeness and swilled insolence<br/>
Of such late <qex>wassailers</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>The second person singular of the verb <xex>be</xex>, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style.  See <er>Was</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wast"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waste</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wast</ets>, OF. <ets>wast</ets>, from L. <ets>vastus</ets>, influenced by the kindred German word; cf. OHG. <ets>wuosti</ets>, G. <ets>w&uuml;st</ets>, OS. <ets>w&unr_;sti</ets>, D. <ets>woest</ets>, AS. <ets>w&emacr;ste</ets>.  Cf. <er>Vast</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The dismal situation <qex>waste</qex> and wild.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His heart became appalled as he gazed forward into the <qex>waste</qex> darkness of futurity.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; <as>as, <ex>waste</ex> land; <ex>waste</ex> paper</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>But his <qex>waste</qex> words returned to him in vain.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Not a <qex>waste</qex> or needless sound,<br/>
Till we come to holier ground.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Ill day which made this beauty <qex>waste</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And strangled with her <qex>waste</qex> fertility.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Waste gate</b></col>, <cd>a gate by which the superfluous water of a reservoir, or the like, is discharged.</cd> -- <col><b>Waste paper</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Paper</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Waste pipe</b></col>, <cd>a pipe for carrying off waste, or superfluous, water or other fluids.</cd> Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Steam Boilers)</fld> <cd>An escape pipe.  See under <er>Escape</er>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Plumbing)</fld> <cd>The outlet pipe at the bottom of a bowl, tub, sink, or the like.</cd> -- <col><b>Waste steam</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Steam which escapes the air.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Exhaust steam.</cd> -- <col><b>Waste trap</b></col>, <cd>a trap for a waste pipe, as of a sink.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Waste</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wasted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wasting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>wasten</ets>, OF. <ets>waster</ets>, <ets>guaster</ets>, <ets>gaster</ets>, F. <ets>g&acirc;ter</ets> to spoil, L. <ets>vastare</ets> to devastate, to lay waste, fr. <ets>vastus</ets> waste, desert, uncultivated, ravaged, vast, but influenced by a kindred German word; cf. OHG. <ets>wuosten</ets>, G. <ets>w&uuml;sten</ets>, AS. <ets>w&emacr;stan</ets>.  See <er>Waste</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thou barren ground, whom winter's wrath hath <qex>wasted</qex>,<br/>
Art made a mirror to behold my plight.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The Tiber<br/>
Insults our walls, and <qex>wastes</qex> our fruitful grounds.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Until your carcasses be <qex>wasted</qex> in the wilderness.</q> <rj><qau>Num. xiv. 33.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>O, were I able<br/>
To <qex>waste</qex> it all myself, and leave ye none!</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Here condemned<br/>
To <qex>waste</qex> eternal days in woe and pain.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Wasted</qex> by such a course of life, the infirmities of age daily grew on him.</q> <rj><qau>Robertson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The younger son gathered all together, and . . . <qex>wasted</qex> his substance with riotous living.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xv. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,<br/>
And <qex>waste</qex> its sweetness on the desert air.</q> <rj><qau>Gray.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To squander; dissipate; lavish; desolate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Waste</hw> <pr>(w&amacr;st)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less; -- commonly used with <ptcl>away</ptcl>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The time <qex>wasteth</qex> night and day.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The barrel of meal shall not <qex>waste</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings xvii. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>But man dieth, and <qex>wasteth</qex> away.</q> <rj><qau>Job xiv. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Sporting)</fld> <def>To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waste</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>waste</ets>; cf. the kindred AS. <ets>w&emacr;sten</ets>, OHG. <ets>w&omacr;st&imacr;</ets>, <ets>wuost&imacr;</ets>, G. <ets>w&uuml;ste</ets>.  See <er>Waste</er>, <pos>a.</pos> &amp; <pos>v.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, a <ex>waste</ex> of property, time, labor, words, etc</as>.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Waste</xex> . . . of catel and of time.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>For all this <qex>waste</qex> of wealth loss of blood.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He will never . . . in the way of <qex>waste</qex>, attempt us again.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Little <qex>wastes</qex> in great establishments, constantly occurring, may defeat the energies of a mighty capital.</q> <rj><qau>L. Beecher.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def>  &ldquo;The <xex>wastes</xex> of Nature.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Emerson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>All the leafy nation sinks at last,<br/>
And Vulcan rides in triumph o'er the <qex>waste</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The gloomy <qex>waste</qex> of waters which bears his name is his tomb and his monument.</q> <rj><qau>Bancroft.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Waste is <xex>voluntary</xex>, as by pulling down buildings; or <xex>permissive</xex>, as by suffering them to fall for want of necessary repairs. Whatever does a lasting damage to the freehold is a <er>waste</er>.</note>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Phys. Geog.)</fld> <def>Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Prodigality; diminution; loss; dissipation; destruction; devastation; havoc; desolation; ravage.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Waste"bas`ket</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waste"board`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Washboard</er>, 3.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waste"book`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A book in which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried into the journal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Waste"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; <as>as, <ex>wasteful</ex> practices or negligence; <ex>wasteful</ex> expenses</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; <as>as, a <ex>wasteful</ex> person; a <ex>wasteful</ex> disposition</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>In wilderness and <qex>wasteful</qex> desert strayed.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Waste"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Waste"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Was"tel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>wastel</ets>, <ets>gastel</ets>, F. <ets>g&acirc;teau</ets>, LL. <ets>wastellus</ets>, fr. MHG. <ets>wastel</ets> a kind of bread; cf. OHG. &amp; AS. <ets>wist</ets> food.]</ety> <def>A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also <altname>wastel bread</altname>, and <altname>wastel cake</altname>.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Roasted flesh or milk and <qex>wasted</qex> bread.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The simnel bread and <qex>wastel</qex> cakes, which were only used at the tables of the highest nobility.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waste"ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A day of trouble and distress, a day of <qex>wasteness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Zeph. i. 15.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is waste; a desert; a waste.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Through woods and <qex>wasteness</qex> wide him daily sought.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wast"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wastour</ets>, OF. <ets>wasteor</ets>, <ets>gasteor</ets>.  See <er>Waste</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great <qex>waster</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xviii. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Sconces are great <qex>wasters</qex> of candles.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a <altname>thief</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Half a dozen of veneys at <qex>wasters</qex> with a good fellow for a broken head.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of reason, they are fain to betake them unto <qex>wasters</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waste"thrift`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A spendthrift.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Waste"weir`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wast"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; <as>as, a <ex>wasting</ex> disease; a <ex>wasting</ex> fortune.</as></def>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wasting palsy</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>progressive muscular atrophy.  See under <er>Progressive</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wast"or</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A waster; a thief.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>wastour</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Chaucer. Southey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wast"o*rel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Wastrel</er>.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wast"rel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any waste thing or substance</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Waste land or common land.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Carew.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A profligate.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A neglected child; a street Arab.</def>  <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch</hw> <pr>(w&obreve_;ch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wacche</ets>, AS. <ets>w&aelig;cce</ets>, fr. <ets>wacian</ets> to wake; akin to D. <ets>wacht</ets>, <ets>waak</ets>, G. <ets>wacht</ets>, <ets>wache</ets>. &radic;134.  See <er>Wake</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos> ]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Shepherds keeping <qex>watch</qex> by night.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>All the long night their mournful <qex>watch</qex> they keep.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Watch</xex> was formerly distinguished from <xex>ward</xex>, the former signifying a watching or guarding by <xex>night</xex>, and the latter a watching, guarding, or protecting by <xex>day</xex> Hence, they were not unfrequently used together, especially in the phrase <xex>to keep watch and ward</xex>, to denote continuous and uninterrupted vigilance or protection, or both watching and guarding. This distinction is now rarely recognized, <xex>watch</xex> being used to signify a watching or guarding both by night and by day, and <xex>ward</xex>, which is now rarely used, having simply the meaning of <xex>guard</xex>, or <xex>protection</xex>, without reference to time.</note><br/>
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<p><q>Still, when she slept, he kept both <qex>watch and ward</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Ward</qex>, guard, or <qex>custodia</qex>, is chiefly applied to the daytime, in order to apprehend rioters, and robbers on the highway . . .  <qex>Watch</qex>, is properly applicable to the night only, . . . and it begins when <qex>ward</qex> ends, and ends when that begins.</q> <rj><qau>Blackstone.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Pilate said unto them, Ye have a <qex>watch</qex>; go your way, make it as sure as ye can.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxvii. 65.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He upbraids Iago, that he made him<br/>
Brave me upon the <qex>watch</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I did stand my <qex>watch</qex> upon the hill.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Might we but hear . . . <br/>
Or whistle from the lodge, or village cock<br/>
Count the night <qex>watches</qex> to his feathery dames.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.</def><!-- or electric or electronic mechanisms. --><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Watches are often distinguished by the kind of escapement used, as an <stype>anchor watch</stype>, a <stype>lever watch</stype>, a <stype>chronometer watch</stype>, etc. (see the Note under <er>Escapement</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3); also, by the kind of case, as a <stype>gold</stype> or <stype>silver watch</stype>, an <stype>open-faced watch</stype>, a <stype>hunting watch</stype>, or <stype>hunter</stype>, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty.   Cf. <er>Dogwatch</er>.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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 <stype>port watch</stype>, and the <stype>starboard watch</stype>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Anchor watch</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor.</cd> -- <col><b>To be on the watch</b></col>, <cd>to be looking steadily for some event.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch and ward</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace.</cd> <au>Wharton.</au>  <au>Burrill.</au> -- <col><b>Watch and watch</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch barrel</b></col>, <cd>the brass box in a watch, containing the mainspring.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch bell</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a bell struck when the half-hour glass is run out, or at the end of each half hour.</cd> <au>Craig.</au> -- <col><b>Watch bill</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches, with their stations.</cd> <au>Totten.</au> -- <col><b>Watch case</b></col>, <cd>the case, or outside covering, of a watch; also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch chain</b></col>. <cd>Same as <cref>watch guard</cref>, below.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch clock</b></col>, <cd>a watchman's clock; see under <er>Watchman</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch fire</b></col>, <cd>a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for the use of a watch or guard.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch glass</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial, of a watch; -- also called <altname>watch crystal</altname>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>A half-hour glass used to measure the time of a watch on deck.</cd><!-- (c) <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>A round concavo-convex glass of shallow depth used for certain manipulations of chemicals in a laboratory.</cd> --> -- <col><b>Watch guard</b></col>, <cd>a chain or cord by which a watch is attached to the person.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch gun</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a gun sometimes fired on shipboard at 8 p. m., when the night watch begins.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch light</b></col>, <cd>a low-burning lamp used by watchers at night; formerly, a candle having a rush wick.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch night</b></col>, <cd>The last night of the year; -- so called by the Methodists, Moravians, and others, who observe it by holding religious meetings lasting until after midnight.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch paper</b></col>, <cd>an old-fashioned ornament for the inside of a watch case, made of paper cut in some fanciful design, as a vase with flowers, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Watch tackle</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a small, handy purchase, consisting of a tailed double block, and a single block with a hook.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>w&oelig;ccan</ets>, <ets>wacian</ets>. &radic;134.  See <er>Watch</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, <er>Wake</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos> ]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have two nights <qex>watched</qex> with you.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Couldest thou not <qex>watch</qex> one hour ?</q> <rj><qau>Mark xiv. 37.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Take ye heed, <qex>watch</qex> and pray.</q> <rj><qau>Mark xiii. 33.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The Son gave signal high<br/>
To the bright minister that <qex>watched</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that <qex>watch</qex> for the morning.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxxx. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; <as>as, to <ex>watch</ex> with a man in a fever</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To watch over</b></col>, <cd>to be cautiously observant of; to inspect, superintend, and guard.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Watched</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Watching</conjf>.]</vmorph><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, to <ex>watch</ex> the progress of a bill in the legislature</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Saul also sent messengers unto David's house to <qex>watch</qex> him, and to slay him.</q> <rj><qau>1 Sam. xix. 11</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I must cool a little, and <qex>watch</qex> my opportunity.</q> <rj><qau>Landor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In lazy mood I <qex>watched</qex> the little circles die.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And flaming ministers, to <qex>watch</qex> and tend<br/>
Their earthy charge.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Paris <qex>watched</qex> the flocks in the groves of Ida.</q> <rj><qau>Broome.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch"dog`</hw> <pr>(w&obreve_;ch"d&obreve_;g`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch"er</hw> <pr>(-&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch"es</hw> <pr>(-&ebreve_;z)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The leaves of <spn>Saracenia flava</spn>.  See <er>Trumpets</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Watchet</hw> <pr>(-&ebreve_;t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Probably from F. <ets>vaciet</ets> bilberry, whortleberry; cf. L. <ets>vaccinium</ets> blueberry, whortleberry.]</ety> <def>Pale or light blue.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Watchet</xex> mantles.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Who stares in Germany at <qex>watchet</qex> eyes?</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with <xex>of</xex> before the thing to be regulated or guarded; <as>as, to be <ex>watchful</ex> of one's behavior</as>; and with <xex>against</xex> before the thing to be avoided; <as>as, to be <ex>watchful</ex> against the growth of vicious habits</as>.</def>  &ldquo;Many a <xex>watchful</xex> night.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> &ldquo;Happy <xex>watchful</xex> shepherds.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au><br/>
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<p><q>'Twixt prayer and <qex>watchful</qex> love his heart dividing.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Vigilant; attentive; cautious; observant; circumspect; wakeful; heedful.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Watch"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Watch"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch"house`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Watchhouses</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A house in which a watch or guard is placed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch"mak`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Watchmen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Watchman beetle</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the European dor.</cd> -- <col><b>Watchman's clock</b></col>, <cd>a watchman's detector in which the apparatus for recording the times of visiting several stations is contained within a single clock.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Watchman's detector</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Watchman's time detector</b></col></mcol>, <cd>an apparatus for recording the time when a watchman visits a station on his rounds.</cd> -- <col><b>Watchman's rattle</b></col>, <cd>an instrument having at the end of a handle a revolving arm, which, by the action of a strong spring upon cogs, produces, when in motion, a loud, harsh, rattling sound.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch meeting</hw>. <def>A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch"tow`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Watch"word`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Nor deal in <qex>watchwords</qex> overmuch.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter</hw> <pr>(w&asuml_;"t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>w&aelig;ter</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>watar</ets>, OFries. <ets>wetir</ets>, <ets>weter</ets>, LG. &amp; D. <ets>water</ets>, G. <ets>wasser</ets>, OHG. <ets>wazzar</ets>, Icel. <ets>vatn</ets>, Sw. <ets>vatten</ets>, Dan. <ets>vand</ets>, Goth. <ets>wat&omacr;</ets>, O. Slav. &amp; Russ. <ets>voda</ets>, Gr. <grk>'y`dwr</grk>, Skr. <ets>udan</ets> water, <ets>ud</ets> to wet, and perhaps to L. <ets>unda</ets> wave. &radic;137.  Cf. <er>Dropsy</er>, <er>Hydra</er>, <er>Otter</er>, <er>Wet</er>, <er>Whisky</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.</def>  &ldquo;We will drink <xex>water</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> &ldquo;Powers of fire, air, <xex>water</xex>, and earth.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, <chform>H2O</chform>, and is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. At its maximum density, 39&deg; Fahr. or 4&deg; C., it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32&deg; Fahr. or 0&deg; C. and boils at 212&deg; Fahr. or 100&deg; C. (see <er>Ice</er>, <er>Steam</er>). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Remembering he had passed over a small <qex>water</qex> a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Pharm.)</fld> <def>A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; <as>as, ammonia <ex>water</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>U. S. Pharm.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; <as>as, a diamond of the first <ex>water</ex>, that is, perfectly pure and transparent</as>. Hence, <xex>of the first water</xex>, that is, of the first excellence.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.  See <er>Water</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 3, <er>Damask</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, and <er>Damaskeen</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>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 &ldquo;diluted.&rdquo;</def> <mark>[Brokers' Cant]</mark><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Water</xex> is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, <xex>water</xex> drainage; <xex>water</xex> gauge, or <xex>water</xex>-gauge; <xex>water</xex>fowl, <xex>water</xex>-fowl, or <xex>water</xex> fowl; <xex>water</xex>-beaten; <xex>water</xex>-borne, <xex>water</xex>-circled, <xex>water</xex>-girdled, <xex>water</xex>-rocked, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Hard water</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Hard</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Inch of water</b></col>, <cd>a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called <altname>miner's inch</altname>, and <altname>water inch</altname>. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from <frac>1/12</frac> of an inch to 1 inch above its top.</cd> -- <col><b>Mineral water</b></col>, <cd>waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature.</cd> -- <col><b>Soft water</b></col>, <cd>water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts.</cd> -- <col><b>To hold water</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Hold</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>To keep one's head above water</b></col>, <cd>to keep afloat; fig., to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>To make water</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To pass urine.</cd> <au>Swift.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To admit water; to leak.</cd> -- <col><b>Water of crystallization</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>the water combined with many salts in their crystalline form. This water is loosely, but, nevertheless, chemically, combined, for it is held in fixed and definite amount for each substance containing it. Thus, while pure copper sulphate, <chform>CuSO4</chform>, is a white amorphous substance, blue vitriol, the crystallized form, <chform>CuSO4.5H2O</chform>, contains five molecules of water of crystallization.</cd> -- <col><b>Water on the brain</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>hydrocephalus.</cd> -- <col><b>Water on the chest</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>hydrothorax.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Other phrases, in which <xex>water</xex> occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Watered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Watering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>w&aelig;terian</ets>, ge<ets>w&aelig;terian</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; <as>as, to <ex>water</ex> land; to <ex>water</ex> flowers.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>With tears <qex>watering</qex> the ground.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that <qex>water</qex> the woodlands.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; <as>as, to <ex>water</ex> cattle and horses</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; <as>as, to <ex>water</ex> silk</as>.  Cf. <er>Water</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 6.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To water stock</b></col>, <cd>to increase the capital stock of a company by issuing new stock, thus diminishing the value of the individual shares.   Cf. <er>Water</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 7.</cd> <mark>[Brokers' Cant]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; <as>as, his eyes began to <ex>water</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If thine eyes can <qex>water</qex> for his death.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To get or take in water; <as>as, the ship put into port to <ex>water</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>The mouth waters</b></col>, <cd>a phrase denoting that a person or animal has a longing desire for something, since the sight of food often causes one who is hungry to have an increased flow of saliva.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ad"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The water moccasin.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The common, harmless American water snake (<spn>Tropidonotus sipedon</spn>).  See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Water Snake</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*age</hw> <pr>(?; 48)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Money paid for transportation of goods, etc., by water.</def>  <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ag"ri*mo*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of bur marigold (<spn>Bidens tripartita</spn>) found in wet places in Europe.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter al"oe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Water soldier</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter an"te*lope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See <er>Water buck</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter a"rum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aroid herb (<spn>Calla palustris</spn>) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter back`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See under 1st <er>Back</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter bail"iff</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.</def>  <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter bal"last</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ba*rom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter bath`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter bat"ter*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A battery nearly on a level with the water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter bear`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any species of Tardigrada, 2.  See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Tardigrada</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-bear`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The constellation Aquarius.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter bed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water, thus providing uniform support to the body lying on it; -- also a bed constructed so as to contain such a mattress. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients, as well as in some private homes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter beech`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The American hornbeam.  See <er>Hornbeam</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter bee"tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to <gen>Dytiscus</gen> and allied genera of the family <fam>Dytiscid&aelig;</fam>, and to various genera of the family <fam>Hydrophilid&aelig;</fam>.  These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like oars.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter bel"lows</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Same as <er>Tromp</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any aquatic bird; a water fowl.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter black"bird</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European water ousel, or dipper.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*board`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.</def>  <rj><au>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter boat`man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A boat bug.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*bok`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A water buck.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-bound`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Prevented by a flood from proceeding.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter brain`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A disease of sheep; gid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter brash`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See under <er>Brash</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter breath"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter bridge`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Steam Boilers)</fld> <def>See <er>Water table</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter buck`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large, heavy antelope (<spn>Kobus ellipsiprymnus</spn>) 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 <altname>photomok</altname>, <altname>water antelope</altname>, and <altname>waterbok</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The name is also applied to other related species, as the leche (<spn>Kobus leche</spn>), which has similar habits.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter buf"fa*lo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European buffalo.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter bug`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The Croton bug.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to <gen>Belostoma</gen>, <gen>Benacus</gen>, <gen>Zaitha</gen>, and other genera of the family <fam>Belostomatid&aelig;</fam>. 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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter butt`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water.</def>  <rj><au>Dickens.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter cal"trop</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The water chestnut.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter can`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; -- so called from the shape of the seed vessel.  See <er>Nuphar</er>, and cf. <er>Candock</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. Prior.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter can"ker</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Canker</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter car"riage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A vessel or boat.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter cart`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ca"vy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The capybara.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter cel"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A very acrid herb (<spn>Ranunculus sceleratus</spn>) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also <altname>cursed crowfoot</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter cell`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A cell containing water; specifically <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, one of the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ce*ment"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Hydraulic cement.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter chest"nut</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fruit of <spn>Trapa natans</spn> and <spn>Trapa bicornis</spn>, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also <altname>water caltrop</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter chev`ro*tain"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large West African chevrotain (<spn>Hy&aelig;moschus aquaticus</spn>). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also <altname>water deerlet</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter chick"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common American gallinule.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter chick"weed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small annual plant (<spn>Montia fontana</spn>) growing in wet places in southern regions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter chin"qua*pin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins.   Cf. <er>Yoncopin</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter clock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-clos`et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter cock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large gallinule (<spn>Gallicrex cristatus</spn>) 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 <altname>kora</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter col`or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A color ground with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; -- so called in distinction from <contr>oil color</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; It preserves its consistency when dried in a solid cake, which is used by rubbing off a portion on a moistened palette. <xex>Moist water colors</xex> are water colors kept in a semifluid or pasty state in little metal tubes or pans.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A picture painted with such colors.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-col`or*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who paints in water colors.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*course`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>One of the holes in floor or other plates to permit water to flow through.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter course`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>A stream of water; a river or brook.</def>  <rj><au>Isa. xliv. 4.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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 <xex>dry</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>Angell.</au>  <au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter craft`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter crake`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The dipper.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The spotted crake (<spn>Porzana maruetta</spn>).  See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Crake</er>.</def>  <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter crane`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter cress`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A perennial cruciferous herb (<spn>Nasturtium officinale</spn>) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter crow`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[So called in allusion to its dark plumage.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The dipper.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The European coot.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter crow"foot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aquatic kind of buttercup (<spn>Ranunculus aquatilis</spn>), used as food for cattle in parts of England.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Great water crowfoot</b></col>, <cd>an American water plant (<spn>Ranunculus multifidus</spn>), having deep yellow flowers.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter cure`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Hydropathy.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A hydropathic institution.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter deck`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse.</def>  <rj><au>Wilhelm.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter deer`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small Chinese deer (<spn>Hydropotes inermis</spn>). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The water chevrotain.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter deer"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See <er>Water chevrotain</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter dev"il</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (<spn>Hydrophilus piceus</spn>), and of other similar species.  See <xex>Illust.</xex> of Water beetle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter dock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is <spn>Rumex orbiculatus</spn>, the European is <spn>Rumex Hydrolapathum</spn>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter doc"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A physician who treats diseases with water; an hydropathist.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter dog`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrieve waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are so trained.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The menobranchus.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A small floating cloud, supposed to indicate rain.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A sailor, esp. an old sailor; an old salt.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter drain`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A drain or channel for draining off water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter drain"age</hw> <pr>(?; 48)</pr>. <def>The draining off of water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter dress"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter drop"wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (<spn>Enanthe fistulosa</spn>) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ea"gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The osprey.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter el"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The guelder-rose.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter el"e*phant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The hippopotamus.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter en"gine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, waters.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*fall`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Hairdressing)</fld> <def>An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall.</def><!-- = a fall? --><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A certain kind of neck scarf.</def>  <rj><au>T. Hughes.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Wa"ter feath"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <hw>Wa"ter feath"er-foil`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. }</mhw> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The water violet (<spn>Hottonia palustris</spn>); also, the less showy American plant <spn>Hottonia inflata</spn>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter flag`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A European species of Iris (<spn>Iris Pseudacorus</spn>) having bright yellow flowers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter flan"nel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (<spn>Cladophora crispata</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter flea`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera <gen>Cyclops</gen>, <gen>Daphnia</gen>, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*flood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>w&aelig;terfl&omacr;d</ets>.]</ety> <def>A flood of water; an inundation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter floun"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The windowpane (<spn>Pleuronectes maculatus</spn>).</def>  <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*fowl`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Of aquatic fowls, some are waders, or furnished with long legs; others are swimmers, or furnished with webbed feet.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter fox`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning.</def>  <rj><au>Walton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter frame`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter fur"row</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-fur"row</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make water furrows in.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter gage`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See <er>Water gauge</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter gall`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow.</def><br/>
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<p><q>These <qex>water galls</qex>, in her dim element,<br/>
Foretell new storms to those already spent.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>False good news are [is] always produced by true good, like the <qex>water gall</qex> by the rainbow.</q> <rj><qau>Walpole.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter gang`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(O. E. Law)</fld> <def>A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter gas`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See under <er>Gas</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter gate`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter gauge`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <altsp>[Written also <asp>water gage</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A wall or bank to hold water back.</def>  <rj><au>Craig.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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 <er>Gauge</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter gav"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ger*man"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A labiate plant (<spn>Teucrium Scordium</spn>) found in marshy places in Europe.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter gild"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>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 <altname>wash gilding</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter glass`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Soluble glass</cref>, under <er>Glass</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A clepsydra.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <def>A water gauge for a steam boiler.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter god`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Water grass</hw>. <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A tall march perennial grass (<spn>Paspalum dilatatum</spn>) of the southern United States and the American tropics.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Manna grass.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The grass <spn>Chloris elegans</spn>.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <mark>[Dial. Eng.]</mark> (1) <def>Velvet grass.</def> (2) <def>The water cress.</def> (3) <def>One of various horsetails.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter gru"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ham"mer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Physics)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A metal hammer used when heated, as by dipping in hot water, to blister the skin, as for counterritation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter hare</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small American hare or rabbit (<spn>Lepus aquaticus</spn>) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also <altname>water rabbit</altname>, and <altname>swamp hare</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter hem"lock</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A poisonous umbelliferous plant (<spn>Cicuta virosa</spn>) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A poisonous plant (<spn>&OElig;nanthe crocata</spn>) resembling the above.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter hemp`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See under <er>Hemp</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter hen`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any gallinule.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common American coot.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter hog`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The capybara.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter hore"hound`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bugleweed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*horse`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter hy"a*cinth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus <gen>Eichhornia</gen>, related to the pickerel weed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ice`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*ie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The pied wagtail; -- so called because it frequents ponds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter inch`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Same as <cref>Inch of water</cref>, under <er>Water</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*ing</hw>, <def><pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> from <er>Water</er>, <pos>v.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Watering call</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a sound of trumpet or bugle summoning cavalry soldiers to assemble for the purpose of watering their horses.</cd> -- <col><b>Watering cart</b></col>, <cd>a sprinkling cart.  See <er>Water</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Watering place</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, to which people resort for bathing, recreation, boating, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Watering pot</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A kind of bucket fitted with a rose, or perforated nozzle, -- used for watering flowers, paths, etc.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>Any one of several species of marine bivalve shells of the genus <gen>Aspergillum</gen>, or <gen>Brechites</gen>. The valves are small, and consolidated with the capacious calcareous tube which incases the entire animal. The tube is closed at the anterior end by a convex disk perforated by numerous pores, or tubules, and resembling the rose of a watering pot.</cd> -- <col><b>Watering trough</b></col>, <cd>a trough from which cattle, horses, and other animals drink.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>w&aelig;terisc</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Resembling water; thin; watery.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Feed upon such nice and <qex>waterish</qex> diet.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Somewhat watery; moist; <as>as, <ex>waterish</ex> land</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*ish*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being waterish.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- <hw>water jacket</hw>.  A chamber surrounding a vessel or tube in which water may be circulated, thereby regulating the temperature or supply of heat to the vessel.  Used in laboratory and manufacturing equipment.<br/>
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<p>  water-jacketed.  adj. Having a water jacket; __ as, a water-jacketed condenser. --><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter joint`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter jun"ket</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common sandpiper.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-laid`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; <as>as, a <ex>water-laid</ex>, or left-hand, rope</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Wa`ter*land"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Wa`ter*land"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>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 <ets>Waterland</ets>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter la"ver*ock</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common sandpiper.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*leaf`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the American genus <gen>Hydrophyllum</gen>, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter leg`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Steam Boilers)</fld> <def>See <er>Leg</er>, 7.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter lem"on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (<spn>Passiflora laurifolia</spn>, and <spn>Passiflora maliformis</spn>); -- so called in the West Indies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of water; dry.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter let"tuce</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Pistia stratiotes</spn>) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves.</def>  <rj><au>J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter lev"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>The level formed by the surface of still water.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of leveling instrument.  See under <er>Level</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter lil`y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymph&aelig;a, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers.  See <er>Nymph&aelig;a</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The name is extended to various plants of other related genera, as <gen>Nuphar</gen>, <gen>Euryale</gen>, <gen>Nelumbo</gen>, and <gen>Victoria</gen>.  See <er>Euryale</er>, <er>Lotus</er>, and <er>Victoria</er>, 1.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter lime`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Hydraulic lime.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter line`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as straight horizontal lines.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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 <stype>light water line</stype>; the highest, called the <stype>load water line</stype>, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Water-line model</b></col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>a model of a vessel formed of boards which are shaped according to the water lines as shown in the plans and laid upon each other to form a solid model.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter liz"ard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any aquatic lizard of the genus <gen>Varanus</gen>, as the monitor of the Nile.  See <er>Monitor</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter lo"cust</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A thorny leguminous tree (<spn>Gleditschia monosperma</spn>) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-logged</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*man</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Watermen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses.</def>  <mark>[Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dickens.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A water demon.</def>  <rj><au>Tylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*man*ship`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The business or skill of a waterman.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Art of, or skill in, rowing; oarsmanship; specif., skill in managing the blade in the water, as distinguished from managing arms, body, etc., in the stroke.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*mark`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; &ldquo;The watermark in paper is produced by bending the wires of the mold, or by wires bent into the shape of the required letter or device, and sewed to the surface of the mold; -- it has the effect of making the paper thinner in places. The old makers employed <xex>watermarks</xex> of an eccentric kind. Those of Caxton and other early printers were an oxhead and star, a collared dog's head, a crown, a shield, a jug, etc. A fool's cap and bells, employed as a watermark, gave the name to <xex>foolscap</xex> paper; a postman's horn, such as was formerly in use, gave the name to <xex>post</xex> paper.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Tomlinson.</au></rj>
</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Water line</er>, 2.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter mead"ow</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter meas"ure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Cowell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter meas"ur*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of water; the skater.  See <er>Skater</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*mel`on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (<spn>Citrullus vulgaris</spn>) 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 <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Melon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter me"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter mil"foil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the genus <gen>Myriophyllum</gen>, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter mill`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a <contr>windmill</contr>, and a <contr>steam mill</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter mint`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A kind of mint (<spn>Mentha aquatica</spn>) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter mite`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to <gen>Hydrachna</gen> and allied genera of the family <fam>Hydrachnid&aelig;</fam>, 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 <altname>water tick</altname>, and <altname>water spider</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1633 --><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter moc"ca*sin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A venomous North American snake (<spn>Ancistrodon piscivorus</spn>) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also <altname>water snake</altname>, <altname>water adder</altname>, <altname>water viper</altname>.</def><!-- called also cottonmouth, cottonmouth moccasin, and cottonmouth water moccasin. --><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter mole`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The shrew mole.  See under <er>Shrew</er>.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The duck mole.  See under <er>Duck</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter mon"i*tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A very large lizard (<spn>Varanaus salvator</spn>) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also <altname>two-banded monitor</altname>, and <altname>kabaragoya</altname>. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Water monkey</hw>. <def>A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water is cooled by evaporation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter mo"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>A water engine.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A water wheel; especially, a small water wheel driven by water from a street main.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter mouse`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of mice belonging to the genus <gen>Hydromys</gen>, 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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter mur"rain</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A kind of murrain affecting cattle.</def>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter newt`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter nymph`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A water lily (<spn>Nymph&aelig;a</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter oat`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Indian rice.  See under <er>Rice</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter o*pos"sum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Yapock</er>, and the Note under <er>Opossum</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter or"de*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Same as <cref>Ordeal by water</cref>.  See the Note under <er>Ordeal</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Wa"ter ou"sel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Wa"ter ou"zel</hw>  }</mhw>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus <gen>Cinclus</gen> (or <gen>Hydrobates</gen>), especially the European water ousel (<spn>Cinclus aquaticus</spn>), and the American water ousel (<spn>Cinclus Mexicanus</spn>). 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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pars"nip</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus <gen>Sium</gen>, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Water parting</hw>. <fld>(Phys. Geog.)</fld> <def>A summit from the opposite sides of which rain waters flow to different streams; a line separating the drainage districts of two streams or coasts; a divide; a watershed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter par"tridge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The ruddy duck.</def>  <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pen"ny*wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Marsh pennywort.  See under <er>Marsh</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pep"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Smartweed.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Waterwort.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pheas"ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The pintail.  See <er>Pintail</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The goosander.</def>  <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The hooded merganser.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pi"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The water ousel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pig`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The capybara.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The gourami.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pil"lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A waterspout.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pim"per*nel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pipe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A pipe for conveying water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pitch"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pitcher for water.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower (<spn>Sarracenia purpurea</spn>) is the type.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter plant`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter plan"tain</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of plant with acrid leaves.  See under 2d <er>Plantain</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter plate`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter po"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Meadow reed grass.  See under <er>Reed</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Water pocket</hw>. <def>A water hole in the bed of an intermittent stream, esp. the bowl at the foot of a cliff over which the stream leaps when in the flood stage.</def> <mark>[Western U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter poise`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A hydrometer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pore`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Goodale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*pot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pow"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>The power of water employed to move machinery, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water privilege.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter pox`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A variety of chicken pox, or varicella.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter priv"i*lege</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>The advantage of using water as a mechanical power; also, the place where water is, or may be, so used.  See under <er>Privilege</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*proof`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; <as>as, a <ex>waterproof</ex> garment; a <ex>waterproof</ex> roof</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*proof`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*proof`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To render impervious to water, as cloth, leather, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*proof`ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of making waterproof.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Same as <er>Waterproof</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter purs"lane</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See under <er>Purslane</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter qualm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Water brash</cref>, under <er>Brash</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter rab"bit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Water hare</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter rad"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A coarse yellow-flowered plant (<spn>Nasturtium amphibium</spn>) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter rail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus <gen>Rallus</gen>, as the common European species (<spn>Rallus aquaticus</spn>).  See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Rail</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ram`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>An hydraulic ram.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter rat`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The water vole.  See under <er>Vole</er>.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The muskrat.</def>  <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The beaver rat.  See under <er>Beaver</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A thief on the water; a pirate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter rate`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A rate or tax for a supply of water.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Wa"ter rat"tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <hw>Wa"ter rat"tler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. }</mhw> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The diamond rattlesnake (<spn>Crotalus adamanteus</spn>); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-ret`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Water-retted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Water-retting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter rice"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Indian rice.  See under <er>Rice</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter rock"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A cruciferous plant (<spn>Nasturtium sylvestre</spn>) with small yellow flowers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-rot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Water-rotted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Water-rotting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; <as>as, to <ex>water-rot</ex> hemp or flax</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter sail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter sap"phire</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Equiv. to F. <ets>saphir d'eau</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also <altname>saphir d'eau</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*scape"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Landscape</er>.]</ety> <def>A sea view; -- distinguished from <contr>landscape</contr>.</def>  <mark>[Jocose]</mark>
<!-- painting. -->  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter scor"pi*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Nepa</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter screw`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A screw propeller.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*shed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>wasserscheide</ets>; <ets>wasser</ets> water + <ets>scheide</ets> a place where two things separate, fr. <ets>scheiden</ets> to separate.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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; -- called also <altname>divide</altname> and <altname>water parting</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>a point in time marking an important transition between two situations, or phases of an activity; a turning point.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter shield`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aquatic American plant (<spn>Brasenia peltata</spn>) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*shoot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A trough for discharging water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter shrew`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (<spn>Crossopus fodiens</spn>, and <spn>Crossopus ciliatus</spn>) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (<spn>Neosorex palustris</spn>), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter snail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to <gen>Planorbis</gen>, <gen>Limn&aelig;a</gen>, and allied genera; a pond snail.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The Archimedean screw.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter snake`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A common North American colubrine snake (<spn>Tropidonotus sipedon</spn>) which lives chiefly in the water.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any species of snakes of the family <fam>Homalopsid&aelig;</fam>, all of which are aquatic in their habits.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-soak`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To soak water; to fill the interstices of with water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter sol`dier</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aquatic European plant (<spn>Stratiotes aloides</spn>) with bayonet-shaped leaves.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter souch`y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a little water.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>water souchet</asp>.]</altsp> See <er>Zoutch</er>.<br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter span"iel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter spar"row</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The reed warbler.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The reed bunting.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter speed"well</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of speedwell (<spn>Veronica Anagallis</spn>) found in wet places in Europe and America.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter spi"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An aquatic European spider (<spn>Argyoneta aquatica</spn>) 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 <altname>diving spider</altname>.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A water mite.</def>  <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species (<spn>Dolomedes lanceolatus</spn>) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called also <altname>raft spider</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter spin`ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The water spider.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*spout`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Tall columns, apparently of cloud, and reaching from the sea to the clouds, are seen moving along, often several at once, sometimes straight and vertical, at other times inclined and tortuous, but always in rapid rotation. At their bases, the sea is violently agitated and heaped up with a leaping or boiling motion, water, at least in some cases, being actually carried up in considerable quantity, and scattered round from a great height, as solid bodies are by tornadoes on land.  <rj><au>Sir J. Herschel.</au></rj>
</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter sprite`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water.</def>  <rj><au>J. R. Drake.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-stand`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tear-filled.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;Many an orphan's <xex>water-standing</xex> eye.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter star" grass`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aquatic plant (<spn>Schollera graminea</spn>) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter star"wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See under <er>Starwort</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter sup*ply"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter tab"by</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A kind of waved or watered tabby.  See <er>Tabby</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ta"ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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 <xex>table</xex> above the surface of the ground (see <er>Table</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Hydraulic Engin.)</fld> <def>The upper limit of the portion of the ground wholly saturated with water. The water table may be within a few inches of the surface or many feet below it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*tath`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Water</ets> + <ets>tath</ets>, n.]</ety> <def>A kind of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Water telescope</hw>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Optics)</fld> <def>A telescope in which the medium between the objective and the eye piece is water instead of air, used in some experiments in aberration.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A telescope devised for looking into a body of water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Water tender</hw>. <fld>(Nav.)</fld> <def>In the United States navy, a first-class petty officer in charge in a fireroom. He &ldquo;tends&rdquo; water to the boilers, sees that fires are properly cleaned and stoked, etc. There is also a rating of <stype>chief water tender</stype>, who is a chief petty officer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ther*mom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39&deg; Fahr., or 4&deg; Centigrade; and from that point down to 32&deg; Fahr., or 0&deg; Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter thief`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A pirate.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter thrush`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A North American bird of the genus <gen>Seiurus</gen>, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (<spn>Seiurus Noveboracensis</spn>).</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The European water ousel.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The pied wagtail.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter thyme`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Anacharis</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter tick`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Same as <er>Water mite</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter ti"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle.  See <xex>Illust.</xex> <it>b</it> of <er>Water beetle</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-tight`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter torch`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The common cat-tail (<spn>Typha latifolia</spn>), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. Prior.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter tow"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A tower or standpipe used as a water storage reservoir, to deliver water at a required head of pressure, as to a fountain.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter tree`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A climbing shrub (<spn>Tetracera alnifolia</spn> syn. <spn>Tetracera potatoria</spn>) of <geog>Western Africa</geog>, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter tre"foil`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The buck bean.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter tube`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>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 <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Trematodea</er>, and <er>Sporocyst</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any tube for passing or holding water; specif., in some steam boilers, a tube in which water circulates and steam is generated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter tu"pe*lo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of large tupelo (<spn>Nyssa aquatica</spn>) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States.  See <er>Ogeechee lime</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter tur"key</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The American snakebird.  See <er>Snakebird</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter tu tu`y&egrave;re"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A tuy&egrave;re kept cool by water circulating within a casing. It is used for hot blast.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter tu twist`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1634 --><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter vine`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the genus <gen>Phytocrene</gen>, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter vi"o*let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See under <er>Violet</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter vi"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Water moccasin</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter vole`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See under <er>Vole</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter wag"tail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See under <er>Wagtail</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*way`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter way`</hw>. <def>Same as <er>Water course</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*weed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Anacharis</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter wheel`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an <stype>overshot wheel</stype> when the water is applied at the top, an <stype>undershot wheel</stype> when at the bottom, a <stype>breast wheel</stype> when at an intermediate point; other forms are called <stype>reaction wheel</stype>, <stype>vortex wheel</stype>, <stype>turbine wheel</stype>, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter wil`low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An American aquatic plant (<spn>Dianthera Americana</spn>) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter wing`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter witch`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The dabchick.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The stormy petrel.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter-withe`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A vinelike plant (<spn>Vitis Carib&aelig;a</spn>) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry.</def>  <rj><au>Shak. Fairholt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- Water works.  The plant and equipment used to purify water for drinking and other purposes, and to supply it to the mains of a town. --><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*worn`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Worn, smoothed, or polished by the action of water; <as>as, <ex>waterworn</ex> stones</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the natural order <ord>Elatine&aelig;</ord>, consisting of two genera (<gen>Elatine</gen>, and <gen>Bergia</gen>), mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ter*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>w&aelig;terig</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.</def>  &ldquo;The <xex>watery</xex> god.&rdquo; <au>Dryden.</au> &ldquo;Fish within their <xex>watery</xex> residence.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; <as>as, <ex>watery</ex> humors</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The oily and <qex>watery</qex> parts of the aliment.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Watt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the distinguished mechanician and scientist, <person>James <etsep>Watt</etsep></person>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A unit of power or activity equal to 10<exp>7</exp> 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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wat*teau"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Art)</fld> <def>Having the appearance of that which is seen in pictures by <person>Antoine <etsep>Watteau</etsep></person>, a French painter of the eighteenth century; -- said esp. of women's garments; <as>as, a <ex>Watteau</ex> bodice</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Watteau back</hw>. <def>The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in at the waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to the person and have a belt or its equivalent.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Watt"me`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Watt</ets> + <ets>meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring power in watts, -- much used in measuring the energy of an electric current.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wat"tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>watel</ets>, <ets>watul</ets>, <ets>watol</ets>, hurdle, covering, wattle; cf. OE. <ets>watel</ets> a bag.  Cf. <er>Wallet</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And there he built with <qex>wattles</qex> from the marsh<br/>
A little lonely church in days of yore.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Barbel of a fish.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus <gen>Acacia</gen>, used in tanning; -- called also <altname>wattle bark</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Material consisting of wattled twigs, withes, etc., used for walls, fences, and the like.</def> &ldquo;The pailsade of <xex>wattle</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Frances Macnab.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn>  <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>In Australasia, any tree of the genus <gen>Acacia</gen>; -- so called from the <xex>wattles</xex>, or hurdles, which the early settlers made of the long, pliable branches or of the split stems of the slender species.  The bark of such trees is also called <ex>wattle</ex>.  See also <cref>Savanna wattle</cref>, under <er>Savanna</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wattle turkey</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Brush turkey</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wat"tle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wattled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wattling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To bind with twigs.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; <as>as, to <ex>wattle</ex> branches</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The folded flocks, penned in their <qex>wattled</qex> cotes.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wat"tle*bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to <gen>Anthoch&aelig;ra</gen> and allied genera of the family <fam>Meliphagid&aelig;</fam>.  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.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The best-known species (<spn>Anthoch&aelig;ra carunculata</spn>) has the upper parts grayish brown, with a white stripe on each feather, and the wing and tail quills dark brown or blackish, tipped with withe. Its wattles, in life, are light blood-red. Called also <altname>wattled crow</altname>, <altname>wattled bee-eater</altname>, <altname>wattled honey eater</altname>.  Another species (<spn>Anthoch&aelig;ra inauris</spn>) is streaked with black, gray, and white, and its long wattles are white, tipped with orange. The bush wattlebirds, belonging to the genus <gen>Anellobia</gen>, are closely related, but lack conspicuous wattles. The most common species (<spn>Anthoch&aelig;ra mellivora</spn>) is dark brown, finely streaked with white. Called also <altname>goruck creeper</altname>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The Australian brush turkey.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wat"tled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the chin or throat.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>wattled</qex> cocks strut to and fro.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Watt"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>Without any power (cf. <er>Watt</er>); -- said of an alternating current or component of current when it differs in phase by ninety degrees from the electromotive force which produces it, or of an electromotive force or component thereof when the current it produces differs from it in phase by 90 degrees.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wat"tling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of binding or platting with twigs; also, the network so formed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Made with a <qex>wattling</qex> of canes or sticks.</q> <rj><qau>Dampier.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Waucht</hw>, <hw>Waught</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Quaff</er>.]</ety> <def>A large draught of any liquid.</def>  <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waul</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Of imitative origin.]</ety> <def>To cry as a cat; to squall; to wail.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>wawl</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>The helpless infant, coming <qex>wauling</qex> and crying into the world.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Waur</hw> <pr>(w&asuml_;r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Worse</er>.]</ety> <def>Worse.</def>  <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Murder and <qex>waur</qex> than murder.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wave</hw> <pr>(w&amacr;v)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Waive</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir H. Wotton.</au> <au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wave</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waved</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waving</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waven</ets>, AS. <ets>wafian</ets> to waver, to hesitate, to wonder; akin to <ets>w&aelig;fre</ets> wavering, restless, MHG. <ets>wabern</ets> to be in motion, Icel. <ets>vafra</ets> to hover about; cf. Icel. <ets>v&amacr;fa</ets> to vibrate.  Cf. <er>Waft</er>, <er>Waver</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His purple robes <qex>waved</qex> careless to the winds.</q> <rj><qau>Trumbull.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Where the flags of three nations has successively <qex>waved</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be moved to and fro as a signal.</def>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>waved</qex> indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wave</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To move one way and the other; to brandish.</def>  &ldquo;[&AElig;neas] <xex>waved</xex> his fatal sword.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Horns whelked and <qex>waved</qex> like the enridged sea.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Look, with what courteous action<br/>
It <qex>waves</qex> you to a more removed ground.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>She spoke, and bowing <qex>waved</qex><br/>
Dismissal.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wave</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Wave</er>, <pos>v.</pos>; not the same word as OE. <ets>wawe</ets>, <ets>waghe</ets>, a wave, which is akin to E. <ets>wag</ets> to move. &radic;138.  See <er>Wave</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>wave</qex> behind impels the <qex>wave</qex> before.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>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 <er>Undulation</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Water; a body of water.</def>  <mark>[Poetic]</mark> &ldquo;Deep drank Lord Marmion of the <xex>wave</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Build a ship to save thee from the flood,<br/>
I 'll furnish thee with fresh <qex>wave</qex>, bread, and wine.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Unevenness; inequality of surface.</def>  <rj><au>Sir I. Newton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; <as>as, a <ex>wave</ex> of enthusiasm; <ex>waves</ex> of applause</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wave front</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>the surface of initial displacement of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration advances.</cd> -- <col><b>Wave length</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>the space, reckoned in the direction of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation, as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same phase occurs.</cd> -- <col><b>Wave line</b></col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>a line of a vessel's hull, shaped in accordance with the wave-line system.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Wave-line system</b></col>, <col><b>Wave-line theory</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>a system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave which travels at a certain speed.</cd> -- <col><b>Wave loaf</b></col>, <cd>a loaf for a wave offering.</cd> <au>Lev. viii. 27.</au> -- <col><b>Wave moth</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of numerous species of small geometrid moths belonging to <gen>Acidalia</gen> and allied genera; -- so called from the wavelike color markings on the wings.</cd> -- <col><b>Wave offering</b></col>, <cd>an offering made in the Jewish services by waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four cardinal points.</cd> <au>Num. xviii. 11.</au> -- <col><b>Wave of vibration</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>a wave which consists in, or is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a vibratory state from particle to particle through a body.</cd> -- <col><b>Wave surface</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <cd>A surface of simultaneous and equal displacement of the particles composing a wave of vibration.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <cd>A mathematical surface of the fourth order which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave surface of light in the interior of crystals. It is used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction.  See under <er>Refraction</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wave theory</b></col>. <fld>(Physics)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Undulatory theory</cref>, under <er>Undulatory</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Waved</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; <as>as, <ex>waved</ex> edge</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines of color; <as>as, <ex>waved</ex>, or watered, silk</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wave"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from waves; undisturbed; not agitated; <as>as, the <ex>waveless</ex> sea</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wave"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little wave; a ripple.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"vel*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[After Dr. Wm. <ets>Wavel</ets>, the discoverer.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrous phosphate of alumina, occurring usually in hemispherical radiated forms varying in color from white to yellow, green, or black.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ver</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wavered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wavering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waveren</ets>, from AS. <ets>w&aelig;fre</ets> wavering, restless.  See <er>Wave</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With banners and pennons <qex>wavering</qex> with the wind.</q> <rj><qau>Ld. Berners.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thou wouldst <qex>waver</qex> on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; <as>as, to <ex>water</ex> in judgment</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Let us hold fast . . . without <qex>wavering</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. x. 23.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In feeble hearts, propense enough before<br/>
To <qex>waver</qex>, or fall <qex>off and join with idols</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To reel; totter; vacillate.  See <er>Fluctuate</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ver</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Wave</er>, or <er>Waver</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.</def>  <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ver*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ver*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a wavering manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"ver*ing*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of wavering.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wave"son</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Wave</er>; cf. <er>Jetsam</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wave"-worn`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Worn by the waves.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The shore that o'er his <qex>wave-worn</qex> basis bowed.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wa"vey</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The snow goose.</def>  <mark>[Canadian, &amp; Local U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wav"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being wavy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wav"ure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Waivure</er>.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wav"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves.</def>  &ldquo;The <xex>wavy</xex> seas.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Playing to and fro; undulating; <as>as, <ex>wavy</ex> flames</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Let her glad valleys smile with <qex>wavy</qex> corn.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Undulating on the border or surface; waved.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Wa*was"keesh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From an Indian name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The wapiti, or wapiti, or American elk.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wawe</hw> <pr>(w&asuml_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Woe</er>.]</ety> <def>Woe.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wawe</hw> <pr>(w&asuml_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wawe</ets>, <ets>waghe</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>v&amacr;gr</ets>; akin to E. <ets>wag</ets>; not the same word as <ets>wave</ets>.]</ety> <def>A wave.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer. Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wawl</hw> <pr>(w&asuml_;l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>See <er>Waul</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax</hw> <pr>(w&abreve;ks)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Waxed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waxed</conjf>, and <mark>Obs.</mark> or <mark>Poetic</mark> <conjf>Waxen</conjf> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waxing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>weaxan</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>waxa</ets>, D. <ets>wassen</ets>, OS. &amp; OHG. <ets>wahsan</ets>, G. <ets>wachsen</ets>, Icel. <ets>vaxa</ets>, Sw. <ets>v&auml;xa</ets>, Dan. <ets>voxe</ets>, Goth. <ets>wahsjan</ets>, Gr. &unr_; to increase, Skr. <ets>waksh</ets>, <ets>uksh</ets>, to grow. &radic;135.  Cf. <er>Waist</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to <xex>wane</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>waxing</qex> and the waning of the moon.</q> <rj><qau>Hakewill.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Truth's treasures . . . never shall <qex>wax</qex> ne wane.</q> <rj><qau>P. Plowman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; <as>as, to <ex>wax</ex> strong; to <ex>wax</ex> warmer or colder; to <ex>wax</ex> feeble; to <ex>wax</ex> old; to <ex>wax</ex> worse and worse.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Your clothes are not <qex>waxen</qex> old upon you.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xxix. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Where young Adonis oft reposes,<br/>
<qex>Waxing</qex> well of his deep wound.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Waxing kernels</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>small tumors formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children; -- popularly so called, because supposed to be caused by growth of the body.</cd> <au>Dunglison.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>weax</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>wax</ets>, D. <ets>was</ets>, G. <ets>wachs</ets>, OHG. <ets>wahs</ets>, Icel. &amp; Sw. <ets>vax</ets>, Dan. <ets>vox</ets>, Lith. <ets>vaszkas</ets>, Russ. <ets>vosk'</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called <altname>beeswax</altname>. 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.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid (constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl palmitate (constituting the less soluble part).</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.</def>  Specifically: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Cerumen, or earwax.</def>  See <er>Cerumen</er>.<br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; <as>as, sealing <ex>wax</ex>, grafting <ex>wax</ex>, etching <ex>wax</ex>, etc</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax.  See <cref>Wax insect</cref>, below.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(e)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A waxlike product secreted by certain plants.  See <cref>Vegetable wax</cref>, under <er>Vegetable</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(f)</sd> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and <xex>ozocerite</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(g)</sd> <def>Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.</def>  <mark>[Local U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sd>(h)</sd> <def>any of numerous substances or mixtures composed predominantly of the longer-chain saturated hydrocarbons such as the paraffins, which are solid at room teperature, or their alcohol, carboxylic acid, or ester derivatives.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Japanese wax</b></col>, <cd>a waxlike substance made in Japan from the berries of certain species of <gen>Rhus</gen>, esp. <spn>Rhus succedanea</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>Mineral wax</b></col>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Wax</er>, 2 <sd>(f)</sd>, above.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax cloth</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Waxed cloth</cref>, under <er>Waxed</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax end</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Waxed end</cref>, under <er>Waxed</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax flower</b></col>, <cd>a flower made of, or resembling, wax.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax insect</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several species of scale insects belonging to the family <fam>Coccid&aelig;</fam>, which secrete from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially the Chinese wax insect (<spn>Coccus Sinensis</spn>) from which a large amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained. Called also <altname>pela</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax light</b></col>, <cd>a candle or taper of wax.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax moth</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a pyralid moth (<spn>Galleria cereana</spn>) whose larv&aelig; feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken galleries among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray wings streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva is yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also <altname>bee moth</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax myrtle</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Bayberry</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax painting</b></col>, <cd>a kind of painting practiced by the ancients, under the name of <xex>encaustic</xex>. The pigments were ground with wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted with hot irons and the color thus fixed.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax palm</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A species of palm (<spn>Ceroxylon Andicola</spn>) native of the Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion, consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax, which, when melted with a third of fat, makes excellent candles.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A Brazilian tree (<spn>Copernicia cerifera</spn>) the young leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy secretion.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax paper</b></col>, <cd>paper prepared with a coating of white wax and other ingredients.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax plant</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name given to several plants</cd>, as: <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The Indian pipe (see under <er>Indian</er>).</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The <spn>Hoya carnosa</spn>, a climbing plant with polished, fleshy leaves.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>Certain species of <spn>Begonia</spn> with similar foliage.</cd> -- <col><b>Wax tree</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A tree or shrub (<spn>Ligustrum lucidum</spn>) of China, on which certain insects make a thick deposit of a substance resembling white wax.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A kind of sumac (<spn>Rhus succedanea</spn>) of Japan, the berries of which yield a sort of wax.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A rubiaceous tree (<spn>El&aelig;agia utilis</spn>) of New Grenada, called by the inhabitants &ldquo;<xex>arbol del cera</xex>.&rdquo;</cd> -- <col><b>Wax yellow</b></col>, <cd>a dull yellow, resembling the natural color of beeswax.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waxed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waxing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; <as>as, to <ex>wax</ex> a thread or a table</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Waxed cloth</b></col>, <cd>cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a cover, of tables and for other purposes; -- called also <altname>wax cloth</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Waxed end</b></col>, <cd>a thread pointed with a bristle and covered with shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots, shoes, and the like; -- called also <altname>wax end</altname>.</cd> <au>Brockett.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax"ber`ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry.  See <er>Bayberry</er>, and <er>Candleberry tree</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax"bill`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to <gen>Estrelda</gen> 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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax"bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The waxwing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Made of wax.</def>  &ldquo;The female bee, that . . . builds her <xex>waxen</xex> cells.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Covered with wax; waxed; <as>as, a <ex>waxen</ex> tablet</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Men have marble, women <qex>waxen</qex>, minds.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Waxen chatterer</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the Bohemian chatterer.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality or state of being waxy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax"wing`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small birds of the genus <gen>Ampelis</gen>, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under <er>Bohemian</er>) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also <altname>waxbird</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax"work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An American climbing shrub (<spn>Celastrus scandens</spn>). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax"works`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>An exhibition of wax figures, or the place of exhibition; <as>as, Madame Toussaud's <ex>Waxworks</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax"work`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who works in wax; one who makes waxwork.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A bee that makes or produces wax.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wax"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Waxy</xex> to persuasion.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Waxy degeneration</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>amyloid degeneration.  See under <er>Amyloid</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Waxy kidney</b></col>, <col><b>Waxy liver</b></col></mcol>, etc. <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a kidney or liver affected by waxy degeneration.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Way</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Aphetic form of <ets>away</ets>.]</ety> <def>Away.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To do way</b></col>, <cd>to take away; to remove.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Do way</xex> your hands.&rdquo; <au>Chaucer.</au> -- <col><b>To make way with</b></col>, <cd>to make away with.  See under <er>Away</er>.</cd> <mark>[Archaic]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Way</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wey</ets>, <ets>way</ets>, AS. <ets>weg</ets>; akin to OS., D., OHG., &amp; G. <ets>weg</ets>, Icel. <ets>vegr</ets>, Sw. <ets>v&auml;g</ets>, Dan. <ets>vei</ets>, Goth. <ets>wigs</ets>, L. <ets>via</ets>, and AS. <ets>wegan</ets> to move, L. <ets>vehere</ets> to carry, Skr. <ets>vah</ets>. &radic;136.   Cf. <er>Convex</er>, <er>Inveigh</er>, <er>Vehicle</er>, <er>Vex</er>, <er>Via</er>, <er>Voyage</er>, <er>Wag</er>, <er>Wagon</er>, <er>Wee</er>, <er>Weigh</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, they built a <ex>way</ex> to the mine</as>.</def>  &ldquo;To find the <xex>way</xex> to heaven.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I shall him seek by <qex>way</qex> and eke by street.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>way</qex> seems difficult, and steep to scale.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The season and <qex>ways</qex> were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Length of space; distance; interval; <as>as, a great <ex>way</ex>; a long <ex>way</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>And whenever the <qex>way</qex> seemed long,<br/>
Or his heart began to fail.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A moving; passage; procession; journey.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I prythee, now, lead the <qex>way</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If that <qex>way</qex> be your walk, you have not far.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And let eternal justice take the <qex>way</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My best <qex>way</qex> is to creep under his gaberdine.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>By noble <qex>ways</qex> we conquest will prepare.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>What impious <qex>ways</qex> my wishes took!</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; <as>as, the <ex>way</ex> of expressing one's ideas</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.</def>  &ldquo;Having lost the <xex>way</xex> of nobleness.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir. P. Sidney.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Her <qex>ways</qex> are <qex>ways</qex> of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. iii. 17.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When men lived in a grander <qex>way</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Sphere or scope of observation.</def>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The public ministers that fell in my <qex>way</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Temple.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; <as>as, to have one's <ex>way</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Progress; <as>as, a ship has <ex>way</ex></as>.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The timbers on which a ship is launched.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Right of way.  See below.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>By the way</b></col>, <cd>in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.</cd> -- <col><b>By way of</b></col>, <cd>for the purpose of; as being; in character of.</cd> -- <col><b>Covert way</b></col>. <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Covered way</cref>, under <er>Covered</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>In the family way</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Family</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>In the way</b></col>, <cd>so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>In the way with</b></col>, <cd>traveling or going with; meeting or being with; in the presence of.</cd> -- <col><b>Milky way</b></col>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Galaxy</er>, 1.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>No way</b></col>, <col><b>No ways</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See <er>Noway</er>, <er>Noways</er>, in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>On the way</b></col>, <cd>traveling or going; hence, in process; advancing toward completion; <as>as, <ex>on the way</ex> to this country; <ex>on the way</ex> to success</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>Out of the way</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Out</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Right of way</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm.</cd> <au>Kent.</au> -- <mcol><col><b>To be under way</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To have way</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move.</cd> -- <col><b>To give way</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Give</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To go one's way</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To come one's way</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to go or come; to depart or come along.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>To go one's way</b></col> <cd>to proceed in a manner favorable to one; -- of events.</cd> -- <col><b>To come one's way</b></col> <cd>to come into one's possession (of objects) or to become available, as an opportunity; <as>as, good things will <ex>come your way</ex></as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To go the way of all the earth</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>to go the way of all flesh</b></col> <cd>to die.</cd> -- <col><b>To make one's way</b></col>, <cd>to advance in life by one's personal efforts.</cd> -- <col><b>To make way</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Make</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Ways and means</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Methods; resources; facilities.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Legislation)</fld> <cd>Means for raising money; resources for revenue.</cd> -- <col><b>Way leave</b></col>, <cd>permission to cross, or a right of way across, land; also, rent paid for such right.</cd> <mark>[Eng]</mark> -- <col><b>Way of the cross</b></col> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld>, <cd>the course taken in visiting in rotation the stations of the cross.  See <er>Station</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 7 <sd>(c)</sd>.</cd> -- <col><b>Way of the rounds</b></col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <cd>a space left for the passage of the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified town.</cd> -- <col><b>Way pane</b></col>, <cd>a pane for cartage in irrigated land.  See <er>Pane</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Way passenger</b></col>, <cd>a passenger taken up, or set down, at some intermediate place between the principal stations on a line of travel.</cd> -- <col><b>Ways of God</b></col>, <cd>his providential government, or his works.</cd> -- <col><b>Way station</b></col>, <cd>an intermediate station between principal stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.</cd> -- <col><b>Way train</b></col>, <cd>a train which stops at the intermediate, or way, stations; an accommodation train.</cd> -- <col><b>Way warden</b></col>, <cd>the surveyor of a road.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Street; highway; road.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Way</er>, <er>Street</er>, <er>Highway</er>, <er>Road</er>. <xex>Way</xex> is generic, denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a <xex>highway</xex> is literally one <xex>raised</xex> for the sake of dryness and convenience in traveling; a <xex>road</xex> is, strictly, a way for horses and carriages; a <xex>street</xex> is, etymologically, a <xex>paved</xex> way, as early made in towns and cities; and, hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or highways in compact settlements.</usage><br/>
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<p><q>All keep the broad <qex>highway</qex>, and take delight<br/>
With many rather for to go astray.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There is but one <qex>road</qex> by which to climb up.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When night<br/>
Darkens the <qex>streets</qex>, then wander forth the sons<br/>
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;In land not <xex>wayed</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To move; to progress; to go.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>On a time as they together <qex>wayed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"bill`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>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 <xex>bill of lading</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"bread`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>wegbr&unr_;de</ets>.  See <er>Way</er>, and <er>Broad</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The common dooryard plantain (<spn>Plantago major</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"bung`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An Australian insessorial bird (<spn>Corcorax melanorhamphus</spn>) noted for the curious actions of the male during the breeding season. It is black with a white patch on each wing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wayed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Used to the way; broken.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A horse that is not well <qex>wayed</qex>; he starts at every bird that flies out the hedge.</q> <rj><qau>Selden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"fare`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Way</ets> + <ets>fare</ets> to go.]</ety> <def>To journey; to travel; to go to and fro.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A certain Laconian, as he <qex>wayfared</qex>, came unto a place where there dwelt an old friend of his.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"fare`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of journeying; travel; passage.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"far`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who travels; a traveler; a passenger.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"far`ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Traveling; passing; being on a journey.</def>  &ldquo;A <xex>wayfaring</xex> man.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Judg. xix. 17.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wayfaring tree</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a European shrub (<spn>Viburnum lantana</spn>) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of small white flowers.</cd> -- <col><b>American wayfaring tree</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the (<spn>Viburnum lantanoides</spn>).</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"gate`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The tailrace of a mill.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"-go`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Way-going crop</b></col> <fld>(Law of Leases)</fld>, <cd>a crop of grain to which tenants for years are sometimes entitled by custom; grain sown in the fall to be reaped at the next harvest; a crop which will not ripen until after the termination of the lease.</cd> <au>Burrill.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"-goose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Wayz-goose</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def>  <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wayk</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Weak.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"lay`</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waylaid</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waylaying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[<ets>Way</ets> + <ets>lay</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have already <qex>waylaid</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>She often contrived to <qex>waylay</qex> him in his walks.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"lay`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who waylays another.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no road or path; pathless.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"le*way</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <def>See <er>Welaway</er>.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"mak`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes a way; a precursor.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"mark`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mark to guide in traveling.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waymented</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waymenting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waymenten</ets>, OF. <ets>waimenter</ets>, <ets>gaimenter</ets>, <ets>guaimenter</ets>, from <ets>wai</ets>, <ets>guai</ets>, woe! (of Teutonic origin; see <er>Woe</er>) and L. <ets>lamentari</ets> to lament.  See <er>Lament</er>.]</ety> <def>To lament; to grieve; to wail.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>waiment</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Thilke science . . . maketh a man to <qex>waymenten</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>For what boots it to weep and <qex>wayment</qex>,<br/>
When ill is chanced?</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"ment</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Grief; lamentation; mourning.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>waiment</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>-ways</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A suffix formed from <xex>way</xex> by the addition of the adverbial <xex>-s</xex> (see <er>-wards</er>). It is often used interchangeably with <xex>wise</xex>; <as>as, end<ex>ways</ex> or end<ex>wise</ex>; no<ex>ways</ex> or no<ex>wise</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Way" shaft`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A rock shaft.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>An interior shaft, usually one connecting two levels.</def>  <rj><au>Raymond.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"side`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The side of the way; the edge or border of a road or path.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"side`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the wayside; <as>as, <ex>wayside</ex> flowers</as>.</def>  &ldquo;A <xex>wayside</xex> inn.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Longfellow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"ward</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>weiward</ets>, for <ets>aweiward</ets>, i. e., turned away.  See <er>Away</er>, and <er>-ward</er>.]</ety> <def>Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My wife is in a <qex>wayward</qex> mood.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Wayward</qex> beauty doth not fancy move.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Wilt thou forgive the <qex>wayward</qex> thought?</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Way"ward*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Way"ward*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"-wise`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"wis`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>wegweiser</ets> a waymark, a guide; <ets>weg</ets> way + <ets>weisen</ets> to show, direct.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring the distance which one has traveled on the road; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>waywiser</qex> to a coach, exactly measuring the miles, and showing them by an index.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"wode</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ. <ets>voevoda</ets>, or Pol. <ets>woiewoda</ets>; properly, a leader of an army, a leader in war.  Cf. <er>Vaivode</er>.]</ety> <def>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 <xex>hospodars</xex>, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>vaivode</asp>, <asp>voivode</asp>, <asp>waiwode</asp>, and <asp>woiwode</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"wode*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Way"worn`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wearied by traveling.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wayz"-goose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Wase</ets> stubble + <ets>goose</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A stubble goose.</def>  <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An annual feast of the persons employed in a printing office.</def>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>way-goose</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>We</hw> <pr>(w&emacr;)</pr>, <pos>pron.</pos>; <mord><pos>pl.</pos> of I.</mord> <nmorph>[<pos>Poss.</pos> <decf>Our</decf> <pr>(our)</pr> or <decf>Ours</decf> <pr>(ourz)</pr>; <pos>obj.</pos> <decf>Us</decf> <pr>(&ubreve;s)</pr>.  See <er>I</er>.]</nmorph> <ety>[As. <ets>w&emacr;</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>w&imacr;</ets>, OFries. &amp; LG. <ets>wi</ets>, D. <ets>wij</ets>, G. <ets>wir</ets>, Icel. <ets>v&emacr;r</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>vi</ets>, Goth. <ets>weis</ets>, Skr. <ets>vayam</ets>. &radic;190.]</ety> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>We</xex> is frequently used to express men in general, including the speaker. <xex>We</xex> is also often used by individuals, as authors, editors, etc., in speaking of themselves, in order to avoid the appearance of egotism in the too frequent repetition of the pronoun <xex>I</xex>. The plural style is also in use among kings and other sovereigns, and is said to have been begun by King John of England. Before that time, monarchs used the singular number in their edicts. The German and the French sovereigns followed the example of King John in <sc>a. d.</sc> 1200.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak</hw> <pr>(w&emacr;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Weaker</adjf> <pr>(w&emacr;k"&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Weakest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>weik</ets>, Icel. <ets>veikr</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>vek</ets>, Dan. <ets>veg</ets> soft, flexible, pliant, AS. <ets>w&amacr;c</ets> weak, soft, pliant, D. <ets>week</ets>, G. <ets>weich</ets>, OHG. <ets>weih</ets>; all from the verb seen in Icel. <ets>v&imacr;kja</ets> to turn, veer, recede, AS. <ets>w&imacr;can</ets> to yield, give way, G. <ets>weichen</ets>, OHG. <ets>w&imacr;hhan</ets>, akin to Skr. <ets>vij</ets>, and probably to E. <ets>week</ets>, L. <ets>vicis</ets> a change, turn, Gr. <grk>e'i`kein</grk> to yield, give way. &radic;132.  Cf. <er>Week</er>, <er>Wink</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <er>Vicissitude</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Wanting physical strength.</def>  Specifically: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A poor, infirm, <qex>weak</qex>, and despised old man.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Weak</qex> with hunger, mad with love.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; <as>as, a <ex>weak</ex> timber; a <ex>weak</ex> rope</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; <as>as, a <ex>weak</ex> ship</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; <as>as, the <ex>weak</ex> stalk of a plant</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(e)</sd> <def>Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; <as>as, a <ex>weak</ex> barrier; as, a <ex>weak</ex> fortress</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(f)</sd> <def>Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A voice not soft, <qex>weak</qex>, piping, and womanish.</q> <rj><qau>Ascham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(g)</sd> <def>Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; <as>as, <ex>weak</ex> tea, broth, or liquor; a <ex>weak</ex> decoction or solution; a <ex>weak</ex> dose of medicine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(h)</sd> <def>Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; <as>as, <ex>weak</ex> eyes; a <ex>weak</ex> stomach; a <ex>weak</ex> magistrate; a <ex>weak</ex> regiment, or army</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.</def>  Specifically: -<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; <as>as, a <ex>weak</ex> king or magistrate</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To think every thing disputable is a proof of a <qex>weak</qex> mind and captious temper.</q> <rj><qau>Beattie.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Origen was never <qex>weak</qex> enough to imagine that there were two Gods.</q> <rj><qau>Waterland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If evil thence ensue,<br/>
She first his <qex>weak</qex> indulgence will accuse.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Him that is <qex>weak</qex> in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. xiv. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; <as>as, <ex>weak</ex> resolutions; <ex>weak</ex> virtue</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Guard thy heart<br/>
On this <qex>weak</qex> side, where most our nature fails.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(e)</sd> <def>Wanting in power to influence or bind; <as>as, <ex>weak</ex> ties; a <ex>weak</ex> sense of honor of duty</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(f)</sd> <def>Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; <as>as, a <ex>weak</ex> argument or case</as>.</def>  &ldquo;Convinced of his <xex>weak</xex> arguing.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A case so <qex>weak</qex> . . . hath much persisted in.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(g)</sd> <def>Wanting in point or vigor of expression; <as>as, a <ex>weak</ex> sentence; a <ex>weak</ex> style</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(h)</sd> <def>Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Weak</xex> prayers.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(i)</sd> <def>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>as, a <ex>weak</ex> monarch; a <ex>weak</ex> government or state</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I must make fair weather yet awhile,<br/>
Till Henry be more <qex>weak</qex>, and I more strong.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(k)</sd> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld> <def>Tending towards lower prices; <as>as, a <ex>weak</ex> market</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix <xex>-ed</xex>, <xex>-d</xex>, or the variant form <xex>-t</xex>; as in the verbs <xex>abash</xex>, <xex>abashed</xex>; <xex>abate</xex>, <xex>abated</xex>; <xex>deny</xex>, <xex>denied</xex>; <xex>feel</xex>, <xex>felt</xex>.  See <er>Strong</er>, 19 <sd>(a)</sd>.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in <xex>-n</xex>.  See <er>Strong</er>, 19 <sd>(b)</sd>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld> <def>Tending toward a lower price or lower prices; <as>as, wheat is <ex>weak</ex>; a <ex>weak</ex> market</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn>  <fld>(Card Playing)</fld> <def>Lacking in good cards; deficient as to number or strength; <as>as, a hand <ex>weak</ex> in trumps</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn>  <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>Lacking contrast; <as>as, a <ex>weak</ex> negative</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <ex>Weak</ex> is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, <ex>weak</ex>-eyed, <ex>weak</ex>-handed, <ex>weak</ex>-hearted, <ex>weak</ex>-minded, <ex>weak</ex>-spirited, and the like.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Weak conjugation</b></col> <fld>(Gram.)</fld>, <cd>the conjugation of weak verbs; -- called also <altname>new conjugation</altname>, <it>or</it> <altname>regular conjugation</altname>, and distinguished from the <contr>old conjugation</contr>, or <contr>irregular conjugation</contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>Weak declension</b></col> <fld>(Anglo-Saxon Gram.)</fld>, <cd>the declension of weak nouns; also, one of the declensions of adjectives.</cd> -- <col><b>Weak side</b></col>, <cd>the side or aspect of a person's character or disposition by which he is most easily affected or influenced; weakness; infirmity.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>weak sore</b></col> <it>or</it>  <col><b>weak ulcer</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a sore covered with pale, flabby, sluggish granulations.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>w&unr_;can</ets>. <ets>w&amacr;cian</ets>.  See <er>Weak</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>To make or become weak; to weaken.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Never to seek <qex>weaking</qex> variety.</q> <rj><qau>Marston.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Weakened</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Weakening</conjf>.]</vmorph><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; <as>as, to <ex>weaken</ex> the body or the mind; to <ex>weaken</ex> the hands of a magistrate; to <ex>weaken</ex> the force of an objection or an argument</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Their hands shall be <qex>weakened</qex> from the work, that it be not done.</q> <rj><qau>Neh. vi. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; <as>as, to <ex>weaken</ex> tea; to <ex>weaken</ex> any solution or decoction</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"en</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; <as>as, the patient <ex>weakened</ex>; the witness <ex>weakened</ex> on cross-examination</as>.</def>  &ldquo;His notion <xex>weakens</xex>, his discernings are lethargied.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"en*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, weakens.</def>  &ldquo;[Fastings] <xex>weakeners</xex> of sin.&rdquo;  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any fish of the genus <gen>Cynoscion</gen>; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth.  See <er>Squeteague</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Spotted weakfish</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the spotted squeteague.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"-heart`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Weak-hearted</xex> enemies.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat weak; rather weak.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"ish*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality or state of being weakish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"-kneed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution.</def>  <rj><au>H. James.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Weak</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A weak or feeble creature.</def>  <au>Shak.</au> &ldquo;All looking on him as a <xex>weakling</xex>, which would post to the grave.&rdquo; <au>Fuller.</au><br/>
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<p><q>We may not be <qex>weaklings</qex> because we have a strong enemy.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"ling</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Weak; feeble.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. North.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Weaklier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Weakliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <def>Not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; <as>as, a <ex>weakly</ex> woman; a man of a <ex>weakly</ex> constitution.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"-mind`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic.</def>  -- <wordforms><wf>Weak"-mind`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Weak"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the <qex>weakness</qex> of an exalted character.</q> <rj><qau>Spectator.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Feebleness; debility; languor; imbecility; infirmness; infirmity; decrepitude; frailty; faintness.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Weal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The mark of a stripe.  See <er>Wale</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weal</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To mark with stripes.  See <er>Wale</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wele</ets>, AS. <ets>wela</ets>, <ets>weola</ets>, wealth, from <ets>wel</ets> well.  See <er>Well</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>, and cf. <er>Wealth</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.</def><br/>
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<p><q>God . . . grant you <qex>wele</qex> and prosperity.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>As we love the <qex>weal</qex> of our souls and bodies.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To him linked in <qex>weal</qex> or woe.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Never was there a time when it more concerned the public <qex>weal</qex> that the character of the Parliament should stand high.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The body politic; the state; common wealth.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The special watchmen of our English <qex>weal</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weal</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weal"-bal`anced</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Balanced or considered with reference to public weal.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weald</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS.  See <er>Wold</er>.]</ety> <def>A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Fled all night long by glimmering waste and <qex>weald</qex>,<br/>
And heard the spirits of the waste and <qex>weald</qex><br/>
Moan as she fled.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Weald clay</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the uppermost member of the Wealden strata.  See <er>Wealden</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Weald"en</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>weald</ets>, <ets>wald</ets>, a forest, a wood. So called because this formation occurs in the <ets>wealds</ets>, or woods, of Kent and Sussex.  See <er>Weald</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the O&ouml;litic series.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weald"en</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The Wealden group or strata.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weald"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a weald, esp. to the weald in the county of Kent, England.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weal"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Weleful.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weals"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Wealsmen</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[<ets>Weal</ets> + <ets>man</ets>.]</ety> <def>A statesman; a politician.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wealth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>welthe</ets>, from <ets>wele</ets>; cf. D. <ets>weelde</ets> luxury.  See <er>Weal</er> prosperity.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Weal; welfare; prosperity; good.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Let no man seek his own, but every man another's <xex>wealth</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>1 Cor. x. 24.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have little <qex>wealth</qex> to lose.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Each day new <qex>wealth</qex>, without their care, provides.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Wealth</qex> comprises all articles of value and nothing else.</q> <rj><qau>F. A. Walker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Econ.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>In the private sense, all pooperty which has a money value.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> Specif. called <altname><colf>personal wealth</colf></altname>. <def>Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Active wealth</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Active</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Wealth"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of wealth; wealthy; prosperous.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark> <au>Sir T. More.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Wealth"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> <mark>[R.]</mark></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Wealth"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a wealthy manner; richly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I come to wive it <qex>wealthily</qex> in Padua.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wealth"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness; opulence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wealth"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Wealthier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Wealthiest</adjf>.]</amorph><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>wealthy</qex> Hebrew of my tribe.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thou broughtest us out into a <qex>wealthy</qex> place.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. lxvi. 12.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>wealthy</qex> witness of my pen.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wean</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Weaned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Weaning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>wenen</ets>, AS. <ets>wenian</ets>, <ets>wennan</ets>, to accustom; akin to D. <ets>wennen</ets>, G. ge<ets>w&ouml;hnen</ets>, OHG. gi<ets>wennan</ets>, Icel. <ets>venja</ets>, Sw. <ets>v&auml;nja</ets>, Dan. <ets>v&aelig;nne</ets>, Icel. <ets>vanr</ets> accustomed, wont; cf. AS. &amacr;<ets>wenian</ets> to wean, G. ent<ets>w&ouml;hnen</ets>.  See <er>Wont</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And the child grew, and was <qex>weaned</qex>; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was <qex>weaned</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xxi. 8.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Wean</xex> them from themselves.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The troubles of age were intended . . . to <qex>wean</qex> us gradually from our fondness of life.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wean</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A weanling; a young child.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I, being but a yearling <qex>wean</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Mrs. Browning.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wean"ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality or state of being weaned.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wean"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A weanling.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wean"ling</hw>, <def><pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> from <er>Wean</er>, <pos>v.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>weaning</qex> of the whelp is the great test of the skill of the kennel man.</q> <rj><qau>J. H. Walsh.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Weaning brash</b></col>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Brash</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wean"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Wean</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A child or animal newly weaned; a wean.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wean"ling</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Recently weaned.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weap"on</hw> <pr>(w&ebreve_;p"&ubreve;n; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wepen</ets>, AS. <ets>w&aemacr_;pen</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>w&amacr;pan</ets>, OFries. <ets>w&emacr;pin</ets>, <ets>w&emacr;pen</ets>, D. <ets>wapen</ets>, G. <ets>waffe</ets>, OHG. <ets>waffan</ets>, <ets>w&amacr;fan</ets>, Icel. <ets>v&amacr;pn</ets>, Dan. <ets>vaaben</ets>, Sw. <ets>vapen</ets>, Goth. <ets>w&emacr;pna</ets>, pl.; of uncertain origin.  Cf. <er>Wapentake</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>weapons</qex> of our warfare are not carnal.</q> <rj><qau>2 Cor. x. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They, astonished, all resistance lost,<br/>
All courage; down their idle <qex>weapons</qex> dropped.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; <as>as, argument was his only <ex>weapon</ex></as>.</def>  &ldquo;Woman's <xex>weapons</xex>, water drops.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Concealed weapons</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Concealed</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Weapon salve</b></col>, <cd>a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it.</cd>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Boyle.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Weap"oned</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished with weapons, or arms; armed; equipped.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weap"on*less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no weapon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weap"on*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Weapons, collectively; <as>as, an array of <ex>weaponry</ex></as>.</def>  <mark>[Poetic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wear</hw> <pr>(w&emacr;r; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Weir</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wear</hw> <pr>(w&acirc;r)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Veer</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm <xex>up</xex>, instead of <xex>alee</xex> 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.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wear</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Wore</conjf> <pr>(w&omacr;r)</pr>; <pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Worn</conjf> <pr>(w&omacr;rn)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wearing</conjf>. Before the 15th century <xex>wear</xex> was a weak verb, the <pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> being <conjf>Weared</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>weren</ets>, <ets>werien</ets>, AS. <ets>werian</ets> to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin to OHG. <ets>werien</ets>, <ets>weren</ets>, to clothe, Goth. <ets>wasjan</ets>, L. <ets>vestis</ets> clothing, <ets>vestire</ets> to clothe, Gr. <grk>"enny`nai</grk>, Skr. <ets>vas</ets>.  Cf. <er>Vest</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, to <ex>wear</ex> a coat; to <ex>wear</ex> a shackle.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>What compass will you <qex>wear</qex> your farthingale?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>On her white breast a sparkling cross she <qex>wore</qex>,<br/>
Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; <as>as, she <ex>wears</ex> a smile on her countenance</as>.</def>  &ldquo;He <xex>wears</xex> the rose of youth upon him.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His innocent gestures <qex>wear</qex><br/>
A meaning half divine.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; <as>as, to <ex>wear</ex> clothes rapidly</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That wicked wight his days doth <qex>wear</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The waters <qex>wear</qex> the stones.</q> <rj><qau>Job xiv. 19.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To cause or make by friction or wasting; <as>as, to <ex>wear</ex> a channel; to <ex>wear</ex> a hole</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Trials <qex>wear</qex> us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To wear away</b></col>, <cd>to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy, by gradual attrition or decay.</cd> -- <col><b>To wear off</b></col>, <cd>to diminish or remove by attrition or slow decay; as, <xex>to wear off</xex> the nap of cloth.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To wear on</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To wear upon</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to wear.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;[I] <xex>weared upon</xex> my gay scarlet gites [gowns.]&rdquo; <au>Chaucer.</au> -- <col><b>To wear out</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay; <as>as, <ex>to wear out</ex> a coat or a book</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To consume tediously.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>To wear out</xex> miserable days.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To harass; to tire.</cd> &ldquo;[He] shall <xex>wear out</xex> the saints of the Most High.&rdquo; <au>Dan vii. 25.</au> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To waste the strength of; as, an old man <xex>worn out</xex> in military service.</cd> -- <col><b>To wear the breeches</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Breeches</er>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wear</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; <as>as, a coat <ex>wears</ex> well or ill</as>; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; <as>as, a man <ex>wears</ex> well as an acquaintance</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def>  &ldquo;Thus <xex>wore</xex> out night.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Away, I say; time <qex>wears</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thou wilt surely <qex>wear</qex> away, both thou and this people that is with thee.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xviii. 18.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His stock of money began to <qex>wear</qex> very low.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The family . . . <qex>wore</qex> out in the earlier part of the century.</q> <rj><qau>Beaconsfield.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To wear off</b></col>, <cd>to pass away by degrees; <as>as, the follies of youth <ex>wear off</ex> with age</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To wear on</b></col>, <cd>to pass on; <as>as, time <ex>wears on</ex></as>.</cd> <au>G. Eliot.</au> -- <col><b>To wear weary</b></col>, <cd>to become weary, as by wear, long occupation, tedious employment, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wear</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; <as>as, the <ex>wear</ex> of a garment</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Motley 's the only <qex>wear</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The result of wearing or use; consumption, diminution, or impairment due to use, friction, or the like; <as>as, the <ex>wear</ex> of this coat has been good</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wear and tear</b></col>, <cd>the loss by wearing, as of machinery in use; the loss or injury to which anything is subjected by use, accident, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wear"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wear"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; <as>as, the <ex>wearer</ex> of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their <qex>wearers</qex>, tossed,<br/>
And fluttered into rags.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which wastes or diminishes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"ri*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That may be wearied.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"ri*ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abounding in qualities which cause weariness; wearisome.</def>  -- <wordforms><wf>Wea"ri*ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"ri*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable of being wearied.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"ri*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a weary manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"ri*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With <qex>weariness</qex> and wine oppressed.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, only upon a <qex>weariness</qex> to do the same thing so oft over and over.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wear"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Belike he meant to ward, and there to see his <qex>wearing</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is worn; clothes; garments.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Give me my nightly <qex>wearing</qex> and adieu.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wear"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or designed for, wear; <as>as, <ex>wearing</ex> apparel</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wear"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain, but perhaps akin to <ets>weary</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Weak; withered; shrunk.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;A <xex>wearish</xex> hand.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Ford.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A little, <qex>wearish</qex> old man, very melancholy by nature.</q> <rj><qau>Burton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Insipid; tasteless; unsavory.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Wearish</qex> as meat is that is not well tasted.</q> <rj><qau>Palsgrave.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"ri*some</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; <as>as, a <ex>wearisome</ex> march; a <ex>wearisome</ex> day's work; a <ex>wearisome</ex> book</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>These high wild hills and rough uneven ways<br/>
Draws out our miles, and makes them <qex>wearisome</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Irksome; tiresome; tedious; fatiguing; annoying; vexatious.  See <er>Irksome</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Wea"ri*some*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Wea"ri*some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Wearier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Weariest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>weri</ets>, AS. <ets>w&unr_;rig</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>w&unr_;rig</ets>, OHG. <ets>wu&unr_;rag</ets>; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. <ets>w&unr_;rian</ets> to ramble.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I care not for my spirits if my legs were not <qex>weary</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>[I] am <qex>weary</qex>, thinking of your task.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Causing weariness; tiresome.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Weary</xex> way.&rdquo; <au>Spenser.</au> &ldquo;There passed a <xex>weary</xex> time.&rdquo; <au>Coleridge.</au><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with <xex>of</xex> before the cause; <as>as, <ex>weary</ex> of marching, or of confinement; <ex>weary</ex> of study.</as></def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"ry</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wearied</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wearying</conjf>.]</vmorph><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; <as>as, to <ex>weary</ex> one's self with labor or traveling</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>So shall he waste his means, <qex>weary</qex> his soldiers.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I stay too long by thee; I <qex>weary</qex> thee.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To harass by anything irksome.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I would not cease<br/>
To <qex>weary</qex> him with my assiduous cries.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To weary out</b></col>, <cd>to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To jade; tire; fatigue; fag.  See <er>Jade</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"ry</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; <as>as, to <ex>weary</ex> of an undertaking</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"sand</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wesand</ets>, AS. <ets>w&amacr;send</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>w&amacr;sende</ets>, <ets>w&amacr;sande</ets>; cf. OHG. <ets>weisunt</ets>.]</ety> <def>The windpipe; -- called also, formerly, <altname>wesil</altname>.</def>  <altsp>[Formerly, written also, <asp>wesand</asp>, and <asp>wezand</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>Cut his <qex>weasand</qex> with thy knife.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"sel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wesele</ets>, AS. <ets>wesle</ets>; akin to D. <ets>wezel</ets>, G. <ets>wiesel</ets>, OHG. <ets>wisala</ets>, Icel. hreyi<ets>v&imacr;sla</ets>, Dan. <ets>v&auml;sel</ets>, Sw. <ets>vessla</ets>; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, cat, weasel.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus <gen>Putorius</gen>, 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.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Malacca weasel</b></col>, <cd>the rasse.</cd> -- <col><b>Weasel coot</b></col>, <cd>a female or young male of the smew; -- so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called also <altname>weasel duck</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Weasel lemur</b></col>, <cd>a short-tailed lemur (<spn>Lepilemur mustelinus</spn>). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown below, with the throat white.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"sel-faced`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"ser</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The American merganser; -- called also <altname>weaser sheldrake</altname>.</def>  <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"si*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality or state of being weasy; full feeding; sensual indulgence.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Joye.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Weasand</er>.]</ety> <def>Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Joye.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>weder</ets>, AS. <ets>weder</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>wedar</ets>, OFries. <ets>weder</ets>, D. <ets>weder</ets>, <ets>we&ecirc;r</ets>, G. <ets>wetter</ets>, OHG. <ets>wetar</ets>, Icel. <ets>ve&eth;r</ets>, Dan. <ets>veir</ets>, Sw. <ets>v&auml;der</ets> wind, air, weather, and perhaps to OSlav. <ets>vedro</ets> fair weather; or perhaps to Lith. <ets>vetra</ets> storm, Russ. <ets>vieter'</ets>, <ets>vietr'</ets>, wind, and E. <ets>wind</ets>.  Cf. <er>Wither</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>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>as, warm <ex>weather</ex>; cold <ex>weather</ex>; wet <ex>weather</ex>; dry <ex>weather</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot <qex>weather</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Fair <qex>weather</qex> cometh out of the north.</q> <rj><qau>Job xxxvii. 22.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Storm; tempest.</def><br/>
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<p><q>What gusts of <qex>weather</qex> from that gathering cloud<br/>
My thoughts presage!</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A light rain; a shower.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Stress of weather</b></col>, <cd>violent winds; force of tempests.</cd> -- <col><b>To make fair weather</b></col>, <cd>to flatter; to give flattering representations.</cd> <mark>[R.]</mark> -- <mcol><col><b>To make good weather</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To make bad weather</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to endure a gale well or ill; -- said of a vessel.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Under the weather</b></col>, <cd>ill; also, financially embarrassed.</cd> <mark>[Colloq. U. S.]</mark> <au>Bartlett.</au> -- <col><b>Weather box</b></col>. <cd>Same as <cref>Weather house</cref>, below.</cd> <au>Thackeray.</au> -- <col><b>Weather breeder</b></col>, <cd>a fine day which is supposed to presage foul weather.</cd> -- <col><b>Weather bureau</b></col>, <cd>a popular name for the signal service.  See <cref>Signal service</cref>, under <er>Signal</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Weather cloth</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather when stowed in the nettings.</cd> -- <col><b>Weather door</b></col>. <fld>(Mining)</fld> <cd>See <er>Trapdoor</er>, 2.</cd> -- <col><b>Weather gall</b></col>. <cd>Same as <er>Water gall</er>, 2.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <au>Halliwell.</au> -- <col><b>Weather house</b></col>, <cd>a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images.</cd><br/>
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<q>Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought<br/>
Devised the <qex>weather house</qex>, that useful toy!</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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-- <col><b>Weather molding</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Weather moulding</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a canopy or cornice over a door or a window, to throw off the rain.</cd> -- <col><b>Weather of a windmill sail</b></col>, <cd>the obliquity of the sail, or the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution.</cd> -- <col><b>Weather report</b></col>, <cd>a daily report of meteorological observations, and of probable changes in the weather; esp., one published by government authority.</cd> -- <col><b>Weather spy</b></col>, <cd>a stargazer; one who foretells the weather.</cd> <mark>[R.]</mark> <au>Donne.</au> -- <col><b>Weather strip</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a strip of wood, rubber, or other material, applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Weathered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Weathering</conjf>.]</vmorph><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.</def><br/>
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<p><q>[An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air<br/>
To <qex>weather</qex> his broad sails.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This gear lacks <qex>weathering</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; <as>as, to <ex>weather</ex> the storm</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>For I can <qex>weather</qex> the roughest gale.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>You will <qex>weather</qex> the difficulties yet.</q> <rj><qau>F. W. Robertson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To sail or pass to the windward of; <as>as, to <ex>weather</ex> a cape; to <ex>weather</ex> another ship</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.</def>  <rj><au>Encyc. Brit.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To weather a point</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee side.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against opposition.</cd> -- <col><b>To weather out</b></col>, <cd>to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; <as>as, <ex>to weather out</ex> a storm</as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The organisms . . . seem indestructible, while the hard matrix in which they are imbedded has <qex>weathered</qex> from around them.</q> <rj><qau>H. Miller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to <xex>lee</xex>; <as>as, <ex>weather</ex> bow, <ex>weather</ex> braces, <ex>weather</ex> gauge, <ex>weather</ex> lifts, <ex>weather</ex> quarter, <ex>weather</ex> shrouds, etc</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Weather gauge</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>The position of a ship to the windward of another.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Fig.: A position of advantage or superiority; advantage in position.</cd><br/>
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<q>To veer, and tack, and steer a cause<br/>
Against the <qex>weather gauge</qex> of laws.</q> <rj><qau>Hudibras.</qau></rj><br/>
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-- <col><b>Weather helm</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a tendency on the part of a sailing vessel to come up into the wind, rendering it necessary to put the helm up, that is, toward the weather side.</cd> -- <col><b>Weather shore</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the shore to the windward of a ship.</cd> <au>Totten.</au> -- <col><b>Weather tide</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the tide which sets against the lee side of a ship, impelling her to the windward.</cd> <au>Mar. Dict.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er-beat`en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er-bit`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*bit`</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er-bit`ten</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather.</def>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*board`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er-board`</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc.</def>  <rj><au>Gwilt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*board`ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Boards adapted or intended for such use.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er-bound`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; <as>as, a <ex>weather-bound</ex> vessel</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*cock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def>  &ldquo;As a <xex>wedercok</xex> that turneth his face with every wind.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Noisy <qex>weathercocks</qex> rattled and sang of mutation.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*cock`</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whose blazing wyvern <qex>weathercock</qex> the spire.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er-driv`en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather.</def>  <rj><au>Carew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"ered</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Made sloping, so as to throw off water; <as>as, a <ex>weathered</ex> cornice or window sill</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Having the surface altered in color, texture, or composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the elements.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er-fend`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To defend from the weather; to shelter.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>[We] barked the white spruce to <qex>weather-fend</qex> the roof.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*glass`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Poor man's weatherglass</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Poor</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The quality of being weatherly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; <as>as, a <ex>weatherly</ex> ship</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Cooper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er map</hw>. <def>A map or chart showing the principal meteorological elements at a given hour and over an extended region. Such maps usually show the height of the barometer, the temperature of the air, the relative humidity, the state of the weather, and the direction and velocity of the wind. Isobars and isotherms outline the general distribution of temperature and pressure, while shaded areas indicate the sections over which rain has just fallen. Other lines inclose areas where the temperature has fallen or risen markedly. In tabular form are shown changes of pressure and of temperature, maximum and minimum temperatures, and total rain for each weather station since the last issue, usually 12 hours.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*most`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Being farthest to the windward.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*proof`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Proof against rough weather.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weather signal</hw>. <def>Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weather Bureau includes temperature, cold or hot wave, rain or snow, wind direction, storm, and hurricane signals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weather station</hw>. <fld>(Meteor.)</fld> <def>A station for taking meteorological observations, making weather forecasts, or disseminating such information. Such stations are of the <colf>first order</colf> when they make observations of all the important elements either hourly or by self-registering instruments; of the <colf>second order</colf> when only important observations are taken; of the <colf>third order</colf> when simpler work is done, as to record rainfall and maximum and minimum temperatures.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*wise`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Skillful in forecasting the changes of the weather.</def>  <rj><au>Hakluyt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*wis`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Waywiser</er>.]</ety> <def>Something that foreshows the weather.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Derham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weath"er*worn`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Worn by the action of, or by exposure to, the weather.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weave</hw> <pr>(w&emacr;v)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Wove</conjf> <pr>(w&omacr;v)</pr>; <pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Woven</conjf> <pr>(w&omacr;v"'n)</pr>, <conjf>Wove</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Weaving</conjf>. The regular <pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Weaved</conjf> <pr>(w&emacr;vd)</pr>, is rarely used.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>weven</ets>, AS. <ets>wefan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>weven</ets>, G. <ets>weben</ets>, OHG. <ets>weban</ets>, Icel. <ets>vefa</ets>, Sw. <ets>v&auml;fva</ets>, Dan. <ets>v&aelig;ve</ets>, Gr. <grk>"yfai`nein</grk>, v., <grk>"y`fos</grk> web, Skr. <ets>&umacr;r&nsdot_;av&amacr;bhi</ets> spider, lit., wool weaver.  Cf. <er>Waper</er>, <er>Waffle</er>, <er>Web</er>, <er>Weevil</er>, <er>Weft</er>, <er>Woof</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; <as>as, to <ex>weave</ex> wool, silk, etc</as>.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This <qex>weaves</qex> itself, perforce, into my business.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That in their green shops <qex>weave</qex> the smooth-haired silk<br/>
To deck her sons.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And for these words, thus <qex>woven</qex> into song.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; <as>as, to <ex>weave</ex> broadcloth; to <xex>weave</xex> a carpet</as>; hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; <as>as, to <ex>weave</ex> the plot of a story</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When she <qex>weaved</qex> the sleided silk.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin <qex>weaves</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ld. Lytton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Weave</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To practice weaving; to work with a loom.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To become woven or interwoven.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weave</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A particular method or pattern of weaving; <as>as, the cassimere <ex>weave</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weav"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Weavers</xex> of linen.&rdquo; <au>P. Plowman.</au><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A weaver bird.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An aquatic beetle of the genus <gen>Gyrinus</gen>.  See <er>Whirling</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Weaver bird</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of numerous species of Asiatic, Fast Indian, and African birds belonging to <gen>Ploceus</gen> and allied genera of the family <fam>Ploceid&aelig;</fam>.  Weaver birds resemble finches and sparrows in size, colors, and shape of the bill. They construct pensile nests composed of interlaced grass and other similar materials.  In some of the species the nest is retort-shaped, with the opening at the bottom of the tube.</cd> -- <col><b>Weavers' shuttle</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>an East Indian marine univalve shell (<spn>Radius volva</spn>); -- so called from its shape.  See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <cref>Shuttle shell</cref>, under <er>Shuttle</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Weav"er*fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Weever</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Weever</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Weav"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>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.</def>  <rj><au>Youatt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"zand</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Weasand</er>.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"zen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Wizen</er>.]</ety> <def>Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; <as>as, a <ex>weazen</ex> face</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They were <qex>weazen</qex> and shriveled.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Wea"zen*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat weazen; shriveled.</def>  <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Weazeny</xex>, baked pears.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Web</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>webbe</ets>, AS. <ets>webba</ets>.  See <er>Weave</er>.]</ety> <def>A weaver.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Web</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>web</ets>, AS. <ets>webb</ets>; akin to D. <ets>web</ets>, <ets>webbe</ets>, OHG. <ets>weppi</ets>, G. <ets>gewebe</ets>, Icel. <ets>vefr</ets>, Sw. <ets>v&auml;f</ets>, Dan. <ets>v&aelig;v</ets>.  See <er>Weave</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Penelope, for her Ulysses' sake,<br/>
Devised a <qex>web</qex> her wooers to deceive.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Not <qex>web</qex> might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, or penalty of exile.</q> <rj><qau>Bancroft.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A whole piece of linen cloth as woven.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb.</def>  &ldquo;The smallest spider's <xex>web</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The somber spirit of our forefathers, who wove their <qex>web</qex> of life with hardly a . . . thread of rose-color or gold.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the <qex>web</qex> of conjectures.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Carriages)</fld> <def>A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And Christians slain roll up in <qex>webs</qex> of lead.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>The blade of a sword.</def>  <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The sword, whereof the <qex>web</qex> was steel,<br/>
Pommel rich stone, hilt gold.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>The blade of a saw.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>The thin, sharp part of a colter.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>The bit of a key.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mach. &amp; Engin.)</fld> <def>A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object.</def>  Specifically: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spoke