Wŏŏd1, a.
a. [Written also wode.] [A-S. wōd, Goth. wods, Icel. ōdr, furious, mad, D. woede, L. Ger. woot, O. H. Ger. wūti, woti, M. H. Ger. wuot, N. H. Ger. wūth, madness.] Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious. [Obs.]
4 entries under this word
Wood
Wŏŏd2, n.
n. [A-S. wudu, wood, a wood, D. woud, a wood, L. Ger. woold, O. Sax. & O. Fries. wald, A-S. weald, wald, O. & N. H. Ger. wald, a wood, Dan. & Sw. ved, wood, W. gwydd, trees, shrubs.] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest;—frequently used in the plural. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rocky wood. Shak. 2. The substance of trees; the hard substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. To worship their own work in wood and stone For gods. Milton.
- (Bot.) The material of succulent plants and parts of shrubs not hardened and ligneous, as well as of trees, though technically restricted to the latter. Dana.
- Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
- An idol formed of wood. Hab. ii. 19.
Wood3, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. WOODED; p. pr. & vb. n. WOODING.] To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or locomotive.
Wood4, v. i.
To take in wood; to supply with wood.