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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Wār'i-son, n. p. 1492Preparation; provision; supply; possession; acquisition; gain; reward. [Obs.] Chaucer.Wark, n. p. 1492Work; a building. [Obs.] Spenser. ☞ Used in composition in the word bulwark.War'like, a. p. 1492Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state. “Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men.” Shak. 2. Belonging, or relating, to war; military; martial. The great archangel from his warlike toil…War'like-ness, n. p. 1492State or quality of being warlike; warlike disposition or character. [R.] Sandys.War'ling, n. p. 1492One often quarreled with;—a word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling. [Obs.] Better be an old man's darling than a young man's warling. Camden.War'lock, n. p. 1492A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp. [Written also warluck.] Dryden. It was Eyvind Kallda's crew Of warlocks blue, With their caps of darkness hooded. Longfellow.War'lock, a. p. 1492Belonging, or relating, to a warlock; impish. [Rare.] Thou shalt win the warlock fight. Drake.War'ly, a. p. 1492Warlike. [Obs. and rare.]Wārm, a. p. 1492Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold; as, warm blood; warm milk. “Whose blood is warm within?” Shak. 2. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no winter; as, the warm climate…Warm, v. t. p. 1492To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to apply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. Then shall it be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm…Warm, v. i. p. 1492To become moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day in summer. 2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speaker warms as he proceeds in the argument.Warm, n. p. 1492The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. [Colloq.] Dickens.Warm'-blood/ed, a. p. 1492Having warm blood;—applied especially to such animals, as birds and mammals, as have warm blood, and a twofold circulation.Warm'er, n. p. 1492One who, or that which, warms.Wärm'ful, a. p. 1492Abounding in capacity to warm; serving to warm; giving warmth; as, a warmful garment. [Rare.] Chapman.Warm'-heärt'ed, a. p. 1492Possessing lively interest or affection; cordial; sincere; hearty.Warm'-heärt'ed-ness, n. p. 1492The state or quality of being warm-hearted; cordiality.Warm'ing-pān, n. p. 1492A covered pan with a long handle, for warming a bed with ignited coals.Warm'ing-stōne, n. p. 1492A stone dug in Cornwall, which retains heat a great while. Ray.Warm'ly, adv. p. 1492In a warm manner; with warming influence. 2. Eagerly; earnestly; ardently; as, to espouse warmly the cause of Bible Societies.Warm'ness, n. p. 1492Warmth. [Rare.] Bp. Taylor.War'-mōn'ger, n. p. 1492One who makes war a trade or business; a mercenary soldier. [Rare.] Spencer.Warmth, n. p. 1492The state or quality of being warm; the condition of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun, or of blood; vital warmth. Here kindly warmth their mounting juice ferments. Addison. 2. A…Warmth'less, a. p. 1492Without warmth; not communicating warmth; cold. [Rare.] Coleridge.Warn, v. t. p. 1492To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town-meeting. “Warned of the ensuing fight.”…Warn'er, n. p. 1492One who warns; an admonisher.Warn'ing, n. p. 1492Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition. Hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. Ezek. iii. 17. Could warning make the world more…Warn'ing-ly, adv. p. 1492In a warning manner; in the way of notice or admonition.War'-ŏf'fiçe, n. p. 1492An office in which the military affairs of a country are superintended and managed; the office of the war department.Warp, v. i. p. 1492To turn, twist, or be twisted out of a straight direction, as a board in seasoning or by shrinking. One of you will prove a shrunken panel, and, like green timber, warp, warp. Shak. They clamp one…Warp, v. t. p. 1493To send forth or throw out, as words; to utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. 2. To turn or twist out of shape, or out of a straight direction, by contraction or otherwise. The planks looked…Warp, n. p. 1493<br>1. (Weaving.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.<br>2. (Naut.) A rope attached at one end to an anchor, a post, or other object, employed in drawing…Warp, n. p. 1493The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.Warp'age, n. p. 1493A charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors. Simmonds.War'-päint, n. p. 1493Paint put on the face and other parts of the body by savages, as a token of going to war. Wash the war-paint from your faces, Wash the blood-stains from your fingers, Bury your war-clubs and your…War'-päth, n. p. 1493The route taken by a party going on a warlike expedition. Schoolcraft.Warp'er, n. p. 1493One who, or that which, warps. 2. One who forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom. Simmonds.Warp'ing, n. p. 1493The act or operation of one who, or that which, warps. 2. The art or occupation of preparing the warp of webs for the weaver. Craig.Warp'ing-bänk, n. p. 1493A bank of earth raised round a field to retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land. Craig.Warp'ing-hōōk, n. p. 1493A hook used by rope-makers for hanging the yarn on, when warping into hauls for tarring.Warp'ing-mill, n. p. 1493A kind of light machine for warping yarn.Warp'ing-pĕn'ny, n. p. 1493Money paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying on the warp. [Prov. Eng.]Warp'ing-pōst, n. p. 1493A strong post used in warping rope-yarn.War'-proof, n. p. 1493Valor tried by war.Warp'-thread, n. p. 1493One of the threads which form the warp.War'ran-dice, n. p. 1493(Scots Law.) 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…War'rant, v. t. p. 1493To make secure; to give assurance against harm to; to guaranty safety to; to give authority or power to do or forbear any thing, by which the person authorized is secured or saved harmless from any…War'rant, n. p. 1493That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of any thing; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which…Dock-warrant p. 1493a custom-house license or authority. Simmonds.—Land-warrant, an instrument issued from the department of the interior of the United States, certifying that the person in whose favor it is drawn is…War'rant-a-ble, a. p. 1493Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable. His meals are coarse and…War'rant-a-ble-ness, n. p. 1493The quality of being warrantable or justifiable.War′rant-a-bly, adv. p. 1493In a warrantable manner; in a manner that may be justified; justifiably.War/ran-tee', n. p. 1493The person to whom land or other thing is warranted.War'rant-er, n. p. 1493One who warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers. 2. 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; as…War'ran-tise, n. p. 1493Authority; security; warranty. [Obs.] Shak.War'ran'tize, v. t. p. 1493To warrant. [Obs.]Warrant-or, n. p. 1493One who warrants.War'ran-ty, n. p. 1493(Anc. Law.) 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…War'ran-ty, v. t. p. 1493To warrant; to guaranty.Wăr'rāy, v. t. p. 1493To make war upon. [Obs.] Six years were run since first, in martial guise, The Christian lords warrayed the eastern land. Fairfax.