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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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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.Warre, a. p. 1493Worse. [Obs.] They argue the world is much warre than it wont. Spenser.War'ren, n. p. 1493(Eng. Law.) (a.) A place privileged, by prescription or grant from the king, for keeping certain beasts and fowls called beasts and fowls of warren. (b.) A privilege which one has in his lands, by…Wăr'ren-er, n. p. 1493The keeper of a warren.War'ri-āng'gle, n. p. 1493A hawk. [Obs.] Ainsworth.War'rior, n. p. 1493A man engaged in war or military life; a soldier; a man noted for valor and prowess; a champion. “Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.” Milton.War'rior-ess, n. p. 1493A female warrior. [Obs.] Spencer.War'ry, v. t. p. 1493To curse, execrate, or condemn; to damn; also, to vex or worry. [Obs.]War'-sōng, n. p. 1493A song exciting to war; especially, among the American Indians, a song at the war-dance, full of incitements to military ardor.Wart, n. p. 1493A small, hard tumor on the skin formed by an enlargement of its vascular papillae, and a thickening of the epidermis which covers them. Good. 2. (Bot.) A glandular excrescence or hardened…Wart'-crĕss, n. p. 1493(Bot.) A low, dwarfish, annual plant of the genus Senebiera, having small, whitish flowers. Gray.Wart'ed, a. p. 1493(Bot.) Having little knobs on the surface; verrucose; as, a warted capsule.Wart'-hŏg, n. p. 1493(Zoöl.) A pachyderm of the genus Phacocherus, having a large head, tusks of remarkable size inclining laterally upward, and a thick, fleshy lobe on each cheek, resembling a large wart, whence the…Wārt'less, a. p. 1493Having no wart.Wart'wort, n. p. 1493(Bot.) (a.) A plant of the genus Euphorbia, the capsule of which is studded with hard, warty knobs. (b.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium. (c.) A plant of the genus Lapsana.Wart'y, a. p. 1493Having warts; full of warts; overgrown with warts; as, a warty leaf. Lee. 2. Of the nature of warts.War'-whōop, n. p. 1493The cry or shout uttered by Indians in war.War'wick-ite, n. p. 1493(Min.) A dark-brown or black mineral, consisting chiefly of boracic acid, titanic acid, magnesia, and oxide of iron. Dana.