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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Wīve'hŏŏd, n. p. 1521Behavior becoming a wife; wifehood. [Obs.] Spenser.Wive'less, a. p. 1521Not having a wife; wifeless. [Obs.]Wive'ly, a. p. 1521Pertaining to a wife; wifely. [Obs.]Wiv'er or Wiv'ern, n. p. 1521(Her.) A kind of heraldic dragon or serpent; a kind of two-legged dragon. “The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its moldwarps, its wiverns, and its dragons.” W. Scott.Wives, n. p. 1521pl. of wife. See WIFE.Wiz'ard, n. p. 1521A wise man; a sage. [Obs.] See how from far upon the eastern road The star-led wizards haste with odors sweet. Milton. 2. One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer. The wily…Wiz'ard, a. p. 1521Enchanting; charming. Collins. 2. Haunted by wizards. “Where Deva winds her wizard stream.” Milton.Wiz'ard-ly, a. p. 1521Resembling, or becoming, a wizard; wizard-like; weird.Wiz'ard-ry, n. p. 1521The character or practices of wizards; sorcery; magic.Wiz'en, v. i. p. 1521To wither; to dry. [Scot. and Prov. Eng.]Wĭz'en, a. p. 1521Thin; weazen. “A little lonely, wizen, strangely-clad boy, who could not, at the most, have been more than five years old.” Dickens.Wiz'en, n. p. 1521The weasand. [Scot.]Wiz'ened, a. p. 1521Dried; shriveled; shrunken; weazen.Wiz'en-fāçed, a. p. 1521Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.Wōad, n. p. 1521(Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Isatis, of which one species (I. tinctoria) was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves, but is now used only with indigo as a…Wōad'ed, a. p. 1521Colored or stained with woad. Then the man Tattooed or woaded, winter-clad in skins. Tennyson.Wōad'-mill, n. p. 1521A mill for bruising and preparing woad.Wōad'-wăx'en, n. p. 1522(Bot.) A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's-weed;—called also wood-wash and wood-wax, and wood-waxen.Wōald, n. p. 1522See WOAD and WELD.Wōde, a. p. 1522Mad. See Wood. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Wōde'-gēld, n. p. 1522(O. Eng. Law.) A geld or payment for wood. Barrill.Wō'den, n. p. 1522(Northern Myth.) An Anglo-Saxon deity, supposed to correspond to Mercury of the ancients. Wednesday is named for him. See ODIN.Wōe, n. p. 1522Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity. Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, Sad instrument of all our woe, she took. Milton. They weep each other's woe. Pope. 2. A curse; malediction. Can there…Wōe, a. p. 1522Sorrowful; woeful; unhappy; miserable. [Obs. and rare.] And looking up he waxed wondrous woe. Spencer. Forthwith he waxeth woe and wan. Herbert.Wōe'-be-gōne', a. p. 1522Overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief and sorrow. “So woe-begone was he with pains of love.” Fairfax.Wō'ful or Wōe'ful, a. p. 1522Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; unhappy; sad. How many woeful widows left to bow To sad disgrace! Daniel. 2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a…Wō'ful-ly or Wōe'ful-ly, adv. p. 1522In a woeful manner; sorrowfully; mournfully. 2. Wretchedly; miserably; extremely; as, he will be woefully deceived.Wō'ful-ness or Wōe'ful-ness, n. p. 1522The quality of being woeful; misery; calamity.Wōe'-shāk'en, a. p. 1522Shaken by woe.Wōe'sōme, a. p. 1522Woeful. [Obs.]Wōld p. 1522A wood; a forest. 2. A plain, or open country; a country without wood, whether hilly or not. Nares. And from the further bank Ætolia’s wolds espied. Byron. The wind that beats the mountain blows More…Wōld, n. p. 1522See WOAD and WELD.Wōlf, n. p. 1522(Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Canis, noted for killing sheep and other small domestic animals. The common wolf of Europe is Canis Lupus; the common American wolf is Canis occidentalis…Wōlf'-bēr'ry, n. p. 1522(Bot.) A plant of the genus Symphoricarpus (S. occidentalis), growing in the north-western parts of the United States, and bearing white berries. Gray.Wolf'-dŏg, n. p. 1522A dog of a large breed, kept to guard sheep; Canis Pomeranius. Tickell. Baird. 2. A sort of dog supposed to be bred between a dog and a wolf. Johnson.Wolf'-fish, n. p. 1522(Zoöl.) A fish (the Anarrhichas lupus of Linnæus); a fierce, voracious fish of the northern seas; — called also catfish and sea-wolf. Baird. Wolf-fish, or Sea-wolf (Anarrhichas lupus).Wolf'ish, a. p. 1522Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs.Wolf'ish-ly, adv. p. 1522In a wolfish manner.Wolf'-nĕt, n. p. 1522A kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish.Wŏl'fram, n. p. 1522(Min.) An ore of tungsten; a tungstate of iron, or of iron and manganese, generally brownish or grayish black in color, and sub-metallic in luster. It occurs massive and crystallized, and in…Wōl'fram-ine, n. p. 1522(Min.) A yellow or green mineral, consisting of pure tungstic acid; tungsten ocher.Wolf's'-bāne, n. p. 1522(Bot.) A poisonous plant of the genus Aconitum: aconite.Wolfs'-claw, n. p. 1522(Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of the genus Lycopodium, or club-moss kind. Lec.Wolf's'-milk, n. p. 1522(Bot.) A certain herb. Ainsworth.Wōlf's'-pēach, n. p. 1522(Bot.) The tomato, or love-apple; Lycopersicum (or Solanum) esculentum.Wōll, v. i. p. 1522Will; — an archaic or provincial form of will.Wŏl'las-ton-īte, n. p. 1522(Min.) A variety of tabular spar. Dana.Wol'ver-ēne' or Wol'ver-īne', n. p. 1522(Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal of the genus Gulo (G. luscus); the glutton. See GLUTTON. 2. An inhabitant of Michigan. [Cant. U. S.]Wom'an, n. p. 1522The female of the human race, grown to adult years. And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man made he a woman. Gen. ii. 22. Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. Shak. I have observed…Wom'an, v. t. p. 1522To make effeminate or womanish; to soften beyond what suits a man. [Rare.] Shak. 2. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. [Rare.] “To have him see me womaned.” Shak.Wom'an-hā'ter, n. p. 1522One who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist.Wom'an-hĕad, n. p. 1522Womanhood. [Obs.]Wŏm'an-hŏod, n. p. 1522The state, character, or collective qualities of a woman. “Unspotted faith and comely womanhood.” Spencer. 2. Women collectively.Wom'an-ish, a. p. 1522Suitable to a woman; having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; — often in a reproachful sense. “Thy tears are womanish.” Shak. “A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish…Wom'an-ish-ly, adv. p. 1522In a womanish manner; effeminately. “His hair curled and womanishly disheveled.” Comment on Chaucer, 1665.Wom'an-ish-ness, n. p. 1522The state or quality of being womanish; effeminacy. “Effeminacy and womanishness of heart.” Hammond.Wom'an-īze, v. t. p. 1522To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [Obs.]Wom'an-kīnd, n. p. 1522The female sex; the race of females of the human kind.Wom'an-less, a. p. 1522Without a woman or women; destitute of women.Wom'an-li-ness, n. p. 1522The state or quality of being womanly. There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence. Udal.