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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Wom'an-īze, v. t.p. 1522To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [Obs.]
  2. Wom'an-kīnd, n.p. 1522The female sex; the race of females of the human kind.
  3. Wom'an-less, a.p. 1522Without a woman or women; destitute of women.
  4. 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.
  5. Wom'an-ly, a.p. 1522Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot. “A blushing, womanly discovering grace.” Donne.
  6. Wom'an-ly, adv.p. 1522In the manner of a woman.
  7. Womb, n.p. 1522The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] And he coveted to fill his womb of the cods that the hogs did eat. Luke xv. 16, Wycliffe's Trans. Fal. Had I but a belly of any indifference, I were simply the most…
  8. Womb, v. t.p. 1522To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed in secret. [Obs.] Shak.
  9. Wŏm'bat, n.p. 1522(Zoöl.) A marsupiate mammal (the Phascolomys ursinus) of the opossum family, found in Australia. It burrows in the ground, remaining quiet during the day, but is lively at night. Its flesh is much…
  10. Womb'y, a.p. 1522Capacious. [Obs.] Shak.
  11. Wŏm'en, n.p. 1522pl. of woman. See WOMAN.
  12. Wȯn, imp. & p. p.p. 1522of win. See WIN.
  13. Wȯn, v. i.p. 1522To dwell; to abide. [Obs.] “This land where I have woned thus long.” Spenser. The wild beast where he wons In forest wild. Milton.
  14. Wȯn, n.p. 1522A dwelling. [Obs.] Spenser.
  15. Wȯn'der, n.p. 1522That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, and not well understood; surprise; astonishment…
  16. Wȯn'der, v. i.p. 1522To be affected by surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel. I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. Swift. We cease to…
  17. Wȯn'der, adv.p. 1522Wonderfully. [Obs. and rare.]
  18. Wȯn'dered, p. a.p. 1522Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things. [Obs.] Shak.
  19. Wȯn'der-er, n.p. 1522One who wonders.
  20. Wȯn'der-ful, a.p. 1522Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; exciting surprise; strange; astonishing. Syn. — Marvelous; amazing; astonishing; surprising. See MARVELOUS.
  21. Wôn'der-ful-ly, adv.p. 1523In a wonderful manner; in a manner to excite wonder or surprise. I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Ps. cxxxix. 14.
  22. Wôn'der-ful-ness, n.p. 1523The state or quality of being wonderful.
  23. Wōn'der-ing-ly, adv.p. 1523In a wondering manner.
  24. Wôn'der-ly, adv.p. 1523Wonderfully. [Obs.]
  25. Wôn'der-ment, n.p. 1523Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance. All the common sights they view, Their wonderment engage. W. Scott.
  26. Wôn'der-oüs, a.p. 1523The same as WONDROUS, q. v.
  27. Wôn'der-strück, a.p. 1523Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise.
  28. Wŏn'der-work, n.p. 1523A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle. [Rare.] Such as in strange lands He found in wonder-works of God and Nature's hand. Byron.
  29. Wôn'der-work'er, n.p. 1523One who performs wonders or miracles.
  30. Wŏn'der-work'ing, a.p. 1523Doing wonders or surprising things.
  31. Wôn'drous, a.p. 1523Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as may excite surprise and astonishment; strange. That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Ps. xxvi. 7.
  32. Wôn'drous, adv.p. 1523In a wonderful or surprising degree; wondrously; as, a place wondrous deep; you are wondrous fair; wondrous fond of peace. Sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as women, wondrous fond of…
  33. Wŏn'drous-ly, adv.p. 1523In a strange or wonderful manner or degree. Chloe complains, and wondrously's aggrieved. Glanville.
  34. Wôn'droŭs-ness, n.p. 1523The state or quality of being wondrous.
  35. Wōne, v. i.p. 1523See WON. [Obs.]
  36. Wŏng, n.p. 1523(Law.) A field. [Obs.] Spelman.
  37. Wŏn'tp. 1523A colloquial contraction of will not, or rather of woll not. See WILL. ☞ Commonly pronounced wŭnt or wont in New England.
  38. Wŏnt, a.p. 1523Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated. “If the ox were wont to push with his horn.” Ex. xxi. 29.
  39. Wŏnt, n.p. 1523Custom; habit; use. They are . . . to be called out to their military motions, under sky or covert, according to the season, as was the Roman wont. Milton.
  40. Wŏnt, v. i.p. 1523To be accustomed or habituated; to be used. A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. Spenser.
  41. Wŏnt'ed, a.p. 1523Accustomed; customary; used. “Again his wonted weapon proved.” Spenser. “Like an old piece of furniture left alone in its wonted corner.” W. Scott. She was wonted to the place, and would not remove.…
  42. Wŏnt'ed-ness, n.p. 1523The state of being accustomed. [Rare.] King Charles.
  43. Wŏnt'less, a.p. 1523Unaccustomed; unused. [Obs.] Spenser.
  44. Wōo, v. t.p. 1523To solicit in love; to court. My proud rival wooes Another partner to his throne and bed. Philips. Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes The image he himself has wrought. Prior. 2. To court…
  45. Wōo, v. i.p. 1523To court; to make love. Dryden.
  46. Wŏŏd, a.p. 1523Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious. [Obs.]
  47. Wŏŏd, n.p. 1523A 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…
  48. Wood, v. t.p. 1523To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or locomotive.
  49. Wood, v. i.p. 1523To take in wood; to supply with wood.
  50. Wŏod'-ăç'id, n.p. 1523The same as WOOD-VINEGAR, q. v.
  51. Wood'-a-ném'-o-ne, n.p. 1523(Bot.) A species of anemone; Anemone nemorosa.
  52. Wŏod'-ant, n.p. 1523(Entom.) A large ant living in society in woods and forests, and constructing large nests; Formica rufa.
  53. Wood'bind, n.p. 1523The same as WOODBINE. [Rare.]
  54. Wood'bīne, n.p. 1523(Bot.) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Caprifolium periclymenum); the honey-suckle; the elegantine. Beatrice, e'en now Couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak.
  55. Wŏod'-bound, a.p. 1523Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.
  56. Wood'chät, n.p. 1523(Ornith.) A species of butcher-bird or shrike; Lanius rufus. Jardine.
  57. Wŏod'-choir, n.p. 1523The choir or chorus of birds in the woods. Coleridge.
  58. Wōod'chŭck, n.p. 1523(Zoöl.) A rodent mammal, a species of marmot; the ground-hog; Arctomys monax. It is of a heavy form, burrows in the ground, and is very troublesome to farmers by devouring grain, &c. It is common in…
  59. Wŏod'-coal, n.p. 1523Charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
  60. Wood'cock, n.p. 1523(Ornith.) A bird of the snipe family (Scolopax rusticola), having a long and sensitive bill, and frequenting the thickest underwood, especially in the fall of the year. Its flesh is much esteemed as…