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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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Wŏn'der-work'ing, a. p. 1523Doing wonders or surprising things.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.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…Wŏn'drous-ly, adv. p. 1523In a strange or wonderful manner or degree. Chloe complains, and wondrously's aggrieved. Glanville.Wôn'droŭs-ness, n. p. 1523The state or quality of being wondrous.Wōne, v. i. p. 1523See WON. [Obs.]Wŏng, n. p. 1523(Law.) A field. [Obs.] Spelman.Wŏn't p. 1523A colloquial contraction of will not, or rather of woll not. See WILL. ☞ Commonly pronounced wŭnt or wont in New England.Wŏnt, a. p. 1523Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated. “If the ox were wont to push with his horn.” Ex. xxi. 29.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.Wŏnt, v. i. p. 1523To be accustomed or habituated; to be used. A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. Spenser.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.…Wŏnt'ed-ness, n. p. 1523The state of being accustomed. [Rare.] King Charles.Wŏnt'less, a. p. 1523Unaccustomed; unused. [Obs.] Spenser.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…Wōo, v. i. p. 1523To court; to make love. Dryden.Wŏŏd, a. p. 1523Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious. [Obs.]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…Wood, v. t. p. 1523To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or locomotive.Wood, v. i. p. 1523To take in wood; to supply with wood.Wŏod'-ăç'id, n. p. 1523The same as WOOD-VINEGAR, q. v.Wood'-a-ném'-o-ne, n. p. 1523(Bot.) A species of anemone; Anemone nemorosa.Wŏod'-ant, n. p. 1523(Entom.) A large ant living in society in woods and forests, and constructing large nests; Formica rufa.Wood'bind, n. p. 1523The same as WOODBINE. [Rare.]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.Wŏod'-bound, a. p. 1523Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.Wood'chät, n. p. 1523(Ornith.) A species of butcher-bird or shrike; Lanius rufus. Jardine.Wŏod'-choir, n. p. 1523The choir or chorus of birds in the woods. Coleridge.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…Wŏod'-coal, n. p. 1523Charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.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…Wōod’ĕck-shēll, n. p. 1523(Conch.) The shell of certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long tube with or without spines. Cyc.Wŏod'-crăck'er, n. p. 1523(Ornith.) A certain bird.Wōod'-crāft, n. p. 1523Skill and practice in shooting and other sports in the woods.Wood'-crick'et, n. p. 1523(Entom.) A certain insect.Wood'-cŭl'ver, n. p. 1523The wood-pigeon.Wŏod'-cut, n. p. 1523An engraving on wood, or an impression from such an engraving.Wŏod'-cŭt'ter, n. p. 1523A person who cuts wood. 2. One who makes wood-cuts; an engraver on wood.Wood-cut'ting, n. p. 1523The act or employment of cutting wood.Wŏod'-dōve, n. p. 1523(Ornith.) The wood-pigeon.Wood'-drink, n. p. 1523A decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.Wŏod'-dŭck, n. p. 1523(Ornith.) The summer-duck. See SUMMER-DUCK.Wood'-ēch'o, n. p. 1523An echo from the wood.Wood'ed, a. p. 1523Supplied or covered with wood; as, land wooded and watered. The brook escaped from the eye into a deep and wooded dell. W. Scott.Wŏod'en, a. p. 1523Made of wood; consisting of wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden horse. 2. Clumsy; awkward. When a bold man is put out of countenance, he makes a very wooden figure on it. Collier.Wooden spoon p. 1523The last junior optime who takes a university degree—denoting one who is only fit to stay at home and stir porridge. “We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling…Wood'-en-grav'ing, n. p. 1523The act or art of engraving on wood, or of cutting figures of natural objects on wood; xylography. 2. An engraving on wood; a wood-cut; also, loosely, the impression from such an engraving.Wood'-frĕt'ter, n. p. 1523An insect or worm that eats wood. Ainsworth.Wood'-ger-mān'der, n. p. 1523(Bot.) A plant of Great Britain (Teucrium scorodonia), having a bitter taste;— called also wood-sage. Baird.Wood'-gōd, n. p. 1523A fabled sylvan deity.Wood'-grouse, n. p. 1523(Ornith.) The capercailzie, or cock of the woods. See CAPERCAILZIE.Wood'-hōle, n. p. 1523A place where wood is laid up.Wood'-house, n. p. 1523A house or shed in which wood is deposited and sheltered from the weather.Wood'i-ness, n. p. 1523State or quality of being woody.Wood'-länd, n. p. 1523Land covered with wood, or land on which trees are suffered to grow either for fuel or timber. Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again. Pope.…Wōod'-lärk, n. p. 1523(Ornith.) A bird, a species of lark; the Alauda arborea, which, like the sky-lark, utters its notes while on the wing. Jardine.Wŏod'-lāy'er, n. p. 1523A young oak or other timber-plant, laid down in a hedge among the white-thorn or other plants used in hedges.Wood'less, a. p. 1523Destitute of wood. Mitford.Wood'less-ness, n. p. 1523The state of being woodless, or destitute of wood.Wōod'-lŏck, n. p. 1523(Naut.) A piece of wood close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.