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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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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.Wood'-louse, n. p. 1523(Entom.) An insect of the genus Oniscus, inhabiting gardens, old walls, cellars, and other damp places. It feeds upon decayed animal and vegetable matter. Its branchial feet perform the part of true…Wŏod'ly, adv. p. 1523In a wood, mad, or raving manner; madly; furiously. [Obs.]Wood’-man, n. p. 1523A forest officer, appointed to take care of the king’s wood. [Eng.] 2. A sportsman; a hunter. The duke is a better woodman than thou takest him for. Shak. 3. One who cuts down trees; a wood-cutter.…Wōōd'meil, n. p. 1523A coarse, hairy stuff made originally of Iceland wool, used to line the ports of ships of war, for coarse garments, and like uses; wadmal.Wōōd'-mīte, n. p. 1523(Zoöl.) One of a family of arachnidans, found creeping in the moss gathered upon stones and trees. Baird.Wood'-mōn/ger, n. p. 1523A wood-seller. [Obs.]Wōod'-mōte, n. p. 1523(Eng. Law.) (a.) Formerly, the forest court. [Obs.] (b.) The court of attachment.Wōōd'ness, n. p. 1523Anger; madness; rage. [Obs.] Spenser.Wood'-night'shade, n. p. 1523A plant; Solanum dulcamara; woody nightshade.Wōod'-nōte, n. p. 1523Wild music. [Rare.] Or sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. Milton.Wŏod'-nÿmph, n. p. 1523A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled goddess of the woods; a dryad. “The wood-nymphs decked with daisies trim.” Milton.Wood'-ōf'fer-ing, n. p. 1523Wood burnt on the altar. We cast lots for the wood-offering. Neh. x. 34.Wōōd'-oil, n. p. 1523A resinous oil obtained from the Dipterocarpus lævis (or D. turbinatus), having properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes called balsam of copaiba.Wōod'-ō'pal, n. p. 1523(Min.) A striped variety of coarse opal, having some resemblance to wood.Wood'-peck, n. p. 1523The woodpecker. [Obs.]Wood'-peck'er, n. p. 1523(Ornith.) A scansorial bird of the genus Picus. It has a strong bill, and pecks holes in the wood or bark of trees in pursuit of insects. There are many species. a. Canadian Woodpecker. b. Lesser…Wōōd'-pĭg'eon, n. p. 1524(Ornith.) The ring-dove (Columba palumbus).Wōod'-pū'çe-rōn, n. p. 1524A small insect of a grayish color, having two hollow horns on the hinder part of its body. It penetrates into wood.Wōōd'-răt, n. p. 1524(Zoöl.) A rat of the Southern States, found in the woods; Neotoma Floridana.Wōōd'-reeve, n. p. 1524The steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]Wōōd'-rōck, n. p. 1524A compact variety of asbestos.Wōōd'-rōof or Wōōd'-ruff, n. p. 1524(Bot.) A plant of the genus Asperula. London.Wōōd'-rūsh, n. p. 1524(Bot.) A plant of the genus Luzula; a species of rush having flat leaves. Gray.Wōōd'-sāge, n. p. 1524See WOOD-GERMANDER.Wōōd'-sāre, n. p. 1524A kind of froth seen on herbs. [Obs.]