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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. Wool'-scrib'bler, n.p. 1524See WOOLEN-SCRIBBLER.
  2. Wool'sey, n.p. 1524See LINSEY-WOOLSEY.
  3. Wōol'-stā'ple, n.p. 1524A city or town where wool used to be brought to the king's staple for sale.
  4. Wool'-stā'pler, n.p. 1524One who deals in wool. 2. One who sorts wool according to its adaptation to different manufacturing purposes. Simmonds.
  5. Wool'-stōck, n.p. 1524A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth. Simmonds.
  6. Wool'ward, adv.p. 1524In wool. [Obs.] To go woolward, to wear woolen next the skin. I go woolward for penance. Shak.
  7. Wōol'ward-gō'ing, n.p. 1524A wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance. [Obs.] “Their watching, fasting, woolward-going, and rising at midnight.” Tyndale.
  8. Wool'-wind'er, n.p. 1524A person employed to wind or make up wool into bundles to be packed for sale.
  9. Wōop, n.p. 1524(Ornith.) A certain bird.
  10. Woor'a-li, n.p. 1524See WOURALI.
  11. Wēos, n.p. 1524(Bot.) A certain plant; a kind of sea-weed.
  12. Wōo'zy, a.p. 1524Oozy; wet. [Obs.] Drayton.
  13. Wōōtz, n.p. 1524Indian steel; a species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued as the material of edge-tools. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica.
  14. Word, n.p. 1524The spoken sign of a conception or idea: an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single…
  15. Word, v. i.p. 1524To use words in discussion; to dispute. [Rare.] L'Estrange.
  16. Word, v. t.p. 1524To express in words. The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince. Addison. 2. To ply with words; to meet with talk instead of action. Thou word'st me…
  17. Word'-bŏŏk, n.p. 1524A collection of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon.
  18. Word'-cătch'er, n.p. 1524One who cavils at words. 2. One who busies himself in collecting words with their significations.
  19. Word'er, n.p. 1524A speaker. [Obs.]
  20. Word'i-ly, adv.p. 1524In a verbose or wordy manner.
  21. Word'i-ness, n.p. 1524The state or quality of being wordy, or abounding with words. Jeffrey.
  22. Word'ing, n.p. 1524The act or manner of expressing in words; style of expression. It is believed the wording was above his known style and orthography. Milton.
  23. Word'ish, a.p. 1524Respecting words; full of words; wordy. [Obs.] Sidney.
  24. Word'ish-ness, n.p. 1524The quality of being wordish or wordy; wordiness; verbosity; manner of wording. [Obs.] The truth they hide by their dark wordishness. Digby.
  25. Word'less, a.p. 1524Not using words; not speaking; silent. Shak.
  26. Word'-pāint'ing, n.p. 1524The act of describing an object fully and vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the mind, as if in a picture.
  27. Word'-pic'ture, n.p. 1524An accurate and vivid description, which presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a picture.
  28. Words’man, n.p. 1525One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. [Rare.] “Some speculative wordsman.” Bushnell.
  29. Word'y, a.p. 1525Using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker; a wordy orator. “A wordy and insolent braggart.” Shak. 2. Containing many words; full of words. We need not lavish hours in wordy periods. Philips.
  30. Wōre, imp.p. 1525of wear; (b.) imp. of ware. See WEAR and WARE.
  31. Work, v. i.p. 1525To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to operate; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like. Go therefore now, and…
  32. Work, v. t.p. 1525To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or utilize by labor; as, to work mortar. He could have told them of two or three gold mines, and a silver mine, and given…
  33. Work, n.p. 1525Exertion of strength; effort directed to an end; toil; labor; employment; particularly in man, manual labor. Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed. Milton. 2. The matter on which one is…
  34. Work'a-ble, a.p. 1525Capable of being worked, as a metal. 2. Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a work'able mine.
  35. Work'-băg, n.p. 1525A bag for holding instruments or materials for work; especially, a bag for holding needle-work, and the like.
  36. Work'-bŏx, n.p. 1525A box for holding instruments or materials for work.
  37. Work'-dāy, n. & a.p. 1525The same as WORKING-DAY, q. v.
  38. Work'er, n.p. 1525One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer. “Professors of holiness, but workers of iniquity.” South. 2. One of the working bees. See NEUTER.
  39. Work'-fĕl/lōw, n.p. 1525One engaged in the same work with another.
  40. Work'-fōlk or Work'-fōlks, n. pl.p. 1525Persons that labor.
  41. Work'ful, a.p. 1525Full of work; diligent; industrious. [Rare.]
  42. Work'-house, n.p. 1525A house where any manufacture is carried on. 2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor. 3. A house where the town poor are maintained at the public expense, and provided with…
  43. Work'ing, p. a.p. 1525Moving; operating; laboring; fermenting.
  44. Working classp. 1525the class of people who are engaged in manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives;—chiefly used in the plural.
  45. Work'ing-day, n.p. 1525A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from the Sabbath, festivals, &c.
  46. Work'ing-day, a.p. 1525Plodding; hard-working. “This working-day world.” Shak.
  47. Work'ing-draw'ing, n.p. 1525A drawing, as of the whole or part of a structure, machine, &c., made to a scale, and in such detail as to be the guide in its construction.
  48. Work'ing-house, n.p. 1525The same as WORK-HOUSE, q. v.
  49. Work'ing-point, n.p. 1525(Mach.) That part of a machine at which the effect required is produced.
  50. Work'less, a.p. 1525Without work; not laboring; also, not carried out in practice; not exemplified in fact. [Obs.]
  51. Work'manp. 1525n; pl. WORK/MEN (wŭrk'-men). [A-S. weoremann.] 1. A man employed in labor, whether in tillage or manufactures; a worker. 2. Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer.
  52. Work'man-like, a.p. 1525Becoming a workman, especially a skillful one; skillful; well performed.
  53. Work'man-ly, a.p. 1525Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed.
  54. Work'man-ly, adv.p. 1525In a skillful manner; in a manner becoming a skillful workman.
  55. Work'man-shĭp, n.p. 1525The art of working. [Obs.] 2. The skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making any thing. Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield. Spenser. Beauty is nature's brag, and must be…
  56. Work'-mās'ter, n.p. 1525The performer of any work; a workman. [Rare.] Spenser.
  57. Work'ship, n.p. 1525Workmanship. [R.] Scott.
  58. Work'shŏp, n.p. 1525A shop where any manufacture is carried on.
  59. Work'-tā'ble, n.p. 1525A table for holding work, and materials and implements for it; especially, a small table, containing drawers and other conveniences for ladies in respect to their needlework.
  60. Work'-wom'an, n.p. 1525