English Dictionary: Wassily Kandinsky | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wassail \Was"sail\, a. Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl. [bd]Awassail candle, my lord, all tallow.[b8] --Shak. {Wassail bowl}, a bowl in which wassail was mixed, and placed upon the table. [bd]Spiced wassail bowl.[b8] --J. Fletcher. [bd]When the cloth was removed, the butler brought in a huge silver vessel . . . Its appearance was hailed with acclamation, being the wassail bowl so renowned in Christmas festivity.[b8] --W. Irving. {Wassail cup}, a cup from which wassail was drunk. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wax \Wax\, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk'.] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow. Note: Beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid (constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl palmitate (constituting the less soluble part). 2. Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance. Specifically: (a) (Physiol.) Cerumen, or earwax. See {Cerumen}. (b) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread. (d) (Zo[94]l.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See {Wax insect}, below. (e) (Bot.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See {Vegetable wax}, under {Vegetable}. (f) (Min.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite. (g) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling. [Local U. S.] {Japanese wax}, a waxlike substance made in Japan from the berries of certain species of {Rhus}, esp. {R. succedanea}. {Mineral wax}. (Min.) See {Wax}, 2 (f), above. {Wax cloth}. See {Waxed cloth}, under {Waxed}. {Wax end}. See {Waxed end}, under {Waxed}. {Wax flower}, a flower made of, or resembling, wax. {Wax insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of scale insects belonging to the family {Coccid[91]}, which secrete from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially the Chinese wax insect ({Coccus Sinensis}) from which a large amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained. Called also {pela}. {Wax light}, a candle or taper of wax. {Wax moth} (Zo[94]l.), a pyralid moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose larv[91] feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken galleries among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray wings streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva is yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also {bee moth}. {Wax myrtle}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry}. {Wax painting}, a kind of painting practiced by the ancients, under the name of encaustic. The pigments were ground with wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted with hot irons and the color thus fixed. {Wax palm}. (Bot.) (a) A species of palm ({Ceroxylon Andicola}) native of the Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion, consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax, which, when melted with a third of fat, makes excellent candles. (b) A Brazilian tree ({Copernicia cerifera}) the young leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy secretion. {Wax paper}, paper prepared with a coating of white wax and other ingredients. {Wax plant} (Bot.), a name given to several plants, as: (a) The Indian pipe (see under {Indian}). (b) The {Hoya carnosa}, a climbing plant with polished, fleshy leaves. (c) Certain species of {Begonia} with similar foliage. {Wax tree} (Bot.) (a) A tree or shrub ({Ligustrum lucidum}) of China, on which certain insects make a thick deposit of a substance resembling white wax. (b) A kind of sumac ({Rhus succedanea}) of Japan, the berries of which yield a sort of wax. (c) A rubiaceous tree ({El[91]agia utilis}) of New Grenada, called by the inhabitants [bd]arbol del cera.[b8] {Wax yellow}, a dull yellow, resembling the natural color of beeswax. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Weakly \Weak"ly\, a. [Compar. {Weaklier}; superl. {Weakliest}.] Not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly woman; a man of a weakly constitution. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Weasel \Wea"sel\, n. [OE. wesele, AS. wesle; akin to D. wezel, G. wiesel, OHG. wisala, Icel. hreyiv[c6]sla, Dan. v[84]sel, Sw. vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. [?], [?], cat, weasel.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus {Putorius}, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons. {Malacca weasel}, the rasse. {Weasel coot}, a female or young male of the smew; -- so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called also {weasel duck}. {Weasel lemur}, a short-tailed lemur ({Lepilemur mustelinus}). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown below, with the throat white. | |
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Weekly \Week"ly\, n.; pl. {Weeklies}. A publication issued once in seven days, or appearing once a week. | |
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Weighlock \Weigh"lock`\, n. A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled. | |
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Wigless \Wig"less\, a. Having or wearing no wig. | |
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Wise-like \Wise"-like`\, a. Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious. The only wise-like thing I heard anybody say. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wakulla County, FL (county, FIPS 129) Location: 30.15267 N, 84.38125 W Population (1990): 14202 (6587 housing units) Area: 1571.3 sq km (land), 334.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Weakley County, TN (county, FIPS 183) Location: 36.29490 N, 88.71688 W Population (1990): 31972 (12857 housing units) Area: 1502.9 sq km (land), 4.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Weigelstown, PA (CDP, FIPS 82008) Location: 39.98740 N, 76.82944 W Population (1990): 8665 (3288 housing units) Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Weslaco, TX (city, FIPS 77272) Location: 26.16158 N, 97.98435 W Population (1990): 21877 (8851 housing units) Area: 21.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78596 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wesley Chapel, FL Zip code(s): 33543 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
wiggles n. [scientific computation] In solving partial differential equations by finite difference and similar methods, wiggles are sawtooth (up-down-up-down) oscillations at the shortest wavelength representable on the grid. If an algorithm is unstable, this is often the most unstable waveform, so it grows to dominate the solution. Alternatively, stable (though inaccurate) wiggles can be generated near a discontinuity by a Gibbs phenomenon. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
wish list n. A list of desired features or bug fixes that probably won't get done for a long time, usually because the person responsible for the code is too busy or can't think of a clean way to do it. "OK, I'll add automatic filename completion to the wish list for the new interface." Compare {tick-list features}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Wesley Clark Computer} at {MIT} who subsequently had a quiet hand in many seminal computing events, such as the development of the {Internet}, the first really good description of the {metastability} problem in computer logic. {(http://www.pretext.com/mar98/features/story1.htm)}. (1999-03-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
wiggles [scientific computation] In solving partial differential equations by finite difference and similar methods, wiggles are sawtooth (up-down-up-down) oscillations at the shortest wavelength representable on the grid. If an algorithm is unstable, this is often the most unstable waveform, so it grows to dominate the solution. Alternatively, stable (though inaccurate) wiggles can be generated near a discontinuity by a Gibbs phenomenon. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
wish list probably won't get done for a long time, usually because the person responsible for the code is too busy or can't think of a clean way to do it. "OK, I'll add automatic filename completion to the wish list for the new interface." Compare {tick-list features}. [Does anybody call this a "want list"?] [{Jargon File}] (1998-04-28) |