English Dictionary: Wellasbest | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Walkable \Walk"a*ble\, a. Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over. [R.] --Swift. | |
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Walk-over \Walk"-o`ver\, n. In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. [?] a nail. Cf. {Interval}.] 1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan. v. 5. 2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense. The waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. --Ex. xiv. 22. In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troyan walls. --Shak. To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden. 3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder. 4. (Mining) (a) The side of a level or drift. (b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond. Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the formation of compounds, usually of obvious signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc. {Blank wall}, Blind wall, etc. See under {Blank}, {Blind}, etc. {To drive to the wall}, to bring to extremities; to push to extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over. {To go to the wall}, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the weaker party; to be pushed to extremes. {To take the wall}. to take the inner side of a walk, that is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence. [bd]I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's.[b8] --Shak. {Wall barley} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Hordeum murinum}) much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under {Squirrel}. {Wall box}. (Mach.) See {Wall frame}, below. {Wall creeper} (Zo[94]l.), a small bright-colored bird ({Tichodroma muraria}) native of Asia and Southern Europe. It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red at the base and black distally, some of them with white spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider catcher}. {Wall cress} (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under {Mouse-ear}. {Wall frame} (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the wall; -- called also {wall box}. {Wall fruit}, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall. {Wall gecko} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by means of suckers on the feet. {Wall lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks and crevices of walls; -- called also {wall newt}. {Wall louse}, a wood louse. {Wall moss} (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls. {Wall newt} (Zo[94]l.), the wall lizard. --Shak. {Wall paper}, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper hangings. {Wall pellitory} (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed medicinal. {Wall pennywort} (Bot.), a plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus}) having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in Western Europe. {Wall pepper} (Bot.), a low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre}) with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in Europe, and is sometimes seen in America. {Wall pie} (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue. {Wall piece}, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott. {Wall plate} (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like. See Illust. of {Roof}. {Wall rock}, granular limestone used in building walls. [U. S.] --Bartlett. {Wall rue} (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like. {Wall spring}, a spring of water issuing from stratified rocks. {Wall tent}, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to the walls of a house. {Wall wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a common European solitary wasp ({Odynerus parietus}) which makes its nest in the crevices of walls. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. [?] a nail. Cf. {Interval}.] 1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan. v. 5. 2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense. The waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. --Ex. xiv. 22. In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troyan walls. --Shak. To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden. 3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder. 4. (Mining) (a) The side of a level or drift. (b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond. Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the formation of compounds, usually of obvious signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc. {Blank wall}, Blind wall, etc. See under {Blank}, {Blind}, etc. {To drive to the wall}, to bring to extremities; to push to extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over. {To go to the wall}, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the weaker party; to be pushed to extremes. {To take the wall}. to take the inner side of a walk, that is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence. [bd]I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's.[b8] --Shak. {Wall barley} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Hordeum murinum}) much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under {Squirrel}. {Wall box}. (Mach.) See {Wall frame}, below. {Wall creeper} (Zo[94]l.), a small bright-colored bird ({Tichodroma muraria}) native of Asia and Southern Europe. It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red at the base and black distally, some of them with white spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider catcher}. {Wall cress} (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under {Mouse-ear}. {Wall frame} (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the wall; -- called also {wall box}. {Wall fruit}, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall. {Wall gecko} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by means of suckers on the feet. {Wall lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks and crevices of walls; -- called also {wall newt}. {Wall louse}, a wood louse. {Wall moss} (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls. {Wall newt} (Zo[94]l.), the wall lizard. --Shak. {Wall paper}, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper hangings. {Wall pellitory} (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed medicinal. {Wall pennywort} (Bot.), a plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus}) having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in Western Europe. {Wall pepper} (Bot.), a low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre}) with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in Europe, and is sometimes seen in America. {Wall pie} (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue. {Wall piece}, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott. {Wall plate} (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like. See Illust. of {Roof}. {Wall rock}, granular limestone used in building walls. [U. S.] --Bartlett. {Wall rue} (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like. {Wall spring}, a spring of water issuing from stratified rocks. {Wall tent}, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to the walls of a house. {Wall wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a common European solitary wasp ({Odynerus parietus}) which makes its nest in the crevices of walls. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Well \Well\, n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain. [?][?][?][?]. See {Well}, v. i.] 1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well. --Milton. 2. A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in. The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. --John iv. 11. 3. A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine. 4. Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring. [bd]This well of mercy.[b8] --Chaucer. Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled. --Spenser. A well of serious thought and pure. --Keble. 5. (Naut.) (a) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection. (b) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market. (c) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of water. (d) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; -- often called the cockpit. 6. (Mil.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries. 7. (Arch.) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole. 8. (Metal.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls. {Artesian well}, {Driven well}. See under {Artesian}, and {Driven}. {Pump well}. (Naut.) See {Well}, 5 (a), above. {Well boring}, the art or process of boring an artesian well. {Well drain}. (a) A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or pit, serving to discharge the water of wet land. (b) A drain conducting to a well or pit. {Well room}. (a) A room where a well or spring is situated; especially, one built over a mineral spring. (b) (Naut.) A depression in the bottom of a boat, into which water may run, and whence it is thrown out with a scoop. {Well sinker}, one who sinks or digs wells. {Well sinking}, the art or process of sinking or digging wells. {Well staircase} (Arch.), a staircase having a wellhole (see {Wellhole} (b) ), as distinguished from one which occupies the whole of the space left for it in the floor. {Well sweep}. Same as {Sweep}, n., 12. {Well water}, the water that flows into a well from subterraneous springs; the water drawn from a well. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Well-sped \Well"-sped`\, a. Having good success. | |
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Well-spoken \Well"-spo`ken\, a. [Well + speak.] 1. Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly. [bd]A knight well-spoken.[b8] --Shak. 2. Spoken with propriety; as, well-spoken words. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wellspring \Well"spring`\, n. A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply. Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly. --Prov. xvi. 22. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Welsbach \Wels"bach\, a. Of or pertaining to Auer von Welsbach or the incandescent gas burner invented by him. {Welsbach burner}, a burner in which the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor is employed to heat to incandescence a mantle composed of thoria and ceria. The mantle is made by soaking a [bd]stocking[b8] in a solution of nitrates of thorium and cerium (approx. 99 : 1), drying, and, for use, igniting to burn the thread and convert the nitrates into oxides, which remain as a fragile ash. The light far exceeds that obtained from the same amount of gas with the ordinary fishtail burner, but has a slight greenish hue. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Welsbach \Wels"bach\, a. Of or pertaining to Auer von Welsbach or the incandescent gas burner invented by him. {Welsbach burner}, a burner in which the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor is employed to heat to incandescence a mantle composed of thoria and ceria. The mantle is made by soaking a [bd]stocking[b8] in a solution of nitrates of thorium and cerium (approx. 99 : 1), drying, and, for use, igniting to burn the thread and convert the nitrates into oxides, which remain as a fragile ash. The light far exceeds that obtained from the same amount of gas with the ordinary fishtail burner, but has a slight greenish hue. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Welsh \Welsh\, a. [AS. w[91]lisc, welisc, from wealh a stranger, foreigner, not of Saxon origin, a Welshman, a Celt, Gael; akin to OHG. walh, whence G. w[84]lsch or welsch, Celtic, Welsh, Italian, French, Foreign, strange, OHG. walhisc; from the name of a Celtic tribe. See {Walnut}.] Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants. [Sometimes written also {Welch}.] {Welsh flannel}, a fine kind of flannel made from the fleece of the flocks of the Welsh mountains, and largely manufactured by hand. {Welsh glaive}, [or] {Welsh hook}, a weapon of war used in former times by the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kind of poleax. --Fairholt. --Craig. {Welsh mortgage} (O. Eng. Law), a species of mortgage, being a conveyance of an estate, redeemable at any time on payment of the principal, with an understanding that the profits in the mean time shall be received by the mortgagee without account, in satisfaction of interest. --Burrill. {Welsh mutton}, a choice and delicate kind of mutton obtained from a breed of small sheep in Wales. {Welsh onion} (Bot.), a kind of onion ({Allium fistulosum}) having hollow inflated stalks and leaves, but scarcely any bulb, a native of Siberia. It is said to have been introduced from Germany, and is supposed to have derived its name from the German term w[84]lsch foreign. {Welsh parsley}, hemp, or halters made from hemp. [Obs. & Jocular] --J. Fletcher. {Welsh rabbit}. See under {Rabbit}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Welsh \Welsh\, a. [AS. w[91]lisc, welisc, from wealh a stranger, foreigner, not of Saxon origin, a Welshman, a Celt, Gael; akin to OHG. walh, whence G. w[84]lsch or welsch, Celtic, Welsh, Italian, French, Foreign, strange, OHG. walhisc; from the name of a Celtic tribe. See {Walnut}.] Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants. [Sometimes written also {Welch}.] {Welsh flannel}, a fine kind of flannel made from the fleece of the flocks of the Welsh mountains, and largely manufactured by hand. {Welsh glaive}, [or] {Welsh hook}, a weapon of war used in former times by the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kind of poleax. --Fairholt. --Craig. {Welsh mortgage} (O. Eng. Law), a species of mortgage, being a conveyance of an estate, redeemable at any time on payment of the principal, with an understanding that the profits in the mean time shall be received by the mortgagee without account, in satisfaction of interest. --Burrill. {Welsh mutton}, a choice and delicate kind of mutton obtained from a breed of small sheep in Wales. {Welsh onion} (Bot.), a kind of onion ({Allium fistulosum}) having hollow inflated stalks and leaves, but scarcely any bulb, a native of Siberia. It is said to have been introduced from Germany, and is supposed to have derived its name from the German term w[84]lsch foreign. {Welsh parsley}, hemp, or halters made from hemp. [Obs. & Jocular] --J. Fletcher. {Welsh rabbit}. See under {Rabbit}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the toothed whales ({Odontocete}), including those that have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales ({Mysticete}), comprising those that are destitute of teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale (see Illust. of {Right whale}), the Biscay whale, the Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under {Gray}), the humpback, the finback, and the rorqual. {Whale bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and floating oil; especially, {Prion turtur} (called also {blue petrel}), and {Pseudoprion desolatus}. (b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the carcasses of whales. [Canada] {Whale fin} (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds. {Whale fishery}, the fishing for, or occupation of taking, whales. {Whale louse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus {Cyamus}, especially {C. ceti}. They are parasitic on various cetaceans. {Whale's bone}, ivory. [Obs.] {Whale shark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The basking, or liver, shark. (b) A very large harmless shark ({Rhinodon typicus}) native of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet long. {Whale shot}, the name formerly given to spermaceti. {Whale's tongue} (Zo[94]l.), a balanoglossus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wheel-shaped \Wheel"-shaped`\, a. 1. Shaped like a wheel. 2. (Bot.) Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wallisville, TX Zip code(s): 77597 | |
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Wallsburg, UT (town, FIPS 80970) Location: 40.38689 N, 111.42086 W Population (1990): 252 (81 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84082 | |
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Walshville, IL (village, FIPS 78656) Location: 39.06941 N, 89.61950 W Population (1990): 44 (14 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62091 | |
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Wells Branch, TX (CDP, FIPS 77196) Location: 30.44575 N, 97.67906 W Population (1990): 7094 (3894 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Wells Bridge, NY Zip code(s): 13859 | |
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Wellsboro, PA (borough, FIPS 82160) Location: 41.74613 N, 77.30293 W Population (1990): 3430 (1516 housing units) Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16901 | |
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Wellsburg, IA (city, FIPS 83325) Location: 42.43375 N, 92.92442 W Population (1990): 682 (366 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50680 Wellsburg, NY (village, FIPS 79081) Location: 42.01282 N, 76.72961 W Population (1990): 617 (263 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14894 Wellsburg, WV (city, FIPS 85324) Location: 40.28170 N, 80.60983 W Population (1990): 3385 (1564 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26070 | |
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Wellsville, KS (city, FIPS 76625) Location: 38.71748 N, 95.08110 W Population (1990): 1563 (607 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66092 Wellsville, MO (city, FIPS 78406) Location: 39.07374 N, 91.56791 W Population (1990): 1430 (597 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63384 Wellsville, NY (village, FIPS 79092) Location: 42.12096 N, 77.94747 W Population (1990): 5241 (2387 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14895 Wellsville, OH (city, FIPS 82740) Location: 40.60272 N, 80.65633 W Population (1990): 4532 (2047 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43968 Wellsville, PA (borough, FIPS 82200) Location: 40.05024 N, 76.94084 W Population (1990): 304 (129 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17365 Wellsville, UT (city, FIPS 82620) Location: 41.63228 N, 111.93179 W Population (1990): 2206 (629 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84339 | |
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Whaleysville, MD Zip code(s): 21872 | |
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Willisburg, KY (city, FIPS 83424) Location: 37.81007 N, 85.12196 W Population (1990): 223 (101 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40078 | |
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Willisville, AR (town, FIPS 75770) Location: 33.51846 N, 93.29478 W Population (1990): 196 (91 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71864 Willisville, IL (village, FIPS 81867) Location: 37.98288 N, 89.59056 W Population (1990): 577 (266 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62997 | |
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Willoughby, OH (city, FIPS 85484) Location: 41.64627 N, 81.40941 W Population (1990): 20510 (8969 housing units) Area: 26.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44094 | |
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Willoughby Hills, OH (city, FIPS 85512) Location: 41.58480 N, 81.43515 W Population (1990): 8427 (4235 housing units) Area: 27.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Willow Spring, NC Zip code(s): 27592 | |
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Willow Springs, CA Zip code(s): 93560 Willow Springs, IL (village, FIPS 82049) Location: 41.73350 N, 87.88245 W Population (1990): 4509 (1657 housing units) Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60480 Willow Springs, MO (city, FIPS 80098) Location: 36.99429 N, 91.96994 W Population (1990): 2038 (956 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65793 | |
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Wills Point, TX (city, FIPS 79564) Location: 32.70942 N, 96.00618 W Population (1990): 2986 (1239 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75169 | |
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Willsboro, NY Zip code(s): 12996 | |
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Willseyville, NY Zip code(s): 13864 | |
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Wilseyville, CA Zip code(s): 95257 | |
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Wylliesburg, VA Zip code(s): 23976 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
walk off the end of vt. To run past the end of an array, list, or medium after stepping through it -- a good way to land in trouble. Often the result of an {off-by-one error}. Compare {clobber}, {roach}, {smash the stack}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
walk off the end of To run past the end of an {array}, {list} or medium after stepping through it - a good way to land in trouble. Often the result of an {off-by-one error}. Compare {clobber}, {roach}, {smash the stack}. |