English Dictionary: Wesleyan Methodists | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Waggle \Wag"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waggling}.] To move frequently one way and the other; to wag; as, a bird waggles his tail. | |
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Weakling \Weak"ling\, n. [Weak + -ling.] A weak or feeble creature. --Shak. [bd]All looking on him as a weakling, which would post to the grave.[b8] --Fuller. We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy. --Latimer. | |
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Weakling \Weak"ling\, a. Weak; feeble. --Sir T. North. | |
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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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Weech-elm \Weech"-elm`\, n. (Bot.) The wych-elm. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Wesleyan \Wes"ley*an\, a. [See {Wesleyanism}.] Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism. | |
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Wesleyan \Wes"ley*an\, n. (Eccl.) One who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist. | |
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Wesleyanism \Wes"ley*an*ism\, n. (Eccl.) The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See {Methodist}, n., 2. | |
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Whigling \Whig"ling\, n. A petty or inferior Whig; -- used in contempt. --Spectator. | |
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Wiseling \Wise"ling\, n. One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling. --Donne. | |
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Wych-elm \Wych"-elm`\, n. [OE. wiche a kind of elm, AS. wice a kind of tree. Cf. {Wicker}.] (Bot.) A species of elm ({Ulmus montana}) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm. Note: By confusion this word is often written witch-elm. | |
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Wesleyan College, NC Zip code(s): 27804 |