English Dictionary: Wilde | by the DICT Development Group |
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Wail \Wail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wailing}.] [OE. wailen, weilen, probably fr. Icel. v[91]la; cf. Icel. v[91], vei, woe, and E. wayment, also OE. wai, wei, woe. Cf. {Woe}.] To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death. --Shak. | |
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Wald \Wald\, n. [AS. weald. See {Wold}.] A forest; -- used as a termination of names. See {Weald}. | |
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Wall \Wall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Walled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Walling}.] 1. To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall. [bd]Seven walled towns of strength.[b8] --Shak. The king of Thebes, Amphion, That with his singing walled that city. --Chaucer. 2. To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify. The terror of his name that walls us in. --Denham. 3. To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway. | |
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Wallet \Wal"let\, n. [OE. walet, probably the same word as OE. watel a bag. See {Wattle}.] 1. A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack. [His hood] was trussed up in his walet. --Chaucer. 2. A pocketbook for keeping money about the person. 3. Anything protuberant and swagging. [bd]Wallets of flesh.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Wall-eyed \Wall"-eyed`\, a. [Icel. valdeyg[edh]r, or vagleygr; fr. vagl a beam, a beam in the eye (akin to Sw. vagel a roost, a perch, a sty in the eye) + eygr having eyes (from auga eye). See {Eye}.] Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color. --Booth. Note: Shakespeare, in using wall-eyed as a term of reproach (as [bd]wall-eyed rage,[b8] a [bd]wall-eyed wretch[b8]), alludes probably to the idea of unnatural or distorted vision. See the Note under {Wall-eye}. It is an eye which is utterly and incurably perverted, an eye that knows no pity. | |
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Wallow \Wal"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wallowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wallowing}.] [OE. walwen, AS. wealwian; akin to Goth. walwjan (in comp.) to roll, L. volvere; cf. Skr. val to turn. [fb]147. Cf. {Voluble Well}, n.] 1. To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire. I may wallow in the lily beds. --Shak. 2. To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner. God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity. --South. 3. To wither; to fade. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Walty \Wal"ty\, a. [Cf. {Walter} to roll.] Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship. [R.] --Longfellow. | |
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Waylay \Way"lay`\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waylaid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waylaying}.] [Way + lay.] To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush. Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have already waylaid. --Shak. She often contrived to waylay him in his walks. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Weald \Weald\, n. [AS. See {Wold}.] A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names. Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, And heard the spirits of the waste and weald Moan as she fled. --Tennyson. {Weald clay} (Geol.), the uppermost member of the Wealden strata. See {Wealden}. | |
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Wealth \Wealth\, n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See {Weal} prosperity.] 1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] [bd]Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.[b8] --1 Cor. x. 24. 2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches. I have little wealth to lose. --Shak. Each day new wealth, without their care, provides. --Dryden. Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else. --F. A. Walker. {Active wealth}. See under {Active}. Syn: Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance. | |
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Wealth \Wealth\, n. (Econ.) (a) In the private sense, all pooperty which has a money value. (b) In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility. (c) Specif. called {personal wealth}. Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient. | |
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Wealthy \Wealth"y\, a. [Compar. {Wealthier}; superl. {Wealthiest}.] 1. Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich. A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. --Shak. Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. --Ps. lxvi. 12. 2. Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant. [R.] The wealthy witness of my pen. --B. Jonson. | |
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Weld \Weld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Welded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Welding}.] [Probably originally the same word as well to spring up, to gush; perhaps from the Scand.; cf. Sw. v[84]lla to weld, uppv[84]lla to boil up, to spring up, Dan. v[91]lde to gush, G. wellen to weld. See {Well} to spring.] 1. To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion. Note: Very few of the metals, besides iron and platinum. are capable of being welded. Horn and tortoise shell possess this useful property. 2. Fig.: To unite closely or intimately. Two women faster welded in one love. --Tennyson. | |
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Weld \Weld\, n. The state of being welded; the joint made by welding. {Butt weld}. See under {Butt}. {Scarf weld}, a joint made by overlapping, and welding together, the scarfed ends of two pieces. | |
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Weld \Weld\, v. t. To wield. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Weld \Weld\, n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] 1. (Bot.) An herb ({Reseda luteola}) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also {woald}, {wold}, and {would}.] 2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant. | |
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Welladay \Well"a*day\, interj. [Corrupted from wela way.] Alas! Welaway! --Shak. | |
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Wellat \Wel"lat\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The king parrakeet See under {King}. | |
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Well \Well\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Welled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Welling}.] [OE. wellen, AS. wyllan, wellan, fr. weallan; akin to OFries. walla, OS. & OHG. wallan, G. wallen, Icel. vella, G. welle, wave, OHG. wella, walm, AS. wylm; cf. L. volvere to roll, Gr. [?] to inwrap, [?] to roll. Cf. {Voluble}, {Wallop} to boil, {Wallow}, {Weld} of metal.] To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. [bd][Blood] welled from out the wound.[b8] --Dryden. [bd][Yon spring] wells softly forth.[b8] --Bryant. From his two springs in Gojam's sunny realm, Pure welling out, he through the lucid lake Of fair Dambea rolls his infant streams. --Thomson. | |
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Wellhead \Well"head`\, n. A source, spring, or fountain. At the wellhead the purest streams arise. --Spenser. Our public-school and university life is a great wellhead of new and irresponsible words. --Earle. | |
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Welt \Welt\, n. [OE. welte, probably fr. W. gwald a hem, a welt, gwaldu to welt or to hem.] 1. That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it; as; (a) A small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down. (b) A hem, border, or fringe. [Obs.] (c) In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole. (d) In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint. (e) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it. (f) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed. 2. (Her.) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends. {Welt joint}, a joint, as of plates, made with a welt, instead of by overlapping the edges. See {Weld}, n., 1 (d) . | |
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Welt \Welt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Welted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Welting}.] To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve. | |
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Welt \Welt\, v. t. To wilt. [R.] | |
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Welte \Welte\, obs. imp. of {Weld}, to wield. --Chaucer. | |
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Whala \Whala\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whaling}.] [Cf. {Wale}. ] To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] --Halliwell. Bartlett. | |
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3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede. 4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb. --Milton. 5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass. According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves. --South. [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry wheel. --Milton. {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a complication of circumstances, motives, etc. {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab. {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel}, {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel}, {Brake}, etc. {Core wheel}. (Mach.) (a) A mortise gear. (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear. {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator. {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle, and used for raising great weights, by applying the power to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical powers}, under {Mechanical}. {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end. {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}. {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways. {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of other insects. So named from the curious shape of the prothorax. {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels. {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes connecting the wheel and rudder. {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear wheels; a gear cutter. {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also {wheeler}. {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels. {Wheel lock}. (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}. (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel. (c) A kind of brake a carriage. {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}. {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the lower part of the fly wheel runs. {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate the depth of the furrow. {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced on, or off, their axles. {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set. {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}. {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space. --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework). {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}. {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus {Rotula} having a round, flat shell. {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose window}, under {Rose}. | |
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Wheel \Wheel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wheeled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wheeling}.] 1. To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood. 2. To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle. [bd]The beetle wheels her droning flight.[b8] --Gray. Now heaven, in all her glory, shone, and rolled Her motions, as the great first mover's hand First wheeled their course. --Milton. | |
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Wheeled \Wheeled\, a. Having wheels; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a four-wheeled carriage. | |
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Whewellite \Whew"ell*ite\, n. [So named after Prof. Whewell of Cambridge, England.] (Min.) Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals. | |
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While \While\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whiling}.] To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass; -- usually followed by away. The lovely lady whiled the hours away. --Longfellow. | |
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Wield \Wield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wielded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wielding}.] [OE. welden to govern, to have power over, to possess, AS. geweldan, gewyldan, from wealdan; akin to OS. waldan, OFries. walda, G. walten, OHG. waltan, Icel. valda, Sw. v[86]lla to occasion, to cause, Dan. volde, Goth. waldan to govern, rule, L. valere to be strong. Cf. {Herald}, {Valiant}.] 1. To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess. [Obs.] When a strong armed man keepeth his house, all things that he wieldeth ben in peace. --Wyclif (Luke xi. 21). Wile [ne will] ye wield gold neither silver ne money in your girdles. --Wyclif (Matt. x. 9.) 2. To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway. The famous orators . . . whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democraty. --Milton. Her newborn power was wielded from the first by unprincipled and ambitions men. --De Quincey. 3. To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter. Base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield! --Shak. Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. --Milton. Nothing but the influence of a civilized power could induce a savage to wield a spade. --S. S. Smith. {To wield the scepter}, to govern with supreme command. | |
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Wieldy \Wield"y\, a. Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy. [R.] --Johnson. | |
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Wild \Wild\, a. [Compar. {Wilder}; superl. {Wildest}.] [OE. wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of uncertain origin.] 1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat. Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way. --Shak. 2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey. The woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown. --Milton. 3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. [bd]To trace the forests wild.[b8] --Shak. 4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America. 5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy. [bd]Valor grown wild by pride.[b8] --Prior. [bd]A wild, speculative project.[b8] --Swift. What are these So withered and so wild in their attire ? --Shak. With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes Wild work in heaven. --Milton. The wild winds howl. --Addison. Search then the ruling passion, there, alone The wild are constant, and the cunning known. --Pope. 6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead. 7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or [?]ewilderment; as, a wild look. 8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel. Note: Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of other better known or cultivated plants to which they a bear a real or fancied resemblance; as, wild allspice, wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below. | |
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Wild \Wild\, adv. Wildly; as, to talk wild. --Shak. | |
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Wild \Wild\, n. An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa. then Libya first, of all her moisture drained, Became a barren waste, a wild of sand. --Addison. | |
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Will \Will\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Willed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Willing}. Indic. present I will, thou willeth, he wills; we, ye, they will.] [Cf. AS. willian. See {Will}, n.] 1. To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree. [bd]What she will to do or say.[b8] --Milton. By all law and reason, that which the Parliament will not, is no more established in this kingdom. --Milton. Two things he [God] willeth, that we should be good, and that we should be happy. --Barrow. 2. To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order. [Obs. or R.] They willed me say so, madam. --Shak. Send for music, And will the cooks to use their best of cunning To please the palate. --Beau. & Fl. As you go, will the lord mayor . . . To attend our further pleasure presently. --J. Webster. 3. To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch. | |
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Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata}); -- called also {pill-willet}, {will-willet}, {semipalmated tattler}, or {snipe}, {duck snipe}, and {stone curlew}. {Carolina willet}, the Hudsonian godwit. | |
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Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell. 2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}. {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}. {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}. {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia strobiloides}). {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See {ptarmigan}. {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under {Reed}. (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe. {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. --McElrath. {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}. {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird}, {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William}, {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}. | |
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Willowed \Wil"lowed\, a. Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows. [bd]Willowed meads.[b8] --Collins. | |
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Willow-weed \Wil"low-weed`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A European species of loosestrife ({Lysimachia vulgaris}). (b) Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage. | |
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Wilt \Wilt\, 2d pers. sing. of {Will}. | |
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Wilt \Wilt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wilting}.] [Written also welt, a modification of welk.] To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] | |
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Wilt \Wilt\, v. t. 1. To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant. [Prov. Eng. U. S.] 2. Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility. --Dr. T. Dwight. | |
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Weld \Weld\, n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] 1. (Bot.) An herb ({Reseda luteola}) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also {woald}, {wold}, and {would}.] 2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant. | |
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Woald \Woald\, n. See {Weld}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Weld \Weld\, n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] 1. (Bot.) An herb ({Reseda luteola}) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also {woald}, {wold}, and {would}.] 2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woald \Woald\, n. See {Weld}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Weld \Weld\, n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] 1. (Bot.) An herb ({Reseda luteola}) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also {woald}, {wold}, and {would}.] 2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wold \Wold\, n. See {Weld}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wold \Wold\, n. [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood, forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel. v[94]llr, a field, and probably to Gr. [?] a grove, Skr. v[be][?]a a garden, inclosure. Cf. {Weald}.] 1. A wood; a forest. 2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether hilly or not. And from his further bank [92]tolia's wolds espied. --Byron. The wind that beats the mountain, blows More softly round the open wold. --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Weld \Weld\, n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] 1. (Bot.) An herb ({Reseda luteola}) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also {woald}, {wold}, and {would}.] 2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wold \Wold\, n. See {Weld}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wold \Wold\, n. [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood, forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel. v[94]llr, a field, and probably to Gr. [?] a grove, Skr. v[be][?]a a garden, inclosure. Cf. {Weald}.] 1. A wood; a forest. 2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether hilly or not. And from his further bank [92]tolia's wolds espied. --Byron. The wind that beats the mountain, blows More softly round the open wold. --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wolde \Wolde\, obs. imp. of {Will}. See {Would}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woold \Woold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Woolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Woolding}.] [D. woelen, bewoelen; akin to G. wuhlen, bewuhlen. [fb]146.] (Naut.) To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it. | |
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Wooled \Wooled\, a. Having (such) wool; as, a fine-wooled sheep. | |
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Woolhead \Wool"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The buffel duck. | |
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Woolly-head \Wool"ly-head`\, n. A negro. [Low] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Weld \Weld\, n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] 1. (Bot.) An herb ({Reseda luteola}) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also {woald}, {wold}, and {would}.] 2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Will \Will\, v. t. & auxiliary. [imp. {Would}. Indic. present, I will (Obs. I wol), thou wilt, he will (Obs. he wol); we, ye, they will.] [OE. willen, imp. wolde; akin to OS. willan, OFries. willa, D. willen, G. wollen, OHG. wollan, wellan, Icel. & Sw. vilja, Dan. ville, Goth. wiljan, OSlav. voliti, L. velle to wish, volo I wish; cf. Skr. v[rsdot] to choose, to prefer. Cf. {Voluntary}, {Welcome}, {Well}, adv.] 1. To wish; to desire; to incline to have. A wife as of herself no thing ne sholde [should] Wille in effect, but as her husband wolde [would]. --Chaucer. Caleb said unto her, What will thou ? --Judg. i. 14. They would none of my counsel. --Prov. i. 30. 2. As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, [bd]I will[b8] denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when [bd]will[b8] is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, [bd]You will go,[b8] or [bd]He will go,[b8] describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination. Note: Will, auxiliary, may be used elliptically for will go. [bd]I'll to her lodgings.[b8] --Marlowe. Note: As in shall (which see), the second and third persons may be virtually converted into the first, either by question or indirect statement, so as to receive the meaning which belongs to will in that person; thus, [bd]Will you go?[b8] (answer, [bd]I will go[b8]) asks assent, requests, etc.; while [bd]Will he go?[b8] simply inquires concerning futurity; thus, also,[bd]He says or thinks he will go,[b8] [bd]You say or think you will go,[b8] both signify willingness or consent. Note: Would, as the preterit of will, is chiefly employed in conditional, subjunctive, or optative senses; as, he would go if he could; he could go if he would; he said that he would go; I would fain go, but can not; I would that I were young again; and other like phrases. In the last use, the first personal pronoun is often omitted; as, would that he were here; would to Heaven that it were so; and, omitting the to in such an adjuration. [bd]Would God I had died for thee.[b8] Would is used for both present and future time, in conditional propositions, and would have for past time; as, he would go now if he were ready; if it should rain, he would not go; he would have gone, had he been able. Would not, as also will not, signifies refusal. [bd]He was angry, and would not go in.[b8] --Luke xv. 28. Would is never a past participle. Note: In Ireland, Scotland, and the United States, especially in the southern and western portions of the United States, shall and will, should and would, are often misused, as in the following examples: I am able to devote as much time and attention to other subjects as I will [shall] be under the necessity of doing next winter. --Chalmers. A countryman, telling us what he had seen, remarked that if the conflagration went on, as it was doing, we would [should] have, as our next season's employment, the Old Town of Edinburgh to rebuild. --H. Miller. I feel assured that I will [shall] not have the misfortune to find conflicting views held by one so enlightened as your excellency. --J. Y. Mason. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Would \Would\, imp. of {Will}. [OE. & AS. wolde. See {Will}, v. t.] Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d {Will}. Note: Would was formerly used also as the past participle of {Will}. Right as our Lord hath would. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Would \Would\, n. See 2d {Weld}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Weld \Weld\, n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] 1. (Bot.) An herb ({Reseda luteola}) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also {woald}, {wold}, and {would}.] 2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Will \Will\, v. t. & auxiliary. [imp. {Would}. Indic. present, I will (Obs. I wol), thou wilt, he will (Obs. he wol); we, ye, they will.] [OE. willen, imp. wolde; akin to OS. willan, OFries. willa, D. willen, G. wollen, OHG. wollan, wellan, Icel. & Sw. vilja, Dan. ville, Goth. wiljan, OSlav. voliti, L. velle to wish, volo I wish; cf. Skr. v[rsdot] to choose, to prefer. Cf. {Voluntary}, {Welcome}, {Well}, adv.] 1. To wish; to desire; to incline to have. A wife as of herself no thing ne sholde [should] Wille in effect, but as her husband wolde [would]. --Chaucer. Caleb said unto her, What will thou ? --Judg. i. 14. They would none of my counsel. --Prov. i. 30. 2. As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, [bd]I will[b8] denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when [bd]will[b8] is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, [bd]You will go,[b8] or [bd]He will go,[b8] describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination. Note: Will, auxiliary, may be used elliptically for will go. [bd]I'll to her lodgings.[b8] --Marlowe. Note: As in shall (which see), the second and third persons may be virtually converted into the first, either by question or indirect statement, so as to receive the meaning which belongs to will in that person; thus, [bd]Will you go?[b8] (answer, [bd]I will go[b8]) asks assent, requests, etc.; while [bd]Will he go?[b8] simply inquires concerning futurity; thus, also,[bd]He says or thinks he will go,[b8] [bd]You say or think you will go,[b8] both signify willingness or consent. Note: Would, as the preterit of will, is chiefly employed in conditional, subjunctive, or optative senses; as, he would go if he could; he could go if he would; he said that he would go; I would fain go, but can not; I would that I were young again; and other like phrases. In the last use, the first personal pronoun is often omitted; as, would that he were here; would to Heaven that it were so; and, omitting the to in such an adjuration. [bd]Would God I had died for thee.[b8] Would is used for both present and future time, in conditional propositions, and would have for past time; as, he would go now if he were ready; if it should rain, he would not go; he would have gone, had he been able. Would not, as also will not, signifies refusal. [bd]He was angry, and would not go in.[b8] --Luke xv. 28. Would is never a past participle. Note: In Ireland, Scotland, and the United States, especially in the southern and western portions of the United States, shall and will, should and would, are often misused, as in the following examples: I am able to devote as much time and attention to other subjects as I will [shall] be under the necessity of doing next winter. --Chalmers. A countryman, telling us what he had seen, remarked that if the conflagration went on, as it was doing, we would [should] have, as our next season's employment, the Old Town of Edinburgh to rebuild. --H. Miller. I feel assured that I will [shall] not have the misfortune to find conflicting views held by one so enlightened as your excellency. --J. Y. Mason. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Would \Would\, imp. of {Will}. [OE. & AS. wolde. See {Will}, v. t.] Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d {Will}. Note: Would was formerly used also as the past participle of {Will}. Right as our Lord hath would. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Would \Would\, n. See 2d {Weld}. | |
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Waldo, AL (town, FIPS 79488) Location: 33.39087 N, 86.03539 W Population (1990): 309 (115 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Waldo, AR (city, FIPS 72350) Location: 33.35247 N, 93.29532 W Population (1990): 1495 (669 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71770 Waldo, FL (city, FIPS 74925) Location: 29.79055 N, 82.17166 W Population (1990): 1017 (491 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32694 Waldo, KS (city, FIPS 74575) Location: 39.12015 N, 98.79750 W Population (1990): 57 (45 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67673 Waldo, KY Zip code(s): 41632 Waldo, OH (village, FIPS 80500) Location: 40.46159 N, 83.08557 W Population (1990): 340 (151 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43356 Waldo, WI (village, FIPS 83100) Location: 43.67559 N, 87.94654 W Population (1990): 442 (155 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53093 | |
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Weld, ME Zip code(s): 04285 | |
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Welda, KS Zip code(s): 66091 | |
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
waldo /wol'doh/ n. [From Robert A. Heinlein's story "Waldo"] 1. A mechanical agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb. When these were developed for the nuclear industry in the mid-1940s they were named after the invention described by Heinlein in the story, which he wrote in 1942. Now known by the more generic term `telefactoring', this technology is of intense interest to NASA for tasks like space station maintenance. 2. At Harvard (particularly by Tom Cheatham and students), this is used instead of {foobar} as a metasyntactic variable and general nonsense word. See {foo}, {bar}, {foobar}, {quux}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
waldo /wol'doh/ [Robert A. Heinlein's story "Waldo"] 1. A mechanical agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb. When these were developed for the nuclear industry in the mid-1940s they were named after the invention described by Heinlein in the story, which he wrote in 1942. Now known by the more generic term "telefactoring", this technology is of intense interest to NASA for tasks like space station maintenance. 2. At Harvard (particularly by Tom Cheatham and students), this is used instead of {foobar} as a metasyntactic variable and general nonsense word. See {foo}, {bar}, {foobar}, {quux}. [{Jargon File}] |