English Dictionary: William Henry | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wailment \Wail"ment\, n. Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Well-mannered \Well`-man"nered\, a. Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Well-meaner \Well"-mean`er\, n. One whose intention is good. [bd]Well-meaners think no harm.[b8] --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Well-meaning \Well"-mean`ing\, a. Having a good intention. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whaleman \Whale"man\, n.; pl. {Whalemen}. A man employed in the whale fishery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whaleman \Whale"man\, n.; pl. {Whalemen}. A man employed in the whale fishery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wheelman \Wheel"man\, n.; pl. {Wheelmen}. One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wheelman \Wheel"man\, n.; pl. {Wheelmen}. One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whelm \Whelm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whelmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whelming}.] [OE. whelmen to turn over, akin to OE. whelven, AS. whelfan, hwylfan, in [?]whylfan, [?]whelfan, to overwhelm, cover over; akin to OS. bihwelbian, D. welven to arch, G. w[94]lben, OHG. welben, Icel. hvelfa to overturn; cf. Gr. [?] bosom, a hollow, a gulf.] 1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf. She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! --Shak. The whelming billow and the faithless oar. --Gay. 2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. [bd]The whelming weight of crime.[b8] --J. H. Newman. 3. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] --Mortimer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whole \Whole\, a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. h[be]l well, sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h[?]l, D. heel, G. heil, Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well, sound, OIr. c[?]l augury. Cf. {Hale}, {Hail} to greet, {Heal} to cure, {Health}, {Holy}.] 1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. [bd]On their whole host I flew unarmed.[b8] --Milton. The whole race of mankind. --Shak. 2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole. My life is yet whole in me. --2 Sam. i. 9. 3. Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well. [She] findeth there her friends hole and sound. --Chaucer. They that be whole need not a physician. --Matt. ix. 12. When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole. --Tennyson. {Whole blood}. (Law of Descent) See under {Blood}, n., 2. {Whole note} (Mus.), the note which represents a note of longest duration in common use; a semibreve. {Whole number} (Math.), a number which is not a fraction or mixed number; an integer. {Whole snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common snipe, as distinguished from the smaller jacksnipe. [Prov. Eng.] Syn: All; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided; uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy. Usage: {Whole}, {Total}, {Entire}, {Complete}. When we use the word whole, we refer to a thing as made up of parts, none of which are wanting; as, a whole week; a whole year; the whole creation. When we use the word total, we have reference to all as taken together, and forming a single totality; as, the total amount; the total income. When we speak of a thing as entire, we have no reference to parts at all, but regard the thing as an integer, i. e., continuous or unbroken; as, an entire year; entire prosperity. When we speak of a thing as complete, there is reference to some progress which results in a filling out to some end or object, or a perfected state with no deficiency; as, complete success; a complete victory. All the whole army stood agazed on him. --Shak. One entire and perfect chrysolite. --Shak. Lest total darkness should by night regain Her old possession, and extinguish life. --Milton. So absolute she seems, And in herself complete. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woolly \Wool"ly\, a. 1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece. 2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. [bd]My fleece of woolly hair.[b8] --Shak. 3. Clothed with wool. [bd]Woolly breeders.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. {Woolly bear} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under {Salt}), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust., under {Isabella Moth}), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth ({Spilosoma Virginica}). {Woolly butt} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Eucalyptus longifolia}), so named because of its fibrous bark. {Woolly louse} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Schizoneura, [or] Erisoma, lanigera}) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under {Blight}. {Woolly macaco} (Zo[94]l.), the mongoose lemur. {Woolly maki} (Zo[94]l.), a long-tailed lemur ({Indris laniger}) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also {avahi}, and {woolly lemur}. {Woolly monkey} (Zo[94]l.), any South American monkey of the genus {Lagothrix}, as the caparro. {Woolly rhinoceros} (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros tichorhinus}) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woolman \Wool"man\, n.; pl. {Woolmen}. One who deals in wool. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woolman \Wool"man\, n.; pl. {Woolmen}. One who deals in wool. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wellman, IA (city, FIPS 83280) Location: 41.46787 N, 91.83702 W Population (1990): 1085 (460 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52356 Wellman, TX (town, FIPS 77164) Location: 33.04701 N, 102.42756 W Population (1990): 239 (92 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Willamina, OR (city, FIPS 82350) Location: 45.07913 N, 123.48349 W Population (1990): 1717 (634 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97396 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Willimantic, CT (CDP, FIPS 85840) Location: 41.71561 N, 72.21797 W Population (1990): 14746 (5887 housing units) Area: 11.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06226 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wilmington, CA Zip code(s): 90744 Wilmington, DE (city, FIPS 77580) Location: 39.73557 N, 75.52996 W Population (1990): 71529 (31244 housing units) Area: 27.9 sq km (land), 16.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19801, 19802, 19805, 19806 Wilmington, IL (city, FIPS 82101) Location: 41.29767 N, 88.15963 W Population (1990): 4743 (1875 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Wilmington, IL (village, FIPS 82088) Location: 39.48247 N, 90.48956 W Population (1990): 129 (56 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Wilmington, MA (CDP, FIPS 80195) Location: 42.55937 N, 71.16658 W Population (1990): 17654 (5667 housing units) Area: 44.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01887 Wilmington, NC (city, FIPS 74440) Location: 34.21245 N, 77.91130 W Population (1990): 55530 (26469 housing units) Area: 76.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28403, 28409, 28412 Wilmington, NY Zip code(s): 12997 Wilmington, OH (city, FIPS 85792) Location: 39.44362 N, 83.83090 W Population (1990): 11199 (4635 housing units) Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45177 Wilmington, VT Zip code(s): 05363 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wilmington Island, GA (CDP, FIPS 83168) Location: 32.00345 N, 80.97387 W Population (1990): 11230 (4552 housing units) Area: 21.9 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wilmington Manor, DE (CDP, FIPS 77840) Location: 39.68550 N, 75.58477 W Population (1990): 8568 (3173 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wilmont, MN (city, FIPS 70582) Location: 43.76397 N, 95.82831 W Population (1990): 351 (153 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56185 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
William Hamilton {Biography (http://gregory.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/ShortBiogs/H.html#Hamilton)}. [Summary?] (1995-11-02) |