English Dictionary: Willkommbecher | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wale \Wale\, n. [AS. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. v[94]lr, Goth. walus a rod, staff. [root]146. Cf. {Goal}, {Weal} a wale.] 1. A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See {Wheal}. --Holland. 2. A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth. Thou 'rt rougher far, And of a coarser wale, fuller of pride. --Beau & Fl. 3. (Carp.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position. --Knight. 4. (Naut.) (a) pl. Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc. (b) A wale knot, or wall knot. {Wale knot}. (Naut.) See {Wall knot}, under 1st {Wall}. | |
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Walk \Walk\ (w[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Walked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Walking}.] [OE. walken, probably from AS. wealcan to roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full, Icel. v[be]lka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll, Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; but cf. also AS. weallian to roam, ramble, G. wallen. [root]130.] 1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground. At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. --Dan. iv. 29. When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. --Matt. xiv. 29. Note: In the walk of quadrupeds, there are always two, and for a brief space there are three, feet on the ground at once, but never four. 2. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble. 3. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; -- said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter. I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead May walk again. --Shak. When was it she last walked? --Shak. 4. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. [Obs.] [bd]Her tongue did walk in foul reproach.[b8] --Spenser. Do you think I'd walk in any plot? --B. Jonson. I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth. --Latimer. 5. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self. We walk perversely with God, and he will walk crookedly toward us. --Jer. Taylor. 6. To move off; to depart. [Obs. or Colloq.] He will make their cows and garrans to walk. --Spenser. {To walk} in, to go in; to enter, as into a house. {To walk after the flesh} (Script.), to indulge sensual appetites, and to live in sin. --Rom. viii. 1. {To walk after the Spirit} (Script.), to be guided by the counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of God. --Rom. viii. 1. {To walk by faith} (Script.), to live in the firm belief of the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for salvation. --2 Cor. v. 7. {To walk in darkness} (Script.), to live in ignorance, error, and sin. --1 John i. 6. {To walk in the flesh} (Script.), to live this natural life, which is subject to infirmities and calamities. --2 Cor. x. 3. {To walk in the light} (Script.), to live in the practice of religion, and to enjoy its consolations. --1 John i. 7. {To walk over}, in racing, to go over a course at a walk; -- said of a horse when there is no other entry; hence, colloquially, to gain an easy victory in any contest. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Beam \Beam\, n. [AS. be[a0]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[be]m tree, OS. b[?]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[?]mr, Goth. bahms and Gr. [?] a growth, [?] to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, beam or ray, and G. strahl arrow, spoke of a wheel, ray or beam, flash of lightning. [?]97. See {Be}; cf. {Boom} a spar.] 1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. 2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship. The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber stretching across from side to side to support the decks. --Totten. 3. The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another. 4. The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. The doubtful beam long nods from side to side. --Pope. 5. The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches. 6. The pole of a carriage. [Poetic] --Dryden. 7. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam. 8. The straight part or shank of an anchor. 9. The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it. 10. (Steam Engine) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also {working beam} or {walking beam}. 11. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. How far that little candle throws his beams ! --Shak. 12. Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort. Mercy with her genial beam. --Keble. 13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also {beam feather}. {Abaft the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the direction of her beams, and that point of the compass toward which her stern is directed. {Beam center} (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the working beam of an engine vibrates. {Beam compass}, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam, having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points; -- used for drawing or describing large circles. {Beam engine}, a steam engine having a working beam to transmit power, in distinction from one which has its piston rod attached directly to the crank of the wheel shaft. {Before the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon included between a line that crosses the ship at right angles and that point of the compass toward which the ship steers. {On the beam}, in a line with the beams, or at right angled with the keel. {On the weather beam}, on the side of a ship which faces the wind. {To be on her beam ends}, to incline, as a vessel, so much on one side that her beams approach a vertical position. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Beam \Beam\, n. [AS. be[a0]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[be]m tree, OS. b[?]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[?]mr, Goth. bahms and Gr. [?] a growth, [?] to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, beam or ray, and G. strahl arrow, spoke of a wheel, ray or beam, flash of lightning. [?]97. See {Be}; cf. {Boom} a spar.] 1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. 2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship. The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber stretching across from side to side to support the decks. --Totten. 3. The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another. 4. The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. The doubtful beam long nods from side to side. --Pope. 5. The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches. 6. The pole of a carriage. [Poetic] --Dryden. 7. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam. 8. The straight part or shank of an anchor. 9. The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it. 10. (Steam Engine) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also {working beam} or {walking beam}. 11. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. How far that little candle throws his beams ! --Shak. 12. Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort. Mercy with her genial beam. --Keble. 13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also {beam feather}. {Abaft the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the direction of her beams, and that point of the compass toward which her stern is directed. {Beam center} (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the working beam of an engine vibrates. {Beam compass}, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam, having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points; -- used for drawing or describing large circles. {Beam engine}, a steam engine having a working beam to transmit power, in distinction from one which has its piston rod attached directly to the crank of the wheel shaft. {Before the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon included between a line that crosses the ship at right angles and that point of the compass toward which the ship steers. {On the beam}, in a line with the beams, or at right angled with the keel. {On the weather beam}, on the side of a ship which faces the wind. {To be on her beam ends}, to incline, as a vessel, so much on one side that her beams approach a vertical position. | |
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Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
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Langya \Lan"gya\, n. (Zo[94]l.) [Native name Anglicized.] One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also {walking fishes}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
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Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
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Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
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Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
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Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
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Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
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Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which, as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. | |
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Walk-mill \Walk"-mill`\, n. [Walk to Walking Leaf, or full + mill.] A fulling mill. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Wall \Wall\, n. (Naut.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale. {Wall knot}, a knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first; a wale knot. Wall knots may be single or double, crowned or double-crowned. | |
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Wallachian \Wal*la"chi*an\, a. [Also Walachian, Wallach, Wallack, Vlach, etc.] Of or pertaining to Wallachia, a former principality, now part of the kingdom, of Roumania. -- n. An inhabitant of Wallachia; also, the language of the Wallachians; Roumanian. | |
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Wealsman \Weals"man\, n.; pl. {Wealsmen}. [Weal + man.] A statesman; a politician. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Wealsman \Weals"man\, n.; pl. {Wealsmen}. [Weal + man.] A statesman; a politician. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Welchman \Welch"man\, n. See {Welshman}. [R.] | |
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Welcome \Wel"come\, a. [OE. welcome, welcume, wilcume, AS. wilcuma a welcome guest, from wil-, as a prefix, akin to willa will + cuma a comer, fr. cuman to come; hence, properly, one who comes so as to please another's will; cf. Icel. velkominn welcome, G. willkommen. See {Will}, n., and Come.] 1. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor. When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest. --Cowper. 2. Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news. [bd]O, welcome hour![b8] --Milton. 3. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library. Note: Welcome is used elliptically for you are welcome. [bd]Welcome, great monarch, to your own.[b8] --Dryden. {Welcome-to-our-house} (Bot.), a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia Cyparissias}). --Dr. Prior. | |
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Welcome \Wel"come\, n. 1. Salutation to a newcomer. [bd]Welcome ever smiles.[b8] --Shak. 2. Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome. His warmest welcome at an inn. --Shenstone. Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too. --South. {To bid welcome}, to receive with professions of kindness. To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. --Shak. | |
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Welcome \Wel"come\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Welcomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Welcoming}.] [AS. wilcumian.] To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea. [bd]I welcome you to land.[b8] --Addison. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. --Milton. | |
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Welcome \Wel"come\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Welcomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Welcoming}.] [AS. wilcumian.] To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea. [bd]I welcome you to land.[b8] --Addison. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. --Milton. | |
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Welcomely \Wel"come*ly\, adv. In a welcome manner. | |
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Welcomeness \Wel"come*ness\, n. The quality or state of being welcome; gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception. | |
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Welcomer \Wel"com*er\, n. One who welcomes; one who salutes, or receives kindly, a newcomer. --Shak. | |
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Welcome \Wel"come\, a. [OE. welcome, welcume, wilcume, AS. wilcuma a welcome guest, from wil-, as a prefix, akin to willa will + cuma a comer, fr. cuman to come; hence, properly, one who comes so as to please another's will; cf. Icel. velkominn welcome, G. willkommen. See {Will}, n., and Come.] 1. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor. When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest. --Cowper. 2. Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news. [bd]O, welcome hour![b8] --Milton. 3. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library. Note: Welcome is used elliptically for you are welcome. [bd]Welcome, great monarch, to your own.[b8] --Dryden. {Welcome-to-our-house} (Bot.), a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia Cyparissias}). --Dr. Prior. | |
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Welcome \Wel"come\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Welcomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Welcoming}.] [AS. wilcumian.] To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea. [bd]I welcome you to land.[b8] --Addison. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. --Milton. | |
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Welkin \Wel"kin\, n. [OE. welken, welkene, welkne, wolcne, weolcne, AS. wolcen, pl. wolcnu, a cloud; akin to D. wolk, OFries. wolken, OS. wolkan, G. wolke, OHG. wolchan, and probably to G. welk withered, OHG. welc moist, Russ. & OSlav. vlaga moisture, Lith. vilgyti to moisten.] The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky. On the welkne shoon the sterres lyght. --Chaucer. The fair welkin foully overcast. --Spenser. When storms the welkin rend. --Wordsworth. Note: Used adjectively by Shakespeare in the phase, [bd]Your welkin eye,[b8] with uncertain meaning. | |
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Welk \Welk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Welked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Welking}.] [OE. welken; cf. D. & G. welken to wither, G. welk withered, OHG. welc moist. See {Welkin}, and cf. {Wilt}.] To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane. [Obs.] When ruddy Ph[?]bus 'gins to welk in west. --Spenser. The church, that before by insensible degrees welked and impaired, now with large steps went down hill decaying. --Milton. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Well-known \Well"-known`\, a. Fully known; generally known or acknowledged. A church well known with a well-known rite. --M. Arnold. | |
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Well-liking \Well"-lik`ing\, a. Being in good condition. [Obs. or Archaic] They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking. --Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. xcii.). | |
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Well-seen \Well"-seen`\, a. Having seen much; hence, accomplished; experienced. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. Well-seen in arms and proved in many a fight. --Spenser. | |
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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}. | |
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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}. | |
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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]: | |
Onion \On"ion\, n. [F. ognon, fr. L. unio oneness, unity, a single large pearl, an onion. See {One}, {Union}.] (Bot.) A liliaceous plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. cepa}), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus. {Onion fish} (Zo[94]l.), the grenadier. {Onion fly} (Zo[94]l.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds upon the onion; especially, {Anthomyia ceparum} and {Ortalis flexa}. {Welsh onion}. (Bot.) See {Cibol}. {Wild onion} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus {Allium}. | |
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Welshman \Welsh"man\, n.; pl. {Welshmen}. 1. A native or inhabitant of Wales; one of the Welsh. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A squirrel fish. (b) The large-mouthed black bass. See {Black bass}. [Southern U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Welshman \Welsh"man\, n.; pl. {Welshmen}. 1. A native or inhabitant of Wales; one of the Welsh. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A squirrel fish. (b) The large-mouthed black bass. See {Black bass}. [Southern U. S.] | |
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Welsome \Wel"some\, a. Prosperous; well. [Obs.] --Wyclif. -- {Wel"some*ly}, adv. Wyclif. | |
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Welsome \Wel"some\, a. Prosperous; well. [Obs.] --Wyclif. -- {Wel"some*ly}, adv. Wyclif. | |
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]: | |
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]: | |
Wholesome \Whole"some\, a. [Compar. {Wholesomer}; superl. {Wholesomest}.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.] 1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith. 2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4. I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. --Shak. A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. -- {Whole"some*ly}, adv. -- {Whole"some*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wholesome \Whole"some\, a. [Compar. {Wholesomer}; superl. {Wholesomest}.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.] 1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith. 2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4. I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. --Shak. A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. -- {Whole"some*ly}, adv. -- {Whole"some*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wholesome \Whole"some\, a. [Compar. {Wholesomer}; superl. {Wholesomest}.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.] 1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith. 2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4. I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. --Shak. A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. -- {Whole"some*ly}, adv. -- {Whole"some*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wholesome \Whole"some\, a. [Compar. {Wholesomer}; superl. {Wholesomest}.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.] 1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith. 2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4. I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. --Shak. A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. -- {Whole"some*ly}, adv. -- {Whole"some*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wholesome \Whole"some\, a. [Compar. {Wholesomer}; superl. {Wholesomest}.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.] 1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith. 2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4. I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. --Shak. A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. -- {Whole"some*ly}, adv. -- {Whole"some*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Willsome \Will"some\, a. [Written also wilsome.] 1. Willful; obstinate. [Obs.] 2. Fat; indolent. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 3. Doubtful; uncertain. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. -- {Will"some*ness}, n. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Willsome \Will"some\, a. [Written also wilsome.] 1. Willful; obstinate. [Obs.] 2. Fat; indolent. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 3. Doubtful; uncertain. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. -- {Will"some*ness}, n. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family {Charadrid[91]}, and especially those belonging to the subfamily {Charadrins[91]}. They are prized as game birds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover ({Dromas ardeola}); the American upland, plover ({Bartramia longicauda}); and other species of sandpipers. Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied, [or] blackbreasted, plover} ({Charadrius squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also {gray plover}, {bull-head plover}, {Swiss plover}, {sea plover}, and {oxeye}; the {golden plover} (see under {Golden}); the {ring [or] ringed plover} ({[92]gialitis hiaticula}). See {Ringneck}. The {piping plover} ({[92]gialitis meloda}); {Wilson's plover} ({[92]. Wilsonia}); the {mountain plover} ({[92]. montana}); and the {semipalmated plover} ({[92]. semipalmata}), are all small American species. {Bastard plover} (Zo[94]l.), the lapwing. {Long-legged}, [or] {yellow-legged}, {plover}. See {Tattler}. {Plover's page}, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Rock plover}, [or] {Stone plover}, the black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] {Whistling plover}. (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied plover. | |
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Veery \Veer"y\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American thrush ({Turdus fuscescens}) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also {Wilson's thrush}. Sometimes I hear the veery's clarion. --Thoreau. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wool \Wool\ (w[oocr]l), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld, Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr. [umac]r[nsdot][amac] wool, v[rsdot] to cover. [root]146, 287. Cf. {Flannel}, {Velvet}.] 1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates. Note: Wool consists essentially of keratin. 2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. Wool of bat and tongue of dog. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants. {Dead pulled wool}, wool pulled from a carcass. {Mineral wool}. See under {Mineral}. {Philosopher's wool}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, under {Zinc}. {Pulled wool}, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide. {Slag wool}. Same as {Mineral wool}, under {Mineral}. {Wool ball}, a ball or mass of wool. {Wool burler}, one who removes little burs, knots, or extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth. {Wool comber}. (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool. (b) A machine for combing wool. {Wool grass} (Bot.), a kind of bulrush ({Scirpus Eriophorum}) with numerous clustered woolly spikes. {Wool scribbler}. See {Woolen scribbler}, under {Woolen}, a. {Wool sorter's disease} (Med.), a disease, resembling malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats and sheep. {Wool staple}, a city or town where wool used to be brought to the king's staple for sale. [Eng.] {Wool stapler}. (a) One who deals in wool. (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its adaptation to different manufacturing purposes. {Wool winder}, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool into bundles to be packed for sale. | |
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Wallowa County, OR (county, FIPS 63) Location: 45.57748 N, 117.17291 W Population (1990): 6911 (3755 housing units) Area: 8146.6 sq km (land), 16.5 sq km (water) | |
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Walsenburg, CO (city, FIPS 82350) Location: 37.62673 N, 104.77706 W Population (1990): 3300 (1654 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Welcome, MD Zip code(s): 20693 Welcome, MN (city, FIPS 69070) Location: 43.66839 N, 94.61853 W Population (1990): 790 (327 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56181 Welcome, NC (CDP, FIPS 71760) Location: 35.91085 N, 80.25420 W Population (1990): 3377 (1357 housing units) Area: 21.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Welcome, SC (CDP, FIPS 75535) Location: 34.82094 N, 82.45803 W Population (1990): 6560 (2713 housing units) Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Wells County, IN (county, FIPS 179) Location: 40.72747 N, 85.22040 W Population (1990): 25948 (9928 housing units) Area: 958.3 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) Wells County, ND (county, FIPS 103) Location: 47.58084 N, 99.67107 W Population (1990): 5864 (2869 housing units) Area: 3292.8 sq km (land), 50.1 sq km (water) | |
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Wilkin County, MN (county, FIPS 167) Location: 46.35533 N, 96.47104 W Population (1990): 7516 (3140 housing units) Area: 1946.3 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
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Wilkins Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 85192) Location: 40.42635 N, 79.82430 W Population (1990): 7487 (3325 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Wilkinsburg, PA (borough, FIPS 85188) Location: 40.44477 N, 79.87330 W Population (1990): 21080 (11354 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15221 | |
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Wilkinson, IN (town, FIPS 84302) Location: 39.88477 N, 85.60827 W Population (1990): 446 (177 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46186 | |
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Wilkinson County, GA (county, FIPS 319) Location: 32.79853 N, 83.16759 W Population (1990): 10228 (4151 housing units) Area: 1156.7 sq km (land), 14.1 sq km (water) Wilkinson County, MS (county, FIPS 157) Location: 31.16437 N, 91.31864 W Population (1990): 9678 (4242 housing units) Area: 1752.8 sq km (land), 28.4 sq km (water) | |
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Wilkinson Heights, SC (CDP, FIPS 77672) Location: 33.49165 N, 80.82994 W Population (1990): 3394 (1317 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Wilkinsonville, MA Zip code(s): 01590 | |
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Will County, IL (county, FIPS 197) Location: 41.43924 N, 87.98240 W Population (1990): 357313 (122870 housing units) Area: 2168.5 sq km (land), 31.6 sq km (water) | |
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Wilson, AR (town, FIPS 75920) Location: 35.56617 N, 90.04193 W Population (1990): 1068 (391 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72395 Wilson, KS (city, FIPS 79675) Location: 38.82561 N, 98.47441 W Population (1990): 834 (423 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67490 Wilson, LA (village, FIPS 82215) Location: 30.91974 N, 91.11140 W Population (1990): 707 (255 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70789 Wilson, MI Zip code(s): 49896 Wilson, NC (city, FIPS 74540) Location: 35.73177 N, 77.92446 W Population (1990): 36930 (15383 housing units) Area: 47.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27893 Wilson, NY (village, FIPS 82359) Location: 43.31065 N, 78.82695 W Population (1990): 1307 (553 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14172 Wilson, OH (village, FIPS 85834) Location: 39.85822 N, 81.06778 W Population (1990): 136 (58 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Wilson, OK (city, FIPS 81500) Location: 34.15895 N, 97.43249 W Population (1990): 1639 (810 housing units) Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Wilson, PA (borough, FIPS 85592) Location: 40.68525 N, 75.24007 W Population (1990): 7830 (3325 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Wilson, TX (city, FIPS 79612) Location: 33.31978 N, 101.72669 W Population (1990): 568 (211 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79381 Wilson, WI (village, FIPS 87475) Location: 44.95563 N, 92.17236 W Population (1990): 163 (57 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54027 Wilson, WY Zip code(s): 83014 | |
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Wilson Airport, GA Zip code(s): 31206 | |
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Wilson City, MO (town, FIPS 80260) Location: 36.92299 N, 89.22283 W Population (1990): 210 (95 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Wilson County, KS (county, FIPS 205) Location: 37.55894 N, 95.74166 W Population (1990): 10289 (5091 housing units) Area: 1486.4 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water) Wilson County, NC (county, FIPS 195) Location: 35.70482 N, 77.91911 W Population (1990): 66061 (26662 housing units) Area: 961.1 sq km (land), 8.3 sq km (water) Wilson County, TN (county, FIPS 189) Location: 36.15781 N, 86.29866 W Population (1990): 67675 (26198 housing units) Area: 1477.9 sq km (land), 32.7 sq km (water) Wilson County, TX (county, FIPS 493) Location: 29.17403 N, 98.08562 W Population (1990): 22650 (8516 housing units) Area: 2090.6 sq km (land), 3.8 sq km (water) | |
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Wilson Creek, WA (town, FIPS 79135) Location: 47.42261 N, 119.11571 W Population (1990): 148 (86 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wilsondale, WV Zip code(s): 25699 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wilsons, VA Zip code(s): 23894 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wilsonville, AL (town, FIPS 82848) Location: 33.23604 N, 86.47901 W Population (1990): 1185 (572 housing units) Area: 20.4 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35186 Wilsonville, IL (village, FIPS 82218) Location: 39.06887 N, 89.85530 W Population (1990): 609 (284 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Wilsonville, NE (village, FIPS 53240) Location: 40.11154 N, 100.10589 W Population (1990): 136 (88 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69046 Wilsonville, OR (city, FIPS 82800) Location: 45.30909 N, 122.76630 W Population (1990): 7106 (3331 housing units) Area: 16.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97070 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wyalusing, PA (borough, FIPS 86656) Location: 41.66911 N, 76.26267 W Population (1990): 686 (313 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18853 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
walking drives n. An occasional failure mode of magnetic-disk drives back in the days when they were huge, clunky {washing machine}s. Those old {dinosaur} parts carried terrific angular momentum; the combination of a misaligned spindle or worn bearings and stick-slip interactions with the floor could cause them to `walk' across a room, lurching alternate corners forward a couple of millimeters at a time. There is a legend about a drive that walked over to the only door to the computer room and jammed it shut; the staff had to cut a hole in the wall in order to get at it! Walking could also be induced by certain patterns of drive access (a fast seek across the whole width of the disk, followed by a slow seek in the other direction). Some bands of old-time hackers figured out how to induce disk-accessing patterns that would do this to particular drive models and held disk-drive races. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
well-connected adj. Said of a computer installation, asserts that it has reliable email links with the network and/or that it relays a large fraction of available {Usenet} newsgroups. `Well-known' can be almost synonymous, but also implies that the site's name is familiar to many (due perhaps to an archive service or active Usenet users). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
whalesong n. The peculiar clicking and whooshing sounds made by a PEP modem such as the Telebit Trailblazer as it tries to synchronize with another PEP modem for their special high-speed mode. This sound isn't anything like the normal two-tone handshake between conventional V-series modems and is instantly recognizable to anyone who has heard it more than once. It sounds, in fact, very much like whale songs. This noise is also called "the moose call" or "moose tones". | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
walking drives An occasional failure mode of magnetic-disk drives back in the days when they were huge, clunky {washing machines}. Those old {dinosaur} parts carried terrific angular momentum; the combination of a misaligned spindle or worn bearings and stick-slip interactions with the floor could cause them to "walk" across a room, lurching alternate corners forward a couple of millimeters at a time. There is a legend about a drive that walked over to the only door to the computer room and jammed it shut; the staff had to cut a hole in the wall in order to get at it! Walking could also be induced by certain patterns of drive access (a fast seek across the whole width of the disk, followed by a slow seek in the other direction). Some bands of old-time hackers figured out how to induce disk-accessing patterns that would do this to particular drive models and held disk-drive races. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
well-connected Said of a computer installation, asserts that it has reliable {electronic mail} links with the network and/or that it relays a large fraction of available {Usenet} newsgroups. "Well-known" can be almost synonymous, but also implies that the site's name is familiar to many (due perhaps to an archive service or active {Usenet} users). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
well-known port 0-1023 (originally 0-255). The well-known port numbers are assigned by the {IANA} and on most systems can only be used by system (or root) processes or by programs executed by privileged users. (2002-10-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
whalesong The peculiar clicking and whooshing sounds made by a {PEP} {modem} such as the {Telebit} {Trailblazer} as it tries to synchronise with another PEP modem for their special high-speed mode. This sound isn't anything like the normal two-tone handshake between conventional modems and is instantly recognizable to anyone who has heard it more than once. It sounds, in fact, very much like whale songs. This noise is also called "the moose call" or "moose tones". | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Wallis And Futuna (overseas territory of France) Wallis And Futuna:Geography Location: Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand Map references: Oceania Area: total area: 274 sq km land area: 274 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 129 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October) Terrain: volcanic origin; low hills Natural resources: negligible Land use: arable land: 5% permanent crops: 20% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 75% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: deforestation (only small portions of the original forests remain) largely as a result of the continued use of wood as the main fuel source; as a consequence of cutting down the forests, the mountainous terrain of Futuna is particularly prone to erosion; there are no permanent settlements on Alofi because of the lack of natural fresh water resources natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA Note: both island groups have fringing reefs Wallis And Futuna:People Population: 14,499 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA Population growth rate: 1.11% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 25.06 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 5.14 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -8.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 24.92 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.24 years male: 71.62 years female: 72.9 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 3.11 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders adjective: Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander Ethnic divisions: Polynesian Religions: Roman Catholic Languages: French, Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language) Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1969) total population: 50% male: 50% female: 51% Labor force: NA by occupation: agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%, government 4% (est.) Wallis And Futuna:Government Names: conventional long form: Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands conventional short form: Wallis and Futuna local long form: Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna local short form: Wallis et Futuna Digraph: WF Type: overseas territory of France Capital: Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea) Administrative divisions: none (overseas territory of France) Independence: none (overseas territory of France) Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution) Legal system: French legal system Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981) head of government: High Administrator Philippe LEGRIX (since NA); President of the Territorial Assembly Soane Mani UHILA (since NA March 1992) cabinet: Council of the Territory consists of 3 kings and 3 members appointed by the high administrator on advice of the Territorial Assembly note: there are three traditional kings with limited powers Legislative branch: unicameral Territorial Assembly (Assemblee Territoriale): elections last held 15 March 1987 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (20 total) RPR 7, UPL 5, UDF 4, UNF 4 French Senate: elections last held 24 September 1989 (next to be held by NA September 1998); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) RPR 1 French National Assembly: elections last held 21 and 28 March 1992 (next to be held by NA September 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) MRG 1; note - Wallis and Futuna elect one deputy Judicial branch: none; justice generally administered under French law by the chief administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu Political parties and leaders: Rally for the Republic (RPR); Union Populaire Locale (UPL); Union Pour la Democratie Francaise (UDF); Lua kae tahi (Giscardians); Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche (MRG) Member of: FZ, SPC Diplomatic representation in US: none (overseas territory of France) US diplomatic representation: none (overseas territory of France) Flag: the flag of France is used Economy Overview: The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with about 80% of the labor force earning its livelihood from agriculture (coconuts and vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), and fishing. About 4% of the population is employed in government. Revenues come from French Government subsidies, licensing of fishing rights to Japan and South Korea, import taxes, and remittances from expatriate workers in New Caledonia. Wallis and Futuna imports food - particularly sugar and beef - fuel, clothing, machinery, and transport equipment, but its exports are negligible, consisting of copra and handicrafts. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $28.7 million (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: NA% National product per capita: $2,000 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA% Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $2.7 million expenditures: $2.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1983 est.) Exports: $6.6 million (f.o.b., 1986) commodities: copra, handicrafts partners: NA Imports: $13.3 million (c.i.f., 1984) commodities: foodstuffs, manufactured goods, transportation equipment, fuel, clothing partners: France, Australia, New Zealand External debt: $NA Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: 1,200 kW production: 1 million kWh consumption per capita: 70 kWh (1990) Industries: copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber Agriculture: dominated by coconut production, with subsistence crops of yams, taro, bananas, and herds of pigs and goats Economic aid: recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $118 million Currency: 1 CFP franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes Exchange rates: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1 - 96.25 (January 1995), 100.94 (1994), 102.96 (1993), 96.24 (1992), 102.57 (1991), 99.0 (1990); note - linked at the rate of 18.18 to the French franc Fiscal year: NA Wallis And Futuna:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: 120 km (Ile Uvea 100 km, Ile Futuna 20km) paved: 16 km (on Il Uvea) unpaved: 104 km (Ile Uvea 84 km, Ile Futuna 20 km) Inland waterways: none Ports: Leava, Mata-Utu Merchant marine: total: 1 oil tanker (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 26,000 GRT/40,000 DWT Airports: total: 2 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1 Wallis And Futuna:Communications Telephone system: 225 telephones local: NA intercity: NA international: NA Radio: broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 0 televisions: NA Wallis And Futuna:Defense Forces Note: defense is the responsibility of France |