English Dictionary: warfare | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Warburg's tincture \War"burg's tinc"ture\ (Pharm.) A preparation containing quinine and many other ingredients, often used in the treatment of malarial affections. It was invented by Dr. Warburg of London. | |
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Warfare \War"fare`\, n. [War + OE. fare a journey, a passage, course, AS. faru. See {Fare}, n.] 1. Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war. The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. --I Sam. xxviii. 1. This day from battle rest; Faithful hath been your warfare. --Milton. 2. Contest; struggle. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. --2 Cor. x. 4. | |
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Warfare \War"fare`\, v. i. To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. --Camden. | |
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Warfarer \War"far`er\, n. One engaged in warfare; a military man; a soldier; a warrior. | |
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Warp \Warp\, n. [AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting, throwing, Sw. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline, OHG. warf warp, G. werft. See {Warp}, v.] 1. (Weaving) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof. 2. (Naut.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser. 3. (Agric.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. --Lyell. 4. A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.] 5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See {Cast}, n., 17. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 6. [From {Warp}, v.] The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board. {Warp beam}, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom. {Warp fabric}, fabric produced by warp knitting. {Warp frame}, [or] {Warp-net frame}, a machine for making warp lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for each needle. {Warp knitting}, a kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side; -- also called {warp weaving}. {Warp lace}, [or] {Warp net}, lace having a warp crossed by weft threads. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Warper \Warp"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape. 2. One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom. | |
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Warproof \War"proof`\, n. Valor tried by war. | |
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Wharf \Wharf\, n.; pl. {Wharfs}or {Wharves}. [AS. hwerf, hwearf, a returning, a change, from hweorfan to turn, turn about, go about; akin to D. werf a wharf, G. werft, Sw. varf a shipbuilder's yard, Dan. verft wharf, dockyard, G. werben to enlist, to engage, woo, OHG. werban to turn about, go about, be active or occupied, Icel. hverfa to turn, Goth. hwa[a1]rban, hwarb[d3]n, to walk. Cf. {Whirl}.] 1. A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier. Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea. --Bancroft. Out upon the wharfs they came, Knight and burgher, lord and dame. --Tennyson. Note: The plural of this word is generally written wharves in the United States, and wharfs in England; but many recent English writers use wharves. 2. [AS. hwearf.] The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. [Obs.] [bd]The fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf.[b8] --Shak. {Wharf boat}, a kind of boat moored at the bank of a river, and used for a wharf, in places where the height of the water is so variable that a fixed wharf would be useless. [U. S.] --Bartlett. {Wharf rat}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common brown rat. (b) A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs. [Slang] | |
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Wherefore \Where"fore\, adv. & conj. [Where + for.] 1. For which reason; so; -- used relatively. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. --Matt. vii. 20. 2. For what reason; why; -- used interrogatively. But wherefore that I tell my tale. --Chaucer. Wherefore didst thou doubt? --Matt. xiv. 31. | |
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Wherefore \Where"fore\, n. the reason why. [Colloq.] | |
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Whereform \Where*form"\, adv. [Where + from.] From which; from which or what place. --Tennyson. | |
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Wherever \Wher*ev"er\, adv. At or in whatever place; wheresoever. He can not but love virtue wherever it is. --Atterbury. | |
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Wire \Wire\, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[c6]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [?][?][?][?].] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel. Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square, triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in the drawplate, or between the rollers. 2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.] {Wire bed}, {Wire mattress}, an elastic bed bottom or mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in various ways. {Wire bridge}, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made of wire. {Wire cartridge}, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed in a wire cage. {Wire cloth}, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, -- used for strainers, and for various other purposes. {Wire edge}, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it. {Wire fence}, a fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between. {Wire gauge} [or] {gage}. (a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal plate with a series of notches of various widths in its edge. (b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is used in describing the size or thickness. There are many different standards for wire gauges, as in different countries, or for different kinds of metal, the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge being often used and designated by the abbreviations B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively. {Wire gauze}, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling gauze. {Wire grass} (Bot.), either of the two common grasses {Eleusine Indica}, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa compressa}, or blue grass. See {Blue grass}. {Wire grub} (Zo[94]l.), a wireworm. {Wire iron}, wire rods of iron. {Wire lathing}, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the place of wooden lathing for holding plastering. {Wire mattress}. See {Wire bed}, above. {Wire micrometer}, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine wires, across the field of the instrument. {Wire nail}, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed and pointed. {Wire netting}, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary wire gauze. {Wire rod}, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing. {Wire rope}, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of wires. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wrapper \Wrap"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, wraps. 2. That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering. 3. Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's wrapper. | |
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Wraprascal \Wrap"ras`cal\, n. A kind of coarse upper coat, or overcoat, formerly worn. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Warfordsburg, PA Zip code(s): 17267 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
wrap around vi. (also n. `wraparound' and v. shorthand `wrap') 1. [techspeak] The action of a counter that starts over at zero or at `minus infinity' (see {infinity}) after its maximum value has been reached, and continues incrementing, either because it is programmed to do so or because of an overflow (as when a car's odometer starts over at 0). 2. To change {phase} gradually and continuously by maintaining a steady wake-sleep cycle somewhat longer than 24 hours, e.g., living six long (28-hour) days in a week (or, equivalently, sleeping at the rate of 10 microhertz). This sense is also called {phase-wrapping}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
wrap around (Or "wraparound", "wrap") The action of a counter that starts again at zero or at "minus infinity" (see {infinity}) after its maximum value has been reached, and continues incrementing, either because it is programmed to do so or because of an overflow (as when a car's odometer starts again at 0). [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
wrapper {code} to determine how that code is executed. The wrapper acts as an interface between its caller and the wrapped code. This may be done for compatibility, e.g. if the wrapped code is in a different programming language or uses different calling conventions, or for security, e.g. to prevent the calling program from executing certain functions. The implication is that the wrapped code can only be accessed via the wrapper. (1998-12-15) |