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Wage \Wage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waging}.] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge, promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge, gawadj[d3]n to pledge, akin to E. wed, G. wette a wager. See {Wed}, and cf. {Gage}.] 1. To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar. --Hakluyt. My life I never but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies. --Shak. 2. To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard. [bd]Too weak to wage an instant trial with the king.[b8] --Shak. To wake and wage a danger profitless. --Shak. 3. To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war. [He pondered] which of all his sons was fit To reign and wage immortal war with wit. --Dryden. The two are waging war, and the one triumphs by the destruction of the other. --I. Taylor. 4. To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out. [Obs.] [bd]Thou . . . must wage thy works for wealth.[b8] --Spenser. 5. To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to. [Obs.] Abundance of treasure which he had in store, wherewith he might wage soldiers. --Holinshed. I would have them waged for their labor. --Latimer. 6. (O. Eng. Law) To give security for the performance of. --Burrill. {To wage battle} (O. Eng. Law), to give gage, or security, for joining in the duellum, or combat. See {Wager of battel}, under {Wager}, n. --Burrill. {To wage one's law} (Law), to give security to make one's law. See {Wager of law}, under {Wager}, n. | |
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Wag \Wag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wagging}.] [OE. waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. vagga to rock a cradle, vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan. vugge; akin to AS. wagian to move, wag, wegan to bear, carry, G. & D. bewegen to move, and E. weigh. [fb]136. See {Weigh}.] To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head. No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. --Shak. Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. --Jer. xviii. 16. Note: Wag expresses specifically the motion of the head and body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and mockery. | |
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Waist \Waist\, n. [OE. wast; originally, growth, akin to AS. weaxan to grow; cf. AS. w[91]stm growth. See {Wax} to grow.] 1. That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips. --Chaucer. I am in the waist two yards about. --Shak. 2. Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship. 3. A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line. 4. A girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] --Shak. {Waist anchor}. See {Sheet anchor}, 1, in the Vocabulary. | |
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Wake \Wake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waked}or {Woke} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Waking}.] [AS. wacan, wacian; akin to OFries. waka, OS. wak[?]n, D. waken, G. wachen, OHG. wahh[?]n, Icel. vaka, Sw. vaken, Dan. vaage, Goth. wakan, v. i., uswakjan, v. t., Skr. v[be]jay to rouse, to impel. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Vigil}, {Wait}, v. i., {Watch}, v. i.] 1. To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep. The father waketh for the daughter. --Ecclus. xlii. 9. Though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps. --Milton. I can not think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it. --Locke. 2. To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel. The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels. --Shak. 3. To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up. He infallibly woke up at the sound of the concluding doxology. --G. Eliot. 4. To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active. Gentle airs due at their hour To fan the earth now waked. --Milton. Then wake, my soul, to high desires. --Keble. | |
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Wash \Wash\ (w[ocr]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Washed} (w[ocr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Washing}.] [OE. waschen, AS. wascan; akin to D. wasschen, G. waschen, OHG. wascan, Icel. & Sw. vaska, Dan. vaske, and perhaps to E. water. [root]150.] 1. To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, . . . he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. --Matt. xxvii. 24. 2. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore. Fresh-blown roses washed with dew. --Milton. [The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist. --Longfellow. 3. To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment. | |
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Washed \Washed\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects. | |
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Washout \Wash"out`\, n. The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away. | |
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Wasite \Wa"site\, n. [See {Wasium}.] (Min.) A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium. | |
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Wast \Wast\ The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style. See {Was}. | |
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Waste \Waste\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wasting}.] [OE. wasten, OF. waster, guaster, gaster, F. g[83]ter to spoil, L. vastare to devastate, to lay waste, fr. vastus waste, desert, uncultivated, ravaged, vast, but influenced by a kindred German word; cf. OHG. wuosten, G. w[81]sten, AS. w[emac]stan. See {Waste}, a.] 1. To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy. Thou barren ground, whom winter's wrath hath wasted, Art made a mirror to behold my plight. --Spenser. The Tiber Insults our walls, and wastes our fruitful grounds. --Dryden. 2. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out. Until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. --Num. xiv. 33. O, were I able To waste it all myself, and leave ye none! --Milton. Here condemned To waste eternal days in woe and pain. --Milton. Wasted by such a course of life, the infirmities of age daily grew on him. --Robertson. 3. To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury. The younger son gathered all together, and . . . wasted his substance with riotous living. --Luke xv. 13. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. --Gray. 4. (Law) To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay. Syn: To squander; dissipate; lavish; desolate. | |
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Waste \Waste\, a. [OE. wast, OF. wast, from L. vastus, influenced by the kindred German word; cf. OHG. wuosti, G. w[81]st, OS. w[?]sti, D. woest, AS. w[emac]ste. Cf. {Vast}.] 1. Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless. The dismal situation waste and wild. --Milton. His heart became appalled as he gazed forward into the waste darkness of futurity. --Sir W. Scott. 2. Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper. But his waste words returned to him in vain. --Spenser. Not a waste or needless sound, Till we come to holier ground. --Milton. Ill day which made this beauty waste. --Emerson. 3. Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous. And strangled with her waste fertility. --Milton. {Waste gate}, a gate by which the superfluous water of a reservoir, or the like, is discharged. {Waste paper}. See under {Paper}. {Waste pipe}, a pipe for carrying off waste, or superfluous, water or other fluids. Specifically: (a) (Steam Boilers) An escape pipe. See under {Escape}. (b) (Plumbing) The outlet pipe at the bottom of a bowl, tub, sink, or the like. {Waste steam}. (a) Steam which escapes the air. (b) Exhaust steam. {Waste trap}, a trap for a waste pipe, as of a sink. | |
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Waste \Waste\, n. [OE. waste; cf. the kindred AS. w[?]sten, OHG. w[?]st[c6], wuost[c6], G. w[81]ste. See {Waste}, a. & v.] 1. The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc. [bd]Waste . . . of catel and of time.[b8] --Chaucer. For all this waste of wealth loss of blood. --Milton. He will never . . . in the way of waste, attempt us again. --Shak. Little wastes in great establishments, constantly occurring, may defeat the energies of a mighty capital. --L. Beecher. 2. That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness. [bd]The wastes of Nature.[b8] --Emerson. All the leafy nation sinks at last, And Vulcan rides in triumph o'er the waste. --Dryden. The gloomy waste of waters which bears his name is his tomb and his monument. --Bancroft. 3. That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc. 4. (Law) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder. Note: Waste is voluntary, as by pulling down buildings; or permissive, as by suffering them to fall for want of necessary repairs. Whatever does a lasting damage to the freehold is a {waste}. --Blackstone. 5. (Mining) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse. Syn: Prodigality; diminution; loss; dissipation; destruction; devastation; havoc; desolation; ravage. | |
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Waste \Waste\, v. i. 1. To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less. The time wasteth night and day. --Chaucer. The barrel of meal shall not waste. --1 Kings xvii. 14. But man dieth, and wasteth away. --Job xiv. 10. 2. (Sporting) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc. | |
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Waste \Waste\, n. (Phys. Geog.) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea. | |
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Waucht \Waucht\, Waught \Waught\, n. [Cf. {Quaff}.] A large draught of any liquid. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
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Waucht \Waucht\, Waught \Waught\, n. [Cf. {Quaff}.] A large draught of any liquid. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
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Wax \Wax\, v. i. [imp. {Waxed}; p. p. {Waxed}, and Obs. or Poetic {Waxen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waxing}.] [AS. weaxan; akin to OFries. waxa, D. wassen, OS. & OHG. wahsan, G. wachsen, Icel. vaxa, Sw. v[84]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth. wahsjan, Gr. [?] to increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Waist}.] 1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane. The waxing and the waning of the moon. --Hakewill. Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane. --P. Plowman. 2. To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse. Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. --Deut. xxix. 5. Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his deep wound. --Milton. {Waxing kernels} (Med.), small tumors formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children; -- popularly so called, because supposed to be caused by growth of the body. --Dunglison. | |
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Wax \Wax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waxing}.] To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table. {Waxed cloth}, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a cover, of tables and for other purposes; -- called also {wax cloth}. {Waxed end}, a thread pointed with a bristle and covered with shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots, shoes, and the like; -- called also {wax end}. --Brockett. | |
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Waygate \Way"gate`\, n. The tailrace of a mill. --Knight. | |
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Wayside \Way"side`\, a. Of or pertaining to the wayside; as, wayside flowers. [bd]A wayside inn.[b8] --Longfellow. | |
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Wayside \Way"side`\, n. The side of the way; the edge or border of a road or path. | |
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{Weak conjugation} (Gram.), the conjugation of weak verbs; -- called also {new, [or] regular, conjugation}, and distinguished from the old, or irregular, conjugation. {Weak declension} (Anglo-Saxon Gram.), the declension of weak nouns; also, one of the declensions of adjectives. {Weak side}, the side or aspect of a person's character or disposition by which he is most easily affected or influenced; weakness; infirmity. {Weak sore} [or] {ulcer} (Med.), a sore covered with pale, flabby, sluggish granulations. | |
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Week \Week\, n. [OE. weke, wike, woke, wuke AS. weocu, wicu, wucu; akin to OS. wika, OFries. wike, D. week, G. woche, OHG. wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Goth. wik[?], probably originally meaning, a succession or change, and akin to G. wechsel change, L. vicis turn, alternation, and E. weak. Cf. {Weak}.] A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next. I fast twice in the week. --Luke xviii. 12. Note: Although it [the week] did not enter into the calendar of the Greeks, and was not introduced at Rome till after the reign of Theodesius, it has been employed from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries. --Encyc. Brit. {Feast of Weeks}. See {Pentecost}, 1. {Prophetic week}, a week of years, or seven years. --Dan. ix. 24. {Week day}. See under {Day}. | |
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{Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n. {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. {Born days}. See under {Born}. {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}. {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}. {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under {By}. [bd]Day by day we magnify thee.[b8] --Book of Common Prayer. {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill. {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley. {Days of grace}. See {Grace}. {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley. {Day owl}, (Zo[94]l.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk owl}. {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset. {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. [bd]Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.[b8] --Shak. {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance; temporarily. --Bacon. {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S. Butler. {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. {Working day}. (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay. | |
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Weigh \Weigh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weighing}.] [OE. weien, weyen, weghen, AS. wegan to bear, move; akin to D. wegen to weigh, G. w[84]gen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move, carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v[84]ga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth. gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [?][?][?][?]. See {Way}, and cf. {Wey}.] 1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor. [bd]Weigh the vessel up.[b8] --Cowper. 2. To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold. Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. --Dan. v. 27. 3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of. [bd]A body weighing divers ounces.[b8] --Boyle. 4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight. They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. --Zech. xi. 12. 5. To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance. A young man not weighed in state affairs. --Bacon. Had no better weighed The strength he was to cope with, or his own. --Milton. Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken. --Hooker. In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. --Pope. Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. --Sir W. Scott. 6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or Archaic] [bd]I weigh not you.[b8] --Shak. All that she so dear did weigh. --Spenser. {To weigh down}. (a) To overbalance. (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. [bd]To weigh thy spirits down.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Weight \Weight\, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[91]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[91]gt. See {Weigh}, v. t.] 1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc. Note: Weight differs from gravity in being the effect of gravity, or the downward pressure of a body under the influence of gravity; hence, it constitutes a measure of the force of gravity, and being the resultant of all the forces exerted by gravity upon the different particles of the body, it is proportional to the quantity of matter in the body. 2. The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds. For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell, Once set on ringing, with his own weight goes. --Shak. 3. Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business. [bd]The weight of this said time.[b8] --Shak. For the public all this weight he bears. --Milton. [He] who singly bore the world's sad weight. --Keble. 4. Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight. In such a point of weight, so near mine honor. --Shak. 5. A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight. 6. A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight. A man leapeth better with weights in his hands. --Bacon. 7. A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight. 8. (Mech.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. [Obs.] {Atomic weight}. (Chem.) See under {Atomic}, and cf. {Element}. {Dead weight}, {Feather weight}, {Heavy weight}, {Light weight}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Feather}, etc. {Weight of observation} (Astron. & Physics), a number expressing the most probable relative value of each observation in determining the result of a series of observations of the same kind. Syn: Ponderousness; gravity; heaviness; pressure; burden; load; importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness. | |
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Weight \Weight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weighting}.] 1. To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle. The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense. --Coleridge. 2. (Astron. & Physics) To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See {Weight of observations}, under {Weight}. | |
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Weight \Weight\, v. t. (Dyeing) To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc. | |
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Weighty \Weight"y\, a. [Compar. {Weightier}; superl. {Weightiest}.] 1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body. 2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous. [bd]For sundry weighty reasons.[b8] --Shak. Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. --Swift. 3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] [bd]Attend our weightier judgment.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible; momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent. | |
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West \West\, a. Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west. This shall be your west border. --Num. xxxiv. 6. {West end}, the fashionable part of London, commencing from the east, at Charing Cross. | |
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West \West\, n. [AS. west, adv.; akin to D. west, G. west, westen, OHG. westan, Icel. vestr, Sw. vest, vester, vestan, Dan. vest, vesten, and perhaps to L. vesper evening, Gr. [?]. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Vesper}, {Visigoth}.] 1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east. And fresh from the west is the free wind's breath. --Bryant. 2. A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west. 3. Specifically: (a) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident. (b) (U. S. Hist. & Geog.) Formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article. {West by north}, {West by south}, according to the notation of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 11[frac14][deg] to the north or south, respectively, of the point due west. {West northwest}, {West southwest}, that point which lies 22[frac12][deg] to the north or south of west, or halfway between west and northwest or southwest, respectively. See Illust. of {Compass}. | |
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West \West\, v. i. 1. To pass to the west; to set, as the sun. [Obs.] [bd]The hot sun gan to west.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west. | |
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West \West\, adv. [AS. west.] Westward. | |
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West \West\, a. (Eccl.) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir. | |
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Westy \West"y\, a. Dizzy; giddy. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Whack \Whack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whacking}.] [Cf. {Thwack}.] To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.] Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes. --G. W. Cable. | |
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Wheeze \Wheeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wheezed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wheezing}.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw[?]san (cf. Icel. hv[91]sa to hiss, Sw. hv[84]sa, Dan. hv[91]se); akin to AS. hw[?]sta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h[?]sti, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. k[?]s. [root]43. Cf. {Husky} hoarse.] To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. [bd]Wheezing lungs.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Whisk \Whisk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whisked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whisking}.] [Cf. Dan. viske, Sw. viska, G. wischen, D. wisschen. See {Whisk}, n.] 1. To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth. 2. To move with a quick, sweeping motion. He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod. --J. Fletcher. I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another. --Walpole. | |
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Whisket \Whis"ket\, n. [Cf. {Wisket}.] 1. A basket; esp., a straw provender basket. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. (Mach.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins. | |
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Whist \Whist\, n. [From {Whist}, interj.] A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed. Note: Points are scored for the tricks taken in excess of six, and for the honors held. In long whist, now seldom played, ten points make the game; in short whist, now usually played in England, five points make the game. In American whist, so-called, honors are not counted, and seven points by tricks make the game. | |
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Whist \Whist\, v. t. [From {Whist}, interj.] To hush or silence. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Whist \Whist\, v. i. To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute. [R.] --Surrey. | |
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Whist \Whist\, a. [Properly p. p. of whist, v.] Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet. [bd]So whist and dead a silence.[b8] --Sir J. Harrington. The winds, with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kissed. --Milton. Note: This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used predicatively. | |
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Whist \Whist\, interj. [Cf. G. st! pst! bst! [?][?][?]. Cf. {Hist}.] Be silent; be still; hush; silence. | |
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Whist \Whist\, n. {Bridge whist}. See {Bridge}, n., above. {Duplicate whist}, a form of whist in playing which the hands are preserved as dealt and played again by other players, as when each side holds in the second round the cards played by the opposing side in the first round. {Solo whist}. See {Solo whist}, above. Whitecap \White"cap`\, n. A member of a self-appointed vigilance committee attempting by lynch-law methods to drive away or coerce persons obnoxious to it. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks. [U. S.] -- {White"cap`}, v. -- {White"cap`per}, n. | |
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Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. 2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. {Progressive euchre} [or] {whist}, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. {Progressive muscular atrophy} (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. -- {Pro*gress"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*gress"ive*ness}, n. | |
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Whist \Whist\, n. [From {Whist}, interj.] A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed. Note: Points are scored for the tricks taken in excess of six, and for the honors held. In long whist, now seldom played, ten points make the game; in short whist, now usually played in England, five points make the game. In American whist, so-called, honors are not counted, and seven points by tricks make the game. | |
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Whist \Whist\, v. t. [From {Whist}, interj.] To hush or silence. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Whist \Whist\, v. i. To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute. [R.] --Surrey. | |
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Whist \Whist\, a. [Properly p. p. of whist, v.] Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet. [bd]So whist and dead a silence.[b8] --Sir J. Harrington. The winds, with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kissed. --Milton. Note: This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used predicatively. | |
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Whist \Whist\, interj. [Cf. G. st! pst! bst! [?][?][?]. Cf. {Hist}.] Be silent; be still; hush; silence. | |
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Whist \Whist\, n. {Bridge whist}. See {Bridge}, n., above. {Duplicate whist}, a form of whist in playing which the hands are preserved as dealt and played again by other players, as when each side holds in the second round the cards played by the opposing side in the first round. {Solo whist}. See {Solo whist}, above. Whitecap \White"cap`\, n. A member of a self-appointed vigilance committee attempting by lynch-law methods to drive away or coerce persons obnoxious to it. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks. [U. S.] -- {White"cap`}, v. -- {White"cap`per}, n. | |
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Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. 2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. {Progressive euchre} [or] {whist}, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. {Progressive muscular atrophy} (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. -- {Pro*gress"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*gress"ive*ness}, n. | |
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Whiz \Whiz\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whizzed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whizzing}.] [Of imitative origin. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Whistle}, and {Hiss}.] To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound. [Written also {whizz}.] It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. --Dryden. | |
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Wichitas \Wich"i*tas\, n. pl.; sing. {Wichita}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See {Pawnees}. | |
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Wicked \Wicked\, a. Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp. | |
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Wicked \Wick"ed\, a. [OE. wicked, fr. wicke wicked; probably originally the same word as wicche wizard, witch. See {Witch}.] 1. Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs. Hence, then, and evil go with thee along, Thy offspring, to the place of evil, hell, Thou and thy wicked crew! --Milton. Never, never, wicked man was wise. --Pope. 2. Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous. [Obs.] [bd]Wicked dew.[b8] --Shak. This were a wicked way, but whoso had a guide. --P. Plowman. 3. Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish. [Colloq.] Pen looked uncommonly wicked. --Thackeray. Syn: Iniquitous; sinful; criminal; guilty; immoral; unjust; unrighteous; unholy; irreligious; ungodly; profane; vicious; pernicious; atrocious; nefarious; heinous; flagrant; flagitious; abandoned. See {Iniquitous}. | |
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Wicket \Wick"et\, n. [OE. wiket, OF. wiket, guichet, F. quichet; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v[?]k a small creek, inlet, bay, vik a corner.] 1. A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman. [bd]Heaven's wicket.[b8] --Milton. And so went to the high street, . . . and came to the great tower, but the gate and wicket was fast closed. --Ld. Berners. The wicket, often opened, knew the key. --Dryden. 2. A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated. 3. (Cricket) (a) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top. (b) The ground on which the wickets are set. 4. A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. 5. (Mining) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working. --Raymond. {Wicket door}, {Wicket gate}, a small door or gate; a wicket. See def. 1, above. --Bunyan. {Wicket keeper} (Cricket), the player who stands behind the wicket to catch the balls and endeavor to put the batsman out. | |
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Wigged \Wigged\, a. Having the head covered with a wig; wearing a wig. | |
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Wig \Wig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wigging}.] To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold. [Slang] | |
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Wight \Wight\, a. [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v[c6]gr in fighting condition, neut. v[c6]gh [?][?][?] v[c6]g war, akin to AS. w[c6]g See {Vanquish}.] Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. [Obs. or Poetic] 'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe. --Chaucer. He was so wimble and so wight. --Spenser. They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Pilgrims wight with steps forthright. --Emerson. | |
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Wight \Wight\, n. Weight. [Obs.] | |
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Wight \Wight\, n. [OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht, wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. & OHG. wiht a creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel. v[91]tt[?] a wight, v[91]tt[?] a whit, Goth. wa[a1]hts, wa[a1]ht, thing; cf. Russ. veshche a thing. [?]. Cf. {Whit}.] 1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.] She was fallen asleep a little wight. --Chaucer. 2. A supernatural being. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. [bd]Worst of all wightes.[b8] --Chaucer. Every wight that hath discretion. --Chaucer. Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight. --Milton. | |
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Wish \Wish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wishing}.] [OE. wischen, weschen, wuschen, AS. w[?]scan; akin to D. wenschen, G. w[81]nschen, Icel. [91]eskja, Dan. [94]nske, Sw. [94]nska; from AS. w[?]sc a wish; akin to OD. & G. wunsch, OHG. wunsc, Icel. [?]sk, Skr. v[be][?]ch[be] a wish, v[be][?]ch to wish; also to Skr. van to like, to wish. [?]. See {Winsome}, {Win}, v. t., and cf. {Wistful}.] 1. To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker. They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. --Acts xxvii. 29. This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Wisket \Wis"ket\, n. A whisket, or basket. [Prov. Eng.] --Ainsworth. | |
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Wist \Wist\, archaic imp. & p. p. of {Wit}, v. Knew. | |
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Wit \Wit\, v. t. & i. [inf. (To) {Wit}; pres. sing. {Wot}; pl. {Wite}; imp. {Wist(e)}; p. p. {Wist}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wit(t)ing}. See the Note below.] [OE. witen, pres. ich wot, wat, I know (wot), imp. wiste, AS. witan, pres. w[be]t, imp. wiste, wisse; akin to OFries. wita, OS. witan, D. weten, G. wissen, OHG. wizzan, Icel. vita, Sw. veta, Dan. vide, Goth. witan to observe, wait I know, Russ. vidiete to see, L. videre, Gr. [?], Skr. vid to know, learn; cf. Skr. vid to find. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {History}, {Idea}, {Idol}, {-oid}, {Twit}, {Veda}, {Vision}, {Wise}, a. & n., {Wot}.] To know; to learn. [bd]I wot and wist alway.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Wit \Wit\, v. t. & i. [inf. (To) {Wit}; pres. sing. {Wot}; pl. {Wite}; imp. {Wist(e)}; p. p. {Wist}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wit(t)ing}. See the Note below.] [OE. witen, pres. ich wot, wat, I know (wot), imp. wiste, AS. witan, pres. w[be]t, imp. wiste, wisse; akin to OFries. wita, OS. witan, D. weten, G. wissen, OHG. wizzan, Icel. vita, Sw. veta, Dan. vide, Goth. witan to observe, wait I know, Russ. vidiete to see, L. videre, Gr. [?], Skr. vid to know, learn; cf. Skr. vid to find. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {History}, {Idea}, {Idol}, {-oid}, {Twit}, {Veda}, {Vision}, {Wise}, a. & n., {Wot}.] To know; to learn. [bd]I wot and wist alway.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Wost \Wost\, 2d pers. sing. pres. of {Wit}, to know. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Wust \Wust\, Wuste \Wuste\, obs. imp. of {Wit}. --Piers Plowman. | |
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Wust \Wust\, Wuste \Wuste\, obs. imp. of {Wit}. --Piers Plowman. | |
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