English Dictionary: wegsehen | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[96]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.] 1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray. 2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar. [bd]Charnel vaults.[b8] --Milton. The silent vaults of death. --Sandys. To banish rats that haunt our vault. --Swift. 3. The canopy of heaven; the sky. That heaven's vault should crack. --Shak. 4. [F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or bound. Specifically: (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. (b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like. Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation. {Barrel}, {Cradle}, {Cylindrical}, [or] {Wagon}, {vault} (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see {Rampant vault}, under {Rampant}), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church. {Coved vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Cove}, v. t. {Groined vault} (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault. {Rampant vault}. (Arch.) See under {Rampant}. {Ribbed vault} (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character. {Vault light}, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below. | |
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Wagon \Wag"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wagoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wagoning}.] To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city. | |
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Wagon \Wag"on\, v. i. To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs. | |
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Wagon \Wag"on\, n. [D. wagen. [root]136. See {Wain}.] 1. A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise. Note: In the United States, light wagons are used for the conveyance of persons and light commodities. 2. A freight car on a railway. [Eng.] 3. A chariot [Obs.] --Spenser. 4. (Astron.) The Dipper, or Charles's Wain. Note: This word and its compounds are often written with two g's (waggon, waggonage, etc.), chiefly in England. The forms wagon, wagonage, etc., are, however, etymologically preferable, and in the United States are almost universally used. {Wagon boiler}. See the Note under {Boiler}, 3. {Wagon ceiling} (Arch.), a semicircular, or wagon-headed, arch or ceiling; -- sometimes used also of a ceiling whose section is polygonal instead of semicircular. {Wagon master}, an officer or person in charge of one or more wagons, especially of those used for transporting freight, as the supplies of an army, and the like. {Wagon shoe}, a skid, or shoe, for retarding the motion of a wagon wheel; a drag. {Wagon vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Vault}. | |
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Waken \Wak"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. pr. {Wakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wakening}.] [OE. waknen, AS. w[91]cnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan. See {Wake}, v. i.] To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. Early, Turnus wakening with the light. --Dryden. | |
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Waken \Wak"en\, v. t. 1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. [bd]Go, waken Eve.[b8] --Milton. 2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken. Then Homer's and Tyrt[91]us' martial muse Wakened the world. --Roscommon. Venus now wakes, and wakens love. --Milton. They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high. --Milton. | |
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Washen \Wash"en\, obs. p. p. of {Wash}. --Chaucer. | |
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Wasium \Wa"si*um\, n. [NL. So called from Wasa, or Vasa, the name of a former royal family of Sweden.] (Chem.) A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with thorium. | |
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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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Waxen \Wax"en\, a. 1. Made of wax. [bd]The female bee, that . . . builds her waxen cells.[b8] --Milton. 2. Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet. 3. Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding. Men have marble, women waxen, minds. --Shak. {Waxen chatterer} (Zo[94]l.), the Bohemian chatterer. | |
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Weaken \Weak"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weakening}.] 1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument. Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. --Neh. vi. 9. 2. To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction. | |
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Weaken \Weak"en\, v. i. To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination. [bd]His notion weakens, his discernings are lethargied.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Weazen \Wea"zen\, a. [See {Wizen}.] Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as, a weazen face. They were weazen and shriveled. --Dickens. | |
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Weazeny \Wea"zen*y\, a. Somewhat weazen; shriveled. [Colloq.] [bd]Weazeny, baked pears.[b8] --Lowell. | |
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Weekwam \Week"wam\, n. See {Wigwam}. [R.] | |
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Wigwam \Wig"wam\, n. [From the Algonquin or Massachusetts Indian word w[emac]k, [bd]his house,[b8] or [bd]dwelling place;[b8] with possessive and locative affixes, w[emac]-kou-om-ut, [bd]in his (or their) house,[b8] contracted by the English to weekwam, and wigwam.] An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also {tepee}. [Sometimes written also {weekwam}.] Very spacious was the wigwam, Made of deerskin dressed and whitened, With the gods of the Dacotahs Drawn and painted on its curtains. --Longfellow. Note: [bd]The wigwam, or Indian house, of a circular or oval shape, was made of bark or mats laid over a framework of branches of trees stuck in the ground in such a manner as to converge at the top, where was a central aperture for the escape of smoke from the fire beneath. The better sort had also a lining of mats. For entrance and egress, two low openings were left on opposite sides, one or the other of which was closed with bark or mats, according to the direction of the wind.[b8] --Palfrey. | |
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Weekwam \Week"wam\, n. See {Wigwam}. [R.] | |
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Wigwam \Wig"wam\, n. [From the Algonquin or Massachusetts Indian word w[emac]k, [bd]his house,[b8] or [bd]dwelling place;[b8] with possessive and locative affixes, w[emac]-kou-om-ut, [bd]in his (or their) house,[b8] contracted by the English to weekwam, and wigwam.] An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also {tepee}. [Sometimes written also {weekwam}.] Very spacious was the wigwam, Made of deerskin dressed and whitened, With the gods of the Dacotahs Drawn and painted on its curtains. --Longfellow. Note: [bd]The wigwam, or Indian house, of a circular or oval shape, was made of bark or mats laid over a framework of branches of trees stuck in the ground in such a manner as to converge at the top, where was a central aperture for the escape of smoke from the fire beneath. The better sort had also a lining of mats. For entrance and egress, two low openings were left on opposite sides, one or the other of which was closed with bark or mats, according to the direction of the wind.[b8] --Palfrey. | |
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Wegotism \We"go*tism\, n. [From we, in imitation of egotism.] Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also {weism}. [Colloq. or Cant] | |
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Weism \We"ism\, n. Same as {Wegotism}. | |
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Wegotism \We"go*tism\, n. [From we, in imitation of egotism.] Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also {weism}. [Colloq. or Cant] | |
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Weism \We"ism\, n. Same as {Wegotism}. | |
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Wekeen \We*keen"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Whiskin \Whisk"in\, n. A shallow drinking bowl. [Prov. Eng.] --Ray. | |
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Wigan \Wig"an\, n. A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England. | |
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Wigeon \Wi"geon\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A widgeon. [R.] | |
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Wigwam \Wig"wam\, n. [From the Algonquin or Massachusetts Indian word w[emac]k, [bd]his house,[b8] or [bd]dwelling place;[b8] with possessive and locative affixes, w[emac]-kou-om-ut, [bd]in his (or their) house,[b8] contracted by the English to weekwam, and wigwam.] An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also {tepee}. [Sometimes written also {weekwam}.] Very spacious was the wigwam, Made of deerskin dressed and whitened, With the gods of the Dacotahs Drawn and painted on its curtains. --Longfellow. Note: [bd]The wigwam, or Indian house, of a circular or oval shape, was made of bark or mats laid over a framework of branches of trees stuck in the ground in such a manner as to converge at the top, where was a central aperture for the escape of smoke from the fire beneath. The better sort had also a lining of mats. For entrance and egress, two low openings were left on opposite sides, one or the other of which was closed with bark or mats, according to the direction of the wind.[b8] --Palfrey. | |
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Wizen \Wiz"en\, v. i. [OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian to decay, OHG. wesan[?]n to grow dry, G. verwesen to rot, Icel. visna to wither, Sw. vissna, Dan. visne, and probably to L. virus an offensive odor, poison. Cf. {Virus}.] To wither; to dry. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Wizen \Wiz"en\, a. Wizened; thin; weazen; withered. A little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy. --Dickens. | |
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Wizen \Wiz"en\, n. The weasand. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Woesome \Woe"some\, a. Woeful. [Obs.] --Langhorne. | |
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Woxen \Wox"en\, obs. p. p. of {Wax}. --Chaucer. | |
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Wa Keeney, KS Zip code(s): 67672 | |
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Waconia, MN (city, FIPS 67432) Location: 44.84790 N, 93.79415 W Population (1990): 3498 (1475 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55387 | |
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Wahkon, MN (city, FIPS 67558) Location: 46.11862 N, 93.52366 W Population (1990): 197 (258 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56386 | |
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Waikane, HI (CDP, FIPS 75800) Location: 21.50138 N, 157.87523 W Population (1990): 717 (189 housing units) Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) | |
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Wakeeney, KS (city, FIPS 74450) Location: 39.02343 N, 99.88134 W Population (1990): 2161 (1072 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Waskom, TX (city, FIPS 76636) Location: 32.47793 N, 94.06481 W Population (1990): 1812 (809 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75692 | |
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Waucoma, IA (city, FIPS 82650) Location: 43.05534 N, 92.03460 W Population (1990): 277 (145 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52171 | |
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Waukon, IA (city, FIPS 82740) Location: 43.26982 N, 91.47635 W Population (1990): 4019 (1758 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52172 | |
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Wauseon, OH (city, FIPS 81928) Location: 41.55352 N, 84.14194 W Population (1990): 6322 (2410 housing units) Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43567 | |
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Weehawken, NJ (CDP, FIPS 77960) Location: 40.76868 N, 74.01886 W Population (1990): 12385 (5583 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07087 | |
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Weskan, KS Zip code(s): 67762 | |
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Wesson, MS (town, FIPS 78640) Location: 31.70045 N, 90.39674 W Population (1990): 1510 (431 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39191 | |
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Whigham, GA (city, FIPS 82412) Location: 30.88365 N, 84.32458 W Population (1990): 605 (195 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31797 | |
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Wishon, CA Zip code(s): 93669 | |
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Wixom, MI (city, FIPS 88140) Location: 42.52410 N, 83.53550 W Population (1990): 8550 (4475 housing units) Area: 24.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48393 | |
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Wyocena, WI (village, FIPS 89300) Location: 43.49313 N, 89.31005 W Population (1990): 620 (205 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Wagon Heb. aghalah; so rendered in Gen. 45:19, 21, 27; 46:5; Num. 7:3, 7,8, but elsewhere rendered "cart" (1 Sam. 6:7, etc.). This vehicle was used for peaceful purposes. In Ezek. 23:24, however, it is the rendering of a different Hebrew word, and denotes a war-chariot. |