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Waag \Waag\ (w[aum]g), n. (Zo[94]l.) The grivet. | |
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Wacke \Wack"e\, Wacky \Wack"y\, n. [G. wacke, MHG. wacke a large stone, OHG. waggo a pebble.] (Geol.) A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt. | |
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Wacke \Wack"e\, Wacky \Wack"y\, n. [G. wacke, MHG. wacke a large stone, OHG. waggo a pebble.] (Geol.) A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt. | |
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Waeg \Waeg\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The kittiwake. [Scot.] | |
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Wag \Wag\, v. i. 1. To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate. The resty sieve wagged ne'er the more. --Dryden. 2. To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir. [Colloq.] [bd]Thus we may see,[b8] quoth he, [bd]how the world wags.[b8] --Shak. 3. To go; to depart; to pack oft. [R.] I will provoke him to 't, or let him wag. --Shak. | |
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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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Wag \Wag\, n. [From {Wag}, v.] 1. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head. [Colloq.] 2. [Perhaps shortened from wag-halter a rogue.] A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker. We wink at wags when they offend. --Dryden. A counselor never pleaded without a piece of pack thread in his hand, which he used to twist about a finger all the while he was speaking; the wags used to call it the thread of his discourse. --Addison. | |
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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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Wage \Wage\, v. i. To bind one's self; to engage. [Obs.] | |
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Wage \Wage\, n. [OF. wage, gage, guarantee, engagement. See {Wage}, v. t. ] 1. That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. [Obs.] [bd]That warlike wage.[b8] --Spenser. 2. That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See {Wages}. [bd]My day's wage.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. [bd]At least I earned my wage.[b8] --Thackeray. [bd]Pay them a wage in advance.[b8] --J. Morley. [bd]The wages of virtue.[b8] --Tennyson. By Tom Thumb, a fairy page, He sent it, and doth him engage, By promise of a mighty wage, It secretly to carry. --Drayton. Our praises are our wages. --Shak. Existing legislation on the subject of wages. --Encyc. Brit. Note: Wage is used adjectively and as the first part of compounds which are usually self-explaining; as, wage worker, or wage-worker; wage-earner, etc. {Board wages}. See under 1st {Board}. Syn: Hire; reward; stipend; salary; allowance; pay; compensation; remuneration; fruit. | |
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Waggie \Wag"gie\ (-g[icr]), n. The pied wagtail. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Wake \Wake\, n. [Originally, an open space of water s[?]rrounded by ice, and then, the passage cut through ice for a vessel, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v[94]k a hole, opening in ice, Sw. vak, Dan. vaage, perhaps akin to E. humid.] The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army. This effect followed immediately in the wake of his earliest exertions. --De Quincey. Several humbler persons . . . formed quite a procession in the dusty wake of his chariot wheels. --Thackeray. | |
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Wake \Wake\, v. t. 1. To rouse from sleep; to awake. The angel . . . came again and waked me. --Zech. iv. 1. 2. To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. [bd]I shall waken all this company.[b8] --Chaucer. Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. --Milton. Even Richard's crusade woke little interest in his island realm. --J. R. Green. 3. To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive. To second life Waked in the renovation of the just. --Milton. 4. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body. | |
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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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Wake \Wake\, n. 1. The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake. [Obs. or Poetic] Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep. --Shak. Singing her flatteries to my morning wake. --Dryden. 2. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil. The warlike wakes continued all the night, And funeral games played at new returning light. --Dryden. The wood nymphs, decked with daises trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep. --Milton. 3. Specifically: (a) (Ch. of Eng.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess. Great solemnities were made in all churches, and great fairs and wakes throughout all England. --Ld. Berners. And every village smokes at wakes with lusty cheer. --Drayton. (b) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish. [bd]Blithe as shepherd at a wake.[b8] --Cowper. {Wake play}, the ceremonies and pastimes connected with a wake. See {Wake}, n., 3 (b), above. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Was \Was\ (w[ocr]z). [AS. w[91]s, 2d pers. w[aemac]re, 3d pers. w[91]s, pl. w[aemac]ron, with the inf. wesan to be; akin to D. wezen, imp. was, OHG. wesan, imp. was, G. wesen, n., a being, essence, war was, Icel. vera to be, imp. var, Goth. wisan to be, to dwell, to remain, imp. was, Skr. vas to remain, to dwell. [root]148. Cf. {Vernacular}, {Wassail}, {Were}, v.] The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was. | |
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Be \Be\, v. i. [imp. {Was}; p. p. {Been}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Being}.] [OE. been, beon, AS. be[a2]n to be, be[a2]m I am; akin to OHG. bim, pim, G. bin, I am, Gael. & Ir. bu was, W. bod to be, Lith. bu-ti, O. Slav. by-ti, to be, L. fu-i I have been, fu-turus about to be, fo-re to be about to be, and perh to fieri to become, Gr. [?] to be born, to be, Skr. bh[?] to be. This verb is defective, and the parts lacking are supplied by verbs from other roots, is, was, which have no radical connection with be. The various forms, am, are, is, was, were, etc., are considered grammatically as parts of the verb [bd]to be[b8], which, with its conjugational forms, is often called the substantive verb. [?]97. Cf. {Future}, {Physic}.] 1. To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex[?]stence. To be contents his natural desire. --Pope. To be, or not to be: that is the question. --Shak. 2. To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man. 3. To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday. 4. To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to. The field is the world. --Matt. xiii. 38. The seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. --Rev. i. 20. Note: The verb to be (including the forms is, was, etc.) is used in forming the passive voice of other verbs; as, John has been struck by James. It is also used with the past participle of many intransitive verbs to express a state of the subject. But have is now more commonly used as the auxiliary, though expressing a different sense; as, [bd]Ye have come too late -- but ye are come. [b8] [bd]The minstrel boy to the war is gone.[b8] The present and imperfect tenses form, with the infinitive, a particular future tense, which expresses necessity, duty, or purpose; as, government is to be supported; we are to pay our just debts; the deed is to be signed to-morrow. Note: Have or had been, followed by to, implies movement. [bd]I have been to Paris.[b8] --Sydney Smith. [bd]Have you been to Franchard ?[b8] --R. L. Stevenson. Note: Been, or ben, was anciently the plural of the indicative present. [bd]Ye ben light of the world.[b8] --Wyclif, Matt. v. 14. Afterwards be was used, as in our Bible: [bd]They that be with us are more than they that be with them.[b8] --2 Kings vi. 16. Ben was also the old infinitive: [bd]To ben of such power.[b8] --R. of Gloucester. Be is used as a form of the present subjunctive: [bd]But if it be a question of words and names.[b8] --Acts xviii. 15. But the indicative forms, is and are, with if, are more commonly used. {Be it so}, a phrase of supposition, equivalent to suppose it to be so; or of permission, signifying let it be so. --Shak. {If so be}, in case. {To be from}, to have come from; as, from what place are you ? I am from Chicago. {To let be}, to omit, or leave untouched; to let alone. [bd]Let be, therefore, my vengeance to dissuade.[b8] --Spenser. Syn: {To be}, {Exist}. Usage: The verb to be, except in a few rare case, like that of Shakespeare's [bd]To be, or not to be[b8], is used simply as a copula, to connect a subject with its predicate; as, man is mortal; the soul is immortal. The verb to exist is never properly used as a mere copula, but points to things that stand forth, or have a substantive being; as, when the soul is freed from all corporeal alliance, then it truly exists. It is not, therefore, properly synonymous with to be when used as a copula, though occasionally made so by some writers for the sake of variety; as in the phrase [bd]there exists [is] no reason for laying new taxes.[b8] We may, indeed, say, [bd]a friendship has long existed between them,[b8] instead of saying, [bd]there has long been a friendship between them;[b8] but in this case, exist is not a mere copula. It is used in its appropriate sense to mark the friendship as having been long in existence. | |
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Wase \Wase\ (w[amac]s), n. [Cf. Sw. vase a sheaf.] A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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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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Wash \Wash\, v. i. 1. To perform the act of ablution. Wash in Jordan seven times. --2 Kings v. 10. 2. To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water. [bd]She can wash and scour.[b8] --Shak. 3. To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash. [Colloq.] 4. To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc. | |
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Wash \Wash\, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire. [bd]The Wash of Edmonton so gay.[b8] --Cowper. These Lincoln washes have devoured them. --Shak. 3. Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc. The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, where rain water hath a long time settled. --Mortimer. 4. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs. --Shak. 5. (Distilling) (a) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. (b) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. --B. Edwards. 6. That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface. Specifically: (a) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion. (b) A liquid dentifrice. (c) A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash. (d) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion. (e) (Painting) A thin coat of color, esp. water color. (j) A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation. 7. (Naut.) (a) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water. (b) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc. 8. The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it. 9. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. [Prov. Eng.] {Wash ball}, a ball of soap to be used in washing the hands or face. --Swift. {Wash barrel} (Fisheries), a barrel nearly full of split mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order to soak the blood from the fish before salting. {Wash bottle}. (Chem.) (a) A bottle partially filled with some liquid through which gases are passed for the purpose of purifying them, especially by removing soluble constituents. (b) A washing bottle. See under {Washing}. {Wash gilding}. See {Water gilding}. {Wash leather}, split sheepskin dressed with oil, in imitation of chamois, or shammy, and used for dusting, cleaning glass or plate, etc.; also, alumed, or buff, leather for soldiers' belts. | |
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Wash \Wash\, a. 1. Washy; weak. [Obs.] Their bodies of so weak and wash a temper. --Beau. & Fl. 2. Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods. [Colloq.] | |
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Wash \Wash\, n. 1. [Western U. S.] (Geol.) (a) Gravel and other rock d[82]bris transported and deposited by running water; coarse alluvium. (b) An alluvial cone formed by a stream at the base of a mountain. 2. The dry bed of an intermittent stream, sometimes at the bottom of a ca[a4]on; as, the Amargosa wash, Diamond wash; -- called also {dry wash}. [Western U. S.] 3. (Arch.) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water. Hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water, as a carriage wash in a stable. | |
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Wash \Wash\, v. t. 1. To cause dephosphorisation of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide. 2. To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, esp. by removing soluble constituents. | |
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Wash \Wash\, v. i. 1. To use washes, as for the face or hair. 2. To move with a lapping or swashing sound, or the like; to lap; splash; as, to hear the water washing. | |
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Washy \Wash"y\, a. [From {Wash}.] 1. Watery; damp; soft. [bd]Washy ooze.[b8] --Milton. 2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions. A polish . . . not over thin and washy. --Sir H. Wotton. 3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse. [Local, U. S.] | |
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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\, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk'.] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow. Note: Beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid (constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl palmitate (constituting the less soluble part). 2. Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance. Specifically: (a) (Physiol.) Cerumen, or earwax. See {Cerumen}. (b) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread. (d) (Zo[94]l.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See {Wax insect}, below. (e) (Bot.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See {Vegetable wax}, under {Vegetable}. (f) (Min.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite. (g) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling. [Local U. S.] {Japanese wax}, a waxlike substance made in Japan from the berries of certain species of {Rhus}, esp. {R. succedanea}. {Mineral wax}. (Min.) See {Wax}, 2 (f), above. {Wax cloth}. See {Waxed cloth}, under {Waxed}. {Wax end}. See {Waxed end}, under {Waxed}. {Wax flower}, a flower made of, or resembling, wax. {Wax insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of scale insects belonging to the family {Coccid[91]}, which secrete from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially the Chinese wax insect ({Coccus Sinensis}) from which a large amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained. Called also {pela}. {Wax light}, a candle or taper of wax. {Wax moth} (Zo[94]l.), a pyralid moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose larv[91] feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken galleries among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray wings streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva is yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also {bee moth}. {Wax myrtle}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry}. {Wax painting}, a kind of painting practiced by the ancients, under the name of encaustic. The pigments were ground with wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted with hot irons and the color thus fixed. {Wax palm}. (Bot.) (a) A species of palm ({Ceroxylon Andicola}) native of the Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion, consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax, which, when melted with a third of fat, makes excellent candles. (b) A Brazilian tree ({Copernicia cerifera}) the young leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy secretion. {Wax paper}, paper prepared with a coating of white wax and other ingredients. {Wax plant} (Bot.), a name given to several plants, as: (a) The Indian pipe (see under {Indian}). (b) The {Hoya carnosa}, a climbing plant with polished, fleshy leaves. (c) Certain species of {Begonia} with similar foliage. {Wax tree} (Bot.) (a) A tree or shrub ({Ligustrum lucidum}) of China, on which certain insects make a thick deposit of a substance resembling white wax. (b) A kind of sumac ({Rhus succedanea}) of Japan, the berries of which yield a sort of wax. (c) A rubiaceous tree ({El[91]agia utilis}) of New Grenada, called by the inhabitants [bd]arbol del cera.[b8] {Wax yellow}, a dull yellow, resembling the natural color of beeswax. | |
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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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Waxy \Wax"y\, a. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. [bd]Waxy to persuasion.[b8] --Bp. Hall. {Waxy degeneration} (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under {Amyloid}. {Waxy kidney}, {Waxy liver}, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver affected by waxy degeneration. | |
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Wayk \Wayk\, a. Weak. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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-ways \-ways\ A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s (see {-wards}). It is often used interchangeably with wise; as, endways or endwise; noways or nowise, etc. | |
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Way-wise \Way"-wise`\, a. Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled. | |
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Weak \Weak\ (w[emac]k), a. [Compar. {Weaker} (-[etil]r); superl. {Weakest}.] [OE. weik, Icel. veikr; akin to Sw. vek, Dan. veg soft, flexible, pliant, AS. w[be]c weak, soft, pliant, D. week, G. weich, OHG. weih; all from the verb seen in Icel. v[c6]kja to turn, veer, recede, AS. w[c6]can to yield, give way, G. weichen, OHG. w[c6]hhan, akin to Skr. vij, and probably to E. week, L. vicis a change, turn, Gr. e'i`kein to yield, give way. [fb]132. Cf. {Week}, {Wink}, v. i. {Vicissitude}.] 1. Wanting physical strength. Specifically: (a) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted. A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. --Shak. Weak with hunger, mad with love. --Dryden. (b) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope. (c) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship. (d) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant. (e) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress. (f) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish. --Ascham. (g) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine. (h) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army. 2. Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc. Specifically: (a) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate. To think every thing disputable is a proof of a weak mind and captious temper. --Beattie. Origen was never weak enough to imagine that there were two Gods. --Waterland. (b) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish. If evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse. --Milton. (c) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering. Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. --Rom. xiv. 1. (d) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue. Guard thy heart On this weak side, where most our nature fails. --Addison. (e) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty. (f) Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case. [bd]Convinced of his weak arguing.[b8] --Milton. A case so weak . . . hath much persisted in. --Hooker. (g) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style. (h) Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble. [bd]Weak prayers.[b8] --Shak. (i) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state. I must make fair weather yet awhile, Till Henry be more weak, and I more strong. --Shak. (k) (Stock Exchange) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market. 3. (Gram.) (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See {Strong}, 19 (a) . (b) Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See {Strong}, 19 (b) . Note: Weak is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, weak-eyed, weak-handed, weak-hearted, weak-minded, weak-spirited, and the like. | |
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Weak \Weak\, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. w[?]can. w[be]cian. See {Weak}, a.] To make or become weak; to weaken. [R.] Never to seek weaking variety. --Marston. | |
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Weak \Weak\, a. 1. (Stock Exchange) Tending toward a lower price or lower prices; as, wheat is weak; a weak market. 2. (Card Playing) Lacking in good cards; deficient as to number or strength; as, a hand weak in trumps. 3. (Photog.) Lacking contrast; as, a weak negative. | |
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Weasy \Wea"sy\, a. [Cf. {Weasand}.] Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous. [Obs.] --Joye. | |
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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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Weigh \Weigh\ (w[amac]), n. (Naut.) A corruption of {Way}, used only in the phrase {under weigh}. An expedition was got under weigh from New York. --Thackeray. The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficulty got under weigh. --Jowett (Thucyd.). | |
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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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Weigh \Weigh\, v. i. 1. To have weight; to be heavy. [bd]They only weigh the heavier.[b8] --Cowper. 2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh. --Shak. This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge. --Locke. 3. To bear heavily; to press hard. Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart. --Shak. 4. To judge; to estimate. [R.] Could not weigh of worthiness aright. --Spenser. {To weigh down}, to sink by its own weight. | |
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Weigh \Weigh\, n. [See {Wey}.] A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See {Wey}. | |
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Weka \We"ka\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A New Zealand rail ({Ocydromus australis}) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight. | |
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Wekau \We"kau\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small New Zealand owl ({Sceloglaux albifacies}). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground. | |
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Wesh \Wesh\, obs. imp. of {Wash}. Washed. --Chaucer. | |
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Wex \Wex\, v. t. & i. To grow; to wax. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [bd]Each wexing moon.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Wex \Wex\, obs. imp. of {Wex}. Waxed. --Chaucer. | |
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Wex \Wex\, n. Wax. [Obs.] [bd]Yelwe as wex.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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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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Whack \Whack\, v. i. To strike anything with a smart blow. {To whack away}, to continue striking heavy blows; as, to whack away at a log. [Colloq.] | |
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Whack \Whack\, n. A smart resounding blow. [Colloq.] | |
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Whack \Whack\, v. t. To divide into shares; as, to whack the spoils of a robbery; -- often with up. [Slang] | |
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Whack \Whack\, n. A portion; share; allowance. [Slang] {Out of whack}, out of order. [Slang] | |
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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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Wheeze \Wheeze\, n. 1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. 2. (Phon.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the [bd]stage whisper.[b8] It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone. | |
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Wheezy \Wheez"y\, a. Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively. | |
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Wheyish \Whey"ish\, a. Somewhat like whey; wheyey. --J. Philips. -- {Whey"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Which \Which\, pron. [OE. which, whilk, AS. hwilc, hwylc, hwelc, from the root of hw[be] who + l[c6]c body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. wel[c6]h, hwel[c6]h, Icel. hv[c6]l[c6]kr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, hw[?]leiks; cf. L. qualis. [?][?][?][?]. See {Who}, and {Like}, a., and cf. {Such}.] 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. [Obs.] And which they weren and of what degree. --Chaucer. 2. A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under {What}, pron., 1. Which of you convinceth me of sin? --John viii. 46. 3. A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons. And when thou fail'st -- as God forbid the hour! -- Must Edward fall, which peril heaven forfend! --Shak. God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2. Our Father, which art in heaven. --Matt. vi. 9. The temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. --1 Cor. iii. 17. 4. A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will. Note: The which was formerly often used for which. The expressions which that, which as, were also sometimes used by way of emphasis. Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? --James ii. 7. Note: Which, referring to a series of preceding sentences, or members of a sentence, may have all joined to it adjectively. [bd]All which, as a method of a proclamation, is very convenient.[b8] --Carlyle. | |
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Whig \Whig\, n. [See {Whey}.] Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Whig \Whig\, n. [Said to be from whiggam, a term used in Scotland in driving horses, whiggamore one who drives horses (a term applied to some western Scotchmen), contracted to whig. In 1648, a party of these people marched to Edinburgh to oppose the king and the duke of Hamilton (the Whiggamore raid), and hence the name of Whig was given to the party opposed to the court. Cf. Scot. whig to go quickly.] 1. (Eng. Politics) One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in English politics. See the note under {Tory}. 2. (Amer. Hist.) (a) A friend and supporter of the American Revolution; -- opposed to {Tory}, and {Royalist}. (b) One of the political party in the United States from about 1829 to 1856, opposed in politics to the Democratic party. | |
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Whig \Whig\, a. Of or pertaining to the Whigs. | |
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Whisk \Whisk\, v. i. To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement. | |
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Whisk \Whisk\, n. [See {Whist}, n.] A game at cards; whist. [Obs.] --Taylor (1630). | |
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Whisk \Whisk\, n. [Probably for wisk, and of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. visk a wisp; akin to Dan. visk, Sw. viska, D. wisch, OHG. wisc, G. wisch. See {Wisp}.] 1. The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff. This first sad whisk Takes off thy dukedom; thou art but an earl. --J. Fletcher. 2. A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn. 3. A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc. --Boyle. 4. A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress. My wife in her new lace whisk. --Pepys. 5. An impertinent fellow. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 6. A plane used by coopers for evening chines. | |
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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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Whiskey \Whis"key\, n. Same as {Whisky}, a liquor. | |
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Whiskey \Whis"key\, Whisky \Whis"ky\, n.; pl. {Whiskeys}or {Whiskies}. [See {Whisk}, v. t. & n.] A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also {tim-whiskey}. | |
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Whisky \Whis"ky\, Whiskey \Whis"key\, n. [Ir. or Gael. uisge water (perhaps akin to E. wash, water) in uisgebeatha whiskey, properly, water of life. Cf. {Usquebaugh}.] An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley. {Bourbon whisky}, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentucky. {Crooked whisky}. See under {Crooked}. {Whisky Jack} (Zo[94]l.), the Canada jay ({Perisoreus Canadensis}). It is noted for its fearless and familiar habits when it frequents the camps of lumbermen in the winter season. Its color is dull grayish blue, lighter beneath. Called also {moose bird}. | |
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Whiskey \Whis"key\, Whisky \Whis"ky\, n.; pl. {Whiskeys}or {Whiskies}. [See {Whisk}, v. t. & n.] A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also {tim-whiskey}. | |
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Whisky \Whis"ky\, Whiskey \Whis"key\, n. [Ir. or Gael. uisge water (perhaps akin to E. wash, water) in uisgebeatha whiskey, properly, water of life. Cf. {Usquebaugh}.] An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley. {Bourbon whisky}, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentucky. {Crooked whisky}. See under {Crooked}. {Whisky Jack} (Zo[94]l.), the Canada jay ({Perisoreus Canadensis}). It is noted for its fearless and familiar habits when it frequents the camps of lumbermen in the winter season. Its color is dull grayish blue, lighter beneath. Called also {moose bird}. | |
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Whisky \Whisky\, [or] Whiskey Ring \Whiskey, Ring\ . (U. S. Hist.) A conspiracy of distillers and government officials during the administration of President Grant to defraud the government of the excise taxes. The frauds were detected in 1875 through the efforts of the Secretary of the Treasury. B. H. Bristow, and most of the offenders were convicted. | |
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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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Whiz \Whiz\, n. A hissing and humming sound. Like the whiz of my crossbow. --Coleridge. | |
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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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Who \Who\, pron. [Possess. {whose}; object. {Whom}.] [OE. who, wha, AS. hw[be], interrogative pron., neut. hw[91]t; akin to OFries. hwa, neut. hwet, OS. hw[emac], neut. hwat, D. wie, neut. wat, G. wer, neut. was, OHG. wer, hwer, neut. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, neut., Dan. hvo, neut. hvad, Sw. ho, hvem, neut. hvad, Goth. hwas, fem. hw[omac], neut. hwa, Lith. kas, Ir. & Gael. co, W. pwy, L. quod, neuter of qui, Gr. po`teros whether, Skr. kas. [root]182. Cf. {How}, {Quantity}, {Quorum}, {Quote}, {Ubiquity}, {What}, {When}, {Where}, {Whether}, {Which}, {Whither}, {Whom}, {Why}.] 1. Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under {What}, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever. [bd]Let who will be President.[b8] --Macaulay. [He] should not tell whose children they were. --Chaucer. There thou tell'st of kings, and who aspire; Who fall, who rise, who triumph, who do moan. --Daniel. Adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss into madness. --Shak. Whom I could pity thus forlorn. --Milton. How hard is our fate, who serve in the state. --Addison. Who cheapens life, abates the fear of death. --Young. The brace of large greyhounds, who were the companions of his sports. --Sir W. Scott. 2. One; any; one. [Obs., except in the archaic phrase, as who should say.] As who should say, it were a very dangerous matter if a man in any point should be found wiser than his forefathers were. --Robynson (More's Utopia). | |
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Whose \Whose\ (h[oomac]z), pron. [OE. whos, whas, AS. hw[91]s, gen. of hw[be]. See {Who}.] The possessive case of who or which. See {Who}, and {Which}. Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. --Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. --Dryden. | |
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Who \Who\, pron. [Possess. {whose}; object. {Whom}.] [OE. who, wha, AS. hw[be], interrogative pron., neut. hw[91]t; akin to OFries. hwa, neut. hwet, OS. hw[emac], neut. hwat, D. wie, neut. wat, G. wer, neut. was, OHG. wer, hwer, neut. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, neut., Dan. hvo, neut. hvad, Sw. ho, hvem, neut. hvad, Goth. hwas, fem. hw[omac], neut. hwa, Lith. kas, Ir. & Gael. co, W. pwy, L. quod, neuter of qui, Gr. po`teros whether, Skr. kas. [root]182. Cf. {How}, {Quantity}, {Quorum}, {Quote}, {Ubiquity}, {What}, {When}, {Where}, {Whether}, {Which}, {Whither}, {Whom}, {Why}.] 1. Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under {What}, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever. [bd]Let who will be President.[b8] --Macaulay. [He] should not tell whose children they were. --Chaucer. There thou tell'st of kings, and who aspire; Who fall, who rise, who triumph, who do moan. --Daniel. Adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss into madness. --Shak. Whom I could pity thus forlorn. --Milton. How hard is our fate, who serve in the state. --Addison. Who cheapens life, abates the fear of death. --Young. The brace of large greyhounds, who were the companions of his sports. --Sir W. Scott. 2. One; any; one. [Obs., except in the archaic phrase, as who should say.] As who should say, it were a very dangerous matter if a man in any point should be found wiser than his forefathers were. --Robynson (More's Utopia). | |
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Whose \Whose\ (h[oomac]z), pron. [OE. whos, whas, AS. hw[91]s, gen. of hw[be]. See {Who}.] The possessive case of who or which. See {Who}, and {Which}. Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. --Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. --Dryden. | |
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Whoso \Who"so\, pron. Whosoever. -- Piers Plowman. Whoso shrinks or falters now, . . . Brand the craven on his brow! --Whittier. | |
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Wich \Wich\, n. A variant of 1st {Wick}. | |
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Wick \Wick\, [or] Wich \Wich\, n. [AS. w[c6]c village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. v[c6]k an inlet, creek, bay. See {Vicinity}, and cf. {Villa}.] 1. A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick. --Stow. 2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players. | |
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Wick \Wick\, n. [OE. wicke, weyke, weke, AS. weoca or wecca; cf. D. wiek a roll of lint, Prov. G. wicke, and wieche, OHG. wiohha, Sw. veke, Dan. v[91]ge; of uncertain origin.] A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned. But true it is, that when the oil is spent The light goes out, and wick is thrown away. --Spenser. | |
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Wick \Wick\, [or] Wich \Wich\, n. [AS. w[c6]c village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. v[c6]k an inlet, creek, bay. See {Vicinity}, and cf. {Villa}.] 1. A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick. --Stow. 2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players. | |
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Wick \Wick\, v. i. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson. | |
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Wicke \Wick"e\, a. Wicked. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [bd]With full wikke intent.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Wig \Wig\, n. [Abbreviation from periwig.] 1. A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers. 2. An old seal; -- so called by fishermen. {Wig tree}. (Bot.) See {Smoke tree}, under {Smoke}. | |
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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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Wigg \Wigg\, Wig \Wig\, n. [Cf. D. wegge a sort of bread, G. weck, orig., a wedge-shaped loaf or cake. See {Wedge}.] A kind of raised seedcake. [bd]Wiggs and ale.[b8] --Pepys. | |
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Wigg \Wigg\, Wig \Wig\, n. [Cf. D. wegge a sort of bread, G. weck, orig., a wedge-shaped loaf or cake. See {Wedge}.] A kind of raised seedcake. [bd]Wiggs and ale.[b8] --Pepys. | |
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Wike \Wike\, n. A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also {wicker}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Wike \Wike\, n. [AS. wic. See {Wick} a village.] A home; a dwelling. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Wikke \Wik"ke\, a. Wicked. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Wis \Wis\, adv. [Aphetic form of iwis, ywis; or fr. Icel. viss certain. See {Ywis}.] Certainly; really; indeed. [Obs.] [bd]As wis God helpe me.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Wis \Wis\, v. t. [Due to mistaking OE. iwis certain, AS. gewiss, for I wis. See {Ywis}.] To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under {Ywis}. [Obs. or Poetic] [bd]Howe'er you wis.[b8] --R. Browning. Nor do I know how long it is (For I have lain entranced, I wis). --Coleridge. | |
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Wise \Wise\, a. [Compar. {Wiser}; superl. {Wisest}.] [OE. wis, AS. w[c6]s; akin to OS. & OFries. w[c6]s, D. wijs, G. weise, OHG. w[c6]s, w[c6]si, Icel. v[c6]ss, Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Goth. weis; akin to wit, v. i. See {Wit}, v., and cf. {Righteous}, {Wisdom}.] 1. Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. --Jer. iv. 22. 2. Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious. When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks. --Shak. From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation. --2 Tim. iii. 15. 3. Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination. Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now with me; but she's gone. Sim. Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of Brentford? --Shak. 4. Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty. [R.] [bd]Thou art . . . no novice, but a governor wily and wise.[b8] --Chaucer. Nor, on the other side, Will I be penuriously wise As to make money, that's my slave, my idol. --Beau. & Fl. Lords do not care for me: I am too wise to die yet. --Ford. 5. Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination. [bd]Eminent in wise deport.[b8] --Milton. {To make it wise}, to make it a matter of deliberation. [Obs.] [bd] We thought it was not worth to make it wise.[b8] --Chaucer. {Wise in years}, old enough to be wise; wise from age and experience; hence, aged; old. [Obs.] A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one; He's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth. --Ford. You are too wise in years, too full of counsel, For my green experience. --Ford. | |
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Wise \Wise\, a. [OE. wise, AS. w[c6]se; akin to OS. w[c6]sa, OFries. w[c6]s, D. wijs, wijze, OHG. w[c6]sa, G. weise, Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Icel. [94][?]ruv[c6]s otherwise; from the root of E. wit; hence, originally, knowledge, skill. See {Wit}, v., and cf. {Guise}.] Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion. [bd]All armed in complete wise.[b8] --Spenser. To love her in my beste wyse. --Chaucer. This song she sings in most commanding wise. --Sir P. Sidney. Let not these blessings then, sent from above, Abused be, or spilt in profane wise. --Fairfax. Note: This word is nearly obsolete, except in such phrases as in any wise, in no wise, on this wise, etc. [bd] Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.[b8] --Ps. xxxvii. 8. [bd]He shall in no wise lose his reward.[b8] --Matt. x. 42. [bd] On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel.[b8] --Num. vi. 23. Note: Wise is often used as a suffix in composition, as in likewise, nowise, lengthwise, etc., in which words -ways is often substituted with the same sense; as, noways, lengthways, etc. | |
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Wish \Wish\, n. 1. Desire; eager desire; longing. Behold, I am according to thy wish in God a stead. --Job xxxiii. 6. 2. Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation. Blistered be thy tongue for such a wish. --Shak. 3. A thing desired; an object of desire. Will he, wise, let loose at once his ire . . . To give his enemies their wish! --Milton. | |
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Wish \Wish\, v. t. 1. To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward. I would not wish Any companion in the world but you. --Shak. I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper. --3. John 2. 2. To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate. I would not wish them to a fairer death. --Shak. I wish it may not prove some ominous foretoken of misfortune to have met with such a miser as I am. --Sir P. Sidney. Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil. --Ps. xl. 14. 3. To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of. [Obs.] --Shak. I would be glad to thrive, sir, And I was wished to your worship by a gentleman. --B. Jonson. Syn: See {Desire}. | |
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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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Wisse \Wis"se\, v. t. [AS. w[c6]sian. See {Wise}, a.] To show; to teach; to inform; to guide; to direct. [Obs.] Ere we depart I shall thee so well wisse That of mine house ne shalt thou never misse. --Chaucer. | |
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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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Woke \Woke\, imp. & p. p. {Wake}. | |
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Wook \Wook"\ (w[omac]k), obs. imp. of {Wake}. Woke. --Chaucer. | |
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Woosy \Woos"y\, a. Oozy; wet. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
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Wowke \Wowke\, n. Week. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Wox \Wox\, obs. imp. of {Wax}. --Gower. | |
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Wye \Wye\, n.; pl. {Wyes}. 1. The letter Y. 2. A kind of crotch. See {Y}, n. (a) . | |
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Wyke \Wyke\, n. Week. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Wys \Wys\, a. Wise. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Wax, KY Zip code(s): 42726 | |
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
whack v. According to arch-hacker James Gosling (designer of {NeWS}, {GOSMACS} and Java), to "...modify a program with no idea whatsoever how it works." (See {whacker}.) It is actually possible to do this in nontrivial circumstances if the change is small and well-defined and you are very good at {glark}ing things from context. As a trivial example, it is relatively easy to change all `stderr' writes to `stdout' writes in a piece of C filter code which remains otherwise mysterious. | |
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whizzy adj. (alt. `wizzy') [Sun] Describes a {cuspy} program; one that is feature-rich and well presented. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
W2K {Windows 2000} | |
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W3C {World Wide Web Consortium} | |
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wacco A {BNF}-based LL(?) {parser generator}. Posted to comp.sources.misc. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WAIS {Wide Area Information Servers} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WaZOO {session layer} {protocol}. Although it mentions {Opus} (a specific {BBS} from the 1980s), WaZOO is the session protocol used for the Fidonet network. Because WaZOO is much more efficient than other mechanisms (e.g., {FTP}), it is sometimes used for automated or batch communications in other parts of the {Internet}. {(ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/fidonet/stds/fts-0006.txt)}. (1995-11-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WG {Working Group} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
whack According to arch-hacker James Gosling, to "...modify a program with no idea whatsoever how it works." (See {whacker}.) It is actually possible to do this in nontrivial circumstances if the change is small and well-defined and you are very good at {glark}ing things from context. As a trivial example, it is relatively easy to change all "stderr" writes to "stdout" writes in a piece of C filter code which remains otherwise mysterious. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
whois An {Internet} directory service for looking up names of people on a remote server. Many servers respond to {TCP} queries on {port} 43, in a manner roughly analogous to the {DDN} {NIC} whois service described in {RFC} 954. Other sites provide this directory service via the {finger} {protocol} or accept queries by {electronic mail} for directory information. On {Unix} the client command is whois -h server_name person_name You can also type "telnet server_name 43" and then type the person's name on a separate line. For a list of whois servers, FTP/Gopher: sipb.mit.edu. Or whois -h sipb.mit.edu whois-servers As the above command demonstrates, whois can find information about things other than users, e.g. domains, networks and hosts. See also {finger}, {X.500}, {white pages}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
wk1 by early versions of the {Lotus 1-2-3} {spreadsheet} program including release 2.01 (1987). All files created by the user are given this extension. (1995-11-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WOSA {Windows Open Services Architecture} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ws (1999-01-27) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Wax Made by melting the combs of bees. Mentioned (Ps. 22:14; 68:2; 97:5; Micah 1:4) in illustration. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Week From the beginning, time was divided into weeks, each consisting of six days of working and one of rest (Gen. 2:2, 3; 7:10; 8:10, 12; 29:28). The references to this division of days becomes afterwards more frequent (Ex. 34:22; Lev. 12:5; Num. 28:26; Deut. 16:16; 2 Chr. 8:13; Jer. 5:24; Dan. 9:24-27; 10:2, 3). It has been found to exist among almost all nations. |