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   wedded
         adj 1: having been taken in marriage [syn: {wed}, {wedded}]

English Dictionary: white tie by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weed out
v
  1. remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"
    Synonym(s): weed out, comb out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white heat
n
  1. the hotness of something heated until it turns white
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white out
v
  1. cover up with a liquid correction fluid; "white-out the typo"
    Synonym(s): whiteout, white out
  2. widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
White Tai
n
  1. a branch of the Tai languages
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white tie
n
  1. bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress
  2. formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
    Synonym(s): dress suit, full dress, tailcoat, tail coat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white-hot
adj
  1. intensely zealous or fervid; "fierce white-hot loyalty"
  2. glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"
    Synonym(s): white, white-hot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white-out
v
  1. lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain [syn: white-out, whiteout]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white-tie
adj
  1. requiring white ties and tailcoats for men; "a white-tie occasion"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Whitehead
n
  1. English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)
    Synonym(s): Whitehead, Alfred North Whitehead
  2. a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland
    Synonym(s): whitehead, milium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whiteout
n
  1. an arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds
v
  1. cover up with a liquid correction fluid; "white-out the typo"
    Synonym(s): whiteout, white out
  2. lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain
    Synonym(s): white-out, whiteout
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whitewood
n
  1. light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
    Synonym(s): tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wide-eyed
adj
  1. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
    Synonym(s): childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple
  2. (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes"
    Synonym(s): wide-eyed, wide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
widowed
adj
  1. single because of death of the spouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
widowhood
n
  1. the time of a woman's life when she is a widow
  2. the state of being a widow who has not remarried
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
with-it
adj
  1. in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "wears only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "cutting-edge technology"; "a with-it boutique"
    Synonym(s): up-to-date, cutting-edge, with-it
  2. having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment
    Synonym(s): streetwise, street smart, with- it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wooded
adj
  1. covered with growing trees and bushes etc; "wooded land"; "a heavily wooded tract"
    Antonym(s): treeless, unwooded
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waddy \Wad"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waddied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Waddying}.]
      To attack or beat with a waddy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waddywood \Wad"dy*wood`\, n.
      An Australian tree ({Pittosporum bicolor}); also, its wood,
      used in making waddies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wad \Wad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wadding}.]
      1. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad
            tow or cotton.
  
      2. To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to
            stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like
            cotton; as, to wad a cloak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wade \Wade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wading}.] [OE. waden to wade, to go, AS. wadan; akin to
      OFries. wada, D. waden, OHG. watan, Icel. va[?]a, Sw. vada,
      Dan. vade, L. vadere to go, walk, vadum a ford. Cf. {Evade},
      {Invade}, {Pervade}, {Waddle}.]
      1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.]
  
                     When might is joined unto cruelty, Alas, too deep
                     will the venom wade.                           --Chaucer.
  
                     Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. --Old
                                                                              Play.
  
      2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move,
            sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
  
                     So eagerly the fiend . . . With head, hands, wings,
                     or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or
                     wades, or creeps, or flies.               --Milton.
  
      3. Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed
            [?]lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly
            [?]inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.
  
                     And wades through fumes, and gropes his way.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     The king's admirable conduct has waded through all
                     these difficulties.                           --Davenant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wait \Wait\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Waiting}.] [OE. waiten, OF. waitier, gaitier, to watch,
      attend, F. guetter to watch, to wait for, fr. OHG. wahta a
      guard, watch, G. wacht, from OHG. wahh[c7]n to watch, be
      awake. [fb]134. See {Wake}, v. i.]
      1. To watch; to observe; to take notice. [Obs.]
  
                     [bd]But [unless] ye wait well and be privy, I wot
                     right well, I am but dead,[b8] quoth she. --Chaucer.
  
      2. To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain
            stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to
            rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
  
                     All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till
                     my change come.                                 --Job xiv. 14.
  
                     They also serve who only stand and wait. --Milton.
  
                     Haste, my dear father; 't is no time to wait.
                                                                              --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wedded \Wed"ded\, a.
      1. Joined in wedlock; married.
  
                     Let w[?]alth, let honor, wait the wedded dame.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage. [bd]Wedded
            love.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wed \Wed\, v. t. [imp. {Wedded}; p. p. {Wedded} or {Wed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Wedding}.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant,
      promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D.
      wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve[edh]ja, Dan.
      vedde, Sw. v[84]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[omac]n to
      betroth. See {Wed}, n.]
      1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to
            marry; to espouse.
  
                     With this ring I thee wed.                  --Bk. of Com.
                                                                              Prayer.
  
                     I saw thee first, and wedded thee.      --Milton.
  
      2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
  
                     And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with
                     her.                                                   --Milton.
  
      3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of
            marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.
  
                     Thou art wedded to calamity.               --Shak.
  
                     Men are wedded to their lusts.            --Tillotson.
  
                     [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age.
                                                                              --Cowper.
  
      4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.]
  
                     They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.
                                                                              --Clarendon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weed \Weed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weeded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Weeding}.] [AS. we[a2]dian. See 3d {Weed}.]
      1. To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to
            weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.
  
      2. To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something
            hurtful; to extirpate. [bd]Weed up thyme.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Wise fathers . . . weeding from their children ill
                     things.                                             --Ascham.
  
                     Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more
                     man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it
                     out.                                                   --Bacon.
  
      3. To free from anything hurtful or offensive.
  
                     He weeded the kingdom of such as were devoted to
                     Elaiana.                                             --Howell.
  
      4. (Stock Breeding) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weet-weet \Weet"-weet`\, n. [So called from its piping cry when
      disturbed.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The common European sandpiper.
      (b) The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
            game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas},
            {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family
            {Tringid[91]}.
  
      Note: The most important North American species are the
               pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}), called also
               {brownback}, {grass snipe}, and {jacksnipe}; the
               red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
               ({T. alpina}); the purple sandpiper ({T. maritima}: the
               red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({T. canutus}); the
               semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes pusillus}); the
               spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail ({Actitis
               macularia}); the buff-breasted sandpiper ({Tryngites
               subruficollis}), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
               upland plover. See under {Upland}. Among the European
               species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
               sanderling, and the common sandpiper ({Actitis, [or]
               Tringoides, hypoleucus}), called also {fiddler},
               {peeper}, {pleeps}, {weet-weet}, and {summer snipe}.
               Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called
               sandpipers.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
  
      {Curlew sandpiper}. See under {Curlew}.
  
      {Stilt sandpiper}. See under {Stilt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weetweet \Weet"*weet`\, n. [Native name in Victoria.]
      A throwing toy, or implement, of the Australian aborigines,
      consisting of a cigar-shaped stick fastened at one end to a
      flexible twig. It weighs in all about two ounces, and is
      about two feet long.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weet-weet \Weet"-weet`\, n. [So called from its piping cry when
      disturbed.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The common European sandpiper.
      (b) The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
            game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas},
            {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family
            {Tringid[91]}.
  
      Note: The most important North American species are the
               pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}), called also
               {brownback}, {grass snipe}, and {jacksnipe}; the
               red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
               ({T. alpina}); the purple sandpiper ({T. maritima}: the
               red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({T. canutus}); the
               semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes pusillus}); the
               spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail ({Actitis
               macularia}); the buff-breasted sandpiper ({Tryngites
               subruficollis}), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
               upland plover. See under {Upland}. Among the European
               species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
               sanderling, and the common sandpiper ({Actitis, [or]
               Tringoides, hypoleucus}), called also {fiddler},
               {peeper}, {pleeps}, {weet-weet}, and {summer snipe}.
               Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called
               sandpipers.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
  
      {Curlew sandpiper}. See under {Curlew}.
  
      {Stilt sandpiper}. See under {Stilt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weetweet \Weet"*weet`\, n. [Native name in Victoria.]
      A throwing toy, or implement, of the Australian aborigines,
      consisting of a cigar-shaped stick fastened at one end to a
      flexible twig. It weighs in all about two ounces, and is
      about two feet long.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weet-weet \Weet"-weet`\, n. [So called from its piping cry when
      disturbed.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The common European sandpiper.
      (b) The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
            game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas},
            {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family
            {Tringid[91]}.
  
      Note: The most important North American species are the
               pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}), called also
               {brownback}, {grass snipe}, and {jacksnipe}; the
               red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
               ({T. alpina}); the purple sandpiper ({T. maritima}: the
               red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({T. canutus}); the
               semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes pusillus}); the
               spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail ({Actitis
               macularia}); the buff-breasted sandpiper ({Tryngites
               subruficollis}), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
               upland plover. See under {Upland}. Among the European
               species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
               sanderling, and the common sandpiper ({Actitis, [or]
               Tringoides, hypoleucus}), called also {fiddler},
               {peeper}, {pleeps}, {weet-weet}, and {summer snipe}.
               Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called
               sandpipers.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
  
      {Curlew sandpiper}. See under {Curlew}.
  
      {Stilt sandpiper}. See under {Stilt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weetweet \Weet"*weet`\, n. [Native name in Victoria.]
      A throwing toy, or implement, of the Australian aborigines,
      consisting of a cigar-shaped stick fastened at one end to a
      flexible twig. It weighs in all about two ounces, and is
      about two feet long.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wet} (rarely {Wetted}); p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Wetting}.] [AS. w[aemac]tan.]
      To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;
      to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the
      surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to
      wet the hands; to wet cloth. [bd][The scene] did draw tears
      from me and wetted my paper.[b8] --Burke.
  
               Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether
               to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the
               thirsty earth with falling showers.         --Milton.
  
      {To wet one's whistle}, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
            dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
  
                     Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
                                                                              --Walton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whet \Whet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whetted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Whetting}.] [AS. hwettan; akin to D. wetten, G. wetzen, OHG.
      wezzen, Icel. hvetja, Sw. v[84]ttja, and AS. hw[91]t
      vigorous, brave, OS. hwat, OHG. waz, was, sharp, Icel. hvatr,
      bold, active, Sw. hvass sharp, Dan. hvas, Goth. hwassaba
      sharply, and probably to Skr. cud to impel, urge on.]
      1. To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for
            the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to
            whet a knife.
  
                     The mower whets his scythe.               --Milton.
  
                     Here roams the wolf, the eagle whets his beak.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
      2. To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate;
            as, to whet the appetite or the courage.
  
                     Since Cassius first did whet me against C[91]sar, I
                     have not slept.                                 --Shak.
  
      {To whet on}, {To whet forward}, to urge on or forward; to
            instigate. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw,
      OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r,
      snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.
      sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,
      nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G.
      schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,
      Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or
      sticky. [root]172.]
      1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent
            crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,
            exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect
            forms.
  
      Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are
               of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,
               snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,
               snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,
               snow-wrought, and the like.
  
      2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color
            (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,
            flakes.
  
                     The field of snow with eagle of black therein.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {Red snow}. See under {Red}.
  
      {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1.
  
      {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant.
  
      {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran
            ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow
            in vast numbers.
  
      {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow.
  
      {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree.
  
      {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several
            species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The
            male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These
            insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow
            in great numbers.
  
      {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the
            genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter.
  
      {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic
            geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen
            hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in
            winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and
            legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and
            {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C.
            c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish
            gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper
            part of the neck white. Called also {white head},
            {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}.
  
      {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce.
  
      {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this
            is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the
            equator, 16,000 feet.
  
      {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis})
            which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.
  
      {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus
            {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The
            Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the
            best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow
            chukor}.
  
      {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}.
  
      {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota})
            native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump
            are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are
            black.
  
      {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes
            sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of
            California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled
            to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots
            up.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
            Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
            wheels, and for other purposes.
  
      {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.
           
  
      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
            the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.
  
      {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
            of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.
            concolor}.
  
      {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under
            {Ruffed}. [Canada]
  
      {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.
  
      {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.
  
      {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})
            with greenish-white pale[91].
  
      {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The white ptarmigan.
            (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other
            allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
            other plants, and often do much damage.
  
      {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.
  
      {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become
            incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
            they emit.
  
      {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}
            ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.
  
      {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
            distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
  
      {The White House}. See under {House}.
  
      {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})
            having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the
            wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and
            the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.
           
  
      {White iron}.
            (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
            (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
                  proportion of combined carbon.
  
      {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.
  
      {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
            but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
  
      {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.
  
      {White lead}.
            (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
                  other purposes; ceruse.
            (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
  
      {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
            salt.
  
      {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.
  
      {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
            {Rattlesnake}.
  
      {White lie}. See under {Lie}.
  
      {White light}.
            (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
                  same proportion as in the light coming directly from
                  the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
                  through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.
            (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
                  illumination for signals, etc.
  
      {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for
            whitewashing; whitewash.
  
      {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
            on a printed page; a blank line.
  
      {White meat}.
            (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
            (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
  
                           Driving their cattle continually with them, and
                           feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White metal}.
            (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
                  etc.
            (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
                  certain stage in copper smelting.
  
      {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common clothes moth.
            (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
                  Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
                  spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin
                  moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {White money}, silver money.
  
      {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common
            mouse.
  
      {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})
            ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
            called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.
  
      {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white
            crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
            head, which give the appearance of a hood.
  
      {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.
  
      {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The snowy owl.
            (b) The barn owl.
  
      {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})
                  valued as a food fish.
            (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
            (c) Any California surf fish.
  
      {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.
  
      {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often
            cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
  
      {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.
           
  
      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
            exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
            [Obs.]
  
                     A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
            (b) An albino rabbit.
  
      {White rent},
            (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
                  opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.
            (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
                  every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
                  Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
                  Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.
            (b) The umhofo.
  
      {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain
            organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
            purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
  
      {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
  
      {White rot}. (Bot.)
            (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
                  butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
                  called rot in sheep.
            (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.
  
      {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
            lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
            fat}.
  
      {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.
  
      {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
  
      {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})
            injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under
            {Orange}.
  
      {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See
            under {Shark}.
  
      {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under
            {Softening}.
  
      {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.
  
      {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
            blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
            otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
            the surface of the sea.
  
      {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
            England. --Macaulay.
  
      {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.
  
      {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}
            (d) .
  
      {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common sucker.
            (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).
  
      {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
            produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
            membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
            the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
            to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
  
      {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.
  
      {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver
            squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United
            States.
  
      {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
            vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.
  
      {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
  
      {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
  
      {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.
  
      {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
            bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
            distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
            Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
            are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
            purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
  
      {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of
                  Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and
                  {Thibetan wolf}.
            (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
  
      {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called
            from the color of the under parts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   White \White\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Whiting}.] [AS. hw[c6]tan.]
      To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
  
               Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful
               outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness.
                                                                              --Matt. xxiii.
                                                                              27.
  
               So as no fuller on earth can white them. --Mark. ix. 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whitehead \White"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The blue-winged snow goose.
      (b) The surf scoter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whitehead torpedo \White"head` tor*pe"do\, or Whitehead
   \White"head`\, n.
      A form of self-propelling torpedo.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   White-hot \White"-hot`\, a.
      White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whiteweed \White"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
      A perennial composite herb ({Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum})
      with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed
      in grass lands and pastures; -- called also {oxeye daisy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whitewood \White"wood`\, n.
      The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
      ({Liriodendron}). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage
      building, etc.
  
      Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called
               whitewood in various countries, as the wood of
               {Bignonia leucoxylon} in the West Indies, of
               {Pittosporum bicolor} in Tasmania, etc.
  
      {Whitewood bark}. See the Note under {Canella}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bass \Bass\, n. [A corruption of bast.]
      1. (Bot.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called
            {whitewood}; also, its bark, which is used for making
            mats. See {Bast}.
  
      2. (Pron. [?]) A hassock or thick mat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whitewood \White"wood`\, n.
      The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
      ({Liriodendron}). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage
      building, etc.
  
      Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called
               whitewood in various countries, as the wood of
               {Bignonia leucoxylon} in the West Indies, of
               {Pittosporum bicolor} in Tasmania, etc.
  
      {Whitewood bark}. See the Note under {Canella}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bass \Bass\, n. [A corruption of bast.]
      1. (Bot.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called
            {whitewood}; also, its bark, which is used for making
            mats. See {Bast}.
  
      2. (Pron. [?]) A hassock or thick mat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Widow \Wid"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Widowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Widowing}.]
      1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a
            husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
  
                     Though in thus city he Hath widowed and unchilded
                     many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything
            beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to
            bereave.
  
                     The widowed isle, in mourning, Dries up her tears.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     Tress of their shriveled fruits Are widowed, dreary
                     storms o'er all prevail.                     --J. Philips.
  
                     Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn.
                                                                              --Heber.
  
      3. To endow with a widow's right. [R.] --Shak.
  
      4. To become, or survive as, the widow of. [Obs.]
  
                     Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and
                     widow them all.                                 --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Widowhood \Wid"ow*hood\, n.
      1. The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman
            is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.
  
                     Johnson clung to her memory during a widowhood of
                     more than thirty years.                     --Leslie
                                                                              Stephen.
  
      2. Estate settled on a widow. [Obs.] [bd]I 'll assure her of
            her widowhood . . . in all my lands.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Withe \Withe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Withed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Withing}.]
      To bind or fasten with withes.
  
               You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and
               baited to death.                                    --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Without \With*out"\, conj.
      Unless; except; -- introducing a clause.
  
               You will never live to my age without you keep
               yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with
               joyfulness.                                             --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
      Note: Now rarely used by good writers or speakers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Without \With*out"\, prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS.
      wi[eb][?]tan; wi[eb] with, against, toward + [?]tan outside,
      fr. [?]t out. See {With}, prep., {Out}.]
      1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without
            doors.
  
                     Without the gate Some drive the cars, and some the
                     coursers rein.                                    --Dryden.
  
      2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
  
                     Eternity, before the world and after, is without our
                     reach.                                                --T. Burnet.
  
      3. Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation
            from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of;
            independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as,
            without labor; without damage.
  
                     I wolde it do withouten negligence.   --Chaucer.
  
                     Wise men will do it without a law.      --Bacon.
  
                     Without the separation of the two monarchies, the
                     most advantageous terms . . . must end in our
                     destruction.                                       --Addison.
  
                     There is no living with thee nor without thee.
                                                                              --Tatler.
  
      {To do without}. See under {Do}.
  
      {Without day} [a translation of L. sine die], without the
            appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally;
            as, the Fortieth Congress then adjourned without day.
  
      {Without recourse}. See under {Recourse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Without \With*out"\, adv.
      1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within;
            outwardly; externally.
  
                     Without were fightings, within were fears. --2 Cor.
                                                                              vii. 5.
  
      2. Outside of the house; out of doors.
  
                     The people came unto the house without. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Without \With*out"\, prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS.
      wi[eb][?]tan; wi[eb] with, against, toward + [?]tan outside,
      fr. [?]t out. See {With}, prep., {Out}.]
      1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without
            doors.
  
                     Without the gate Some drive the cars, and some the
                     coursers rein.                                    --Dryden.
  
      2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
  
                     Eternity, before the world and after, is without our
                     reach.                                                --T. Burnet.
  
      3. Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation
            from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of;
            independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as,
            without labor; without damage.
  
                     I wolde it do withouten negligence.   --Chaucer.
  
                     Wise men will do it without a law.      --Bacon.
  
                     Without the separation of the two monarchies, the
                     most advantageous terms . . . must end in our
                     destruction.                                       --Addison.
  
                     There is no living with thee nor without thee.
                                                                              --Tatler.
  
      {To do without}. See under {Do}.
  
      {Without day} [a translation of L. sine die], without the
            appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally;
            as, the Fortieth Congress then adjourned without day.
  
      {Without recourse}. See under {Recourse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Witted \Wit"ted\, a.
      Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woaded \Woad"ed\, a.
      Colored or stained with woad. [bd]Man tattoed or woaded,
      winter-clad in skins.[b8] --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wood \Wood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wooded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wooding}.]
      To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood
      a steamboat or a locomotive.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wooded \Wood"ed\, a.
      Supplied or covered with wood, or trees; as, land wooded and
      watered.
  
               The brook escaped from the eye down a deep and wooded
               dell.                                                      --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woteth \Wot"eth\, Wotteth \Wot"teth\,
      3d pers. sing. pres. of {Wit}, to know. [Obs.] [bd]He wotteth
      neither what he babbleth, nor what he meaneth.[b8] --Tyndale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woteth \Wot"eth\, Wotteth \Wot"teth\,
      3d pers. sing. pres. of {Wit}, to know. [Obs.] [bd]He wotteth
      neither what he babbleth, nor what he meaneth.[b8] --Tyndale.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   White Heath, IL
      Zip code(s): 61884

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Whitewood, SD (city, FIPS 71580)
      Location: 44.46157 N, 103.64008 W
      Population (1990): 891 (330 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57793
   Whitewood, VA
      Zip code(s): 24657
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