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Wafer \Wa"fer\, n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. v[86]ffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe is probably akin to E. weave. See {Weave}, and cf. {Waffle}, {Gauffer}.] 1. (Cookery) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients. Wafers piping hot out of the gleed. --Chaucer. The curious work in pastry, the fine cakes, wafers, and marchpanes. --Holland. A woman's oaths are wafers -- break with making --B. Jonson. 2. (Eccl.) A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church. 3. An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents. | |
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Wafer \Wa"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wafered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wafering}.] To seal or close with a wafer. | |
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Waiver \Waiv"er\, n. (Law) The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege. | |
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Waivure \Waiv"ure\, n. See {Waiver}. [R.] | |
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Wapper \Wap"per\, v. t. & i. [freq. of wap, v.; cf. dial. G. wappern, wippern, to move up and down, to rock.] To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter. [Obs.] | |
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Wapper \Wap"per\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A gudgeon. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Waver \Wa"ver\, n. [From {Wave}, or {Waver}, v.] A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Waver \Wa"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wavered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wavering}.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[91]fre wavering, restless. See {Wave}, v. i.] 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. With banners and pennons wavering with the wind. --Ld. Berners. Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. --Heb. x. 23. In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols. --Milton. Syn: To reel; totter; vacillate. See {Fluctuate}. | |
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Wavure \Wav"ure\, n. See {Waivure}. [R.] | |
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Wayfare \Way"fare`\, v. i. [Way + fare to go.] To journey; to travel; to go to and fro. [Obs.] A certain Laconian, as he wayfared, came unto a place where there dwelt an old friend of his. --Holland. | |
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Wayfare \Way"fare`\, n. The act of journeying; travel; passage. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Weaver \Weav"er\, n. 1. One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. [bd]Weavers of linen.[b8] --P. Plowman. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A weaver bird. 3. (Zo[94]l.) An aquatic beetle of the genus {Gyrinus}. See {Whirling}. {Weaver bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic, Fast Indian, and African birds belonging to {Ploceus} and allied genera of the family {Ploceid[91]}. Weaver birds resemble finches and sparrows in size, colors, and shape of the bill. They construct pensile nests composed of interlaced grass and other similar materials. In some of the species the nest is retort-shaped, with the opening at the bottom of the tube. {Weavers' shuttle} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian marine univalve shell ({Radius volva}); -- so called from its shape. See Illust. of {Shuttle shell}, under {Shuttle}. | |
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Whirligig \Whirl"i*gig\, n. [Whirl + gig.] 1. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top. --Johnson. 2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses. With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. --G. W. Cable. 3. A medi[91]val instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to {Gyrinus} and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also {weaver}, {whirlwig}, and {whirlwig beetle}. | |
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Weaver \Weav"er\, n. 1. One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. [bd]Weavers of linen.[b8] --P. Plowman. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A weaver bird. 3. (Zo[94]l.) An aquatic beetle of the genus {Gyrinus}. See {Whirling}. {Weaver bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic, Fast Indian, and African birds belonging to {Ploceus} and allied genera of the family {Ploceid[91]}. Weaver birds resemble finches and sparrows in size, colors, and shape of the bill. They construct pensile nests composed of interlaced grass and other similar materials. In some of the species the nest is retort-shaped, with the opening at the bottom of the tube. {Weavers' shuttle} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian marine univalve shell ({Radius volva}); -- so called from its shape. See Illust. of {Shuttle shell}, under {Shuttle}. | |
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Whirligig \Whirl"i*gig\, n. [Whirl + gig.] 1. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top. --Johnson. 2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses. With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. --G. W. Cable. 3. A medi[91]val instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to {Gyrinus} and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also {weaver}, {whirlwig}, and {whirlwig beetle}. | |
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Webber \Web"ber\, n. One who forms webs; a weaver; a webster. [Obs.] | |
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Weber \We"ber\, n. [From the name of Professor Weber, a German electrician.] (Elec.) The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See {Coulomb}, and {Amp[?]re}. [Obs.] | |
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d8Coulomb \[d8]Cou`lomb"\ (k??`l?n"), n. [From Coulomb, a French physicist and electrican.] (Physics) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one amp[8a]re in one second. Formerly called {weber}. | |
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Weber \We"ber\, n. [From the name of Professor Weber, a German electrician.] (Elec.) The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See {Coulomb}, and {Amp[?]re}. [Obs.] | |
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d8Coulomb \[d8]Cou`lomb"\ (k??`l?n"), n. [From Coulomb, a French physicist and electrican.] (Physics) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one amp[8a]re in one second. Formerly called {weber}. | |
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Weeper \Weep"er\, n. 1. One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears. 2. A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning. --Goldsmith. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The capuchin. See {Capuchin}, 3 (a) . | |
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Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. cappuccio hood. See {Capoch}.] 1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis. A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A long-tailed South American monkey ({Cabus capucinus}), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also {capucine monkey}, {weeper}, {sajou}, {sapajou}, and {sai}. (b) Other species of {Cabus}, as {C. fatuellus} (the brown or {horned capucine}.), {C. albifrons} (the {cararara}), and {C. apella}. (c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck. {Capuchin nun}, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa. | |
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Weeper \Weep"er\, n. 1. One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears. 2. A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning. --Goldsmith. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The capuchin. See {Capuchin}, 3 (a) . | |
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Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. cappuccio hood. See {Capoch}.] 1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis. A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A long-tailed South American monkey ({Cabus capucinus}), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also {capucine monkey}, {weeper}, {sajou}, {sapajou}, and {sai}. (b) Other species of {Cabus}, as {C. fatuellus} (the brown or {horned capucine}.), {C. albifrons} (the {cararara}), and {C. apella}. (c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck. {Capuchin nun}, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa. | |
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Weever \Wee"ver\, n. [Probably from F. vive, OF. vivre, a kind of fish, L. vipera viper. Cf. {Viper}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus {Trachinus}, of the family {Trachinid[91]}. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful wounds. | |
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Whapper \Whap"per\, Whopper \Whop"per\, n. [See {Whap}.] Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. [Colloq.] | |
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Whip \Whip\, n. [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, v. t.] 1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod. [bd][A] whip's lash.[b8] --Chaucer. In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison. 2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. --Beaconsfield. 3. (Mach.) (a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. (b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft. 4. (Naut.) (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. (b) The long pennant. See {Pennant} (a) 5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in. 6. (Eng. Politics) (a) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed. (b) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken. {Whip and spur}, with the utmost haste. {Whip crane}, [or] {Whip purchase}, a simple form of crane having a small drum from which the load is suspended, turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on the same axle. {Whip gin}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}. {Whip grafting}. See under {Grafting}. {Whip hand}, the hand with which the whip is used; hence, advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a person. --Dryden. {Whip ray} (Zo[94]l.), the European eagle ray. See under {Ray}. {Whip roll} (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a loom, on which the warp threads rest. {Whip scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of arachnids belonging to {Thelyphonus} and allied genera. They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long, slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the body, instead of a sting. {Whip snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of slender snakes. Specifically: (a) A bright green South American tree snake ({Philodryas viridissimus}) having a long and slender body. It is not venomous. Called also {emerald whip snake}. (b) The coachwhip snake. | |
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Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See {Skate}. {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins. {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}. {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and {miller}. {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo. {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}). {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also {stingaree}. | |
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Whip \Whip\, n. [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, v. t.] 1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod. [bd][A] whip's lash.[b8] --Chaucer. In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison. 2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. --Beaconsfield. 3. (Mach.) (a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. (b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft. 4. (Naut.) (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies. (b) The long pennant. See {Pennant} (a) 5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in. 6. (Eng. Politics) (a) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed. (b) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken. {Whip and spur}, with the utmost haste. {Whip crane}, [or] {Whip purchase}, a simple form of crane having a small drum from which the load is suspended, turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on the same axle. {Whip gin}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}. {Whip grafting}. See under {Grafting}. {Whip hand}, the hand with which the whip is used; hence, advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a person. --Dryden. {Whip ray} (Zo[94]l.), the European eagle ray. See under {Ray}. {Whip roll} (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a loom, on which the warp threads rest. {Whip scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of arachnids belonging to {Thelyphonus} and allied genera. They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long, slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the body, instead of a sting. {Whip snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of slender snakes. Specifically: (a) A bright green South American tree snake ({Philodryas viridissimus}) having a long and slender body. It is not venomous. Called also {emerald whip snake}. (b) The coachwhip snake. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See {Skate}. {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins. {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}. {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and {miller}. {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo. {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}). {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also {stingaree}. | |
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Whipparee \Whip`pa*ree"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large sting ray ({Dasybatis, [or] Trygon, Sayi}) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail. (b) A large sting ray ({Rhinoptera bonasus}, or {R. quadriloba}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called {cow-nosed ray}. | |
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Whipper \Whip"per\, n. 1. One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping. 2. One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold. [Eng.] 3. (Spinning) A kind of simple willow. | |
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Whoever \Who*ev"er\, pron. Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be. [bd]Whoever envies or repines.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Whoever the king favors.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Whooper \Whoop"er\, n. One who, or that which, whooops. {Woopher swan}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Swan}. | |
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Whapper \Whap"per\, Whopper \Whop"per\, n. [See {Whap}.] Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. [Colloq.] | |
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Whopper \Whop"per\, n. [Cf. {Whapper}.] | |
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Wiper \Wip"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, wipes. 2. Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag. 3. (Mach.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam. 4. (Firearms) A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel. | |
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Wiver \Wiv"er\, Wivern \Wiv"ern\, n. [OE. wivere a serpent, OF. wivre, guivre, F. givre, guivre, wiver, from L. vipera; probably influenced by OHG. wipera, from the Latin. See {Viper}, and cf. {Weever}.] 1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. [Written also {wyvern}.] The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The weever. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Weaver, AL (city, FIPS 80352) Location: 33.75560 N, 85.80858 W Population (1990): 2715 (1053 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36277 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Webber, KS (city, FIPS 76250) Location: 39.93440 N, 98.03584 W Population (1990): 39 (31 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66970 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wever, IA Zip code(s): 52658 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
woofer n. [University of Waterloo] Some varieties of wide paper for printers have a perforation 8.5 inches from the left margin that allows the excess on the right-hand side to be torn off when the print format is 80 columns or less wide. The right-hand excess may be called `woofer'. This term (like {tweeter}) has been in use at Waterloo since 1972, but is elsewhere unknown. In audio jargon, the word refers to the bass speaker(s) on a hi-fi. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Whopper {WarGames} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
woofer for printers have a perforation 8.5 inches from the left margin that allows the 3.5 inch excess on the right-hand side to be torn off when the print format is 80 columns or less wide. If done with sufficient aplomb this makes a sound like the "woof" of a dog. If the large part is the "woofer" then the small part must obviously be the "tweeter", following the names for the large and small cones in a hi-fi loudspeaker. These terms have been in use at Waterloo since 1972, but are unknown elsewhere. Compare {chad}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-03-21) |