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Wair \Wair\, n. (Carp.) A piece of plank two yard[?] long and a foot broad. --Bailey. | |
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War \War\, n. [OE. & AS. werre; akin to OHG. werra scandal, quarrel, sedition, werran to confound, mix, D. warren, G. wirren, verwirren, to embroil, confound, disturb, and perhaps to E. worse; cf. OF. werre war, F. querre, of Teutonic origin. Cf. {Guerrilla}, {Warrior}.] 1. A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities. Men will ever distinguish war from mere bloodshed. --F. W. Robertson. Note: As war is the contest of nations or states, it always implies that such contest is authorized by the monarch or the sovereign power of the nation. A war begun by attacking another nation, is called an offensive war, and such attack is aggressive. War undertaken to repel invasion, or the attacks of an enemy, is called defensive. 2. (Law) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason. 3. Instruments of war. [Poetic] His complement of stores, and total war. --Prior. 4. Forces; army. [Poetic] On their embattled ranks the waves return, And overwhelm their war. --Milton. 5. The profession of arms; the art of war. Thou art but a youth, and he is a man of war from his youth. --1 Sam. xvii. 33. 6. a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility. [bd]Raised impious war in heaven.[b8] --Milton. The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart. --Ps. lv. 21. {Civil war}, a war between different sections or parties of the same country or nation. {Holy war}. See under {Holy}. {Man of war}. (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary. {Public war}, a war between independent sovereign states. {War cry}, a cry or signal used in war; as, the Indian war cry. {War dance}, a dance among savages preliminary to going to war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby enlists as one of the party engaged in a warlike excursion. --Schoolcraft. {War field}, a field of war or battle. {War horse}, a horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse for military service; a charger. {War paint}, paint put on the face and other parts of the body by savages, as a token of going to war. [bd]Wash the war paint from your faces.[b8] --Longfellow. {War song}, a song of or pertaining to war; especially, among the American Indians, a song at the war dance, full of incitements to military ardor. {War whoop}, a war cry, especially that uttered by the American Indians. | |
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War \War\, a. Ware; aware. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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War \War\, v. t. 1. To make war upon; to fight. [R.] To war the Scot, and borders to defend. --Daniel. 2. To carry on, as a contest; to wage. [R.] That thou . . . mightest war a good warfare. --Tim. i. 18. | |
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War \War\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Warred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warring}.] 1. To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence. Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it. --Isa. vii. 1. Why should I war without the walls of Troy? --Shak. Our countrymen were warring on that day! --Byron. 2. To contend; to strive violently; to fight. [bd]Lusts which war against the soul.[b8] --1 Pet. ii. 11. | |
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Ware \Ware\, n. [AS. waru caution.] The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Ware \Ware\, v. t. [As. warian.] To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against. [bd]Ware that I say.[b8] --Chaucer. God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. --Chaucer. Then ware a rising tempest on the main. --Dryden. | |
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Ware \Ware\, n. [OE. ware, AS. waru; akin to D. waar, G. waare, Icel. & Sw. vara, Dan. vare; and probably to E. worth, a. See {Worth}, a.] Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise. [bd]Retails his wares at wakes.[b8] --Shak. [bd]To chaffer with them and eke to sell them their ware.[b8] --Chaucer. It the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day. --Neh. x. 31. Note: Although originally and properly a collective noun, it admits of a plural form, when articles of merchandise of different kinds are meant. It is often used in composition; as in hardware, glassware, tinware, etc. | |
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Ware \Ware\, a. [OE. war, AS. w[91]r. [root]142. See {Wary}.] A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See {Beware}. [Obs.] She was ware and knew it bet [better] than he. --Chaucer. Of whom be thou ware also. --2. Tim. iv. 15. He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition. --Latimer. The only good that grows of passed fear Is to be wise, and ware of like again. --Spenser. | |
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Ware \Ware\, v. t. (Naut.) To wear, or veer. See {Wear}. | |
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Ware \Ware\, obs. imp. of {Wear}. Wore. | |
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Ware \Ware\, n. [AS. w[be]r.] (Bot.) Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] {Ware goose} (Zo[94]l.), the brant; -- so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Warray \War"ray\, v. t. [OF. werreier, werrier, guerroier, F. guerroyer, from OF. werre war, F. guerre; of German origin. See {War}.] To make war upon. [Obs.] Fairfax. [bd]When a man warrayeth truth.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Warre \Warre\, a. [OE. werre; of Scand. origin. See {Worse}.] Worse. [Obs.] They say the world is much warre than it wont. --Spenser. | |
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Warrie \War"rie\, v. t. See {Warye}. [Obs.] | |
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Warye \War"ye\, v. t. [AS. wergian, wyrgean. Cf. {Worry}.] To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also {warrie}, {warry}, and {wary}.] [bd]Whom I thus blame and warye.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Warrie \War"rie\, v. t. See {Warye}. [Obs.] | |
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Warye \War"ye\, v. t. [AS. wergian, wyrgean. Cf. {Worry}.] To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also {warrie}, {warry}, and {wary}.] [bd]Whom I thus blame and warye.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Warry \War"ry\, v. t. See {Warye}. [Obs.] | |
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Warye \War"ye\, v. t. [AS. wergian, wyrgean. Cf. {Worry}.] To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also {warrie}, {warry}, and {wary}.] [bd]Whom I thus blame and warye.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Warry \War"ry\, v. t. See {Warye}. [Obs.] | |
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Warye \War"ye\, v. t. [AS. wergian, wyrgean. Cf. {Worry}.] To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also {warrie}, {warry}, and {wary}.] [bd]Whom I thus blame and warye.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Warye \War"ye\, v. t. [AS. wergian, wyrgean. Cf. {Worry}.] To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also {warrie}, {warry}, and {wary}.] [bd]Whom I thus blame and warye.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Wary \Wa"ry\, a. [Compar. {Warier}; superl. {Wariest}.] [OE. war, AS. w[91]r; akin to Icel. v[?]rr, Dan. & Sw. var, Goth. wars, G. gewahr aware, OHG. wara notice, attention, Gr. [?] to see. Cf. {Aware}, {Garment}, {Garnish}, {Garrison}, {Panorama}, {Ward}, v. t. {Ware}, a., {Warren}.] 1. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. [bd]Bear a wary eye.[b8] --Shak. We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men. --Milton. 2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful. It behoveth our words to be wary and few. --Hooker. Syn: Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See {Cautious}. | |
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Warye \War"ye\, v. t. [AS. wergian, wyrgean. Cf. {Worry}.] To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also {warrie}, {warry}, and {wary}.] [bd]Whom I thus blame and warye.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Wary \Wa"ry\, a. [Compar. {Warier}; superl. {Wariest}.] [OE. war, AS. w[91]r; akin to Icel. v[?]rr, Dan. & Sw. var, Goth. wars, G. gewahr aware, OHG. wara notice, attention, Gr. [?] to see. Cf. {Aware}, {Garment}, {Garnish}, {Garrison}, {Panorama}, {Ward}, v. t. {Ware}, a., {Warren}.] 1. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. [bd]Bear a wary eye.[b8] --Shak. We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men. --Milton. 2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful. It behoveth our words to be wary and few. --Hooker. Syn: Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See {Cautious}. | |
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Warye \War"ye\, v. t. [AS. wergian, wyrgean. Cf. {Worry}.] To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also {warrie}, {warry}, and {wary}.] [bd]Whom I thus blame and warye.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Waur \Waur\, a. [See {Worse}.] Worse. [Scot.] Murder and waur than murder. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Weir \Weir\ (w[emac]r), Wear \Wear\,n. [OE. wer, AS. wer; akin to G. wehr, AS. werian to defend, protect, hinder, G. wehren, Goth. warjan; and perhaps to E. wary; or cf. Skr. v[rsdot] to check, hinder. [root]142. Cf. {Garret}.] 1. A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like. 2. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish. 3. A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water. | |
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Wear \Wear\ (?; 277), n. Same as {Weir}. | |
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Wear \Wear\, v. t. [Cf. {Veer}.] (Naut.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer. | |
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Wear \Wear\, v. t. [imp. {Wore}; p. p. {Worn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wearing}. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being {Weared}.] [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin to OHG. werien, weren, to clothe, Goth. wasjan, L. vestis clothing, vestire to clothe, Gr. [?], Skr. vas. Cf. {Vest}.] 1. To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle. What compass will you wear your farthingale? --Shak. On her white breast a sparkling cross s[?][?] wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. --Pope. 2. To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance. [bd]He wears the rose of youth upon him.[b8] --Shak. His innocent gestures wear A meaning half divine. --Keble. 3. To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly. 4. To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend. That wicked wight his days doth wear. --Spenser. The waters wear the stones. --Job xiv. 19. 5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole. 6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition. Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us. --Locke. {To wear away}, to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy, by gradual attrition or decay. {To wear off}, to diminish or remove by attrition or slow decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth. {To wear on [or] upon}, to wear. [Obs.] [bd][I] weared upon my gay scarlet gites [gowns.][b8] --Chaucer. {To wear out}. (a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay; as, to wear out a coat or a book. (b) To consume tediously. [bd]To wear out miserable days.[b8] --Milton. (c) To harass; to tire. [bd][He] shall wear out the saints of the Most High.[b8] --Dan vii. 25. (d) To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in military service. {To wear the breeches}. See under {Breeches}. [Colloq.] | |
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Wear \Wear\, n. 1. The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment. 2. The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion. Motley 's the only wear. --Shak. {Wear and tear}, the loss by wearing, as of machinery in use; the loss or injury to which anything is subjected by use, accident, etc. | |
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Wear \Wear\, v. i. 1. To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance. 2. To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually. [bd]Thus wore out night.[b8] --Milton. Away, I say; time wears. --Shak. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with thee. --Ex. xviii. 18. His stock of money began to wear very low. --Sir W. Scott. The family . . . wore out in the earlier part of the century. --Beaconsfield. {To wear off}, to pass away by degrees; as, the follies of youth wear off with age. {To wear on}, to pass on; as, time wears on. --G. Eliot. {To wear weary}, to become weary, as by wear, long occupation, tedious employment, etc. | |
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Wear \Wear\, n. The result of wearing or use; consumption, diminution, or impairment due to use, friction, or the like; as, the wear of this coat has been good. | |
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Weary \Wea"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wearied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wearying}.] 1. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling. So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers. --Shak. 2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance. I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. --Shak. 3. To harass by anything irksome. I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries. --Milton. {To weary out}, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue. Syn: To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See {Jade}. | |
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Weary \Wea"ry\, a. [Compar. {Wearier}; superl. {Weariest}.] [OE. weri, AS. w[?]rig; akin to OS. w[?]rig, OHG. wu[?]rag; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. w[?]rian to ramble.] 1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued. I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary. --Shak. [I] am weary, thinking of your task. --Longfellow. 2. Causing weariness; tiresome. [bd]Weary way.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]There passed a weary time.[b8] --Coleridge. 3. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study. Syn: Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome. | |
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Weary \Wea"ry\, v. i. To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking. | |
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Weir \Weir\ (w[emac]r), Wear \Wear\,n. [OE. wer, AS. wer; akin to G. wehr, AS. werian to defend, protect, hinder, G. wehren, Goth. warjan; and perhaps to E. wary; or cf. Skr. v[rsdot] to check, hinder. [root]142. Cf. {Garret}.] 1. A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like. 2. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish. 3. A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water. | |
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Were \Were\, v. t. & i. To wear. See 3d {Wear}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Were \Were\, n. A weir. See {Weir}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Were \Were\, v. t. [AS. werian.] To guard; to protect. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Were \Were\ (w[etil]r; 277). [AS. w[aemac]re (thou) wast, w[aemac]ron (we, you, they) were, w[aemac]re imp. subj. See {Was}.] The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See {Be}. | |
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Were \Were\ (w[emac]r), n. [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. wa[a1]r, L. vir, Skr. v[c6]ra. Cf. {Weregild}, and {Werewolf}.] 1. A man. [Obs.] 2. A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild. [Obs.] Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were. --Bosworth. | |
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Werre \Werre\, n. War. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Werrey \Wer"rey\ (w[etil]r"r[amac]), v. t. To warray. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Wher \Wher\, Where \Where\, pron. & conj. [See {Whether}.] Whether. [Sometimes written {whe'r}.] [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. Men must enquire (this is mine assent), Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. --Chaucer. | |
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Wher \Wher\, Where \Where\, pron. & conj. [See {Whether}.] Whether. [Sometimes written {whe'r}.] [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. Men must enquire (this is mine assent), Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. --Chaucer. | |
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Wher \Wher\, Where \Where\, pron. & conj. [See {Whether}.] Whether. [Sometimes written {whe'r}.] [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. Men must enquire (this is mine assent), Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. --Chaucer. | |
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Where \Where\, adv. [OE. wher, whar, AS. hw[?]r; akin to D. waar, OS. hw[?]r, OHG. hw[be]r, w[be]r, w[be], G. wo, Icel. and Sw. hvar, Dan. hvor, Goth. hwar, and E. who; cf. Skr. karhi when. [root]182. See {Who}, and cf. {There}.] 1. At or in what place; hence, in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used interrogatively. God called unto Adam, . . . Where art thou? --Gen. iii. 9. Note: See the Note under {What}, pron., 1. 2. At or in which place; at the place in which; hence, in the case or instance in which; -- used relatively. She visited that place where first she was so happy. --Sir P. Sidney. Where I thought the remnant of mine age Should have been cherished by her childlike duty. --Shak. Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly. --Shak. But where he rode one mile, the dwarf ran four. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To what or which place; hence, to what goal, result, or issue; whither; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, where are you going? But where does this tend? --Goldsmith. Lodged in sunny cleft, Where the gold breezes come not. --Bryant. Note: Where is often used pronominally with or without a preposition, in elliptical sentences for a place in which, the place in which, or what place. The star . . . stood over where the young child was. --Matt. ii. 9. The Son of man hath not where to lay his head. --Matt. viii. 20. Within about twenty paces of where we were. --Goldsmith. Where did the minstrels come from? --Dickens. Note: Where is much used in composition with preposition, and then is equivalent to a pronoun. Cf. {Whereat}, {Whereby}, {Wherefore}, {Wherein}, etc. {Where away} (Naut.), in what direction; as, where away is the land? Syn: See {Whither}. | |
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Where \Where\, conj. Whereas. And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath. --Shak. | |
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Where \Where\, n. Place; situation. [Obs. or Colloq.] Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. --Spenser. | |
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Where \Where\, adv. [OE. wher, whar, AS. hw[?]r; akin to D. waar, OS. hw[?]r, OHG. hw[be]r, w[be]r, w[be], G. wo, Icel. and Sw. hvar, Dan. hvor, Goth. hwar, and E. who; cf. Skr. karhi when. [root]182. See {Who}, and cf. {There}.] 1. At or in what place; hence, in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used interrogatively. God called unto Adam, . . . Where art thou? --Gen. iii. 9. Note: See the Note under {What}, pron., 1. 2. At or in which place; at the place in which; hence, in the case or instance in which; -- used relatively. She visited that place where first she was so happy. --Sir P. Sidney. Where I thought the remnant of mine age Should have been cherished by her childlike duty. --Shak. Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly. --Shak. But where he rode one mile, the dwarf ran four. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To what or which place; hence, to what goal, result, or issue; whither; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, where are you going? But where does this tend? --Goldsmith. Lodged in sunny cleft, Where the gold breezes come not. --Bryant. Note: Where is often used pronominally with or without a preposition, in elliptical sentences for a place in which, the place in which, or what place. The star . . . stood over where the young child was. --Matt. ii. 9. The Son of man hath not where to lay his head. --Matt. viii. 20. Within about twenty paces of where we were. --Goldsmith. Where did the minstrels come from? --Dickens. Note: Where is much used in composition with preposition, and then is equivalent to a pronoun. Cf. {Whereat}, {Whereby}, {Wherefore}, {Wherein}, etc. {Where away} (Naut.), in what direction; as, where away is the land? Syn: See {Whither}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wherry \Wher"ry\, n.; pl. {Wherries}. [Cf. Icel. hverfr shifty, crank, hverfa to turn, E. whirl, wharf.] (Naut.) (a) A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing. [Eng.] (b) A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one person with sculls. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wherry \Wher"ry\, n. [Cf. W. chwerw bitter.] A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called {crab wherry}. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Whewer \Whew"er\, n. [Cf. W. chwiwell a widgeon, chwiws widgeons, waterfowls; or cf. E. whew, v. i.] (Zo[94]l.) The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whir \Whir\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whirred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whirring}.] [Perhaps of imitative origin; cf. D. hvirre to whirl, and E. hurr, hurry, whirl. [?][?][?].] To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz. The partridge bursts away on whirring wings. --Beattie. | |
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Whir \Whir\, v. t. [See {Whir} to whiz.] To hurry a long with a whizzing sound. [R.] This world to me is like a lasting storm, Whirring me from my friends. --Shak. | |
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Whir \Whir\, n. A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whirry \Whir"ry\, v. i. To whir. [Obs.] | |
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Whore \Whore\, n. [OE. hore, AS. h[?]re; akin to D. hoer, hoere, G. hure, OHG. huora, huorra, Icel. h[?]ra, Dan. hore, Sw. hora, Goth. h[?]rs an adulterer, AS. h[?]r adultery, OHG. huor, and probably to L. carus dear. Cf. {Charity}.] A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. --Wyclif. Syn: Harlot; courtesan; prostitute; strumpet. | |
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Whore \Whore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whoring}.] [Cf. Icel. h[?]ra. See {Whore}, n.] 1. To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness. 2. (Script.) To worship false and impure gods. | |
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Whore \Whore\, v. t. To corrupt by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to debauch. [R.] --Congreve. | |
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Whur \Whur\, v. i. [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. {Hurr}, {Hurry}, {Whir}.] 1. To make a rough, humming sound, like one who pronounces the letter r with too much force; to whir; to birr. 2. To snarl or growl, as a dog. --Halliwell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whur \Whur\, n. A humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a whir. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whurry \Whur"ry\, v. t. [See {Hurry}.] To whisk along quickly; to hurry. [R.] Whurrying the chariot with them to the shore. --Vicars. | |
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Wier \Wier\, n. Same as {Weir}. | |
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Wiery \Wier"y\, a. [Cf. {Wearish}.] Wet; moist; marshy. [Obs.] | |
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Wiery \Wi"er*y\, a. [From {Wire}; cf. {Fiery}.] Wiry. [Obs.] [bd]Wiery gold.[b8] --Peacham. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wire \Wire\, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[c6]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [?][?][?][?].] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel. Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square, triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in the drawplate, or between the rollers. 2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.] {Wire bed}, {Wire mattress}, an elastic bed bottom or mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in various ways. {Wire bridge}, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made of wire. {Wire cartridge}, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed in a wire cage. {Wire cloth}, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, -- used for strainers, and for various other purposes. {Wire edge}, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it. {Wire fence}, a fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between. {Wire gauge} [or] {gage}. (a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal plate with a series of notches of various widths in its edge. (b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is used in describing the size or thickness. There are many different standards for wire gauges, as in different countries, or for different kinds of metal, the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge being often used and designated by the abbreviations B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively. {Wire gauze}, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling gauze. {Wire grass} (Bot.), either of the two common grasses {Eleusine Indica}, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa compressa}, or blue grass. See {Blue grass}. {Wire grub} (Zo[94]l.), a wireworm. {Wire iron}, wire rods of iron. {Wire lathing}, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the place of wooden lathing for holding plastering. {Wire mattress}. See {Wire bed}, above. {Wire micrometer}, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine wires, across the field of the instrument. {Wire nail}, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed and pointed. {Wire netting}, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary wire gauze. {Wire rod}, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing. {Wire rope}, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of wires. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wire \Wire\, v. i. 1. To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream. [R.] --P. Fletcher. 2. To send a telegraphic message. [Colloq.] | |
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Wire \Wire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiring}.] 1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors. 2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads. 3. To snare by means of a wire or wires. 4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wire \Wire\, v. t. (Croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot. | |
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Wire \Wire\, n. 1. Chiefly in pl. The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence (Chiefly Political Slang), the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for office. 2. One who picks women's pockets. [Thieves' Slang] 3. A knitting needle. [Scot.] 4. A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges' stand, to mark the line at which the races end. [Racing Cant] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wiry \Wir"y\, a. [Written also wiery.] 1. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire. 2. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution. [bd]A little wiry sergeant of meek demeanor and strong sense.[b8] --Dickens. He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry vigor and alertness. --Hawthorne. | |
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Wooer \Woo"er\, n. [AS. w[omac]gere. See {Woo}, v. t.] One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor. [bd]A thriving wooer.[b8] --Gibber. | |
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Wear \Wear\, v. t. [imp. {Wore}; p. p. {Worn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wearing}. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being {Weared}.] [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin to OHG. werien, weren, to clothe, Goth. wasjan, L. vestis clothing, vestire to clothe, Gr. [?], Skr. vas. Cf. {Vest}.] 1. To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle. What compass will you wear your farthingale? --Shak. On her white breast a sparkling cross s[?][?] wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. --Pope. 2. To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance. [bd]He wears the rose of youth upon him.[b8] --Shak. His innocent gestures wear A meaning half divine. --Keble. 3. To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly. 4. To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend. That wicked wight his days doth wear. --Spenser. The waters wear the stones. --Job xiv. 19. 5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole. 6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition. Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us. --Locke. {To wear away}, to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy, by gradual attrition or decay. {To wear off}, to diminish or remove by attrition or slow decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth. {To wear on [or] upon}, to wear. [Obs.] [bd][I] weared upon my gay scarlet gites [gowns.][b8] --Chaucer. {To wear out}. (a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay; as, to wear out a coat or a book. (b) To consume tediously. [bd]To wear out miserable days.[b8] --Milton. (c) To harass; to tire. [bd][He] shall wear out the saints of the Most High.[b8] --Dan vii. 25. (d) To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in military service. {To wear the breeches}. See under {Breeches}. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wore \Wore\, imp. of {Ware}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wore \Wore\, imp. of {Wear}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Worry \Wor"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worrying}.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in [be]wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. w[81]rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.] 1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth. A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death; That dog that had his teeth before his eyes, To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood. --Shak. 2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague. [bd]A church worried with reformation.[b8] --South. Let them rail, And worry one another at their pleasure. --Rowe. Worry him out till he gives consent. --Swift. 3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Worry \Wor"ry\, v. i. To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Worry \Wor"ry\, n.; pl. {Worries}. A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry. [bd]The whir and worry of spindle and of loom.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wraw \Wraw\, a. [Cf. dial. Sw. vr[86] willful, disobedient.] Angry; vexed; wrathful. [Obs.] With this speech the cock wex wroth and wraw. --Chaucer. | |
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Wray \Wray\, v. t. [AS. wr[?]gan to accuse. See {Bewray}.] To reveal; to disclose. [Obs.] To no wight thou shalt this counsel wray. --Chaucer. | |
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Wrey \Wrey\, v. t. See {Wray}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wrie \Wrie\, a. & v. See {Wry}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Wry \Wry\, v. i. 1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind. 2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve. This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. --Chaucer. How many Must murder wives much better than themselves For wrying but a little! --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wry \Wry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrying}.] [OE. wrien. See {Wry}, a.] To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --Sir P. Sidney. Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's neck were wried. --R. Browning. | |
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Wry \Wry\, v. t. [AS. wre[a2]n.] To cover. [Obs.] Wrie you in that mantle. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wry \Wry\, a. [Compar. {Wrier}; superl. {Wriest}.] [Akin to OE. wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to drive.] 1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth. 2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words. Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application. --Landor. 3. Wrested; perverted. He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers. --Atterbury. {Wry face}, a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
War, WV (city, FIPS 84484) Location: 37.30277 N, 81.68008 W Population (1990): 1081 (525 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ware, MA (CDP, FIPS 72845) Location: 42.25319 N, 72.24547 W Population (1990): 6533 (2849 housing units) Area: 16.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01082 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Weare, NH Zip code(s): 03281 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Weir, KS (city, FIPS 76350) Location: 37.30957 N, 94.77568 W Population (1990): 730 (317 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Weir, MS (town, FIPS 78520) Location: 33.26330 N, 89.28937 W Population (1990): 525 (196 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39772 Weir, TX (town, FIPS 77056) Location: 30.67327 N, 97.59116 W Population (1990): 220 (92 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wray, CO (city, FIPS 86310) Location: 40.07944 N, 102.22597 W Population (1990): 1998 (976 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Wray, GA Zip code(s): 31798 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
-ware suff. [from `software'] Commonly used to form jargon terms for classes of software. For examples, see {annoyware}, {careware}, {crippleware}, {crudware}, {freeware}, {fritterware}, {guiltware}, {liveware}, {meatware}, {payware}, {psychedelicware}, {shareware}, {shelfware}, {vaporware}, {wetware}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
-ware ["software"] Commonly used to form terms for classes of software. For examples, see {careware}, {crippleware}, {crudware}, {freeware}, {fritterware}, {guiltware}, {liveware}, {meatware}, {payware}, {psychedelicware}, {shareware}, {shelfware}, {vaporware}, {wetware}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
War The Israelites had to take possession of the Promised Land by conquest. They had to engage in a long and bloody war before the Canaanitish tribes were finally subdued. Except in the case of Jericho and Ai, the war did not become aggressive till after the death of Joshua. Till then the attack was always first made by the Canaanites. Now the measure of the iniquity of the Canaanites was full, and Israel was employed by God to sweep them away from off the face of the earth. In entering on this new stage of the war, the tribe of Judah, according to divine direction, took the lead. In the days of Saul and David the people of Israel engaged in many wars with the nations around, and after the division of the kingdom into two they often warred with each other. They had to defend themselves also against the inroads of the Egyptians, the Assyrians, and the Babylonians. The whole history of Israel from first to last presents but few periods of peace. The Christian life is represented as a warfare, and the Christian graces are also represented under the figure of pieces of armour (Eph. 6:11-17; 1 Thess. 5:8; 2 Tim. 2:3, 4). The final blessedness of believers is attained as the fruit of victory (Rev. 3:21). |