English Dictionary: women's liberation movement | by the DICT Development Group |
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Waning \Wan"ing\, n. The act or process of waning, or decreasing. This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Wane \Wane\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waning}.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. wan, wana-, lacking, wan[?]n to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. [?] bereaved, Skr. [?]na wanting, inferior. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Want} lack, and {Wanton}.] 1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with {wax}, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon. Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane. Waning moons their settled periods keep. --Addison. 2. To decline; to fail; to sink. You saw but sorrow in its waning form. --Dryden. Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. --Sir J. Child. | |
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Wean \Wean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaning}.] [OE. wenen, AS. wenian, wennan, to accustom; akin to D. wennen, G. gew[94]hnen, OHG. giwennan, Icel. venja, Sw. v[84]nja, Dan. v[91]nne, Icel. vanr accustomed, wont; cf. AS. [be]wenian to wean, G. entw[94]hnen. See {Wont}, a.] 1. To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment. And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. --Gen. xxi. 8. 2. Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything. [bd]Wean them from themselves.[b8] --Shak. The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us gradually from our fondness of life. --Swift. | |
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Weanling \Wean"ling\, a. & n. from {Wean}, v. The weaning of the whelp is the great test of the skill of the kennel man. --J. H. Walsh. {Weaning brash}. (Med.) See under {Brash}. | |
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Brash \Brash\, n. [See {Brash} brittle.] 1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. 2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. --Lyell. 4. Broken fragments of ice. --Kane. {Water brash} (Med.), an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis. {Weaning brash} (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned. | |
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Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whining}.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[c6]nan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[c6]na, Sw. hvina, Dan. hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[omac]n, hweij[omac]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. {Whinny}, v. i.] To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. [bd]Whining plovers.[b8] --Spenser. The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a whining accent, craving liberty. --Sir P. Sidney. Dost thou come here to whine? --Shak. | |
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Whiningly \Whin"ing*ly\, adv. In a whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint. | |
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Whinny \Whin"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whinnied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whinnying}.] [From {Whine}] To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh. | |
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{Wine fly} (Zo[94]l.), small two-winged fly of the genus {Piophila}, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other fermented liquors. {Wine grower}, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine. {Wine measure}, the measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer measure. {Wine merchant}, a merchant who deals in wines. {Wine of opium} (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary laudanum; -- also {Sydenham's laudanum}. {Wine press}, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are pressed to extract their juice. {Wine skin}, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various countries, for carrying wine. {Wine stone}, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See 1st {Tartar}, 1. {Wine vault}. (a) A vault where wine is stored. (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables; a dramshop. --Dickens. {Wine vinegar}, vinegar made from wine. {Wine whey}, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of wine. | |
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Win \Win\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Won}, Obs. {Wan}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winning}.] [OE. winnen, AS. winnan to strive, labor, fight, endure; akin to OFries. winna, OS. winnan, D. winnen to win, gain, G. gewinnen, OHG. winnan to strive, struggle, Icel. vinna to labor, suffer, win, Dan. vinde to win, Sw. vinna, Goth. winnan to suffer, Skr. van to wish, get, gain, conquer. [root]138. Cf. {Venerate}, {Winsome}, {Wish}, {Wont}, a.] 1. To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country. [bd]This city for to win.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Who thus shall Canaan win.[b8] --Milton. Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and wins the course. --Dryden. 2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship. Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. --Sir P. Sidney. She is a woman; therefore to be won. --Shak. 3. To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury. 4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. [Archaic] Even in the porch he him did win. --Spenser. And when the stony path began, By which the naked peak they wan, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan. --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. --Raymond. Syn: To gain; get; procure; earn. See {Gain}. | |
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Winning \Win"ning\, a. Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address. [bd]Each mild and winning note.[b8] --Keble. | |
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Winning \Win"ning\, n. 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. 2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural. Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. --Chaucer. 3. (Mining) (a) A new opening. (b) The portion of a coal field out for working. {Winning headway} (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. {Winning post}, the post, or goal, at the end of a race. | |
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Winning \Win"ning\, n. 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. 2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural. Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. --Chaucer. 3. (Mining) (a) A new opening. (b) The portion of a coal field out for working. {Winning headway} (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. {Winning post}, the post, or goal, at the end of a race. | |
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Winning \Win"ning\, n. 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. 2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural. Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. --Chaucer. 3. (Mining) (a) A new opening. (b) The portion of a coal field out for working. {Winning headway} (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. {Winning post}, the post, or goal, at the end of a race. | |
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Winningly \Win"ning*ly\, adv. In a winning manner. | |
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Winningness \Win"ning*ness\, n. The quality or state of being winning. [bd]Winningness in style.[b8] --J. Morley. | |
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Winninish \Win"nin*ish\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The land-locked variety of the common salmon. [Canada] | |
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Winnew \Win"new\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winnowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winnowing}.] [OE. windewen, winewen, AS. windwian; akin to Goth. winpjan (in comp.), winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. [?][?][?][?]. See {Wind} moving air, and cf. {Fan}., n., {Ventilate}.] 1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor. --Ruth. iii. 2. 2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good. Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This light as chaff that flies before the wind. --Dryden. 3. To beat with wings, or as with wings.[Poetic] Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan Winnows the buxom air. --Milton. | |
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Winnowing \Win"now*ing\, n. The act of one who, or that which, winnows. | |
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Womanish \Wom"an*ish\, a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under {Effeminate}. [bd] Thy tears are womanish.[b8] --Shak. [bd] Womanish entreaties.[b8] --Macaulay. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike. --Ascham. -- {Wom"an*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Wom"an*ish*ness}, n. | |
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Womanish \Wom"an*ish\, a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under {Effeminate}. [bd] Thy tears are womanish.[b8] --Shak. [bd] Womanish entreaties.[b8] --Macaulay. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike. --Ascham. -- {Wom"an*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Wom"an*ish*ness}, n. | |
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Womanish \Wom"an*ish\, a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under {Effeminate}. [bd] Thy tears are womanish.[b8] --Shak. [bd] Womanish entreaties.[b8] --Macaulay. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike. --Ascham. -- {Wom"an*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Wom"an*ish*ness}, n. | |
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Womanize \Wom"an*ize\, v. t. To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [Obs.] --V. Knox. | |
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Womankind \Wom"an*kind`\, n. The females of the human race; women, collectively. A sanctuary into which womankind, with her tools of magic, the broom and mop, has very infrequent access. --Hawthorne. | |
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union \Woman's Christian Temperance Union\ An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work. | |
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Woning \Won"ing\, n. Dwelling. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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