English Dictionary: wooing | by the DICT Development Group |
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Wainage \Wain"age\ (?; 48), n. [From {Wain}.] A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc. --Ainsworth. | |
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Wainage \Wain"age\, n. (O. Eng. Law) See {Gainage}, a. | |
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Wang \Wang\, n. [OE. wange, AS. wange, wonge, cheek, jaw; akin to D. wang, OS. & OHG. wanga, G. wange.] 1. The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] So work aye the wangs in his head. --Chaucer. 2. A slap; a blow. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Wang tooth}, a cheek tooth; a molar. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Wang \Wang\, n. See {Whang}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Wanghee \Wang*hee"\, n. [Chin. wang yellow + he[?] a root.] (Bot.) The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus {Phyllostachys}. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks. [Written also {whanghee}.] | |
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Wango \Wang"o\, n. A boomerang. | |
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Wanness \Wan"ness\, n. The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever. | |
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Wannish \Wan"nish\, a. Somewhat wan; of a pale hue. No sun, but a wannish glare, In fold upon fold of hueless cloud. --Tennyson. | |
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Wanze \Wanze\, v. i. To wane; to wither. [Obs.] | |
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Wench \Wench\, n. [OE. wenche, for older wenchel a child, originally, weak, tottering; cf. AS. wencle a maid, a daughter, wencel a pupil, orphan, wincel, winclu, children, offspring, wencel weak, wancol unstable, OHG. wanchol; perhaps akin to E. wink. See {Wink}.] 1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden. --Shak. Lord and lady, groom and wench. --Chaucer. That they may send again My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot. --Chapman. He was received by the daughter of the house, a pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench. --W. Black. 2. A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet. She shall be called his wench or his leman. --Chaucer. It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a discourse upon wenches. --Spectator. 3. A colored woman; a negress. [U. S.] | |
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Wench \Wench\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wenching}.] To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame. | |
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Wennish \Wen"nish\, Wenny \Wen"ny\, a. [From {Wen}.] Having the nature of a wen; resembling a wen; as, a wennish excrescence. | |
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Whang \Whang\, n. [Cf. {Thong}.] A leather thong. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] | |
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Whang \Whang\, v. t. To beat. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] | |
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Whang \Whang\, v. t. 1. To beat; thrash; bang; also, to throw, hurl, or fling about, violently. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.] 2. To slice, esp. in large pieces; to chop. [Scot.] | |
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Whang \Whang\, n. 1. A blow; whack. [Dial. or Colloq.] 2. A large piece or slice; chunk. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.] 3. Formerly, a house-cleaning party. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Wanghee \Wang*hee"\, n. [Chin. wang yellow + he[?] a root.] (Bot.) The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus {Phyllostachys}. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks. [Written also {whanghee}.] | |
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Whanghee \Whang*hee"\, n. (Bot.) See {Wanghee}. | |
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Wanghee \Wang*hee"\, n. [Chin. wang yellow + he[?] a root.] (Bot.) The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus {Phyllostachys}. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks. [Written also {whanghee}.] | |
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Whanghee \Whang*hee"\, n. (Bot.) See {Wanghee}. | |
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When \When\, adv. [OE. when, whan, whenne, whanne, AS. hw[91]nne, hwanne, hwonne; akin to OS. hwan, OD. wan, OHG. wanne, G. wann when, wenn if, when, Goth. hwan when, and to E. who. [?][?][?][?]. See {Who}.] 1. At what time; -- used interrogatively. When shall these things be? --Matt. xxiv. 3. Note: See the Note under {What}, pron., 1. 2. At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that; -- used relatively. Kings may Take their advantage when and how they list. --Daniel. Book lore ne'er served, when trial came, Nor gifts, when faith was dead. --J. H. Newman. 3. While; whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in the grounds. 4. Which time; then; -- used elliptically as a noun. I was adopted heir by his consent; Since when, his oath is broke. --Shak. Note: When was formerly used as an exclamation of surprise or impatience, like what! Come hither; mend my ruff: Here, when! thou art such a tedious lady! --J. Webster. {When as}, {When that}, at the time that; when. [Obs.] When as sacred light began to dawn. --Milton. When that mine eye is famished for a look. --Shak. | |
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Whenas \When"as`\, conj. Whereas; while [Obs.] Whenas, if they would inquire into themselves, they would find no such matter. --Barrow. | |
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Whence \Whence\, adv. [OE. whennes, whens (with adverbial s, properly a genitive ending; -- see {-wards}), also whenne, whanene, AS. hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; akin to D. when. See {When}, and cf. {Hence}, {Thence}.] 1. From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively. Whence hath this man this wisdom? --Matt. xiii. 54. Whence and what art thou? --Milton. 2. From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively. Grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends. --Milton. Note: All the words of this class, whence, where, whither, whereabouts, etc., are occasionally used as pronouns by a harsh construction. O, how unlike the place from whence they fell? --Milton. Note: From whence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by the use of good writers. From whence come wars and fightings among you? --James iv. 1. Of whence, also a pleonasm, has become obsolete. | |
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Whennes \When"nes\, adv. Whence. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Whim \Whim\, n. [Cf. Icel. hwima to wander with the eyes, vim giddiness, Norw. kvima to whisk or flutter about, to trifle, Dan. vimse to skip, whisk, jump from one thing to another, dial. Sw. hvimsa to be unsteady, dizzy, W. chwimio to move briskly.] 1. A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice. Let every man enjoy his whim. --Churchill. 2. (Mining) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes; -- called also {whim gin}, and {whimsey}. {Whim gin} (Mining), a whim. See {Whim}, 2. {Whim shaft} (Mining), a shaft through which ore, water, etc., is raised from a mine by means of a whim. Syn: Freak; caprice; whimsey; fancy. Usage: {Whim}, {Freak}, {Caprice}. Freak denotes an impulsive, inconsiderate change of mind, as by a child or a lunatic. Whim is a mental eccentricity due to peculiar processes or habits of thought. Caprice is closely allied in meaning to freak, but implies more definitely a quality of willfulness or wantonness. | |
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Whimsey \Whim"sey\, Whimsy \Whimsy\, n.; pl. {Whimseys}or {Whimsies}. [See {Whim}.] 1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. [bd]The whimsies of poets and painters.[b8] --Ray. Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. --Swift. Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth. --Bancroft. 2. (Mining) A whim. | |
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Whimsey \Whim"sey\, v. t. To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze. [R.] To have a man's brain whimsied with his wealth. --J. Fletcher. | |
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Whim \Whim\, n. [Cf. Icel. hwima to wander with the eyes, vim giddiness, Norw. kvima to whisk or flutter about, to trifle, Dan. vimse to skip, whisk, jump from one thing to another, dial. Sw. hvimsa to be unsteady, dizzy, W. chwimio to move briskly.] 1. A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice. Let every man enjoy his whim. --Churchill. 2. (Mining) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes; -- called also {whim gin}, and {whimsey}. {Whim gin} (Mining), a whim. See {Whim}, 2. {Whim shaft} (Mining), a shaft through which ore, water, etc., is raised from a mine by means of a whim. Syn: Freak; caprice; whimsey; fancy. Usage: {Whim}, {Freak}, {Caprice}. Freak denotes an impulsive, inconsiderate change of mind, as by a child or a lunatic. Whim is a mental eccentricity due to peculiar processes or habits of thought. Caprice is closely allied in meaning to freak, but implies more definitely a quality of willfulness or wantonness. | |
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Whimsey \Whim"sey\, Whimsy \Whimsy\, n.; pl. {Whimseys}or {Whimsies}. [See {Whim}.] 1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. [bd]The whimsies of poets and painters.[b8] --Ray. Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. --Swift. Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth. --Bancroft. 2. (Mining) A whim. | |
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Whimsey \Whim"sey\, v. t. To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze. [R.] To have a man's brain whimsied with his wealth. --J. Fletcher. | |
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Whimsey \Whim"sey\, Whimsy \Whimsy\, n.; pl. {Whimseys}or {Whimsies}. [See {Whim}.] 1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. [bd]The whimsies of poets and painters.[b8] --Ray. Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. --Swift. Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth. --Bancroft. 2. (Mining) A whim. | |
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Whimsy \Whim"sy\, n. A whimsey. | |
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Whinge \Whinge\, v. i. To whine. [Scot.] --Burns. | |
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Whinny \Whin"ny\, n.; pl. {Whinnies}. The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh. [bd]The stately horse . . . stooped with a low whinny.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Whinock \Whin"ock\ (hw[icr]n"[ucr]k), n. [Cf. Scot. whin, quhene, a few, AS. hw[emac]ne, hw[aemac]ne, a little, hw[omac]n little, few. Cf. {Wheen}.] The small pig of a litter. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Wince \Wince\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Winced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wincing}.] [OE. wincen, winchen, OF. quencir, guenchir, guenchier, giencier, guinchier, and (assumed) winchier, winchir, to give way, to turn aside, fr. OHG. wankjan, wenken, to give way, to waver, fr. winchan to turn aside, to nod, akin to E. wink. See {Wink}.] 1. To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back. I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word. --Shak. 2. To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces. | |
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Wince \Wince\, n. The act of one who winces. | |
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Wince \Wince\, n. [See {Winch}.] (Dyeing & Calico Printing) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will. {Wince pit}, {Wince pot}, a tank or a pit where cloth in the process of dyeing or manufacture is washed, dipped in a mordant, or the like. | |
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Wincey \Win"cey\, n. Linsey-woolsey. | |
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Winch \Winch\, v. i. [See {Wince}.] To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness. | |
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Winch \Winch\, n. A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness. --Shelton. | |
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Winch \Winch\, n. [OE. winche, AS. wince a winch, a reel to wind thread upon. Cf. {Wink}.] 1. A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc. 2. An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly. 3. An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass. 4. A wince. | |
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Wing \Wing\, n. [OE. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. vinge, Icel. v[91]ngr.] 1. One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings. --Deut. xxxii. 11. Note: In the wing of a bird the long quill feathers are in series. The primaries are those attached to the ulnar side of the hand; the secondaries, or wing coverts, those of the forearm: the scapulars, those that lie over the humerus; and the bastard feathers, those of the short outer digit. See Illust. of {Bird}, and {Plumage}. 2. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. Specifically: (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures. (b) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes. 3. Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing. Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak. 4. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion. Fiery expedition be my wing. --Shak. 5. Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc. 6. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot. 7. Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. Specifically: (a) (Zo[94]l.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. (b) (Bot.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. (c) (Bot.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. 8. One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece. Hence: (a) (Arch.) A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace. (b) (Fort.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work. (c) (Hort.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another. [Obs.] (d) (Mil.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc. (e) (Naut.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle. --Totten. (f) One of the sides of the stags in a theater. | |
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Wing \Wing\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winging}.] 1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity. Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms. --Pope. Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours. --Longfellow. 2. To supply with wings or sidepieces. The main battle, whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse. --Shak. 3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly. I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered bough. --Shak. 4. To move through in flight; to fly through. There's not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns its point to him. --Moore. 5. To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird. | |
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Wing \Wing\, n. (A[89]ronautics) Any surface used primarily for supporting a flying machine in flight, whether by edge-on motion, or flapping, or rotation; specif., either of a pair of supporting planes of a flying machine. | |
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{On the wing}. (a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another. {On the wings of the wind}, with the utmost velocity. {Under the wing}, [or] {wings}, {of}, under the care or protection of. {Wing and wing} (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going before the wind with the foresail on one side and the mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel which has her studding sails set. Cf. {Goosewinged}. {Wing case} (Zo[94]l.), one of the anterior wings of beetles, and of some other insects, when thickened and used to protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also {wing cover}. {Wing covert} (Zo[94]l.), one of the small feathers covering the bases of the wing quills. See {Covert}, n., 2. {Wing gudgeon} (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it from turning in the wood. See Illust. of {Gudgeon}. {Wing shell} (Zo[94]l.), wing case of an insect. {Wing stroke}, the stroke or sweep of a wing. {Wing transom} (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern; -- called also {main transom}. --J. Knowles. | |
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Wingy \Wing"y\, a. 1. Having wings; rapid. With wingy speed outstrip the eastern wind. --Addison. 2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; volatile airy. [Obs. or R.] Those wingy mysteries in divinity. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Wink \Wink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Winked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winking}.] [OE. winken, AS. wincian; akin to D. wenken, G. winken to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. winchan, Sw. vinka, Dan. vinke, AS. wancol wavering, OHG. wanchal wavering, wanch[?]n to waver, G. wanken, and perhaps to E. weak; cf. AS. wincel a corner. Cf. {Wench}, {Wince}, v. i.] 1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. [Obs.] [bd]Although I wake or wink.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion. He must wink, so loud he would cry. --Chaucer. And I will wink, so shall the day seem night. --Shak. They are not blind, but they wink. --Tillotson. 3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink. A baby of some three months old, who winked, and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day. --Hawthorne. 4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only. Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate. --Swift. 5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at. The times of this ignorance God winked at. --Acts xvii. 30. And yet, as though he knew it not, His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign. --Herbert. Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued. --Locke. 6. To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks. {Winking monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the white-nosed monkey ({Cersopithecus nictitans}). | |
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Wink \Wink\, v. t. To cause (the eyes) to wink.[Colloq.] | |
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Wink \Wink\, n. 1. The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment. I have not slept one wink. --Shak. I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink. --Donne. 2. A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. --Sir. P. Sidney. The stockjobber thus from Change Alley goes down, And tips you, the freeman, a wink. --Swift. | |
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Winze \Winze\, n. (Mining.) A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation. | |
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Wong \Wong\, n. [AS. wang, wong.] A field. [Obs.] --Spelman. [bd]Woods and wonges.[b8] --Havelok the Dane. | |
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Woo \Woo\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wooed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wooing}.] [OE. wowen, wo[?]en, AS. w[?]gian, fr. w[?]h bent, crooked, bad; akin to OS. w[be]h evil, Goth. unwahs blameless, Skr. va[?]c to waver, and perhaps to E. vaccilate.] 1. To solicit in love; to court. Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes The image he himself has wrought. --Prior. 2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even song. --Milton. I woo the wind That still delays his coming. --Bryant. | |
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Wanaque, NJ (borough, FIPS 76730) Location: 41.04320 N, 74.29060 W Population (1990): 9711 (3259 housing units) Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 3.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07465 | |
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Wannaska, MN Zip code(s): 56761 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Waunakee, WI (village, FIPS 84350) Location: 43.18662 N, 89.45204 W Population (1990): 5897 (2020 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53597 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Waynoka, OK (city, FIPS 79350) Location: 36.58501 N, 98.87941 W Population (1990): 947 (635 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73860 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Weems, VA Zip code(s): 22576 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wing, AL Zip code(s): 36483 Wing, ND (city, FIPS 86780) Location: 47.14258 N, 100.28220 W Population (1990): 208 (97 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58494 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wingo, KY (city, FIPS 83856) Location: 36.64191 N, 88.73789 W Population (1990): 568 (256 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42088 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wink, TX (city, FIPS 79768) Location: 31.75523 N, 103.15437 W Population (1990): 1189 (465 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79789 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Winooski, VT (city, FIPS 85150) Location: 44.49545 N, 73.18510 W Population (1990): 6649 (2926 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 05404 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wonewoc, WI (village, FIPS 88500) Location: 43.65307 N, 90.22396 W Population (1990): 793 (385 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53968 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
wango /wang'goh/ n. Random bit-level {grovel}ling going on in a system during some unspecified operation. Often used in combination with {mumble}. For example: "You start with the `.o' file, run it through this postprocessor that does mumble-wango -- and it comes out a snazzy object-oriented executable." | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
wank /wangk/ n.,v.,adj. [Columbia University: prob. by mutation from Commonwealth slang v. `wank', to masturbate] Used much as {hack} is elsewhere, as a noun denoting a clever technique or person or the result of such cleverness. May describe (negatively) the act of hacking for hacking's sake ("Quit wanking, let's go get supper!") or (more positively) a {wizard}. Adj. `wanky' describes something particularly clever (a person, program, or algorithm). Conversations can also get wanky when there are too many wanks involved. This excess wankiness is signalled by an overload of the `wankometer' (compare {bogometer}). When the wankometer overloads, the conversation's subject must be changed, or all non-wanks will leave. Compare `neep-neeping' (under {neep-neep}). Usage: U.S. only. In Britain and the Commonwealth this word is _extremely_ rude and is best avoided unless one intends to give offense. Adjectival `wanky' is less offensive and simply means `stupid' or `broken' (this is mainstream in Great Britain). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Weenix /wee'niks/ n. 1. [ITS] A derogatory term for {{Unix}}, derived from {Unix weenie}. According to one noted ex-ITSer, it is "the operating system preferred by Unix Weenies: typified by poor modularity, poor reliability, hard file deletion, no file version numbers, case sensitivity everywhere, and users who believe that these are all advantages". (Some ITS fans behave as though they believe Unix stole a future that rightfully belonged to them. See {{ITS}}, sense 2.) 2. [Brown University] A Unix-like OS developed for tutorial purposes at Brown University. See `http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs167/weenix.html'. Named independently of the ITS usage. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
winkey n. (alt. `winkey face') See {emoticon}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
winnage /win'*j/ n. The situation when a lossage is corrected, or when something is winning. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
wonky /wong'kee/ adj. [from Australian slang] Yet another approximate synonym for {broken}. Specifically connotes a malfunction that produces behavior seen as crazy, humorous, or amusingly perverse. "That was the day the printer's font logic went wonky and everybody's listings came out in Tengwar." Also in `wonked out'. See {funky}, {demented}, {bozotic}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
wango /wang'goh/ Random bit-level {grovel}ling going on in a system during some unspecified operation. Often used in combination with {mumble}. For example: "You start with the ".o" file, run it through this postprocessor that does mumble-wango - and it comes out a snazzy object-oriented executable." [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
wank /wangk/ [Columbia University: probably by mutation from Commonwealth slang "wank", to masturbate] Used much as {hack} is elsewhere, as a noun denoting a clever technique or person or the result of such cleverness. May describe (negatively) the act of hacking for hacking's sake ("Quit wanking, let's go get supper!") or (more positively) a {wizard}. "wanky" describes something particularly clever (a person, program, or algorithm). Conversations can also get wanky when there are too many wanks involved. This excess wankiness is signalled by an overload of the "wankometer" (compare {bogometer}). When the wankometer overloads, the conversation's subject must be changed, or all non-wanks will leave. Compare "neep-neeping" (under {neep-neep}). Usage: US only. In Britain and the Commonwealth this word is *extremely* rude and is best avoided unless one intends to give offense. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Weenix /wee'niks/ An {ITS} fan's derogatory term for {Unix}, derived from {Unix weenie}. According to one noted ex-{ITS}er, it is "the operating system preferred by Unix Weenies: typified by poor modularity, poor reliability, hard file deletion, no file version numbers, case sensitivity everywhere, and users who believe that these are all advantages". Some {ITS} fans behave as though they believe Unix stole a future that rightfully belonged to them. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Win2K {Windows 2000} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Win32s released by {Microsoft}. Win32s is a software layer on top of Windows which allows {32-bit applications} (e.g. {Mosaic}) to run on Windows. Both stand-alone Windows and {Windows for Workgroups} run as 16 bit, and both can use Win32s to run 32-bit applications. (1996-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
winkey See {emoticon}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-09-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WINS {Windows Internet Naming Service} |