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Wahabee \Wa*ha"bee\, n. [Ar. wah[be]bi.] A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India. [Written also {Wahaby}.] | |
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Wahabee \Wa*ha"bee\, n. [Ar. wah[be]bi.] A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India. [Written also {Wahaby}.] | |
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Waif \Waif\, n. [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose gaive a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See {Waive}.] 1. (Eng. Law.) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. --Blackstone. 2. Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance. [bd]Rolling in his mind old waifs of rhyme.[b8] --Tennyson. 3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child. A waif Desirous to return, and not received. --Cowper. | |
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Waive \Waive\, v. i. To turn aside; to recede. [Obs.] To waive from the word of Solomon. --Chaucer. | |
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Waive \Waive\, n. [See {Waive}, v. t. ] 1. A waif; a castaway. [Obs.] --Donne. 2. (O. Eng. Law) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See {Waive}, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note. | |
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Waive \Waive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waiving}.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. {Vibrate}, {Waif}.] [Written also {wave}.] 1. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego. He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all. --Chaucer. We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others. --Barrow. 2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert. 3. (Law) (a) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses. (b) (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. --Burrill. Note: The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and held as abandoned. --Burrill. | |
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Wap \Wap\, v. t. & i. [See {Whap}.] To beat; to whap. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Sir T. Malory. | |
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Wap \Wap\, n. A blow or beating; a whap. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Wapp \Wapp\, n. [CF. Prov. E. wap to wrap up.] (Naut.) (a) A fair-leader. (b) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut. | |
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Waive \Waive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waiving}.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. {Vibrate}, {Waif}.] [Written also {wave}.] 1. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego. He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all. --Chaucer. We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others. --Barrow. 2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert. 3. (Law) (a) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses. (b) (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. --Burrill. Note: The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and held as abandoned. --Burrill. | |
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Wave \Wave\ (w[amac]v), v. t. See {Waive}. --Sir H. Wotton. Burke. | |
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Wave \Wave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waved} (w[amac]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Waving}.] [OE. waven, AS. wafian to waver, to hesitate, to wonder; akin to w[91]fre wavering, restless, MHG. wabern to be in motion, Icel. vafra to hover about; cf. Icel. v[be]fa to vibrate. Cf. {Waft}, {Waver}.] 1. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate. His purple robes waved careless to the winds. --Trumbull. Where the flags of three nations has successively waved. --Hawthorne. 2. To be moved to and fro as a signal. --B. Jonson. 3. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate. [Obs.] He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm. --Shak. | |
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Wave \Wave\, v. t. 1. To move one way and the other; to brandish. [bd][[92]neas] waved his fatal sword.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to. Horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea. --Shak. 3. To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 4. To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate. Look, with what courteous action It waves you to a more removed ground. --Shak. She spoke, and bowing waved Dismissal. --Tennyson. | |
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Wave \Wave\, n. [From {Wave}, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. [root]136. See {Wave}, v. i.] 1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation. The wave behind impels the wave before. --Pope. 2. (Physics) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See {Undulation}. 3. Water; a body of water. [Poetic] [bd]Deep drank Lord Marmion of the wave.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Build a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine. --Chapman. 4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. --Sir I. Newton. 5. A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc. 6. The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel. 7. Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm. {Wave front} (Physics), the surface of initial displacement of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration advances. {Wave length} (Physics), the space, reckoned in the direction of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation, as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same phase occurs. {Wave line} (Shipbuilding), a line of a vessel's hull, shaped in accordance with the wave-line system. {Wave-line system}, {Wave-line theory} (Shipbuilding), a system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave which travels at a certain speed. {Wave loaf}, a loaf for a wave offering. --Lev. viii. 27. {Wave moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small geometrid moths belonging to {Acidalia} and allied genera; -- so called from the wavelike color markings on the wings. {Wave offering}, an offering made in the Jewish services by waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four cardinal points. --Num. xviii. 11. {Wave of vibration} (Physics), a wave which consists in, or is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a vibratory state from particle to particle through a body. {Wave surface}. (a) (Physics) A surface of simultaneous and equal displacement of the particles composing a wave of vibration. (b) (Geom.) A mathematical surface of the fourth order which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave surface of light in the interior of crystals. It is used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction. See under {Refraction}. {Wave theory}. (Physics) See {Undulatory theory}, under {Undulatory}. | |
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Wave \Wave\, n. [See {Woe}.] Woe. [Obs.] | |
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Wave \Wave\, n. Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm. | |
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Waive \Waive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waiving}.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. {Vibrate}, {Waif}.] [Written also {wave}.] 1. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego. He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all. --Chaucer. We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others. --Barrow. 2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert. 3. (Law) (a) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses. (b) (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. --Burrill. Note: The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and held as abandoned. --Burrill. | |
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Wave \Wave\ (w[amac]v), v. t. See {Waive}. --Sir H. Wotton. Burke. | |
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Wave \Wave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waved} (w[amac]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Waving}.] [OE. waven, AS. wafian to waver, to hesitate, to wonder; akin to w[91]fre wavering, restless, MHG. wabern to be in motion, Icel. vafra to hover about; cf. Icel. v[be]fa to vibrate. Cf. {Waft}, {Waver}.] 1. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate. His purple robes waved careless to the winds. --Trumbull. Where the flags of three nations has successively waved. --Hawthorne. 2. To be moved to and fro as a signal. --B. Jonson. 3. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate. [Obs.] He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm. --Shak. | |
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Wave \Wave\, v. t. 1. To move one way and the other; to brandish. [bd][[92]neas] waved his fatal sword.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to. Horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea. --Shak. 3. To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 4. To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate. Look, with what courteous action It waves you to a more removed ground. --Shak. She spoke, and bowing waved Dismissal. --Tennyson. | |
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Wave \Wave\, n. [From {Wave}, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. [root]136. See {Wave}, v. i.] 1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation. The wave behind impels the wave before. --Pope. 2. (Physics) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See {Undulation}. 3. Water; a body of water. [Poetic] [bd]Deep drank Lord Marmion of the wave.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Build a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine. --Chapman. 4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. --Sir I. Newton. 5. A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc. 6. The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel. 7. Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm. {Wave front} (Physics), the surface of initial displacement of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration advances. {Wave length} (Physics), the space, reckoned in the direction of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation, as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same phase occurs. {Wave line} (Shipbuilding), a line of a vessel's hull, shaped in accordance with the wave-line system. {Wave-line system}, {Wave-line theory} (Shipbuilding), a system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave which travels at a certain speed. {Wave loaf}, a loaf for a wave offering. --Lev. viii. 27. {Wave moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small geometrid moths belonging to {Acidalia} and allied genera; -- so called from the wavelike color markings on the wings. {Wave offering}, an offering made in the Jewish services by waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four cardinal points. --Num. xviii. 11. {Wave of vibration} (Physics), a wave which consists in, or is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a vibratory state from particle to particle through a body. {Wave surface}. (a) (Physics) A surface of simultaneous and equal displacement of the particles composing a wave of vibration. (b) (Geom.) A mathematical surface of the fourth order which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave surface of light in the interior of crystals. It is used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction. See under {Refraction}. {Wave theory}. (Physics) See {Undulatory theory}, under {Undulatory}. | |
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Wave \Wave\, n. [See {Woe}.] Woe. [Obs.] | |
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Wave \Wave\, n. Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm. | |
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Wavey \Wa"vey\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The snow goose. [Canadian, & Local U. S.] | |
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Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
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Wavey \Wa"vey\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The snow goose. [Canadian, & Local U. S.] | |
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Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
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Wavy \Wav"y\, a. 1. Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves. [bd]The wavy seas.[b8] --Chapman. 2. Playing to and fro; undulating; as, wavy flames. Let her glad valleys smile with wavy corn. --Prior. 3. (Bot.) Undulating on the border or surface; waved. | |
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Weave \Weave\, v. t. [imp. {Wove}; p. p. {Woven}, {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved}, is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v[84]fva, Dan. v[91]ve, Gr. [?], v., [?] web, Skr. [?]r[?]av[be]bhi spider, lit., wool weaver. Cf. {Waper}, {Waffle}, {Web}, {Weevil}, {Weft}, {Woof}.] 1. To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately. This weaves itself, perforce, into my business. --Shak. That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired silk To deck her sons. --Milton. And for these words, thus woven into song. --Byron. 2. To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a story. When she weaved the sleided silk. --Shak. Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. --Ld. Lytton. | |
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Weave \Weave\, v. i. 1. To practice weaving; to work with a loom. 2. To become woven or interwoven. | |
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Weave \Weave\, n. A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere weave. | |
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Web \Web\, n. [OE. webbe, AS. webba. See {Weave}.] A weaver. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Web \Web\, n. [OE. web, AS. webb; akin to D. web, webbe, OHG. weppi, G. gewebe, Icel. vefr, Sw. v[84]f, Dan. v[91]v. See {Weave}.] 1. That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. Penelope, for her Ulysses' sake, Devised a web her wooers to deceive. --Spenser. Not web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, or penalty of exile. --Bancroft. 2. A whole piece of linen cloth as woven. 3. The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb. [bd]The smallest spider's web.[b8] --Shak. 4. Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication. The somber spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a . . . thread of rose-color or gold. --Hawthorne. Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures. --W. Irving. 5. (Carriages) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood. 6. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. And Christians slain roll up in webs of lead. --Fairfax. Specifically: (a) The blade of a sword. [Obs.] The sword, whereof the web was steel, Pommel rich stone, hilt gold. --Fairfax. (b) The blade of a saw. (c) The thin, sharp part of a colter. (d) The bit of a key. 7. (Mach. & Engin.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object. Specifically: (a) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail. (b) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc. (c) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist. (d) The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot. 8. (Med.) Pterygium; -- called also {webeye}. --Shak. 9. (Anat.) The membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in many water birds and amphibians. 10. (Zo[94]l.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See {Feather}. | |
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Web \Web\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Webbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Webbing}.] To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle. | |
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Webby \Web"by\, a. Of or pertaining to a web or webs; like a web; filled or covered with webs. Bats on their webby wings in darkness move. --Crabbe. | |
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Web \Web\, n. [OE. web, AS. webb; akin to D. web, webbe, OHG. weppi, G. gewebe, Icel. vefr, Sw. v[84]f, Dan. v[91]v. See {Weave}.] 1. That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. Penelope, for her Ulysses' sake, Devised a web her wooers to deceive. --Spenser. Not web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, or penalty of exile. --Bancroft. 2. A whole piece of linen cloth as woven. 3. The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb. [bd]The smallest spider's web.[b8] --Shak. 4. Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication. The somber spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a . . . thread of rose-color or gold. --Hawthorne. Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures. --W. Irving. 5. (Carriages) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood. 6. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. And Christians slain roll up in webs of lead. --Fairfax. Specifically: (a) The blade of a sword. [Obs.] The sword, whereof the web was steel, Pommel rich stone, hilt gold. --Fairfax. (b) The blade of a saw. (c) The thin, sharp part of a colter. (d) The bit of a key. 7. (Mach. & Engin.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object. Specifically: (a) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail. (b) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc. (c) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist. (d) The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot. 8. (Med.) Pterygium; -- called also {webeye}. --Shak. 9. (Anat.) The membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in many water birds and amphibians. 10. (Zo[94]l.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See {Feather}. | |
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Webeye \Web"eye`\, n. (Med.) See {Web}, n., 8. | |
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Web \Web\, n. [OE. web, AS. webb; akin to D. web, webbe, OHG. weppi, G. gewebe, Icel. vefr, Sw. v[84]f, Dan. v[91]v. See {Weave}.] 1. That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. Penelope, for her Ulysses' sake, Devised a web her wooers to deceive. --Spenser. Not web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, or penalty of exile. --Bancroft. 2. A whole piece of linen cloth as woven. 3. The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb. [bd]The smallest spider's web.[b8] --Shak. 4. Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication. The somber spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a . . . thread of rose-color or gold. --Hawthorne. Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures. --W. Irving. 5. (Carriages) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood. 6. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. And Christians slain roll up in webs of lead. --Fairfax. Specifically: (a) The blade of a sword. [Obs.] The sword, whereof the web was steel, Pommel rich stone, hilt gold. --Fairfax. (b) The blade of a saw. (c) The thin, sharp part of a colter. (d) The bit of a key. 7. (Mach. & Engin.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object. Specifically: (a) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail. (b) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc. (c) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist. (d) The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot. 8. (Med.) Pterygium; -- called also {webeye}. --Shak. 9. (Anat.) The membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in many water birds and amphibians. 10. (Zo[94]l.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See {Feather}. | |
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Webeye \Web"eye`\, n. (Med.) See {Web}, n., 8. | |
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Weep \Weep\, v. t. 1. To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. [bd]I weep bitterly the dead.[b8] --A. S. Hardy. We wandering go Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe. --Pope. 2. To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy. Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. --Milton. Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm. --Milton. | |
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Weep \Weep\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry. | |
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Weep \Weep\, obs. imp. of {Weep}, for wept. --Chaucer. | |
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Weep \Weep\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weeping}.] [OE. wepen, AS. w[?]pan, from w[?]p lamentation; akin to OFries. w[?]pa to lament, OS. w[?]p lamentation, OHG. wuof, Icel. [?]p a shouting, crying, OS. w[?]pian to lament, OHG. wuoffan, wuoffen, Icel. [?]pa, Goth. w[?]pjan. [?][?][?][?].] 1. Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck. --Acts xx. 37. Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh. --Mitford. And eyes that wake to weep. --Mrs. Hemans. And they wept together in silence. --Longfellow. 2. To lament; to complain. [bd]They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.[b8] --Num. xi. 13. 3. To flow in drops; to run in drops. The blood weeps from my heart. --Shak. 4. To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked. 5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches. | |
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Weive \Weive\, v. t. See {Waive}. [Obs.] --Gower. | |
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Wep \Wep\, obs. imp. of {Weep}. | |
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Weyve \Weyve\, v. t. To waive. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Whaap \Whaap\, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European curlew; -- called also {awp}, {whaup}, {great whaup}, and {stock whaup}. (b) The whimbrel; -- called also {May whaup}, {little whaup}, and {tang whaup}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Whap \Whap\, Whop \Whop\, v. i. [Cf. OE. quappen to palpitate, E. quob, quaver, wabble, awhape, wap.] To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over. --Bartlett. Note: This word is used adverbially in the north of England, as in the United States, when anything vanishes, or is gone suddenly; as, whap went the cigar out of my mouth. | |
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Whap \Whap\, Whop \Whop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whapping}.] To beat or strike. | |
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Whap \Whap\, Whop \Whop\, n. A blow, or quick, smart stroke. | |
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Whaap \Whaap\, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European curlew; -- called also {awp}, {whaup}, {great whaup}, and {stock whaup}. (b) The whimbrel; -- called also {May whaup}, {little whaup}, and {tang whaup}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Whaup \Whaup\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whaap}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Whaap \Whaap\, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European curlew; -- called also {awp}, {whaup}, {great whaup}, and {stock whaup}. (b) The whimbrel; -- called also {May whaup}, {little whaup}, and {tang whaup}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Whaup \Whaup\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whaap}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Whiff \Whiff\, n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.] 1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke. But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword The unnerved father falls. --Shak. The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. --Longfellow. 2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The marysole, or sail fluke. | |
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Whiff \Whiff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whiffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whiffing}.] 1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff. 2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away. Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna, having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whiffed him up into the moon. --B. Jonson. | |
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Whiff \Whiff\, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff. | |
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Marysole \Ma"ry*sole\, n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A large British fluke, or flounder ({Rhombus megastoma}); -- called also {carter}, and {whiff}. | |
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Whiff \Whiff\, n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.] 1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke. But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword The unnerved father falls. --Shak. The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. --Longfellow. 2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The marysole, or sail fluke. | |
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Whiff \Whiff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whiffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whiffing}.] 1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff. 2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away. Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna, having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whiffed him up into the moon. --B. Jonson. | |
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Whiff \Whiff\, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff. | |
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Marysole \Ma"ry*sole\, n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A large British fluke, or flounder ({Rhombus megastoma}); -- called also {carter}, and {whiff}. | |
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Whip \Whip\, v. i. To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner. With speed from thence he whipped. --Sackville. Two friends, traveling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground. --L'Estrange. | |
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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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Whip \Whip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whipping}.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up, and L. vibrare to shake. Cf. {Vibrate}.] 1. To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet. 2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top. 3. To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy. Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school. --Dryden. 4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to. They would whip me with their fine wits. --Shak. 5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. 6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like. 7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. [Slang, U. S.] 8. To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over. Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut. --Moxon. 9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle. In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --Gay. 10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like. She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm. --L'Estrange. He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees. --Walpole. 11. (Naut.) (a) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. (b) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff. 12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip. Whipping their rough surface for a trout. --Emerson. {To whip in}, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as member of a party, or the like. {To whip the cat}. (a) To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. (b) To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov. & U. S.] | |
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Whip \Whip\, n. 1. A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club. 2. (Mech.) Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions. | |
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Whoop \Whoop\, n. [See Hoopoe.] (Zo[94]l.) The hoopoe. | |
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Whoop \Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whooping}.] [OE. houpen. See {Hoop}, v. i.] 1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl. Each whooping with a merry shout. --Wordsworth. When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. --W. Browne. 2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. | |
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Whoop \Whoop\, v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be Whooped out of Rome. --Shak. | |
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Whoop \Whoop\, n. 1. A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl. A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos. --Addison. The whoop of the crane. --Longfellow. 2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. | |
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Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. [?], D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zo[94]l.) A European bird of the genus {Upupa} ({U. epops}), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also {hoop}, {whoop}. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera. | |
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Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. {Whoop}.] 1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written {whoop}.] 2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See {Whoop}. {Hooping cough}. (Med.) See {Whooping cough}. | |
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Whoop \Whoop\, n. [See Hoopoe.] (Zo[94]l.) The hoopoe. | |
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Whoop \Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whooping}.] [OE. houpen. See {Hoop}, v. i.] 1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl. Each whooping with a merry shout. --Wordsworth. When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. --W. Browne. 2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. | |
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Whoop \Whoop\, v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be Whooped out of Rome. --Shak. | |
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Whoop \Whoop\, n. 1. A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl. A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos. --Addison. The whoop of the crane. --Longfellow. 2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. | |
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Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. [?], D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zo[94]l.) A European bird of the genus {Upupa} ({U. epops}), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also {hoop}, {whoop}. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera. | |
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Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. {Whoop}.] 1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written {whoop}.] 2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See {Whoop}. {Hooping cough}. (Med.) See {Whooping cough}. | |
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Whap \Whap\, Whop \Whop\, v. i. [Cf. OE. quappen to palpitate, E. quob, quaver, wabble, awhape, wap.] To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over. --Bartlett. Note: This word is used adverbially in the north of England, as in the United States, when anything vanishes, or is gone suddenly; as, whap went the cigar out of my mouth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whap \Whap\, Whop \Whop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whapping}.] To beat or strike. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whap \Whap\, Whop \Whop\, n. A blow, or quick, smart stroke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whop \Whop\, v. t. Same as {Whap}. --Forby. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whop \Whop\, n. Same as {Whap}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wife \Wife\, n.; pl. {Wives}. [OE. wif, AS. wif; akin to OFries. & OS. wif, D. wijf, G. weib, OHG. w[c6]b, Icel. v[c6]f, Dan. viv; and perhaps to Skr. vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. vibrare to vibrate, E. vibrate. Cf. Tacitus, [[bd] Germania[b8] 8]: Inesse quin etiam sanctum aliquid et providum putant, nec aut consilia earum aspernantur aut responsa neglegunt. Cf. {Hussy} a jade, {Woman}.] 1. A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like. [bd] Both men and wives.[b8] --Piers Plowman. On the green he saw sitting a wife. --Chaucer. 2. The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband. [bd] The husband of one wife.[b8] --1 Tin. iii. 2. Let every one you . . . so love his wife even as himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband. --Eph. v. 33. {To give to wife}, {To take to wife}, to give or take (a woman) in marriage. {Wife's equity} (Law), the equitable right or claim of a married woman to a reasonable and adequate provision, by way of settlement or otherwise, out of her choses in action, or out of any property of hers which is under the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for the support of herself and her children. --Burrill. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wipe \Wipe\, n. [Cf. Sw. vipa, Dan. vibe, the lapwing.] (Zo[94]l.) The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wipe \Wipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wiped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiping}.] [OE. vipen, AS. w[c6]pian; cf. LG. wiep a wisp of straw, Sw. vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one's self up, vepa a blanket; perhaps akin to E. whip.] 1. To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel. Let me wipe thy face. --Shak. I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. --2 Kings xxi. 13. 2. To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively. [bd]To wipe out our ingratitude.[b8] --Shak. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon. --Milton. 3. To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out. [Obs.] --Spenser. If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods. --Robynson (More's Utopia) {To wipe a joint} (Plumbing), to make a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe, by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing. {To wipe the nose of}, to cheat. [Old Slang] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wipe \Wipe\, n. 1. Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean. 2. A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe. [Low] 3. A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm. --Swift. 4. A handkerchief. [Thieves' Cant or Slang] 5. Stain; brand. [Obs.] [bd]Slavish wipe.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wive \Wive\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiving}.] [AS. w[c6]fian, gew[c6]fian. See {Wite}.] To marry, as a man; to take a wife. Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wive \Wive\, v. t. 1. To match to a wife; to provide with a wife. [bd]An I could get me but a wife . . . I were manned, horsed, and wived.[b8] --Shak. 2. To take for a wife; to marry. I have wived his sister. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woof \Woof\ (w[oomac]f), n. [OE. oof, AS. [omac]wef, [omac]web, [be]web; on, an, on + wef, web, fr. wefan to weave. The initial w is due to the influence of E. weave. See {On}, {Weave}, and cf. {Abb}.] 1. The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving. 2. Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woofy \Woof"y\, a. Having a close texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud. --J. Baillie. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Weave \Weave\, v. t. [imp. {Wove}; p. p. {Woven}, {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved}, is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v[84]fva, Dan. v[91]ve, Gr. [?], v., [?] web, Skr. [?]r[?]av[be]bhi spider, lit., wool weaver. Cf. {Waper}, {Waffle}, {Web}, {Weevil}, {Weft}, {Woof}.] 1. To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately. This weaves itself, perforce, into my business. --Shak. That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired silk To deck her sons. --Milton. And for these words, thus woven into song. --Byron. 2. To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a story. When she weaved the sleided silk. --Shak. Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. --Ld. Lytton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wove \Wove\, p. pr. & rare vb. n. of {Weave}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wowf \Wowf\, a. Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lapwing \Lap"wing`\, n. [OE. lapwynke, leepwynke, AS. hle[a0]pewince; hle[a0]pan to leap, jump + (prob.) a word akin to AS. wincian to wink, E. wink, AS. wancol wavering; cf. G. wanken to stagger, waver. See {Leap}, and {Wink}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European bird of the Plover family ({Vanellus cristatus}, or {V. vanellus}). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the [bd]plover's eggs[b8] of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also {peewit}, {dastard plover}, and {wype}. The {gray lapwing} is the {Squatarola cinerea}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wype \Wype\, n. The wipe, or lapwing. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lapwing \Lap"wing`\, n. [OE. lapwynke, leepwynke, AS. hle[a0]pewince; hle[a0]pan to leap, jump + (prob.) a word akin to AS. wincian to wink, E. wink, AS. wancol wavering; cf. G. wanken to stagger, waver. See {Leap}, and {Wink}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European bird of the Plover family ({Vanellus cristatus}, or {V. vanellus}). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the [bd]plover's eggs[b8] of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also {peewit}, {dastard plover}, and {wype}. The {gray lapwing} is the {Squatarola cinerea}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wype \Wype\, n. The wipe, or lapwing. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Waipahu, HI (CDP, FIPS 79700) Location: 21.39060 N, 158.01271 W Population (1990): 31435 (7739 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 96797 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Waipio, HI (CDP, FIPS 79860) Location: 21.41831 N, 158.00060 W Population (1990): 11812 (4087 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Waubay, SD (city, FIPS 69340) Location: 45.33323 N, 97.30666 W Population (1990): 647 (341 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57273 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Webb, AL (town, FIPS 80376) Location: 31.25662 N, 85.28565 W Population (1990): 1039 (404 housing units) Area: 30.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36376 Webb, IA (city, FIPS 83010) Location: 42.94925 N, 95.01197 W Population (1990): 167 (88 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51366 Webb, MS (town, FIPS 78480) Location: 33.94804 N, 90.34618 W Population (1990): 605 (260 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Weippe, ID (city, FIPS 86050) Location: 46.37832 N, 115.93885 W Population (1990): 532 (247 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83553 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Wabi {Windows Application Binary Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Wafe Gustaf Neumann symbolic interface to the {Athena} {widgets} and {OSF}/{Motif}. A typical Wafe {application} consists of two parts: a front-end (Wafe) and an application program which runs as a separate process. The distribution contains sample application programs in {Perl}, {GAWK}, {Prolog}, {TCL}, {C}, and {Ada} talking to the same Wafe binary. The current Wafe version is 1.0.15. It supports Athena as distributed with {X} releases 4-6 and Motif versions 1.1, 1.2, and 2.0 but new distribution are only tested against {X} releases 5 and 6, and Motif versions 1.2.4 and 2.0. {HOME (http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/wafe)}, {(ftp://ftp.wu-wien.ac.at/pub/src/X11/wafe/)}. Mailing list: listserv@wu-wien.ac.at ("subscribe Wafe (1996-07-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WAP {Wireless Application Protocol} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
wav /wav/, /dot wav/ A {sound} format developed by {Microsoft} and used extensively in {Microsoft Windows}. Conversion tools are available to allow most other {operating systems} to play .wav files. .wav files are also used as the sound source in {wavetable} synthesis, e.g. in E-mu's {SoundFont}. In addition, .wav files are also supported by some {MIDI} sequencers as add-on audio. That is, pre-recorded .wav files are played back by control commands written in the sequence script. {Specification (http://www.qzx.com/pc-gpe/wav.txt)}. (1997-10-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WAVE ["WAVE: A Model-Based Language for Manipulator Control", R.P. Paul, Ind Robot 4(1):10-17, 1979]. (1996-09-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WEB programming}, with {algorithm}s and {documentation} intermixed in one file. They can be separated using {Weave} and {Tangle}. Versions exist for {Pascal} and {C}. {Spiderweb} can be used to create versions for other languages. {FunnelWeb} is a production-quality literate-programming tool. {(ftp://princeton.edu/)}, {(ftp://labrea.stanford.edu/)}. ["Literate Programming", D.E. Knuth, Computer J 27(2):97-111, May 1984]. (1996-05-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Web is part of it on some specific {web site}. (1996-05-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WEB programming}, with {algorithm}s and {documentation} intermixed in one file. They can be separated using {Weave} and {Tangle}. Versions exist for {Pascal} and {C}. {Spiderweb} can be used to create versions for other languages. {FunnelWeb} is a production-quality literate-programming tool. {(ftp://princeton.edu/)}, {(ftp://labrea.stanford.edu/)}. ["Literate Programming", D.E. Knuth, Computer J 27(2):97-111, May 1984]. (1996-05-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Web is part of it on some specific {web site}. (1996-05-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
wf Islands. (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WFW {Windows for Workgroups} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
wi-fi {LAN} {protocols}, namely {802.11b} (which speaks {DSSS} at 2.4GHz) and {802.11a} (which speaks {OFDM} at 5GHz). The term was invented by the marketing departments of wi-fi equipment manufacturers. It is, notionally, short for "wireless fidelity", on the analogy of hi-fi for "high fidelity" audio. (2003-09-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WPI {Worcester Polytechnic Institute} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Wife The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4-6). Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen. 4:19), and continued to prevail all down through Jewish history. The law of Moses regulated but did not prohibit polygamy. A man might have a plurality of wives, but a wife could have only one husband. A wife's legal rights (Ex. 21:10) and her duties (Prov. 31:10-31; 1 Tim. 5:14) are specified. She could be divorced in special cases (Deut. 22:13-21), but could not divorce her husband. Divorce was restricted by our Lord to the single case of adultery (Matt. 19:3-9). The duties of husbands and wives in their relations to each other are distinctly set forth in the New Testament (1 Cor. 7:2-5; Eph. 5:22-33; Col. 3:18, 19; 1 Pet. 3:1-7). |