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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'W' | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for 'W' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Labial \La"bi*al\, n. 1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as {b}, {p}, {w}. 2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe. 3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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W \W\ (d[ucr]b"'l [umac]), the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine, and vine for wine, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 266-268. | |
