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   wine and dine
         v 1: eat sumptuously; "we wined and dined in Paris"
         2: provide with food and drink, usually lavishly

English Dictionary: Weinwandlos by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woman hater
n
  1. a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular [syn: misogynist, woman hater]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
womanhood
n
  1. the state of being an adult woman [syn: womanhood, muliebrity]
  2. women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"
    Synonym(s): womanhood, woman, fair sex
  3. the status of a woman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waiment \Wai"ment\ v. & n.
      See {Wayment}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wayment \Way"ment\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waymented}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Waymenting}.] [OE. waymenten, OF. waimenter,
      gaimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic
      origin; see {Woe}) and L. lamentari to lament. See {Lament}.]
      To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also {waiment}.]
      [Obs.]
  
               Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
               For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is
               chanced?                                                --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wayment \Way"ment\, n.
      Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also {waiment}.]
      [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waiment \Wai"ment\ v. & n.
      See {Wayment}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wayment \Way"ment\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waymented}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Waymenting}.] [OE. waymenten, OF. waimenter,
      gaimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic
      origin; see {Woe}) and L. lamentari to lament. See {Lament}.]
      To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also {waiment}.]
      [Obs.]
  
               Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
               For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is
               chanced?                                                --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wayment \Way"ment\, n.
      Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also {waiment}.]
      [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waniand \Wan"i*and\, n. [See {Wanion}.]
      The wane of the moon. [Obs.] --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wayment \Way"ment\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waymented}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Waymenting}.] [OE. waymenten, OF. waimenter,
      gaimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic
      origin; see {Woe}) and L. lamentari to lament. See {Lament}.]
      To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also {waiment}.]
      [Obs.]
  
               Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
               For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is
               chanced?                                                --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wayment \Way"ment\, n.
      Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also {waiment}.]
      [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wayment \Way"ment\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waymented}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Waymenting}.] [OE. waymenten, OF. waimenter,
      gaimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic
      origin; see {Woe}) and L. lamentari to lament. See {Lament}.]
      To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also {waiment}.]
      [Obs.]
  
               Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
               For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is
               chanced?                                                --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wayment \Way"ment\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waymented}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Waymenting}.] [OE. waymenten, OF. waimenter,
      gaimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic
      origin; see {Woe}) and L. lamentari to lament. See {Lament}.]
      To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also {waiment}.]
      [Obs.]
  
               Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
               For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is
               chanced?                                                --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woman \Wom"an\, n.; pl. {Women}. [OE. woman, womman, wumman,
      wimman, wifmon, AS. w[c6]fmann, w[c6]mmann; w[c6]f woman,
      wife + mann a man. See {Wife}, and {Man}.]
      1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as
            distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female
            person.
  
                     Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.
  
                     And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man,
                     made he a woman.                                 --Gen. ii. 22.
  
                     I have observed among all nations that the women
                     ornament themselves more than the men; that,
                     wherever found, they are the same kind, civil,
                     obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay
                     and cheerful, timorous and modest.      --J. Ledyard.
  
      2. The female part of the human race; womankind.
  
                     Man is destined to be a prey to woman. --Thackeray.
  
      3. A female attendant or servant. [bd] By her woman I sent
            your message.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Woman hater}, one who hates women; one who has an aversion
            to the female sex; a misogynist. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Womanhead \Wom"an*head\, Womanhede \Wom"an*hede\, n.
      Womanhood. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Womanhead \Wom"an*head\, Womanhede \Wom"an*hede\, n.
      Womanhood. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Womanhood \Wom"an*hood\, n.
      1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character
            or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.
  
                     Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. --Spenser.
  
                     Perhaps the smile and the tender tone Came out of
                     her pitying womanhood.                        --Tennyson.
  
      2. Women, collectively; womankind.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Waumandee, WI
      Zip code(s): 54622

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wynantskill, NY
      Zip code(s): 12198
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