wads
         n 1: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she
               amassed stacks of newspapers" [syn: {tons}, {dozens},
               {heaps}, {lots}, {piles}, {scores}, {stacks}, {loads},
               {rafts}, {slews}, {wads}, {oodles}, {gobs}, {scads},
               {lashings}]

English Dictionary: Wettschießen	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
watch n a small portable timepiece Synonym(s): watch, ticker a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe Synonym(s): watch, vigil the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event Synonym(s): lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) Synonym(s): vigil, watch v look attentively; "watch a basketball game" follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars" Synonym(s): watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie" Synonym(s): watch, view, see, catch, take in observe with attention; "They watched as the murderer was executed" Synonym(s): watch, look on be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful; "Watch out for pickpockets!" Synonym(s): watch, look out, watch out observe or determine by looking; "Watch how the dog chases the cats away" find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" Synonym(s): determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
WATS n a telephone line;long distance service at fixed rates for fixed zones; an acronym for wide area telephone service Synonym(s): WATS, WATS line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wattage n the product of voltage and current [syn: {electrical power}, electric power, wattage]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Watts n English poet and theologian (1674-1748) [syn: Watts, Isaac Watts]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Watusi n a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi Synonym(s): Tutsi, Watutsi, Watusi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wedge n any shape that is triangular in cross section [syn: wedge, wedge shape, cuneus] a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States Synonym(s): bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation Synonym(s): hacek, wedge a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe Synonym(s): wedge heel, wedge (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object Synonym(s): chock, wedge v put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" Synonym(s): lodge, wedge, stick, deposit Antonym(s): dislodge, free squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" Synonym(s): wedge, squeeze, force
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wedgie n a shoe with a wedge heel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weeds n a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning Synonym(s): weeds, widow's weeds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white ash n small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips Synonym(s): snow gum, ghost gum, white ash, Eucalyptus coriacea, Eucalyptus pauciflora spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood Synonym(s): white ash, Fraxinus Americana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
White House n the chief executive department of the United States government Synonym(s): White House, EXEC the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white oak n any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
White Sea n a large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white-shoe adj denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative; "the politician tried to hide his white-shoe background"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whitewash n a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects v cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes" Synonym(s): whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls" exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whitish adj resembling milk in color not clear; "milky glass" [syn: milky, milklike, whitish] of something having a color tending toward white Synonym(s): whitish, off-white
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Whitweek n Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days) Synonym(s): Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wide-awake adj fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night" Synonym(s): unsleeping, wide-awake fully alert and watchful; "played heads-up ball" Synonym(s): heads-up, wide-awake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
witch n a female sorcerer or magician Synonym(s): enchantress, witch a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil a believer in Wicca Synonym(s): Wiccan, witch an ugly evil-looking old woman Synonym(s): hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone v cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something Synonym(s): hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wits n the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception; "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind" Synonym(s): wits, marbles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wodehouse n English writer known for his humorous novels and stories (1881-1975) Synonym(s): Wodehouse, P. G. Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wood duck n showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees [syn: wood duck, summer duck, wood widgeon, Aix sponsa]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wood tick n common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia Synonym(s): wood tick, American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woods n the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area Synonym(s): forest, wood, woods
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woodsia n any fern of the genus Woodsia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woodsy adj characteristic or suggestive of woods; "a fresh woodsy fragrance" abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway" Synonym(s): arboraceous, arboreous, woodsy, woody
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
WTC n twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 Synonym(s): World Trade Center, WTC, twin towers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waddy \Wad"dy\, n.; pl. {Waddies}. [Written also {waddie},       {whaddie}.] [Native name. Thought by some to be a corrup. of       E. wood.] [Australia]       1. An aboriginal war club.          2. A piece of wood; stick; peg; also, a walking stick.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wady \Wad"y\, n.; pl. {Wadies}. [Ar. w[be]d[c6] a valley, a       channel of a river, a river.]       A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water       course, which is dry except in the rainy season.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Watch \Watch\ (w[ocr]ch), n. [OE. wacche, AS. w[91]cce, fr.       wacian to wake; akin to D. wacht, waak, G. wacht, wache.       [root]134. See {Wake}, v. i. ]       1. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful,             vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close             observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance;             formerly, a watching or guarding by night.                         Shepherds keeping watch by night.      --Milton.                         All the long night their mournful watch they keep.                                                                               --Addison.          Note: Watch was formerly distinguished from ward, the former                signifying a watching or guarding by night, and the                latter a watching, guarding, or protecting by day                Hence, they were not unfrequently used together,                especially in the phrase to keep watch and ward, to                denote continuous and uninterrupted vigilance or                protection, or both watching and guarding. This                distinction is now rarely recognized, watch being used                to signify a watching or guarding both by night and by                day, and ward, which is now rarely used, having simply                the meaning of guard, or protection, without reference                to time.                            Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and                         ward.                                             --Spenser.                            Ward, guard, or custodia, is chiefly applied to                         the daytime, in order to apprehend rioters, and                         robbers on the highway . . . Watch, is properly                         applicable to the night only, . . . and it begins                         when ward ends, and ends when that begins.                                                                               --Blackstone.          2. One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body             of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.                         Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way,                      make it as sure as ye can.                  --Matt. xxvii.                                                                               65.          3. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a             watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.                         He upbraids Iago, that he made him Brave me upon the                      watch.                                                --Shak.          4. The period of the night during which a person does duty as             a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a             sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.                         I did stand my watch upon the hill.   --Shak.                         Might we but hear . . . Or whistle from the lodge,                      or village cock Count the night watches to his                      feathery dames.                                 --Milton.          5. A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the             person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Watch \Watch\, v. i. [Cf. AS. w[oe]ccan, wacian. [root]134. See       {Watch}, n., {Wake}, v. i. ]       1. To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to             keep vigil.                         I have two nights watched with you.   --Shak.                         Couldest thou not watch one hour ?      --Mark xiv.                                                                               37.          2. To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the             lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.                         Take ye heed, watch and pray.            --Mark xiii.                                                                               33.                         The Son gave signal high To the bright minister that                      watched.                                             --Milton.          3. To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to             seek opportunity.                         My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that                      watch for the morning.                        --Ps. cxxx. 6.          4. To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to             attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a             man in a fever.          5. (Naut.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating             properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.          {To watch over}, to be cautiously observant of; to inspect,             superintend, and guard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Watch \Watch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Watched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Watching}.]       1. To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for             any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and             observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the             legislature.                         Saul also sent messengers unto David's house to                      watch him, and to slay him.               --1 Sam. xix.                                                                               11                         I must cool a little, and watch my opportunity.                                                                               --Landor.                         In lazy mood I watched the little circles die.                                                                               --Longfellow.          2. To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.                         And flaming ministers, to watch and tend Their                      earthy charge.                                    --Milton.                         Paris watched the flocks in the groves of Ida.                                                                               --Broome.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alarm \A*larm"\ ([adot]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme       to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See {Arms}, and cf.       {Alarum}.]       1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.                         Arming to answer in a night alarm.      --Shak.          2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of             approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a             warning of danger.                         Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.   --Joel ii. 1.          3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] [bd]These home             alarms.[b8] --Shak.                         Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.          4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by             apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,             sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.                         Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.                                                                               --Macaulay.          5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,             or rousing their attention; an alarum.          {Alarm bell}, a bell that gives notice on danger.          {Alarm clock} or {watch}, a clock or watch which can be so             set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to             wake from sleep, or excite attention.          {Alarm gauge}, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for             showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the             water in the boiler too low.          {Alarm post}, a place to which troops are to repair in case             of an alarm.          Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;                consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.          Usage: {Alarm}, {Fright}, {Terror}, {Consternation}. These                   words express different degrees of fear at the                   approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,                   producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is                   unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of                   feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and                   extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive                   fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.                   Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a                   notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates                   the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and                   affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the                   sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and                   subdues its faculties. See {Apprehension}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Watch \Watch\ (w[ocr]ch), n. [OE. wacche, AS. w[91]cce, fr.       wacian to wake; akin to D. wacht, waak, G. wacht, wache.       [root]134. See {Wake}, v. i. ]       1. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful,             vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close             observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance;             formerly, a watching or guarding by night.                         Shepherds keeping watch by night.      --Milton.                         All the long night their mournful watch they keep.                                                                               --Addison.          Note: Watch was formerly distinguished from ward, the former                signifying a watching or guarding by night, and the                latter a watching, guarding, or protecting by day                Hence, they were not unfrequently used together,                especially in the phrase to keep watch and ward, to                denote continuous and uninterrupted vigilance or                protection, or both watching and guarding. This                distinction is now rarely recognized, watch being used                to signify a watching or guarding both by night and by                day, and ward, which is now rarely used, having simply                the meaning of guard, or protection, without reference                to time.                            Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and                         ward.                                             --Spenser.                            Ward, guard, or custodia, is chiefly applied to                         the daytime, in order to apprehend rioters, and                         robbers on the highway . . . Watch, is properly                         applicable to the night only, . . . and it begins                         when ward ends, and ends when that begins.                                                                               --Blackstone.          2. One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body             of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.                         Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way,                      make it as sure as ye can.                  --Matt. xxvii.                                                                               65.          3. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a             watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.                         He upbraids Iago, that he made him Brave me upon the                      watch.                                                --Shak.          4. The period of the night during which a person does duty as             a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a             sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.                         I did stand my watch upon the hill.   --Shak.                         Might we but hear . . . Or whistle from the lodge,                      or village cock Count the night watches to his                      feathery dames.                                 --Milton.          5. A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the             person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Watch \Watch\, v. i. [Cf. AS. w[oe]ccan, wacian. [root]134. See       {Watch}, n., {Wake}, v. i. ]       1. To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to             keep vigil.                         I have two nights watched with you.   --Shak.                         Couldest thou not watch one hour ?      --Mark xiv.                                                                               37.          2. To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the             lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.                         Take ye heed, watch and pray.            --Mark xiii.                                                                               33.                         The Son gave signal high To the bright minister that                      watched.                                             --Milton.          3. To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to             seek opportunity.                         My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that                      watch for the morning.                        --Ps. cxxx. 6.          4. To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to             attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a             man in a fever.          5. (Naut.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating             properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.          {To watch over}, to be cautiously observant of; to inspect,             superintend, and guard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Watch \Watch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Watched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Watching}.]       1. To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for             any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and             observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the             legislature.                         Saul also sent messengers unto David's house to                      watch him, and to slay him.               --1 Sam. xix.                                                                               11                         I must cool a little, and watch my opportunity.                                                                               --Landor.                         In lazy mood I watched the little circles die.                                                                               --Longfellow.          2. To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.                         And flaming ministers, to watch and tend Their                      earthy charge.                                    --Milton.                         Paris watched the flocks in the groves of Ida.                                                                               --Broome.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alarm \A*larm"\ ([adot]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme       to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See {Arms}, and cf.       {Alarum}.]       1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.                         Arming to answer in a night alarm.      --Shak.          2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of             approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a             warning of danger.                         Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.   --Joel ii. 1.          3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] [bd]These home             alarms.[b8] --Shak.                         Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.          4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by             apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,             sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.                         Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp.                                                                               --Macaulay.          5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep,             or rousing their attention; an alarum.          {Alarm bell}, a bell that gives notice on danger.          {Alarm clock} or {watch}, a clock or watch which can be so             set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to             wake from sleep, or excite attention.          {Alarm gauge}, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for             showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the             water in the boiler too low.          {Alarm post}, a place to which troops are to repair in case             of an alarm.          Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension;                consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude.          Usage: {Alarm}, {Fright}, {Terror}, {Consternation}. These                   words express different degrees of fear at the                   approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited,                   producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is                   unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of                   feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and                   extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive                   fear, which usually benumbs the faculties.                   Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a                   notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates                   the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and                   affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the                   sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and                   subdues its faculties. See {Apprehension}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wad \Wad\, n. [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. vadd wadding,       Dan vat, D. & G. watte. Cf. {Wadmol}.]       1. A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.             --Holland.          2. Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible             material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope             yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or             for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish             or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a             dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.          3. A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance,             used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture,             padding a garment, etc.          {Wed hook}, a rod with a screw or hook at the end, used for             removing the wad from a gun.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weddahs \Wed"dahs\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)       See {Veddahs}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wedge \Wedge\, n. [OE. wegge, AS. wecg; akin to D. wig, wigge,       OHG. wecki, G. weck a (wedge-shaped) loaf, Icel. veggr, Dan.       v[91]gge, Sw. vigg, and probably to Lith. vagis a peg. Cf.       {Wigg}.]       1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one             end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in             splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and             the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called             the mechanical powers. See Illust. of {Mechanical powers},             under {Mechanical}.          2. (Geom.) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base,             two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge,             and two triangular ends.          3. A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form.             [bd]Wedges of gold.[b8] --Shak.          4. Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn             up in such a form.                         In warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and                      wedges, and half-moons, and wings.      --Milton.          5. The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the             classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood)             who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.             [Cant, Cambridge Univ., Eng.] --C. A. Bristed.          {Fox wedge}. (Mach. & Carpentry) See under {Fox}.          {Spherical wedge} (Geom.), the portion of a sphere included             between two planes which intersect in a diameter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wedge \Wedge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wedged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wedging}.]       1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a             wedge; to rive. [bd]My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would             rive in twain.[b8] --Shak.          2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven.                         Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger Could                      not be wedged in more.                        --Shak.                         He 's just the sort of man to wedge himself into a                      snug berth.                                       --Mrs. J. H.                                                                               Ewing.          3. To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to             wedge one's way. --Milton.          4. To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a             wedge that is driven into something.                         Wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast.                                                                               --Dryden.          5. To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a             scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber             in its place.          6. (Pottery) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work             by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.             --Tomlinson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wedgy \Wedg"y\, a.       Like a wedge; wedge-shaped.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weed \Weed\, n. [OE. weed, weod, AS. we[a2]d, wi[a2]d, akin to       OS. wiod, LG. woden the stalks and leaves of vegetables D.       wieden to weed, OS. wiod[omac]n.]       1. Underbrush; low shrubs. [Obs. or Archaic]                         One rushing forth out of the thickest weed.                                                                               --Spenser.                         A wild and wanton pard . . . Crouched fawning in the                      weed.                                                --Tennyson.          2. Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of             the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of             the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.                         Too much manuring filled that field with weeds.                                                                               --Denham.          Note: The word has no definite application to any particular                plant, or species of plants. Whatever plants grow among                corn or grass, in hedges, or elsewhere, and are useless                to man, injurious to crops, or unsightly or out of                place, are denominated weeds.          3. Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything             useless.          4. (Stock Breeding) An animal unfit to breed from.          5. Tobacco, or a cigar. [Slang]          {Weed hook}, a hook used for cutting away or extirpating             weeds. --Tusser.
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Wet \Wet\ (w[ecr]t), a. [Compar. {Wetter}; superl. {Wettest}.]       [OE. wet, weet, AS. w[aemac]t; akin to OFries. w[emac]t,       Icel. v[be]tr, Sw. v[86]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water.       [root]137. See {Water}.]       1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid;             moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid             upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.             [bd]Wet cheeks.[b8] --Shak.          2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. [bd]Wet             October's torrent flood.[b8] --Milton.          3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some             other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in             distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or             fusion is employed.          4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.          {Wet blanket}, {Wet dock}, etc. See under {Blanket}, {Dock},             etc.          {Wet goods}, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]          Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See {Nasty}.
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Dock \Dock\, n. [Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL.       doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr. [?]       receptacle, fr. [?] to receive.]       1. An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a             harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and             provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the             tide.          2. The slip or water way extending between two piers or             projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; --             sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down             on the dock.          3. The place in court where a criminal or accused person             stands.          {Balance dock}, a kind of {floating dock} which is kept level             by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the             compartments of side chambers.          {Dry dock}, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped             out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls             and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep             water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in             constructing or repairing ships. The name includes             structures used for the examination, repairing, or             building of vessels, as graving docks, floating docks,             hydraulic docks, etc.          {Floating dock}, a dock which is made to become buoyant, and,             by floating, to lift a vessel out of water.          {Graving dock}, a dock for holding a ship for graving or             cleaning the bottom, etc.          {Hydraulic dock}, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of             the water by hydraulic presses.          {Naval dock}, a dock connected with which are naval stores,             materials, and all conveniences for the construction and             repair of ships.          {Sectional dock}, a form of {floating dock} made in separate             sections or caissons.          {Slip dock}, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from             deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a             railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship.          {Wet dock}, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a             given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of             ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a             basin.
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Wettish \Wet"tish\, a.       Somewhat wet; moist; humid.
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But what is used for but that, usually after a negative, and    excludes everything contrary to the assertion in the following    sentence. [bd]Her needle is not so absolutely perfect in tent    and cross stitch but what my superintendence is advisable.[b8]    --Sir W. Scott. [bd]Never fear but what our kite shall fly as    high.[b8] --Ld. Lytton.          {What ho!} an exclamation of calling.          {What if}, what will it matter if; what will happen or be the             result if. [bd]What if it be a poison?[b8] --Shak.          {What of this}? {that?} {it?} etc., what follows from this,             that, it, etc., often with the implication that it is of             no consequence. [bd]All this is so; but what of this, my             lord?[b8] --Shak. [bd]The night is spent, why, what of             that?[b8] --Shak.          {What though}, even granting that; allowing that; supposing             it true that. [bd]What though the rose have prickles,             yet't is plucked.[b8] --Shak.          {What time}, [or] {What time as}, when. [Obs. or Archaic]             [bd]What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.[b8] --Ps.             lvi. 3.                         What time the morn mysterious visions brings.                                                                               --Pope.
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Whatso \What"so\, indef. pron.       Whatsoever; whosoever; whatever; anything that. [Obs.]                   Whatso he were, of high or low estate.   --Chaucer.                   Whatso the heaven in his wide vault contains.                                                                               --Spenser.
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Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[emac]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[aemac]te; akin       to OS. hw[emac]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel.       hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white.       See {White}.] (Bot.)       A cereal grass ({Triticum vulgare}) and its grain, which       furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the       grain most largely used by the human race.          Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,                white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,                summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist                as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its                origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.          {Buck wheat}. (Bot.) See {Buckwheat}.          {German wheat}. (Bot.) See 2d {Spelt}.          {Guinea wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.          {Indian wheat}, [or] {Tartary wheat} (Bot.), a grain             ({Fagopyrum Tartaricum}) much like buckwheat, but only             half as large.          {Turkey wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.          {Wheat aphid}, [or] {Wheat aphis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of             several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the             sap of growing wheat.          {Wheat beetle}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus             Surinamensis}) whose larv[91] feed upon wheat, rice, and             other grains.       (b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium             paniceum}) whose larv[91] eat the interior of grains of             wheat.          {Wheat duck} (Zo[94]l.), the American widgeon. [Western U.             S.]          {Wheat fly}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Wheat midge}, below.          {Wheat grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Agropyrum caninum})             somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts             of Europe and America.          {Wheat jointworm}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Jointworm}.          {Wheat louse} (Zo[94]l.), any wheat aphid.          {Wheat maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a wheat midge.          {Wheat midge}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A small two-winged fly ({Diplosis tritici}) which is very             destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.             The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the             larv[91] suck the juice of the young kernels and when             full grown change to pup[91] in the earth.       (b) The Hessian fly. See under {Hessian}.          {Wheat moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth whose larv[91] devour the             grains of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain             moth. See {Angoumois Moth}, also {Grain moth}, under             {Grain}.          {Wheat thief} (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a             troublesome weed in wheat fields. See {Gromwell}.          {Wheat thrips} (Zo[94]l.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips             cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of             growing wheat.          {Wheat weevil}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The grain weevil.       (b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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Whew \Whew\ (hw[umac]), n. & interj.       A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment,       scorn, or dislike.          {Whew duck}, the European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
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{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
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Squirrel \Squir"rel\ (skw[etil]r"r[etil]l or skw[icr]r"-; 277),       n. [OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. [82]cureuil, LL.       squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr.       si`oyros; skia` shade + o'yra` tail. Cf. {Shine}, v. i.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents             belonging to the genus {Sciurus} and several allied genera             of the family {Sciurid[91]}. Squirrels generally have a             bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They             are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species             live in burrows.          Note: Among the common North American squirrels are the gray                squirrel ({Scirius Carolinensis}) and its black                variety; the fox, or cat, sqirrel ({S. cinereus}, or                {S. niger}) which is a large species, and variable in                color, the southern variety being frequently black,                while the northern and western varieties are usually                gray or rusty brown; the red squirrel (see                {Chickaree}); the striped, or chipping, squirrel (see                {Chipmunk}); and the California gray squirrel ({S.                fossor}). Several other species inhabit Mexico and                Central America. The common European species ({Sciurus                vulgaris}) has a long tuft of hair on each ear. the                so-called Australian squirrels are marsupials. See                {Petaurist}, and {Phalanger}.          2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work             with the large cylinder.          {Barking squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie dog.          {Federation squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the striped gopher. See             {Gopher}, 2.          {Flying squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Flying squirrel}, in the             Vocabulary.          {Java squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jelerang}.          {Squirrel corn} (Bot.), a North American herb ({Dicantra             Canadensis}) bearing little yellow tubers.          {Squirrel cup} (Bot.), the blossom of the {Hepatica triloba},             a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from             purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the             earliest flowers of spring.          {Squirrel fish} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A sea bass ({Serranus fascicularis}) of the Southern                   United States.             (b) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides}).             (c) The redmouth, or grunt.             (d) A market fish of Bermuda ({Holocentrum Ascensione}).                            {Squirrel grass} (Bot.), a pestiferous grass ({Hordeum             murinum}) related to barley. In California the stiffly             awned spiklets work into the wool of sheep, and into the             throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even             producing death.          {Squirrel hake} (Zo[94]l.), a common American hake ({Phycis             tenuis}); -- called also {white hake}.          {Squirrel hawk} (Zo[94]l.), any rough-legged hawk;             especially, the California species {Archibuteo             ferrugineus}.          {Squirrel monkey}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South                   American monkeys of the genus {Calithrix}. They are                   noted for their graceful form and agility. See                   {Teetee}.             (b) A marmoset.          {Squirrel petaurus} (Zo[94]l.), a flying phalanger of             Australia. See {Phalanger}, {Petaurist}, and {Flying             phalanger} under {Flying}.          {Squirrel shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus             {Tupaia}. They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy             tail, like that of a squirrel.          {Squirrel-tail grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Hordeum jubatum})             found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a             dense spike beset with long awns.
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{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squirrel \Squir"rel\ (skw[etil]r"r[etil]l or skw[icr]r"-; 277),       n. [OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. [82]cureuil, LL.       squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr.       si`oyros; skia` shade + o'yra` tail. Cf. {Shine}, v. i.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents             belonging to the genus {Sciurus} and several allied genera             of the family {Sciurid[91]}. Squirrels generally have a             bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They             are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species             live in burrows.          Note: Among the common North American squirrels are the gray                squirrel ({Scirius Carolinensis}) and its black                variety; the fox, or cat, sqirrel ({S. cinereus}, or                {S. niger}) which is a large species, and variable in                color, the southern variety being frequently black,                while the northern and western varieties are usually                gray or rusty brown; the red squirrel (see                {Chickaree}); the striped, or chipping, squirrel (see                {Chipmunk}); and the California gray squirrel ({S.                fossor}). Several other species inhabit Mexico and                Central America. The common European species ({Sciurus                vulgaris}) has a long tuft of hair on each ear. the                so-called Australian squirrels are marsupials. See                {Petaurist}, and {Phalanger}.          2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work             with the large cylinder.          {Barking squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie dog.          {Federation squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the striped gopher. See             {Gopher}, 2.          {Flying squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Flying squirrel}, in the             Vocabulary.          {Java squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jelerang}.          {Squirrel corn} (Bot.), a North American herb ({Dicantra             Canadensis}) bearing little yellow tubers.          {Squirrel cup} (Bot.), the blossom of the {Hepatica triloba},             a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from             purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the             earliest flowers of spring.          {Squirrel fish} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A sea bass ({Serranus fascicularis}) of the Southern                   United States.             (b) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides}).             (c) The redmouth, or grunt.             (d) A market fish of Bermuda ({Holocentrum Ascensione}).                            {Squirrel grass} (Bot.), a pestiferous grass ({Hordeum             murinum}) related to barley. In California the stiffly             awned spiklets work into the wool of sheep, and into the             throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even             producing death.          {Squirrel hake} (Zo[94]l.), a common American hake ({Phycis             tenuis}); -- called also {white hake}.          {Squirrel hawk} (Zo[94]l.), any rough-legged hawk;             especially, the California species {Archibuteo             ferrugineus}.          {Squirrel monkey}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South                   American monkeys of the genus {Calithrix}. They are                   noted for their graceful form and agility. See                   {Teetee}.             (b) A marmoset.          {Squirrel petaurus} (Zo[94]l.), a flying phalanger of             Australia. See {Phalanger}, {Petaurist}, and {Flying             phalanger} under {Flying}.          {Squirrel shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus             {Tupaia}. They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy             tail, like that of a squirrel.          {Squirrel-tail grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Hordeum jubatum})             found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a             dense spike beset with long awns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
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{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
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Whites \Whites\, n. pl.       1. (Med.) Leucorrh[?]a.          2. The finest flour made from white wheat.          3. Cloth or garments of a plain white color.
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Whitewash \White"wash`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whitewashed}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Whitewashing}.]       1. To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with             whitewash.          2. To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to             clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a             bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts.
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Whitewash \White"wash`\, n.       1. Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as             a wash for making the skin fair. --Addison.          2. A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and             water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings,             etc.; milk of lime.
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Whitewash \White"wash`\, v. t.       In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that he fails to       score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk.       [Colloq., U. S.]
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Whitish \Whit"ish\, a. [From {White}.]       1. Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate             degree.          2. (Bot.) Covered with an opaque white powder.
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Wide-awake \Wide`-a*wake"\ (w[imac]d`[adot]*w[amac]k"), a.       Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert.       --Dickens.
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Wide-awake \Wide`-a*wake"\, n.       A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat.
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Widish \Wid"ish\, a.       Moderately wide. --Tyndall.
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Witch \Witch\, n. [Cf. {Wick} of a lamp.]       A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other       fat, and used as a taper. [Prov. Eng.]
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Witch \Witch\, n. [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.;       perhaps the same word as AS. w[c6]tiga, w[c6]tga, a       soothsayer (cf. {Wiseacre}); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG.       wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.]       1. One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as             possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with             an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or             sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but             formerly used of men as well.                         There was a man in that city whose name was Simon, a                      witch.                                                --Wyclif (Acts                                                                               viii. 9).                         He can not abide the old woman of Brentford; he                      swears she's a witch.                        --Shak.          2. An ugly old woman; a hag. --Shak.          3. One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a             charming or bewitching person; also, one given to             mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child.             [Colloq.]          4. (Geom.) A certain curve of the third order, described by             Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The stormy petrel.          {Witch balls}, a name applied to the interwoven rolling             masses of the stems of herbs, which are driven by the             winds over the steppes of Tartary. Cf. {Tumbleweed}.             --Maunder (Treas. of Bot.)          {Witches' besoms} (Bot.), tufted and distorted branches of             the silver fir, caused by the attack of some fungus.             --Maunder (Treas. of Bot.)          {Witches' butter} (Bot.), a name of several gelatinous             cryptogamous plants, as {Nostoc commune}, and {Exidia             glandulosa}. See {Nostoc}.          {Witch grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Panicum capillare})             with minute spikelets on long, slender pedicels forming a             light, open panicle.          {Witch meal} (Bot.), vegetable sulphur. See under             {Vegetable}.
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Witch \Witch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Witched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Witching}.] [AS. wiccian.]       To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.                   [I 'll] witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.                                                                               --Shak.                   Whether within us or without The spell of this illusion                be That witches us to hear and see.         --Lowell.
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Ease \Ease\, n. [OE. ese, eise, F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise,       OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle,       occasion, opportunity. Cf. {Agio}, {Disease}.]       1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation;             entertainment. [Obs.]                         They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire                      penny.                                                --Chaucer.          2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as:             (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation;                   as, ease of body.                               Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease.                                                                               --Herbert.                               Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching.                                                                               --Swift.             (b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys                   or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security;                   as, ease of mind.                               Among these nations shalt thou find no ease.                                                                               --Deut.                                                                               xxviii. 65.                               Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.                                                                               --Luke xii.                                                                               19.             (c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty,                   embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness;                   -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of                   behavior, of address.                               True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.                                                                               --Pope.                               Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In                            him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden.          {At ease}, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. [bd]His soul             shall dwell at ease.[b8] --Ps. xxv. 12.          {Chapel of ease}. See under {Chapel}.          {Ill at ease}, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.                      {To stand at ease} (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude             in one's place in the ranks.          {With ease}, easily; without much effort.          Syn: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquility;                facility; easiness; readiness.
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Withy \With"y\, n.; pl. {Withies}. [OE. withe, wipi, AS.       w[c6][?]ig a willow, willow twig; akin to G. weide willow,       OHG. w[c6]da, Icel. v[c6][?]ja, a withy, Sw. vide a willow       twig, Dan. vidie a willow, osier, Gr. [?], and probably to L.       vitis a vine, viere to plait, Russ. vite. [root]141. Cf.       {Wine}, {Withe}.]       1. (Bot.) The osier willow ({Salix viminalis}). See {Osier},             n.             (a) .          2. A withe. See {Withe}, 1.
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Withsay \With*say"\, v. t.       To contradict; to gainsay; to deny; to renounce. [Obs.]       --Gower.                   If that he his Christendom withsay.         --Chaucer.
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Rack \Rack\, v. t.       1. To extend by the application of force; to stretch or             strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to             torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the             joints.                         He was racked and miserably tormented. --Pope.          2. To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or             anguish.                         Vaunting aloud but racked with deep despair.                                                                               --Milton.          3. To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to             harass, or oppress by extortion.                         The landlords there shamefully rack their tenants.                                                                               --Spenser.                         They [landlords] rack a Scripture simile beyond the                      true intent thereof.                           --Fuller.                         Try what my credit can in Venice do; That shall be                      racked even to the uttermost.            --Shak.          4. (Mining) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.          5. (Naut.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns             of yarn, marline, etc.          {To rack one's brains} [or] {wits}, to exert them to the             utmost for the purpose of accomplishing something.          Syn: To torture; torment; rend; tear.
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Witts \Witts\, n. (Mining)       Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. --Knight.
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Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.       witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir.       & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]       1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;             -- frequently used in the plural.                         Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky                      wood.                                                --Shak.          2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous             substance which composes the body of a tree and its             branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To             worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8]             --Milton.          3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater             part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby             plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.             It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of             various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands             called silver grain.          Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose                and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.          4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.          {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid             obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing             large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,             acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}.          {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa})             of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust.             of {Anemone}.          {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which             lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.          {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}.                      {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill.          {Wood betony}. (Bot.)             (a) Same as {Betony}.             (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis                   Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or                   purplish flowers.          {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring                   beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,                   buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer},                   under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}.             (b) The larva of any one of various species of                   lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing                   moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}),                   and of the goat moths.             (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the                   tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}.             (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,                   as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.             (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the                   {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura                   terebrans}).          {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces             of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.             --Knight.          {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell             usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the             principal constituent of woody fiber.          {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.             [Poetic] --Coleridge.          {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.          {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket             ({Nemobius sylvestris}).          {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon.          {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an             engraving.          {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove.          {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.          {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The                   male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with                   green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its                   nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal                   duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}.             (b) The hooded merganser.             (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}).          {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood.          {Wood engraver}.             (a) An engraver on wood.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles                   whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and                   excavate furrows in the wood often more or less                   resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus                   xylographus}.          {Wood engraving}.             (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.             (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from                   such an engraving.          {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}.          {Wood fiber}.             (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.             (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty                   mass.          {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the             bark, of trees.          {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana             sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except             during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,             with a black stripe on each side of the head.          {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}.          {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity.          {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}.          {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The capercailzie.             (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}.          {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]          {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged                   rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and                   allied species.             (b) The American woodcock.          {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied             genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but             have a curved beak, and a longer tail.          {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,             long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus             {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily             covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus             loculator}) is common in Florida.          {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda             arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes             while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on             trees.          {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne             Laureola}).          {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera             [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy             larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other             fruit trees.          {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley.          {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and             sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the             pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.          {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod                   Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and                   related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill                   bug}, under {Pill}.             (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,                   pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]},                   which live in the crevices of walls and among old                   books and papers. Some of the species are called also                   {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}.          {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of             the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in             woods, on tree trunks and stones.          {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law)             (a) Formerly, the forest court.             (b) The court of attachment.          {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}.          {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade.          {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert.          {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled             goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked             with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The                   larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species,                   as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves                   of the grapevine.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored South American humming birds belonging to the                   genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or                   green and blue.          {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar.                         We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.                                                                               x. 34.          {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East             Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having             properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes             substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See             {Gurjun}.          {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having             some resemblance to wood.          {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp},             below.          {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher             ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but             is smaller.          {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker,             especially the European great spotted woodpecker.          {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons                   belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the                   family {Columbid[91]}.             (b) The ringdove.          {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse.          {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the             poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion             with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into             sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.                      {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East             Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied             genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the             male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red             hairlike feathers.          {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail.          {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American             wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern             United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood             rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species.          {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea})             growing in moist woods.          {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]          {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula},             differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus}             chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.          {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of             the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}.          {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and             usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.          {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser.          {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2.          {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World singing birds belonging to {Grallina},             {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in             India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,             but feed upon both insects and berries.          {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American woodcock.             (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}).          {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood.          {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.          {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis             Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of             {Shamrock}.          {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.                      {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,             for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.          {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American humming birds belonging to the genus             {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,             purple, and other colors.          {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle.          {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and             allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common             in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and             habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they             resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white             beneath.          {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker.          {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}.          {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.)             (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the                   sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}.             (b) The missel thrush.          {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary.          {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}.          {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest.          {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See             under {Sculptured}.          {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony.          {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above.          {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of                   the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}.             (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); --                   called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow                   wren}.          {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood             borer.          {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The wood warbler.             (b) The willow warbler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.       witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir.       & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]       1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;             -- frequently used in the plural.                         Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky                      wood.                                                --Shak.          2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous             substance which composes the body of a tree and its             branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To             worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8]             --Milton.          3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater             part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby             plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.             It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of             various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands             called silver grain.          Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose                and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.          4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.          {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid             obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing             large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,             acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}.          {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa})             of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust.             of {Anemone}.          {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which             lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.          {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}.                      {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill.          {Wood betony}. (Bot.)             (a) Same as {Betony}.             (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis                   Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or                   purplish flowers.          {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring                   beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,                   buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer},                   under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}.             (b) The larva of any one of various species of                   lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing                   moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}),                   and of the goat moths.             (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the                   tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}.             (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,                   as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.             (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the                   {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura                   terebrans}).          {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces             of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.             --Knight.          {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell             usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the             principal constituent of woody fiber.          {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.             [Poetic] --Coleridge.          {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.          {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket             ({Nemobius sylvestris}).          {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon.          {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an             engraving.          {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove.          {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.          {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The                   male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with                   green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its                   nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal                   duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}.             (b) The hooded merganser.             (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}).          {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood.          {Wood engraver}.             (a) An engraver on wood.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles                   whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and                   excavate furrows in the wood often more or less                   resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus                   xylographus}.          {Wood engraving}.             (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.             (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from                   such an engraving.          {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}.          {Wood fiber}.             (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.             (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty                   mass.          {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the             bark, of trees.          {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana             sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except             during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,             with a black stripe on each side of the head.          {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}.          {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity.          {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}.          {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The capercailzie.             (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}.          {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]          {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged                   rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and                   allied species.             (b) The American woodcock.          {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied             genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but             have a curved beak, and a longer tail.          {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,             long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus             {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily             covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus             loculator}) is common in Florida.          {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda             arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes             while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on             trees.          {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne             Laureola}).          {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera             [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy             larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other             fruit trees.          {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley.          {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and             sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the             pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.          {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod                   Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and                   related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill                   bug}, under {Pill}.             (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,                   pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]},                   which live in the crevices of walls and among old                   books and papers. Some of the species are called also                   {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}.          {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of             the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in             woods, on tree trunks and stones.          {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law)             (a) Formerly, the forest court.             (b) The court of attachment.          {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}.          {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade.          {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert.          {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled             goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked             with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The                   larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species,                   as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves                   of the grapevine.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored South American humming birds belonging to the                   genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or                   green and blue.          {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar.                         We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.                                                                               x. 34.          {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East             Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having             properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes             substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See             {Gurjun}.          {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having             some resemblance to wood.          {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp},             below.          {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher             ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but             is smaller.          {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker,             especially the European great spotted woodpecker.          {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons                   belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the                   family {Columbid[91]}.             (b) The ringdove.          {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse.          {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the             poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion             with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into             sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.                      {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East             Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied             genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the             male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red             hairlike feathers.          {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail.          {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American             wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern             United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood             rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species.          {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea})             growing in moist woods.          {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]          {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula},             differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus}             chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.          {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of             the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}.          {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and             usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.          {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser.          {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2.          {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World singing birds belonging to {Grallina},             {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in             India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,             but feed upon both insects and berries.          {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American woodcock.             (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}).          {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood.          {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.          {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis             Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of             {Shamrock}.          {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.                      {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,             for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.          {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American humming birds belonging to the genus             {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,             purple, and other colors.          {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle.          {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and             allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common             in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and             habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they             resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white             beneath.          {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker.          {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}.          {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.)             (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the                   sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}.             (b) The missel thrush.          {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary.          {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}.          {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest.          {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See             under {Sculptured}.          {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony.          {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above.          {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of                   the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}.             (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); --                   called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow                   wren}.          {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood             borer.          {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The wood warbler.             (b) The willow warbler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.       witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir.       & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]       1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;             -- frequently used in the plural.                         Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky                      wood.                                                --Shak.          2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous             substance which composes the body of a tree and its             branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To             worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8]             --Milton.          3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater             part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby             plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.             It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of             various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands             called silver grain.          Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose                and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.          4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.          {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid             obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing             large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,             acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}.          {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa})             of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust.             of {Anemone}.          {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which             lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.          {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}.                      {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill.          {Wood betony}. (Bot.)             (a) Same as {Betony}.             (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis                   Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or                   purplish flowers.          {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring                   beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,                   buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer},                   under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}.             (b) The larva of any one of various species of                   lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing                   moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}),                   and of the goat moths.             (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the                   tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}.             (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,                   as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.             (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the                   {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura                   terebrans}).          {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces             of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.             --Knight.          {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell             usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the             principal constituent of woody fiber.          {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.             [Poetic] --Coleridge.          {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.          {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket             ({Nemobius sylvestris}).          {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon.          {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an             engraving.          {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove.          {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.          {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The                   male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with                   green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its                   nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal                   duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}.             (b) The hooded merganser.             (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}).          {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood.          {Wood engraver}.             (a) An engraver on wood.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles                   whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and                   excavate furrows in the wood often more or less                   resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus                   xylographus}.          {Wood engraving}.             (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.             (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from                   such an engraving.          {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}.          {Wood fiber}.             (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.             (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty                   mass.          {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the             bark, of trees.          {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana             sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except             during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,             with a black stripe on each side of the head.          {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}.          {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity.          {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}.          {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The capercailzie.             (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}.          {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]          {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged                   rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and                   allied species.             (b) The American woodcock.          {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied             genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but             have a curved beak, and a longer tail.          {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,             long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus             {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily             covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus             loculator}) is common in Florida.          {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda             arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes             while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on             trees.          {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne             Laureola}).          {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera             [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy             larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other             fruit trees.          {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley.          {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and             sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the             pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.          {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod                   Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and                   related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill                   bug}, under {Pill}.             (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,                   pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]},                   which live in the crevices of walls and among old                   books and papers. Some of the species are called also                   {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}.          {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of             the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in             woods, on tree trunks and stones.          {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law)             (a) Formerly, the forest court.             (b) The court of attachment.          {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}.          {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade.          {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert.          {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled             goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked             with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The                   larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species,                   as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves                   of the grapevine.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored South American humming birds belonging to the                   genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or                   green and blue.          {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar.                         We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.                                                                               x. 34.          {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East             Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having             properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes             substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See             {Gurjun}.          {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having             some resemblance to wood.          {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp},             below.          {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher             ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but             is smaller.          {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker,             especially the European great spotted woodpecker.          {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons                   belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the                   family {Columbid[91]}.             (b) The ringdove.          {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse.          {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the             poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion             with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into             sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.                      {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East             Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied             genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the             male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red             hairlike feathers.          {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail.          {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American             wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern             United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood             rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species.          {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea})             growing in moist woods.          {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]          {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula},             differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus}             chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.          {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of             the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}.          {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and             usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.          {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser.          {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2.          {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World singing birds belonging to {Grallina},             {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in             India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,             but feed upon both insects and berries.          {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American woodcock.             (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}).          {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood.          {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.          {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis             Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of             {Shamrock}.          {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.                      {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,             for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.          {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American humming birds belonging to the genus             {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,             purple, and other colors.          {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle.          {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and             allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common             in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and             habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they             resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white             beneath.          {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker.          {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}.          {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.)             (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the                   sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}.             (b) The missel thrush.          {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary.          {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}.          {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest.          {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See             under {Sculptured}.          {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony.          {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above.          {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of                   the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}.             (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); --                   called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow                   wren}.          {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood             borer.          {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The wood warbler.             (b) The willow warbler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wood tick \Wood" tick`\ (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of ticks of the genus {Ixodes}       whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves       upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in       contact. When they attach themselves to the human body they       often produce troublesome sores. The common species of the       Northern United States is {Ixodes unipunctata}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yaffle \Yaf"fle\, n. [Probably imitative of its call or cry.]       (Zo[94]l.)       The European green woodpecker ({Picus, [or] Genius,       viridis}). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called       also {eccle}, {hewhole}, {highhoe}, {laughing bird},       {popinjay}, {rain bird}, {yaffil}, {yaffler}, {yaffingale},       {yappingale}, {yackel}, and {woodhack}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woodhack \Wood"hack`\, Woodhacker \Wood"hack`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yaffle \Yaf"fle\, n. [Probably imitative of its call or cry.]       (Zo[94]l.)       The European green woodpecker ({Picus, [or] Genius,       viridis}). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called       also {eccle}, {hewhole}, {highhoe}, {laughing bird},       {popinjay}, {rain bird}, {yaffil}, {yaffler}, {yaffingale},       {yappingale}, {yackel}, and {woodhack}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woodhack \Wood"hack`\, Woodhacker \Wood"hack`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woodhouse \Wood"house`\, n.       A house or shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from       the weather.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woodsy \Woods"y\, a.       Of or pertaining to the woods or forest. [Colloq. U. S.]                   It [sugar making] is woodsy, and savors of trees. --J.                                                                               Burroughs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. {Wood-wax}.] (Bot.)       A leguminous plant ({Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and       Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also       {greenwood}, {greenweed}, {dyer's greenweed}, and {whin},       {wood-wash}, {wood-wax}, and {wood-waxen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wood-wash \Wood"-wash`\, Wood-wax \Wood"-wax`\, Wood-waxen    \Wood"-wax`en\, n. [AS. wuduweaxe.] (Bot.)       Same as {Woadwaxen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. {Wood-wax}.] (Bot.)       A leguminous plant ({Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and       Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also       {greenwood}, {greenweed}, {dyer's greenweed}, and {whin},       {wood-wash}, {wood-wax}, and {wood-waxen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wood-wash \Wood"-wash`\, Wood-wax \Wood"-wax`\, Wood-waxen    \Wood"-wax`en\, n. [AS. wuduweaxe.] (Bot.)       Same as {Woadwaxen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. {Wood-wax}.] (Bot.)       A leguminous plant ({Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and       Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also       {greenwood}, {greenweed}, {dyer's greenweed}, and {whin},       {wood-wash}, {wood-wax}, and {wood-waxen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wood-wash \Wood"-wash`\, Wood-wax \Wood"-wax`\, Wood-waxen    \Wood"-wax`en\, n. [AS. wuduweaxe.] (Bot.)       Same as {Woadwaxen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. {Wood-wax}.] (Bot.)       A leguminous plant ({Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and       Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also       {greenwood}, {greenweed}, {dyer's greenweed}, and {whin},       {wood-wash}, {wood-wax}, and {wood-waxen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wood-wash \Wood"-wash`\, Wood-wax \Wood"-wax`\, Wood-waxen    \Wood"-wax`en\, n. [AS. wuduweaxe.] (Bot.)       Same as {Woadwaxen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wootz \Wootz\ (w[oomac]ts), n. [Perhaps a corruption of Canarese       ukku steel.]       A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for       making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a       minute portion of alumina and silica.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wataga, IL (village, FIPS 79124)       Location: 41.02505 N, 90.27505 W       Population (1990): 879 (346 housing units)       Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61488
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Watauga, SD       Zip code(s): 57660    Watauga, TN (city, FIPS 78240)       Location: 36.36805 N, 82.29230 W       Population (1990): 389 (161 housing units)       Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 37694    Watauga, TX (city, FIPS 76672)       Location: 32.87153 N, 97.25092 W       Population (1990): 20009 (6538 housing units)       Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 76148
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Watts, OK (town, FIPS 79100)       Location: 36.10719 N, 94.57128 W       Population (1990): 303 (119 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 74964
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wauwatosa, WI (city, FIPS 84675)       Location: 43.06210 N, 88.03360 W       Population (1990): 49366 (20289 housing units)       Area: 34.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 53213, 53226
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Weatogue, CT (CDP, FIPS 80770)       Location: 41.84360 N, 72.82896 W       Population (1990): 2521 (917 housing units)       Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 06089
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
White House, TN (city, FIPS 80200)       Location: 36.46324 N, 86.66781 W       Population (1990): 2987 (1122 housing units)       Area: 19.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 37188
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
White Oak, GA       Zip code(s): 31568    White Oak, KY       Zip code(s): 41474    White Oak, MD (CDP, FIPS 84375)       Location: 39.04200 N, 76.98857 W       Population (1990): 18671 (7826 housing units)       Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    White Oak, NC       Zip code(s): 28399    White Oak, OH (CDP, FIPS 84812)       Location: 39.22017 N, 84.60541 W       Population (1990): 12430 (4846 housing units)       Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    White Oak, PA (borough, FIPS 84704)       Location: 40.33920 N, 79.80429 W       Population (1990): 8761 (3838 housing units)       Area: 17.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 15131    White Oak, TX (city, FIPS 78436)       Location: 32.53209 N, 94.85504 W       Population (1990): 5136 (1933 housing units)       Area: 23.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)    White Oak, WV       Zip code(s): 25989
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Whiteash, IL (village, FIPS 81165)       Location: 37.78524 N, 88.93052 W       Population (1990): 249 (105 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Whitehouse, KY       Zip code(s): 41269    Whitehouse, OH (village, FIPS 84770)       Location: 41.51885 N, 83.80262 W       Population (1990): 2528 (887 housing units)       Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43571    Whitehouse, TX (city, FIPS 78388)       Location: 32.22603 N, 95.21958 W       Population (1990): 4032 (1426 housing units)       Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 75791
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
WAITS /wayts/ n.   The mutant cousin of {{TOPS-10}} used on a    handful of systems at {{SAIL}} up to 1990.   There was never an    `official' expansion of WAITS (the name itself having been arrived    at by a rather sideways process), but it was frequently glossed as    `West-coast Alternative to ITS'.   Though WAITS was less visible than    ITS, there was frequent exchange of people and ideas between the two    communities, and innovations pioneered at WAITS exerted enormous    indirect influence.   The early screen modes of {EMACS}, for example,    were directly inspired by WAITS's `E' editor -- one of a family of    editors that were the first to do `real-time editing', in which the    editing commands were invisible and where one typed text at the    point of insertion/overwriting.   The modern style of multi-region    windowing is said to have originated there, and WAITS alumni at    XEROX PARC and elsewhere played major roles in the developments that    led to the XEROX Star, the Macintosh, and the Sun workstations.    Also invented there were {bucky bits} -- thus, the ALT key on every    IBM PC is a WAITS legacy.   One WAITS feature very notable in pre-Web    days was a news-wire interface that allowed WAITS hackers to read,    store, and filter AP and UPI dispatches from their terminals; the    system also featured a still-unusual level of support for what is now       called `multimedia' computing, allowing analog audio and video    signals to be switched to programming terminals.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
wedgie n.   [Fairchild] A bug.   Prob. related to {wedged}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
weeds n.   1. Refers to development projects or algorithms that    have no possible relevance or practical application.   Comes from    `off in the weeds'.   Used in phrases like "lexical analysis for    microcode is serious weeds...." 2. At CDC/ETA before its demise, the    phrase `go off in the weeds' was equivalent to IBM's {branch to    Fishkill} and mainstream hackerdom's {jump off into never-never    land}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
WAITS          /wayts/ The mutant cousin of {TOPS-10} used on a handful of       systems at {SAIL} up to 1990.   There was never an "official"       expansion of WAITS (the name itself having been arrived at by       a rather sideways process), but it was frequently glossed as       "West-coast Alternative to ITS".   Though WAITS was less       visible than ITS, there was frequent exchange of people and       ideas between the two communities, and innovations pioneered       at WAITS exerted enormous indirect influence.   The early       screen modes of {Emacs}, for example, were directly inspired       by WAITS's "E" editor - one of a family of editors that were       the first to do "real-time editing", in which the editing       commands were invisible and where one typed text at the point       of insertion/overwriting.   The modern style of multi-region       windowing is said to have originated there, and WAITS alumni       at XEROX PARC and elsewhere played major roles in the       developments that led to the XEROX Star, the Macintosh, and       the Sun workstations.   {Bucky bits} were also invented there       thus, the ALT key on every IBM PC is a WAITS legacy.   One       notable WAITS feature seldom duplicated elsewhere was a       news-wire interface that allowed WAITS hackers to read, store,       and filter AP and UPI dispatches from their terminals; the       system also featured a still-unusual level of support for what       is now called "multimedia" computing, allowing analog audio       and video signals to be switched to programming terminals.          Ken Shoemake adds:          Some administrative body told us we needed a name for the       operating system, and that "SAIL" wouldn't do.   (Up to that       point I don't think it had an official name.)   So the anarchic       denizens of the lab proposed names and voted on them.       Although I worked on the OS used by CCRMA folks (a parasitic       subgroup), I was not writing WAITS code.   Those who were,       proposed "SAINTS", for (I think) Stanford AI New Time-sharing       System.   Thinking of ITS, and AI, and the result of many       people using one machine, I proposed the name WAITS.   Since I       invented it, I can tell you without fear of contradiction that       it had no official meaning.   Nevertheless, the lab voted that       as their favorite; upon which the disgruntled system       programmers declared it the "Worst Acronym Invented for a       Time-sharing System"!   But it was in keeping with the creative       approach to acronyms extant at the time, including       self-referential ones.   For me it was fun, if a little       unsettling, to have an "acronym" that wasn't.   I have no idea       what the voters thought. :)          [{Jargon File}]          (2003-11-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
wedgie          (Fairchild) A bug.   Probably related to {wedged}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
weeds          1. Refers to development projects or {algorithm}s that have no       possible relevance or practical application.   Comes from "off       in the weeds".   Used in phrases like "lexical analysis for       {microcode} is serious weeds."          2. At {CDC}/{ETA} before its demise, the phrase "go off in the       weeds" was equivalent to {IBM}'s {branch to Fishkill} and       mainstream hackerdom's {jump off into never-never land}.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
whatis          1. A {Unix} command which searches for a given string       in the headings of all {man} pages.          2. A command which searches the {archie} {Software Description       Database} for a given string, with case being ignored.          (1995-11-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Wide SCSI          A variant on the {SCSI-2} interface.   It       uses a 16-bit bus - double the width of the original {SCSI}-1       - and therefore cannot be connected to a SCSI-1 bus.   It       supports transfer rates up to 20 MB/s, like {Fast SCSI}.          There is also a SCSI-2 definition of Wide-SCSI with a 32 bit       data bus.   This allows up to 40 megabytes per second but is       very rarely used because it requires a large number of wires       (118 wires on two connectors).   Thus Wide SCSI usually means       16 bit-wide SCSI.          (1995-04-21)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Widows       to be treated with kindness (Ex. 22:22; Deut. 14:29; 16:11, 14;       24:17, 19-21; 26:12; 27:19, etc.). In the New Testament the same       tender regard for them is inculcated (Acts 6:1-6; 1 Tim. 5:3-16)       and exhibited.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Witch       Occurs only in Ex. 22:18, as the rendering of _mekhashshepheh_,       the feminine form of the word, meaning "enchantress" (R.V.,       "sorceress"), and in Deut. 18:10, as the rendering of       _mekhashshepheth_, the masculine form of the word, meaning       "enchanter."