English Dictionary: Wiederherstellungen | by the DICT Development Group |
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Water arum \Wa"ter a"rum\ (Bot.) An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone. | |
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Water hare \Wa"ter hare\ (Zo[94]l.) A small American hare or rabbit ({Lepus aquaticus}) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also {water rabbit}, and {swamp hare}. | |
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Water horehound \Wa"ter hore"hound`\ (Bot.) Bugleweed. | |
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Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[be]rhune; h[be]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, Gr. [?], Skr. kn[?]y to smell.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Marrubium} ({M. vulgare}), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also {hoarhound}.] {Fetid horehound}, [or] {Black horehound}, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound ({Ballota nigra}). {Water horehound}, a species of the genus {Lycopus}, resembling mint, but not aromatic. | |
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Water ordeal \Wa"ter or"de*al\ Same as {Ordeal by water}. See the Note under {Ordeal}, n., 1. | |
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Wraith \Wraith\, n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a guardian angel, from Icel. v[94]r[eb]r a warden, guardian, akin to E. ward. See {Ward} a guard.] 1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.] She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith. --Sir W. Scott. O, hollow wraith of dying fame. --Tennyson. 2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also {water wraith}. --M. G. Lewis. | |
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Waterer \Wa"ter*er\, n. One who, or that which, waters. | |
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Waterhorse \Wa"ter*horse`\, n. A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain. | |
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Waterwork \Wa"ter*work`\, n. 1. (Paint.) Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry. --Shak. Fairholt. 2. An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural. | |
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Waterworn \Wa"ter*worn`\, a. Worn, smoothed, or polished by the action of water; as, waterworn stones. | |
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Waterwort \Wa"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the natural order {Elatine[91]}, consisting of two genera ({Elatine}, and {Bergia}), mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste. | |
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Weatherworn \Weath"er*worn`\, a. Worn by the action of, or by exposure to, the weather. | |
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Whether \Wheth"er\, conj. In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first. And now who knows But you, Lorenzo, whether I am yours? --Shak. You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. --Shak. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. --Rom. xiv. 8. But whether thus these things, or whether not; Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun, . . . Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid. --Milton. {Whether or no}, in either case; in any case; as, I will go whether or no. {Whether that}, whether. --Shak. | |
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Whitherward \Whith"er*ward\, adv. In what direction; toward what or which place. --R. of Brunne. Whitherward to turn for a good course of life was by no means too apparent. --Carlyle. | |
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Wither-wrung \With"er-wrung`\, a. Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse. |