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   wainscot
         n 1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is
               finished differently from the rest of the wall [syn:
               {wainscot}, {dado}]
         2: wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
            [syn: {wainscot}, {wainscoting}, {wainscotting}]

English Dictionary: Winston Churchill by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wainscoted
adj
  1. fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting [syn: paneled, wainscoted]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wainscoting
n
  1. a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) [syn: wainscoting, wainscotting]
  2. wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
    Synonym(s): wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wainscotting
n
  1. a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) [syn: wainscoting, wainscotting]
  2. wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
    Synonym(s): wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whinchat
n
  1. brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn: whinchat, Saxicola rubetra]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whinstone
n
  1. any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
    Synonym(s): whinstone, whin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winceyette
n
  1. cotton flannelette with a nap on both sides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wine steward
n
  1. a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
    Synonym(s): sommelier, wine waiter, wine steward
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wing shooting
n
  1. shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wing tip
n
  1. a shoe having a wing-tip toecap
  2. a decorative toecap having a point extending toward the throat of the shoe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winged
adj
  1. having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury";
    Antonym(s): wingless
  2. very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winged bean
n
  1. a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
    Synonym(s): winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winged elm
n
  1. North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections
    Synonym(s): winged elm, wing elm, Ulmus alata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winged everlasting
n
  1. Australian plant widely cultivated for its beautiful silvery-white blooms with bright yellow centers on long winged stems
    Synonym(s): winged everlasting, Ammobium alatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winged pea
n
  1. a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
    Synonym(s): winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
  2. sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod
    Synonym(s): winged pea, asparagus pea, Lotus tetragonolobus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winged pigweed
n
  1. bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds
    Synonym(s): winged pigweed, tumbleweed, Cycloloma atriplicifolium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winged spindle tree
n
  1. bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern Asia to central China
    Synonym(s): winged spindle tree, Euonymous alatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wingstem
n
  1. perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States
    Synonym(s): wingstem, golden ironweed, yellow ironweed, golden honey plant, Verbesina alternifolia, Actinomeris alternifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wink at
v
  1. give one's silent approval to [syn: connive at, {wink at}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Winston Churchill
n
  1. British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
    Synonym(s): Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Winston S. Churchill
n
  1. British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
    Synonym(s): Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Winston-Salem
n
  1. a city of north central North Carolina
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wainscot \Wain"scot\, n. [OD. waeghe-schot, D. wagen-schot, a
      clapboard, fr. OD. waeg, weeg, a wall (akin to AS. wah; cf.
      Icel. veggr) + schot a covering of boards (akin to E. shot,
      shoot).]
      1. Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.]
  
                     A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for
                     cleaving of an oaken tree.                  --Urquhart.
  
                     Inclosed in a chest of wainscot.         --J. Dart.
  
      2. (Arch.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of
            apartments, usually made in panels.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of European moths
            of the family {Leucanid[91]}.
  
      Note: They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with
               black and white. Their larv[91] feed on grasses and
               sedges.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wainscot \Wain"scot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wainscoted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Wainscoting}.]
      To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork;
      as, to wainscot a hall.
  
               Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than
               hanged.                                                   --Bacon.
  
               The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wainscot \Wain"scot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wainscoted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Wainscoting}.]
      To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork;
      as, to wainscot a hall.
  
               Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than
               hanged.                                                   --Bacon.
  
               The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wainscot \Wain"scot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wainscoted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Wainscoting}.]
      To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork;
      as, to wainscot a hall.
  
               Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than
               hanged.                                                   --Bacon.
  
               The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wainscoting \Wain"scot*ing\, n.
      1. The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in
            panel.
  
      2. The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as
            a whole; panelwork.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wang \Wang\, n. [OE. wange, AS. wange, wonge, cheek, jaw; akin
      to D. wang, OS. & OHG. wanga, G. wange.]
      1. The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  
                     So work aye the wangs in his head.      --Chaucer.
  
      2. A slap; a blow. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      {Wang tooth}, a cheek tooth; a molar. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wench \Wench\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wenched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wenching}.]
      To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whangdoodle \Whang"doo`dle\, n.
      An imaginary creature, of undefined character. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
      whins.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small warbler ({Pratincola rubetra}) common in Europe; --
      called also {whinchacker}, {whincheck}, {whin-clocharet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chat \Chat\, n.
      1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
  
                     Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With
                     singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the
            warblers, in America. The best known species are the
            yellow-breasted chat ({I. viridis}), and the long-tailed
            chat ({I. longicauda}). In Europe the name is given to
            several birds of the family {Saxicolid[91]}, as the
            {stonechat}, and {whinchat}.
  
      {Bush chat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bush}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
      whins.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small warbler ({Pratincola rubetra}) common in Europe; --
      called also {whinchacker}, {whincheck}, {whin-clocharet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chat \Chat\, n.
      1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
  
                     Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With
                     singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the
            warblers, in America. The best known species are the
            yellow-breasted chat ({I. viridis}), and the long-tailed
            chat ({I. longicauda}). In Europe the name is given to
            several birds of the family {Saxicolid[91]}, as the
            {stonechat}, and {whinchat}.
  
      {Bush chat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bush}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whinstone \Whin"stone"\, n. [Whin + stone; cf. Scot.
      quhynstane.]
      A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and
      applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified
      rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to
      masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names
      sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wince \Wince\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Winced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wincing}.] [OE. wincen, winchen, OF. quencir, guenchir,
      guenchier, giencier, guinchier, and (assumed) winchier,
      winchir, to give way, to turn aside, fr. OHG. wankjan,
      wenken, to give way, to waver, fr. winchan to turn aside, to
      nod, akin to E. wink. See {Wink}.]
      1. To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to
            start back.
  
                     I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider;
            as, a horse winces.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel.
      v[c6]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, [?], and E.
      withy. Cf. {Vine}, {Vineyard}, {Vinous}, {Withy}.]
      1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a
            beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out
            their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. [bd]Red
            wine of Gascoigne.[b8] --Piers Plowman.
  
                     Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and
                     whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov.
                                                                              xx. 1.
  
                     Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape
                     Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton.
  
      Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol,
               containing also certain small quantities of ethers and
               ethereal salts which give character and bouquet.
               According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines
               are called {red}, {white}, {spirituous}, {dry},
               {light}, {still}, etc.
  
      2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit
            or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as,
            currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
  
      3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
  
                     Noah awoke from his wine.                  --Gen. ix. 24.
  
      {Birch wine}, {Cape wine}, etc. See under {Birch}, {Cape},
            etc.
  
      {Spirit of wine}. See under {Spirit}.
  
      {To have drunk wine of ape} [or] {wine ape}, to be so drunk
            as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {Wine acid}. (Chem.) See {Tartaric acid}, under {Tartaric}.
            [Colloq.]
  
      {Wine apple} (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a
            rich, vinous flavor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Wine fly} (Zo[94]l.), small two-winged fly of the genus
            {Piophila}, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other
            fermented liquors.
  
      {Wine grower}, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine.
           
  
      {Wine measure}, the measure by which wines and other spirits
            are sold, smaller than beer measure.
  
      {Wine merchant}, a merchant who deals in wines.
  
      {Wine of opium} (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized
            sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary
            laudanum; -- also {Sydenham's laudanum}.
  
      {Wine press}, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are
            pressed to extract their juice.
  
      {Wine skin}, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various
            countries, for carrying wine.
  
      {Wine stone}, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See
            1st {Tartar}, 1.
  
      {Wine vault}.
            (a) A vault where wine is stored.
            (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables;
                  a dramshop. --Dickens.
  
      {Wine vinegar}, vinegar made from wine.
  
      {Wine whey}, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of
            wine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., &
      It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. [?]); perhaps of Arabic
      origin.]
      1. (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks,
            consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used
            in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium
            carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant
            for woolen goods; -- called also {argol}, {wine stone},
            etc.
  
      2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of
            salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
  
      {Cream of tartar}. (Chem.) See under {Cream}.
  
      {Tartar emetic} (Med. Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium
            and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline
            substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in
            medicine as a sudorific and emetic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Wine fly} (Zo[94]l.), small two-winged fly of the genus
            {Piophila}, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other
            fermented liquors.
  
      {Wine grower}, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine.
           
  
      {Wine measure}, the measure by which wines and other spirits
            are sold, smaller than beer measure.
  
      {Wine merchant}, a merchant who deals in wines.
  
      {Wine of opium} (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized
            sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary
            laudanum; -- also {Sydenham's laudanum}.
  
      {Wine press}, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are
            pressed to extract their juice.
  
      {Wine skin}, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various
            countries, for carrying wine.
  
      {Wine stone}, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See
            1st {Tartar}, 1.
  
      {Wine vault}.
            (a) A vault where wine is stored.
            (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables;
                  a dramshop. --Dickens.
  
      {Wine vinegar}, vinegar made from wine.
  
      {Wine whey}, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of
            wine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., &
      It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. [?]); perhaps of Arabic
      origin.]
      1. (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks,
            consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used
            in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium
            carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant
            for woolen goods; -- called also {argol}, {wine stone},
            etc.
  
      2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of
            salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
  
      {Cream of tartar}. (Chem.) See under {Cream}.
  
      {Tartar emetic} (Med. Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium
            and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline
            substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in
            medicine as a sudorific and emetic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {On the wing}.
            (a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another.
  
      {On the wings of the wind}, with the utmost velocity.
  
      {Under the wing}, [or] {wings}, {of}, under the care or
            protection of.
  
      {Wing and wing} (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either
            side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going
            before the wind with the foresail on one side and the
            mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel
            which has her studding sails set. Cf. {Goosewinged}.
  
      {Wing case} (Zo[94]l.), one of the anterior wings of beetles,
            and of some other insects, when thickened and used to
            protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also {wing
            cover}.
  
      {Wing covert} (Zo[94]l.), one of the small feathers covering
            the bases of the wing quills. See {Covert}, n., 2.
  
      {Wing gudgeon} (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a
            wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it
            from turning in the wood. See Illust. of {Gudgeon}.
  
      {Wing shell} (Zo[94]l.), wing case of an insect.
  
      {Wing stroke}, the stroke or sweep of a wing.
  
      {Wing transom} (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern;
            -- called also {main transom}. --J. Knowles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {On the wing}.
            (a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another.
  
      {On the wings of the wind}, with the utmost velocity.
  
      {Under the wing}, [or] {wings}, {of}, under the care or
            protection of.
  
      {Wing and wing} (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either
            side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going
            before the wind with the foresail on one side and the
            mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel
            which has her studding sails set. Cf. {Goosewinged}.
  
      {Wing case} (Zo[94]l.), one of the anterior wings of beetles,
            and of some other insects, when thickened and used to
            protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also {wing
            cover}.
  
      {Wing covert} (Zo[94]l.), one of the small feathers covering
            the bases of the wing quills. See {Covert}, n., 2.
  
      {Wing gudgeon} (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a
            wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it
            from turning in the wood. See Illust. of {Gudgeon}.
  
      {Wing shell} (Zo[94]l.), wing case of an insect.
  
      {Wing stroke}, the stroke or sweep of a wing.
  
      {Wing transom} (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern;
            -- called also {main transom}. --J. Knowles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {On the wing}.
            (a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another.
  
      {On the wings of the wind}, with the utmost velocity.
  
      {Under the wing}, [or] {wings}, {of}, under the care or
            protection of.
  
      {Wing and wing} (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either
            side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going
            before the wind with the foresail on one side and the
            mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel
            which has her studding sails set. Cf. {Goosewinged}.
  
      {Wing case} (Zo[94]l.), one of the anterior wings of beetles,
            and of some other insects, when thickened and used to
            protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also {wing
            cover}.
  
      {Wing covert} (Zo[94]l.), one of the small feathers covering
            the bases of the wing quills. See {Covert}, n., 2.
  
      {Wing gudgeon} (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a
            wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it
            from turning in the wood. See Illust. of {Gudgeon}.
  
      {Wing shell} (Zo[94]l.), wing case of an insect.
  
      {Wing stroke}, the stroke or sweep of a wing.
  
      {Wing transom} (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern;
            -- called also {main transom}. --J. Knowles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Winged \Winged\, a.
      1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having
            winglike expansions.
  
      2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated;
            lofty; sublime. [R.]
  
                     How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be
                     followed for its own sake.                  --J. S.
                                                                              Harford.
  
      3. Swift; rapid. [bd]Bear this sealed brief with winged haste
            to the lord marshal.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. Wounded or hurt in the wing.
  
      5. (Bot.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit
            of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants;
            alate.
  
      6. (Her.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a
            different tincture from the body.
  
      7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. [bd]The winged air
            darked with plumes.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wing \Wing\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Winging}.]
      1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with
            celerity.
  
                     Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
                     Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
      2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.
  
                     The main battle, whose puissance on either side
                     Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
  
                     I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered
                     bough.                                                --Shak.
  
      4. To move through in flight; to fly through.
  
                     There's not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns
                     its point to him.                              --Moore.
  
      5. To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable
            a wing of; as, to wing a bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wink \Wink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Winked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Winking}.] [OE. winken, AS. wincian; akin to D. wenken, G.
      winken to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. winchan, Sw. vinka, Dan.
      vinke, AS. wancol wavering, OHG. wanchal wavering, wanch[?]n
      to waver, G. wanken, and perhaps to E. weak; cf. AS. wincel a
      corner. Cf. {Wench}, {Wince}, v. i.]
      1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. [Obs.] [bd]Although I wake or
            wink.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a
            quick motion.
  
                     He must wink, so loud he would cry.   --Chaucer.
  
                     And I will wink, so shall the day seem night.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     They are not blind, but they wink.      --Tillotson.
  
      3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to
            blink.
  
                     A baby of some three months old, who winked, and
                     turned aside its little face from the too vivid
                     light of day.                                    --Hawthorne.
  
      4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of
            one eye only.
  
                     Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate.
                                                                              --Swift.
  
      5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to
            connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.
  
                     The times of this ignorance God winked at. --Acts
                                                                              xvii. 30.
  
                     And yet, as though he knew it not, His knowledge
                     winks, and lets his humors reign.      --Herbert.
  
                     Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      6. To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.
  
      {Winking monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the white-nosed monkey
            ({Cersopithecus nictitans}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wung-out \Wung"-out`\, a.
      Having the sails set in the manner called wing-and-wing.
      [Sailors' slang]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wamsutter, WY (town, FIPS 81300)
      Location: 41.66887 N, 107.97590 W
      Population (1990): 240 (118 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 82336

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wayne City, IL (village, FIPS 79436)
      Location: 38.34873 N, 88.58743 W
      Population (1990): 1099 (516 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62895

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wayne Heights, PA (CDP, FIPS 81808)
      Location: 39.74517 N, 77.54761 W
      Population (1990): 1683 (684 housing units)
      Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wingate, IN (town, FIPS 84914)
      Location: 40.17052 N, 87.07354 W
      Population (1990): 275 (119 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47994
   Wingate, MD
      Zip code(s): 21675
   Wingate, NC (town, FIPS 74760)
      Location: 34.98331 N, 80.44845 W
      Population (1990): 2821 (679 housing units)
      Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28174
   Wingate, TX
      Zip code(s): 79566

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wingdale, NY
      Zip code(s): 12594

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wingett Run, OH
      Zip code(s): 45789

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winside, NE (village, FIPS 53380)
      Location: 42.17802 N, 97.17411 W
      Population (1990): 434 (195 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68790

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winsted, CT (CDP, FIPS 87350)
      Location: 41.92704 N, 73.06691 W
      Population (1990): 8254 (3643 housing units)
      Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 06098
   Winsted, MN (city, FIPS 71086)
      Location: 44.96581 N, 94.04876 W
      Population (1990): 1581 (609 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55395

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winston, FL (CDP, FIPS 78200)
      Location: 28.04250 N, 82.01134 W
      Population (1990): 9118 (4638 housing units)
      Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Winston, GA
      Zip code(s): 30187
   Winston, MO (town, FIPS 80548)
      Location: 39.86991 N, 94.14151 W
      Population (1990): 251 (106 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64689
   Winston, MT
      Zip code(s): 59647
   Winston, NM
      Zip code(s): 87943
   Winston, OR (city, FIPS 83400)
      Location: 43.12043 N, 123.41136 W
      Population (1990): 3773 (1459 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97496

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winston County, AL (county, FIPS 133)
      Location: 34.15454 N, 87.37348 W
      Population (1990): 22053 (10254 housing units)
      Area: 1591.5 sq km (land), 45.1 sq km (water)
   Winston County, MS (county, FIPS 159)
      Location: 33.09319 N, 89.03541 W
      Population (1990): 19433 (7613 housing units)
      Area: 1572.2 sq km (land), 8.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winston Salem, NC
      Zip code(s): 27101, 27103, 27104, 27105, 27106, 27107, 27127

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winston-Salem, NC (city, FIPS 75000)
      Location: 36.10210 N, 80.26291 W
      Population (1990): 143485 (65631 housing units)
      Area: 184.2 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winstonville, MS (village, FIPS 80800)
      Location: 33.91142 N, 90.75273 W
      Population (1990): 277 (113 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wyncote, PA (CDP, FIPS 86744)
      Location: 40.09220 N, 75.14793 W
      Population (1990): 2960 (1121 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 19095

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   winged comments n.   Comments set on the same line as code, as
   opposed to {boxed comments}.   In C, for example:
  
      d = sqrt(x*x + y*y);   /* distance from origin */
  
   Generally these refer only to the action(s) taken on that line.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   winged comments
  
      {Comments} set on the same line as code, as
      opposed to {boxed comments}.
  
      In {C}, for example:
  
      d = sqrt(x*x + y*y);   /* distance from origin */
  
      Generally these refer only to the action(s) taken on that
      line.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1997-07-21)
  
  
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