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war widow
n 1: a woman whose husband has died in war

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waratah n straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes Synonym(s): waratah, Telopea speciosissima tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes Synonym(s): waratah, Telopea Oreades
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ward n a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward" Synonym(s): ward, hospital ward English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) Synonym(s): Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) Synonym(s): Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) Synonym(s): Ward, Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) Synonym(s): cellblock, ward v watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away" Synonym(s): guard, ward
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warhead n the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents Synonym(s): warhead, payload, load
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wart n any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness) (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus Synonym(s): wart, verruca
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warty adj (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts Synonym(s): verrucose, warty, wartlike
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wayward adj resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" Synonym(s): contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward
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wear out v exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" Synonym(s): tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue Antonym(s): freshen, refresh, refreshen go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" Synonym(s): break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth" Synonym(s): wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
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wearied adj exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron Synonym(s): jaded, wearied
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weird adj suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley Synonym(s): eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker n fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters [syn: Wyrd, Weird]
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weirdie n someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric [syn: creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook]
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weirdo n someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric [syn: creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook] someone deranged and possibly dangerous Synonym(s): crazy, loony, looney, nutcase, weirdo
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weirdy n someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric [syn: creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook]
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wired adj equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service; "a well-wired house" Antonym(s): wireless tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline; "we were really pumped up for the race"; "he was so pumped he couldn't sleep" Synonym(s): pumped-up(a), pumped up(p), pumped(p), wired tied or bound with wire; "wired bundles of newspapers"
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word n a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it" information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome" Synonym(s): news, intelligence, tidings, word a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!" an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" Synonym(s): discussion, give-and-take, word a promise; "he gave his word" Synonym(s): parole, word, word of honor a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory; "large computers use words up to 64 bits long" the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) Synonym(s): Son, Word, Logos a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" Synonym(s): password, watchword, word, parole, countersign the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" Synonym(s): Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word v put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" Synonym(s): give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
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wordy adj using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" Synonym(s): long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy
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worried adj afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children" Synonym(s): disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences" Synonym(s): apprehensive, worried
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wort n usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort' unfermented or fermenting malt
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worth adj worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically) Synonym(s): deserving, worth(p) having a specified value; "not worth his salt"; "worth her weight in gold" n an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value; "10 dollars worth of gasoline" the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful Antonym(s): ineptitude, worthlessness French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895) Synonym(s): Worth, Charles Frederick Worth
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worthy adj having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause" Antonym(s): unworthy worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son" Synonym(s): desirable, suitable, worthy having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way; "behavior worthy of reprobation"; "a fact worthy of attention" n an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously); "he told his story to some conservative worthies"; "local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable"
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wraith n a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" Synonym(s): ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre
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wrath n intense anger (usually on an epic scale) belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) Synonym(s): wrath, anger, ire, ira
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wreath n flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes Synonym(s): wreath, garland, coronal, chaplet, lei
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wreathe v move with slow, sinuous movements decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site" form into a wreath Synonym(s): wreathe, wind
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writ n (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer Synonym(s): writ, judicial writ
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write v produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" Synonym(s): write, compose, pen, indite communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career" Synonym(s): publish, write communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!" Synonym(s): write, drop a line communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon" write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" Synonym(s): compose, write mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" Synonym(s): write, save write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter" Synonym(s): spell, write create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"
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writhe v to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" Synonym(s): writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
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wroth adj vehemently incensed and condemnatory; "they trembled before the wrathful queen"; "but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation" Synonym(s): wrathful, wroth, wrothful
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Wyrd n fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters [syn: Wyrd, Weird]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ward \-ward\ (w[etil]rd), -wards \-wards\ (w[etil]rdz). [AS. -weard, -weardes; akin to OS. & OFries. -ward. OHG. -wert, G. -w[84]rts, Icel. -ver[eb]r, Goth. -va[a1]r[ed]s, L. vertere to turn, versus toward, and E. worth to become. [fb]143. See {Worth}. v. i., and cf. {Verse}. Adverbs ending in -wards (AS. -weardes) and some other adverbs, such as besides, betimes, since (OE. sithens). etc., were originally genitive forms used adverbially.] Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ward \Ward\, n. [AS. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper, guard; akin to OS. ward a watcher, warden, G. wart, OHG. wart, Icel. v[94]r[edh]r a warden, a watch, Goth. -wards in da[a3]rawards a doorkeeper, and E. wary; cf. OF. warde guard, from the German. See {Ware}, a., {Wary}, and cf. {Guard}, {Wraith}.] 1. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under {Watch}, n., 1. Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward. --Spenser. 2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. For the best ward of mine honor. --Shak. The assieged castle's ward Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain. --Spenser. For want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his front to guard. --Dryden. 3. The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody. And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard. --Gen. xl. 3. I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am now in ward. --Shak. It is also inconvenient, in Ireland, that the wards and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal of any of those lords. --Spenser. 4. A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. [bd]Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my point.[b8] --Shak. 5. One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically: (a) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. [bd]You know our father's ward, the fair Monimia.[b8] --Otway. (b) A division of a county. [Eng. & Scot.] (c) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city. Throughout the trembling city placed a guard, Dealing an equal share to every ward. --Dryden. (d) A division of a forest. [Eng.] (e) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward. 6. (a) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it. (b) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. --Knight. The lock is made . . . more secure by attaching wards to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches. --Tomlinson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ward \Ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warding}.] [OE. wardien, AS. weardian to keep, protect; akin to OS. ward[?]n to watch, take care, OFries. wardia, OHG. wart[?]n, G. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, Icel. var[?]a to guarantee defend, Sw. v[86]rda to guard, to watch; cf. OF. warder, of German origin. See {Ward}, n., and cf. {Award}, {Guard}, {Reward}.] 1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight To ward the same. --Spenser. 2. To defend; to protect. Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand dangers. --Shak. 3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.] 4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. --Daniel. The pointed javelin warded off his rage. --Addison. It instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. --I. Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ward \Ward\, v. i. 1. To be vigilant; to keep guard. 2. To act on the defensive with a weapon. She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. --Sir P. Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ward \-ward\ (w[etil]rd), -wards \-wards\ (w[etil]rdz). [AS. -weard, -weardes; akin to OS. & OFries. -ward. OHG. -wert, G. -w[84]rts, Icel. -ver[eb]r, Goth. -va[a1]r[ed]s, L. vertere to turn, versus toward, and E. worth to become. [fb]143. See {Worth}. v. i., and cf. {Verse}. Adverbs ending in -wards (AS. -weardes) and some other adverbs, such as besides, betimes, since (OE. sithens). etc., were originally genitive forms used adverbially.] Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ward \Ward\, n. [AS. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper, guard; akin to OS. ward a watcher, warden, G. wart, OHG. wart, Icel. v[94]r[edh]r a warden, a watch, Goth. -wards in da[a3]rawards a doorkeeper, and E. wary; cf. OF. warde guard, from the German. See {Ware}, a., {Wary}, and cf. {Guard}, {Wraith}.] 1. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under {Watch}, n., 1. Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward. --Spenser. 2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. For the best ward of mine honor. --Shak. The assieged castle's ward Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain. --Spenser. For want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his front to guard. --Dryden. 3. The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody. And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard. --Gen. xl. 3. I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am now in ward. --Shak. It is also inconvenient, in Ireland, that the wards and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal of any of those lords. --Spenser. 4. A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. [bd]Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my point.[b8] --Shak. 5. One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically: (a) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. [bd]You know our father's ward, the fair Monimia.[b8] --Otway. (b) A division of a county. [Eng. & Scot.] (c) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city. Throughout the trembling city placed a guard, Dealing an equal share to every ward. --Dryden. (d) A division of a forest. [Eng.] (e) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward. 6. (a) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it. (b) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. --Knight. The lock is made . . . more secure by attaching wards to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches. --Tomlinson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ward \Ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warding}.] [OE. wardien, AS. weardian to keep, protect; akin to OS. ward[?]n to watch, take care, OFries. wardia, OHG. wart[?]n, G. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, Icel. var[?]a to guarantee defend, Sw. v[86]rda to guard, to watch; cf. OF. warder, of German origin. See {Ward}, n., and cf. {Award}, {Guard}, {Reward}.] 1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight To ward the same. --Spenser. 2. To defend; to protect. Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand dangers. --Shak. 3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.] 4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. --Daniel. The pointed javelin warded off his rage. --Addison. It instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. --I. Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ward \Ward\, v. i. 1. To be vigilant; to keep guard. 2. To act on the defensive with a weapon. She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. --Sir P. Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
War \War\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Warred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warring}.] 1. To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence. Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it. --Isa. vii. 1. Why should I war without the walls of Troy? --Shak. Our countrymen were warring on that day! --Byron. 2. To contend; to strive violently; to fight. [bd]Lusts which war against the soul.[b8] --1 Pet. ii. 11.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[86]rta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart.] 1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papill[91], and thickening of the epidermis which covers them. 2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. {Fig wart}, {Moist wart} (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma. Called also {pointed wart}, {venereal wart}. --L. A. Duhring. {Wart cress} (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under {Swine}. {Wart snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian colubrine snakes of the genus {Acrochordus}, having the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes. {Wart spurge} (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia Helioscopia}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warty \Wart"y\, a. 1. Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf. 2. Of the nature of warts; as, a warty excrescence. {Warty egg} (Zo[94]l.), a marine univalve shell ({Ovulum verrucosum}), having the surface covered with wartlike elevations.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wayward \Way"ward\, a. [OE. weiward, for aweiward, i. e., turned away. See {Away}, and {-ward}.] Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful. My wife is in a wayward mood. --Shak. Wayward beauty doth not fancy move. --Fairfax. Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought? --Keble. -- {Way"wardly}, adv. -- {Way"wardness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wear \Wear\, v. t. [imp. {Wore}; p. p. {Worn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wearing}. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being {Weared}.] [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin to OHG. werien, weren, to clothe, Goth. wasjan, L. vestis clothing, vestire to clothe, Gr. [?], Skr. vas. Cf. {Vest}.] 1. To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle. What compass will you wear your farthingale? --Shak. On her white breast a sparkling cross s[?][?] wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. --Pope. 2. To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance. [bd]He wears the rose of youth upon him.[b8] --Shak. His innocent gestures wear A meaning half divine. --Keble. 3. To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly. 4. To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend. That wicked wight his days doth wear. --Spenser. The waters wear the stones. --Job xiv. 19. 5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole. 6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition. Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us. --Locke. {To wear away}, to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy, by gradual attrition or decay. {To wear off}, to diminish or remove by attrition or slow decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth. {To wear on [or] upon}, to wear. [Obs.] [bd][I] weared upon my gay scarlet gites [gowns.][b8] --Chaucer. {To wear out}. (a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay; as, to wear out a coat or a book. (b) To consume tediously. [bd]To wear out miserable days.[b8] --Milton. (c) To harass; to tire. [bd][He] shall wear out the saints of the Most High.[b8] --Dan vii. 25. (d) To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in military service. {To wear the breeches}. See under {Breeches}. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weary \Wea"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wearied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wearying}.] 1. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling. So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers. --Shak. 2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance. I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. --Shak. 3. To harass by anything irksome. I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries. --Milton. {To weary out}, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue. Syn: To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See {Jade}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weird \Weird\, v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weird \Weird\ (w[emac]rd), n. [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weor[edh]an to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. ur[edh]r. [root]143. See {Worth} to become.] 1. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. [Obs. or Scot.] 2. A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weird \Weird\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny. 2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc. Myself too had weird seizures. --Tennyson. Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation. --Longfellow. {Weird sisters}, the Fates. [Scot.] --G. Douglas. Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth. The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wert \Wert\ (w[etil]rt), The second person singular, indicative and subjunctive moods, imperfect tense, of the verb be. It is formed from were, with the ending -t, after the analogy of wast. Now used only in solemn or poetic style.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wert \Wert\, n. A wart. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whereat \Where*at"\, adv. 1. At which; upon which; whereupon; -- used relatively. They vote; whereat his speech he thus renews. --Milton. Whereat he was no less angry and ashamed than desirous to obey Zelmane. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. At what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereat are you offended?
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Whereout \Where*out"\, adv. Out of which. [R.] The cleft whereout the lightning breaketh. --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whereto \Where*to"\, adv. 1. To which; -- used relatively. [bd]Whereto we have already attained.[b8] --Phil. iii. 16. Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day. --Shak. 2. To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively.
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Wherewith \Where*with"\, adv. 1. With which; -- used relatively. The love wherewith thou hast loved me. --John xvii. 26. 2. With what; -- used interrogatively. Wherewith shall I save Israel? --Judg. vi. 15.
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Wherewith \Where*with"\, n. The necessary means or instrument. So shall I have wherewith to answer him. --Ps. cxix. 42. The wherewith to meet excessive loss by radiation. --H. Spencer.
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Wherret \Wher"ret\, n. A box on the ear. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Whir \Whir\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whirred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whirring}.] [Perhaps of imitative origin; cf. D. hvirre to whirl, and E. hurr, hurry, whirl. [?][?][?].] To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz. The partridge bursts away on whirring wings. --Beattie.
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Whore \Whore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whoring}.] [Cf. Icel. h[?]ra. See {Whore}, n.] 1. To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness. 2. (Script.) To worship false and impure gods.
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Whort \Whort\, n. [See {Whortleberry}.] (Bot.) The whortleberry, or bilberry. See {Whortleberry} (a) .
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Whurt \Whurt\, n. (Bot.) See {Whort}.
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Wire \Wire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiring}.] 1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors. 2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads. 3. To snare by means of a wire or wires. 4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.]
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Woe \Woe\, n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. w[be], interj.; akin to D. wee, OS. & OHG. w[emac], G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve, Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. [?]. [root]128. Cf. {Wail}.] [Formerly written also {wo}.] 1. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity. Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, Sad instrument of all our woe, she took. --Milton. [They] weep each other's woe. --Pope. 2. A curse; a malediction. Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice? --South. Note: Woe is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of sorrow. [bd] Woe is me! for I am undone.[b8] --Isa. vi. 5. O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life]. --Chaucer. Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! --Isa. xlv. 9. {Woe worth}, Woe be to. See {Worth}, v. i. Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant gray! --Sir W. Scott.
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Word \Word\, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[edh], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[a3]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. "rh`twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.] 1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable. [bd]A glutton of words.[b8] --Piers Plowman. You cram these words into mine ears, against The stomach of my sense. --Shak. Amongst men who confound their ideas with words, there must be endless disputes. --Locke. 2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page. 3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language. Why should calamity be full of words? --Shak. Be thy words severe; Sharp as he merits, but the sword forbear. --Dryden. 4. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular. I pray you . . . bring me word thither How the world goes. --Shak. 5. Signal; order; command; direction. Give the word through. --Shak. 6. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise. Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly. --Shak. I know you brave, and take you at your word. --Dryden. I desire not the reader should take my word. --Dryden. 7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute. Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me. --Shak. 8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence. All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. --Gal. v. 14. She said; but at the happy word [bd]he lives,[b8] My father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound. --Tennyson. There is only one other point on which I offer a word of remark. --Dickens. {By word of mouth}, orally; by actual speaking. --Boyle. {Compound word}. See under {Compound}, a. {Good word}, commendation; favorable account. [bd]And gave the harmless fellow a good word.[b8] --Pope. {In a word}, briefly; to sum up. {In word}, in declaration; in profession. [bd]Let us not love in word, . . . but in deed and in truth.[b8] --1 John iii. 8. {Nuns of the Word Incarnate} (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The order, which also exists in the United States, was instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the [bd]Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God.[b8] {The word}, or {The Word}. (Theol.) (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a revelation of God. [bd]Bold to speak the word without fear.[b8] --Phil. i. 14. (b) The second person in the Trinity before his manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of the divine attributes personified. --John i. 1. {To eat one's words}, to retract what has been said. {To have the words for}, to speak for; to act as spokesman. [Obs.] [bd]Our host hadde the wordes for us all.[b8] --Chaucer. {Word blindness} (Physiol.), inability to understand printed or written words or symbols, although the person affected may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write correctly. --Landois & Stirling. {Word deafness} (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken words, though the person affected may hear them and other sounds, and hence is not deaf. {Word dumbness} (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired. {Word for word}, in the exact words; verbatim; literally; exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word. {Word painting}, the act of describing an object fully and vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. {Word picture}, an accurate and vivid description, which presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. {Word square}, a series of words so arranged that they can be read vertically and horizontally with like results. Note: H E A R T E M B E R A B U S E R E S I N T R E N T (A word square) Syn: See {Term}.
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Word \Word\, v. i. To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute. [R.]
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Word \Word\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wording}.] 1. To express in words; to phrase. The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince. --Addison. 2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words. [Obs.] --Howell. 3. To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] --Shak. {To word it}, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] [bd]To word it with a shrew.[b8] --L'Estrange.
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Wordy \Word"y\, a. [Compar. {Wordier}; superl. {Wordiest}.] 1. Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war. --Cowper. 2. Using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker. 3. Containing many words; full of words. We need not lavish hours in wordy periods. --Philips.
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Worry \Wor"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worrying}.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in [be]wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. w[81]rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.] 1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth. A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death; That dog that had his teeth before his eyes, To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood. --Shak. 2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague. [bd]A church worried with reformation.[b8] --South. Let them rail, And worry one another at their pleasure. --Rowe. Worry him out till he gives consent. --Swift. 3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]
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Worrit \Wor"rit\, v. t. To worry; to annoy. [Illiterate]
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Worrit \Wor"rit\, n. Worry; anxiety. [Illiterate]
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Wort \Wort\, n. [OE. wort, wurt, AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to OS. wurt, G. wurz, Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw. [94]rt, Goth. wa[a3]rts a root, L. radix, Gr. [?] a root, [?] a branch, young shoot, [?] a branch, and E. root, n. Cf. {Licorice}, {Orchard}, {Radish}, {Root}, n., {Whortleberry}, {Wort} an infusion of malt.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind. Note: This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in colewort, figwort, St. John's-wort, woundwort, etc. 2. pl. Cabbages.
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Wort \Wort\, n. [OE. worte, wurte, AS. wyrte; akin to OD. wort, G. w[81]rze, bierw[81]rze, Icel. virtr, Sw. v[94]rt. See {Wort} an herb.] An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation. Note: Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and carbon dioxide.
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Worth \Worth\, n. [OE. worth, wur[ed], AS. weor[eb], wur[eb]; weor[eb], wur[eb], adj. See {Worth}, a.] 1. That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price. What 's worth in anything But so much money as 't will bring? --Hudibras. 2. Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth. To be of worth, and worthy estimation. --Shak. As none but she, who in that court did dwell, Could know such worth, or worth describe so well. --Waller. To think how modest worth neglected lies. --Shenstone. Syn: Desert; merit; excellence; price; rate.
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Worth \Worth\, a. [OE. worth, wur[ed], AS. weor[eb], wurE; akin to OFries. werth, OS. wer[eb], D. waard, OHG. werd, G. wert, werth, Icel. ver[eb]r, Sw. v[84]rd, Dan. v[91]rd, Goth. wa[a1]rps, and perhaps to E. wary. Cf. {Stalwart}, {Ware} an article of merchandise, {Worship}.] 1. Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while. [Obs.] It was not worth to make it wise. --Chaucer. 2. Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for. A ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats. --Shak. All our doings without charity are nothing worth. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. If your arguments produce no conviction, they are worth nothing to me. --Beattie. 3. Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. --Milton. This is life indeed, life worth preserving. --Addison. 4. Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of. At Geneva are merchants reckoned worth twenty hundred crowns. --Addison. {Worth while}, [or] {Worth the while}. See under {While}, n.
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Worth \Worth\, v. i. [OE. worthen, wur[ed]en, to become, AS. weor[eb]an; akin to OS. wer[eb]an, D. worden, G. werden, OHG. werdan, Icel. ver[eb]a, Sw. varda, Goth. wa[a1]rpan, L. vertere to turn, Skr. v[f0]t, v. i., to turn, to roll, to become. [fb]143. Cf. {Verse}, -{ward}, {Weird}.] To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases. I counsel . . . to let the cat worthe. --Piers Plowman. He worth upon [got upon] his steed gray. --Chaucer.
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Present value \Pres"ent value\ [or] worth \worth\ (of money payable at a future date). The principal which, drawing interest at a given rate, will amount to the given sum at the date on which this is to be paid; thus, interest being at 6%, the present value of $106 due one year hence is $100.
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Worth \Worth\, n. [OE. worth, wur[ed], AS. weor[eb], wur[eb]; weor[eb], wur[eb], adj. See {Worth}, a.] 1. That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price. What 's worth in anything But so much money as 't will bring? --Hudibras. 2. Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth. To be of worth, and worthy estimation. --Shak. As none but she, who in that court did dwell, Could know such worth, or worth describe so well. --Waller. To think how modest worth neglected lies. --Shenstone. Syn: Desert; merit; excellence; price; rate.
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Worth \Worth\, a. [OE. worth, wur[ed], AS. weor[eb], wurE; akin to OFries. werth, OS. wer[eb], D. waard, OHG. werd, G. wert, werth, Icel. ver[eb]r, Sw. v[84]rd, Dan. v[91]rd, Goth. wa[a1]rps, and perhaps to E. wary. Cf. {Stalwart}, {Ware} an article of merchandise, {Worship}.] 1. Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while. [Obs.] It was not worth to make it wise. --Chaucer. 2. Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for. A ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats. --Shak. All our doings without charity are nothing worth. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. If your arguments produce no conviction, they are worth nothing to me. --Beattie. 3. Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. --Milton. This is life indeed, life worth preserving. --Addison. 4. Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of. At Geneva are merchants reckoned worth twenty hundred crowns. --Addison. {Worth while}, [or] {Worth the while}. See under {While}, n.
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Worth \Worth\, v. i. [OE. worthen, wur[ed]en, to become, AS. weor[eb]an; akin to OS. wer[eb]an, D. worden, G. werden, OHG. werdan, Icel. ver[eb]a, Sw. varda, Goth. wa[a1]rpan, L. vertere to turn, Skr. v[f0]t, v. i., to turn, to roll, to become. [fb]143. Cf. {Verse}, -{ward}, {Weird}.] To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases. I counsel . . . to let the cat worthe. --Piers Plowman. He worth upon [got upon] his steed gray. --Chaucer.
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Present value \Pres"ent value\ [or] worth \worth\ (of money payable at a future date). The principal which, drawing interest at a given rate, will amount to the given sum at the date on which this is to be paid; thus, interest being at 6%, the present value of $106 due one year hence is $100.
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Worthy \Wor"thy\, n.; pl. {Worthies}. A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies. The blood of ancient worthies in his veins. --Cowper.
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Worthy \Wor"thy\, a. [Compar. {Worthier}; superl. {Worthiest.}] [OE. worthi, wur[ed]i, from worth, wur[ed], n.; cf. Icel. ver[eb]ugr, D. waardig, G. w[81]rdig, OHG. wird[c6]g. See {Worth}, n.] 1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous. Full worthy was he in his lordes war. --Chaucer. These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities. --Shak. Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be. --Milton. This worthy mind should worthy things embrace. --Sir J. Davies. 2. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one. No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway. --Shak. The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel. --Shak. Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. --Matt. iii. 11. And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness. --Milton. The lodging is well worthy of the guest. --Dryden. 3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.] Worthy women of the town. --Chaucer. {Worthiest of blood} (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females. --Burrill.
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Worthy \Wor"thy\, v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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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Wrath \Wrath\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wrathe, wra[ed][ed]e, wrethe, wr[91][eb][eb]e, AS. wr[d6][eb][eb]o, fr. wr[be][eb] wroth; akin to Icel. rei[eb]i wrath. See {Wroth}, a.] 1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire. Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. --Spenser. When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased. --Esther ii. 1. Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in. --Southey. 2. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime. [bd]A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.[b8] --Rom. xiii. 4. Syn: Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation; resentment; passion. See {Anger}.
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Wrath \Wrath\, a. See {Wroth}. [Obs.]
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Wrath \Wrath\, v. t. To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [Obs.] [bd]I will not wrathen him.[b8] --Chaucer. If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. --Piers Plowman.
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Wrathy \Wrath"y\, a. Very angry. [Colloq.]
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Wreath \Wreath\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Wreaths}. [OE. wrethe, AS. wr[aemac][edh] a twisted band, fr. wr[c6][edh]an to twist. See {Writhe}.] 1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers. [bd]A wrethe of gold.[b8] --Chaucer. [He] of his tortuous train Curled many a wanton wreath. --Milton. 2. A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor. Conquest doth grant He dear wreath to the Grecian combatant. --Chapman. Far back in the ages, The plow with wreaths was crowned. --Bryant. 3. (Her.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of {Crest}). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.
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Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. {Wreathed}; p. p. {Wreathed}; Archaic {Wreathen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wreathing}.] [See {Wreath}, n.] [Written also {wreath}.] 1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.] And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. --Spenser. 2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed. --Sir W. Scott. From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped. --Milton. 3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold. Each wreathed in the other's arms. --Shak. Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. --Milton. And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. --Dryden. 4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle. In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss. --Prior.
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Wreath \Wreath\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Wreaths}. [OE. wrethe, AS. wr[aemac][edh] a twisted band, fr. wr[c6][edh]an to twist. See {Writhe}.] 1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers. [bd]A wrethe of gold.[b8] --Chaucer. [He] of his tortuous train Curled many a wanton wreath. --Milton. 2. A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor. Conquest doth grant He dear wreath to the Grecian combatant. --Chapman. Far back in the ages, The plow with wreaths was crowned. --Bryant. 3. (Her.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of {Crest}). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.
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Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. {Wreathed}; p. p. {Wreathed}; Archaic {Wreathen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wreathing}.] [See {Wreath}, n.] [Written also {wreath}.] 1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.] And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. --Spenser. 2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed. --Sir W. Scott. From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped. --Milton. 3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold. Each wreathed in the other's arms. --Shak. Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. --Milton. And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. --Dryden. 4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle. In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss. --Prior.
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Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. i. To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees. --Dryden.
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Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. {Wreathed}; p. p. {Wreathed}; Archaic {Wreathen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wreathing}.] [See {Wreath}, n.] [Written also {wreath}.] 1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.] And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. --Spenser. 2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed. --Sir W. Scott. From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped. --Milton. 3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold. Each wreathed in the other's arms. --Shak. Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. --Milton. And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. --Dryden. 4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle. In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss. --Prior.
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Wreathy \Wreath"y\, a. Wreathed; twisted; curled; spiral; also, full of wreaths. [bd]Wreathy spires, and cochleary turnings about.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.
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Wry \Wry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrying}.] [OE. wrien. See {Wry}, a.] To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --Sir P. Sidney. Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's neck were wried. --R. Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writ \Writ\, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of {Write}, for writeth. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writ \Writ\, archaic imp. & p. p. of {Write}. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writ \Writ\, n. [AS. writ, gewrit. See {Write}.] 1. That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ. [bd]Though in Holy Writ not named.[b8] --Milton. Then to his hands that writ he did betake, Which he disclosing read, thus as the paper spake. --Spenser. Babylon, so much spoken of in Holy Writ. --Knolles. 2. (Law) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like. Note: Writs are usually witnessed, or tested, in the name of the chief justice or principal judge of the court out of which they are issued; and those directed to a sheriff, or other ministerial officer, require him to return them on a day specified. In former English law and practice, writs in civil cases were either original or judicial; the former were issued out of the Court of Chancery, under the great seal, for the summoning of a defendant to appear, and were granted before the suit began and in order to begin the same; the latter were issued out of the court where the original was returned, after the suit was begun and during the pendency of it. Tomlins. Brande. Encyc. Brit. The term writ is supposed by Mr. Reeves to have been derived from the fact of these formul[91] having always been expressed in writing, being, in this respect, distinguished from the other proceedings in the ancient action, which were conducted orally. {Writ of account}, {Writ of capias}, etc. See under {Account}, {Capias}, etc. {Service of a writ}. See under {Service}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Write \Write\, v. t. [imp. {Wrote}; p. p. {Written}; Archaic imp. & p. p. {Writ}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writing}.] [OE. writen, AS. wr[c6]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wr[c6]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. r[c6]zan, Icel. r[c6]ta to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. {Race} tribe, lineage.] 1. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures. 2. To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter. Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves. --Shak. I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved. --Prior. 3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still living. --Macaulay. 4. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart. 5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively. He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine. --Milton. {To write to}, to communicate by a written document to. {Written laws}, laws deriving their force from express legislative enactment, as contradistinguished from unwritten, or common, law. See the Note under {Law}, and {Common law}, under {Common}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Write \Write\, v. t. [imp. {Wrote}; p. p. {Written}; Archaic imp. & p. p. {Writ}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writing}.] [OE. writen, AS. wr[c6]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wr[c6]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. r[c6]zan, Icel. r[c6]ta to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. {Race} tribe, lineage.] 1. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures. 2. To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter. Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves. --Shak. I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved. --Prior. 3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still living. --Macaulay. 4. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart. 5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively. He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine. --Milton. {To write to}, to communicate by a written document to. {Written laws}, laws deriving their force from express legislative enactment, as contradistinguished from unwritten, or common, law. See the Note under {Law}, and {Common law}, under {Common}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Write \Write\, v. i. 1. To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs. --Chaucer. So it stead you, I will write, Please you command. --Shak. 2. To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices. 3. To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose. They can write up to the dignity and character of the authors. --Felton. 4. To compose or send letters. He wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry concerning their freedom. --1 Esdras iv. 49.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writhe \Writhe\, v. t. [imp. {Writhed}; p. p. {Writhed}, Obs. or Poetic {Writhen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writhing}.] [OE. writhen, AS. wr[c6][?]an to twist; akin to OHG. r[c6]dan, Icel. r[c6][?]a, Sw. vrida, Dan. vride. Cf. {Wreathe}, {Wrest}, {Wroth}.] 1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. [bd]With writhing [turning] of a pin.[b8] --Chaucer. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro. --Milton. Her mouth she writhed, her forehead taught to frown. --Dryden. His battle-writhen arms, and mighty hands. --Tennyson. 2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert. The reason which he yieldeth showeth the least part of his meaning to be that whereunto his words are writhed. --Hooker. 3. To extort; to wring; to wrest. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writhe \Writhe\, v. i. To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively. After every attempt, he felt that he had failed, and writhed with shame and vexation. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wroot \Wroot\, obs. imp. of {Write}. Wrote. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Write \Write\, v. t. [imp. {Wrote}; p. p. {Written}; Archaic imp. & p. p. {Writ}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writing}.] [OE. writen, AS. wr[c6]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wr[c6]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. r[c6]zan, Icel. r[c6]ta to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. {Race} tribe, lineage.] 1. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures. 2. To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter. Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves. --Shak. I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved. --Prior. 3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still living. --Macaulay. 4. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart. 5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively. He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine. --Milton. {To write to}, to communicate by a written document to. {Written laws}, laws deriving their force from express legislative enactment, as contradistinguished from unwritten, or common, law. See the Note under {Law}, and {Common law}, under {Common}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrote \Wrote\, v. i. [OE. wroten. See 1st {Root}.] To root with the snout. See 1st {Root}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrote \Wrote\, imp. & archaic p. p. of {Write}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wroth \Wroth\, a. [OE. wroth, wrap, AS. wr[be][edh] wroth, crooked, bad; akin to wr[c6][edh]an to writhe, and to OS. wr[emac][edh]angry, D. wreed cruel, OHG. reid twisted, Icel. rei[edh]r angry, Dan. & Sw. vred. See {Writhe}, and cf. {Wrath}.] Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful. [bd]Wroth to see his kingdom fail.[b8] --Milton. Revel and truth as in a low degree, They be full wroth [i. e., at enmity] all day. --Chaucer. Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. --Gen. iv. 5.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ward, AL Zip code(s): 36922 Ward, AR (city, FIPS 73130) Location: 35.01886 N, 91.95503 W Population (1990): 1269 (506 housing units) Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72176 Ward, CO (town, FIPS 82735) Location: 40.07250 N, 105.51128 W Population (1990): 159 (100 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80481 Ward, SC (town, FIPS 74590) Location: 33.85719 N, 81.73232 W Population (1990): 132 (59 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29166 Ward, SD (town, FIPS 68660) Location: 44.15536 N, 96.46079 W Population (1990): 35 (22 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57074
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Warroad, MN (city, FIPS 68224) Location: 48.90854 N, 95.32071 W Population (1990): 1679 (687 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56763
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wirt, MN Zip code(s): 56688
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Worth, IL (village, FIPS 83518) Location: 41.68730 N, 87.79255 W Population (1990): 11208 (4500 housing units) Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60482 Worth, MO (town, FIPS 81070) Location: 40.40550 N, 94.44684 W Population (1990): 103 (45 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64499
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
wart n. A small, {crock}y {feature} that sticks out of an otherwise {clean} design. Something conspicuous for localized ugliness, especially a special-case exception to a general rule. For example, in some versions of `csh(1)', single quotes literalize every character inside them except `!'. In ANSI C, the `??' syntax used for obtaining ASCII characters in a foreign environment is a wart. See also {miswart}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
wired n. See {hardwired}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
wirehead /wi:r'hed/ n. [prob. from SF slang for an electrical-brain-stimulation addict] 1. A hardware hacker, especially one who concentrates on communications hardware. 2. An expert in local-area networks. A wirehead can be a network software wizard too, but will always have the ability to deal with network hardware, down to the smallest component. Wireheads are known for their ability to lash up an Ethernet terminator from spare resistors, for example.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
wart A small, {crock}y {feature} that sticks out of an otherwise {clean} design. Something conspicuous for localised ugliness, especially a special-case exception to a general rule. For example, in some versions of "csh(1)", single quotes literalise every character inside them except "!". In ANSI C, the "?" syntax used for obtaining ASCII characters in a foreign environment is a wart. See also {miswart}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
wired {hard-wired}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
wirehead /wi:r'hed/ (Probably from SF slang for an electrical brain-stimulation addict) 1. A hardware hacker, especially one who concentrates on communications hardware. 2. An expert in {local-area network}s. A wirehead can be a network software wizard too, but will always have the ability to deal with network hardware, down to the smallest component. Wireheads are known for their ability to lash up an {Ethernet} {terminator} from spare resistors, for example. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Word {Microsoft Word}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
word A fundamental unit of storage in a computer. The size of a word in a particular computer architecture is one of its chief distinguishing characteristics. The size of a word is usually the same as the width of the computer's {data bus} so it is possible to read or write a word in a single operation. An instruction is usually one or more words long and a word can be used to hold a whole number of characters. These days, this nearly always means a whole number of {bytes} (eight bits), most often 32 or 64 bits. In the past when six bit {character sets} were used, a word might be a multiple of six bits, e.g. 24 bits (four characters) in the {ICL 1900} series. (1994-11-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Word {Microsoft Word}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
word A fundamental unit of storage in a computer. The size of a word in a particular computer architecture is one of its chief distinguishing characteristics. The size of a word is usually the same as the width of the computer's {data bus} so it is possible to read or write a word in a single operation. An instruction is usually one or more words long and a word can be used to hold a whole number of characters. These days, this nearly always means a whole number of {bytes} (eight bits), most often 32 or 64 bits. In the past when six bit {character sets} were used, a word might be a multiple of six bits, e.g. 24 bits (four characters) in the {ICL 1900} series. (1994-11-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
write 1. {Unix}'s simple {talk} command and {protocol}. write has been largely superseded by {talk} and then {irc}. An enhancement, {RWP}, has been proposed. 2. A simple {text editor} for {Windows}. (1998-04-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
WRT with regard to, with respect to.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ward a prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Word, The (Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 19:13). As such, Christ is the revealer of God. His office is to make God known. "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him" (John 1:18). This title designates the divine nature of Christ. As the Word, he "was in the beginning" and "became flesh." "The Word was with God " and "was God," and was the Creator of all things (comp. Ps.33: 6; 107:20; 119:89; 147:18; Isa. 40:8).