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wailer
n 1: a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries

English Dictionary: Wyler	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wall rue n small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America Synonym(s): wall rue, wall rue spleenwort, Asplenium ruta-muraria
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Waller n United States jazz musician (1904-1943) [syn: Waller, Fats Waller, Thomas Wright Waller]
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whaler n a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales a ship engaged in whale fishing Synonym(s): whaler, whaling ship
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Wheeler n Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976) [syn: Wheeler, {Sir Mortimer Wheeler}, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler] someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels Synonym(s): wheelwright, wheeler the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling a person who rides a bicycle Synonym(s): cyclist, bicyclist, bicycler, wheeler a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle Synonym(s): wheel horse, wheeler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
willowware n chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river Synonym(s): willowware, willow-pattern
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Wyler n United States filmmaker (1902-1981) [syn: Wyler, {William Wyler}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wailer \Wail"er\, n. One who wails or laments.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waler \Wal"er\, n. [From Wales, i.e., New South Wales.] A horse imported from New South Wales; also, any Australian horse. [Colloq.] --Kipling. Note: The term originated in India, whither many horses are exported from Australia (mostly from New South Wales), especially for the use of cavalry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. [?] a nail. Cf. {Interval}.] 1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan. v. 5. 2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense. The waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. --Ex. xiv. 22. In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troyan walls. --Shak. To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden. 3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder. 4. (Mining) (a) The side of a level or drift. (b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond. Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the formation of compounds, usually of obvious signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc. {Blank wall}, Blind wall, etc. See under {Blank}, {Blind}, etc. {To drive to the wall}, to bring to extremities; to push to extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over. {To go to the wall}, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the weaker party; to be pushed to extremes. {To take the wall}. to take the inner side of a walk, that is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence. [bd]I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's.[b8] --Shak. {Wall barley} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Hordeum murinum}) much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under {Squirrel}. {Wall box}. (Mach.) See {Wall frame}, below. {Wall creeper} (Zo[94]l.), a small bright-colored bird ({Tichodroma muraria}) native of Asia and Southern Europe. It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red at the base and black distally, some of them with white spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider catcher}. {Wall cress} (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under {Mouse-ear}. {Wall frame} (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the wall; -- called also {wall box}. {Wall fruit}, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall. {Wall gecko} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by means of suckers on the feet. {Wall lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks and crevices of walls; -- called also {wall newt}. {Wall louse}, a wood louse. {Wall moss} (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls. {Wall newt} (Zo[94]l.), the wall lizard. --Shak. {Wall paper}, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper hangings. {Wall pellitory} (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed medicinal. {Wall pennywort} (Bot.), a plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus}) having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in Western Europe. {Wall pepper} (Bot.), a low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre}) with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in Europe, and is sometimes seen in America. {Wall pie} (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue. {Wall piece}, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott. {Wall plate} (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like. See Illust. of {Roof}. {Wall rock}, granular limestone used in building walls. [U. S.] --Bartlett. {Wall rue} (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like. {Wall spring}, a spring of water issuing from stratified rocks. {Wall tent}, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to the walls of a house. {Wall wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a common European solitary wasp ({Odynerus parietus}) which makes its nest in the crevices of walls.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rue \Rue\, n. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. [?]; cf. AS. r[?]de.] 1. (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant ({Ruta graveolens}), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine. Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see. --Milton. They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret. {Goat's rue}. See under {Goat}. {Rue anemone}, a pretty springtime flower ({Thalictrum anemonides}) common in the United States. {Wall rue}, a little fern ({Asplenium Ruta-muraria}) common on walls in Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wallaroo \Wal`la*roo"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus {Macropus}, especially {M. robustus}, sometimes called the {great wallaroo}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waller \Wall"er\, n. One who builds walls.
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Waller \Wall"er\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]l.) The wels.
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Wels \Wels\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]l.) The sheatfish; -- called also {waller}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waller \Wall"er\, n. One who builds walls.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waller \Wall"er\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]l.) The wels.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wels \Wels\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]l.) The sheatfish; -- called also {waller}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lantern \Lan"tern\, n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. [?] light, torch. See {Lamp}.] 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light. 2. (Arch.) (a) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. (b) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. (c) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral. 3. (Mach.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See {Lantern pinion} (below). 4. (Steam Engine) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; -- called also {lantern brass}. 5. (Founding) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. 6. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aristotle's lantern}. Note: Fig. 1 represents a hand lantern; fig. 2, an arm lantern; fig. 3, a breast lantern; -- so named from the positions in which they are carried. {Dark lantern}, a lantern with a single opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light; -- called also {bull's-eye}. {Lantern fly}, {Lantern carrier} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome, hemipterous insects of the genera {Laternaria}, {Fulgora}, and allies, of the family {Fulgorid[91]}. The largest species is {Laternaria phosphorea} of Brazil. The head of some species has been supposed to be phosphorescent. {Lantern jaws}, long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage. {Lantern pinion}, {Lantern wheel} (Mach.), a kind of pinion or wheel having cylindrical bars or trundles, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates; -- so called as resembling a lantern in shape; -- called also {wallower}, or {trundle}. {Lantern shell} (Zo[94]l.), any translucent, marine, bivalve shell of the genus {Anatina}, and allied genera. {Magic lantern}, an optical instrument consisting of a case inclosing a light, and having suitable lenses in a lateral tube, for throwing upon a screen, in a darkened room or the like, greatly magnified pictures from slides placed in the focus of the outer lens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wallower \Wal"low*er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, wallows. 2. (Mach.) A lantern wheel; a trundle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lantern \Lan"tern\, n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. [?] light, torch. See {Lamp}.] 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light. 2. (Arch.) (a) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. (b) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. (c) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral. 3. (Mach.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See {Lantern pinion} (below). 4. (Steam Engine) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; -- called also {lantern brass}. 5. (Founding) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. 6. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aristotle's lantern}. Note: Fig. 1 represents a hand lantern; fig. 2, an arm lantern; fig. 3, a breast lantern; -- so named from the positions in which they are carried. {Dark lantern}, a lantern with a single opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light; -- called also {bull's-eye}. {Lantern fly}, {Lantern carrier} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome, hemipterous insects of the genera {Laternaria}, {Fulgora}, and allies, of the family {Fulgorid[91]}. The largest species is {Laternaria phosphorea} of Brazil. The head of some species has been supposed to be phosphorescent. {Lantern jaws}, long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage. {Lantern pinion}, {Lantern wheel} (Mach.), a kind of pinion or wheel having cylindrical bars or trundles, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates; -- so called as resembling a lantern in shape; -- called also {wallower}, or {trundle}. {Lantern shell} (Zo[94]l.), any translucent, marine, bivalve shell of the genus {Anatina}, and allied genera. {Magic lantern}, an optical instrument consisting of a case inclosing a light, and having suitable lenses in a lateral tube, for throwing upon a screen, in a darkened room or the like, greatly magnified pictures from slides placed in the focus of the outer lens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wallower \Wal"low*er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, wallows. 2. (Mach.) A lantern wheel; a trundle.
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Waylayer \Way"lay`er\, n. One who waylays another.
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Whaler \Whal"er\, n. A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whaler \Whal"er\, n. One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede. 4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb. --Milton. 5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass. According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves. --South. [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry wheel. --Milton. {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a complication of circumstances, motives, etc. {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab. {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel}, {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel}, {Brake}, etc. {Core wheel}. (Mach.) (a) A mortise gear. (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear. {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator. {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle, and used for raising great weights, by applying the power to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical powers}, under {Mechanical}. {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end. {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}. {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways. {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of other insects. So named from the curious shape of the prothorax. {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels. {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes connecting the wheel and rudder. {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear wheels; a gear cutter. {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also {wheeler}. {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels. {Wheel lock}. (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}. (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel. (c) A kind of brake a carriage. {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}. {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the lower part of the fly wheel runs. {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate the depth of the furrow. {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced on, or off, their axles. {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set. {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}. {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space. --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework). {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}. {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus {Rotula} having a round, flat shell. {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose window}, under {Rose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede. 4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb. --Milton. 5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass. According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves. --South. [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry wheel. --Milton. {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a complication of circumstances, motives, etc. {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab. {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel}, {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel}, {Brake}, etc. {Core wheel}. (Mach.) (a) A mortise gear. (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear. {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator. {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle, and used for raising great weights, by applying the power to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical powers}, under {Mechanical}. {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end. {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}. {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways. {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of other insects. So named from the curious shape of the prothorax. {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels. {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes connecting the wheel and rudder. {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear wheels; a gear cutter. {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also {wheeler}. {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels. {Wheel lock}. (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}. (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel. (c) A kind of brake a carriage. {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}. {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the lower part of the fly wheel runs. {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate the depth of the furrow. {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced on, or off, their axles. {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set. {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}. {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space. --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework). {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}. {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus {Rotula} having a round, flat shell. {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose window}, under {Rose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wheeler \Wheel"er\, n. 1. One who wheels, or turns. 2. A maker of wheels; a wheelwright. [Obs.] 3. A wheel horse. See under {Wheel}. 4. (Naut.) A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler. 5. A worker on sewed muslin. [Eng.] 6. (Zo[94]l.) The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede. 4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb. --Milton. 5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass. According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves. --South. [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry wheel. --Milton. {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a complication of circumstances, motives, etc. {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab. {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel}, {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel}, {Brake}, etc. {Core wheel}. (Mach.) (a) A mortise gear. (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear. {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator. {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle, and used for raising great weights, by applying the power to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical powers}, under {Mechanical}. {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end. {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}. {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways. {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of other insects. So named from the curious shape of the prothorax. {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels. {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes connecting the wheel and rudder. {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear wheels; a gear cutter. {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also {wheeler}. {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels. {Wheel lock}. (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}. (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel. (c) A kind of brake a carriage. {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}. {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the lower part of the fly wheel runs. {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate the depth of the furrow. {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced on, or off, their axles. {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set. {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}. {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space. --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework). {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}. {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus {Rotula} having a round, flat shell. {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose window}, under {Rose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wheeler \Wheel"er\, n. 1. One who wheels, or turns. 2. A maker of wheels; a wheelwright. [Obs.] 3. A wheel horse. See under {Wheel}. 4. (Naut.) A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler. 5. A worker on sewed muslin. [Eng.] 6. (Zo[94]l.) The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whilere \Whil`ere"\, adv. [While + ere] A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile. [Obs.] Helpeth me now as I did you whilere. --Chaucer. He who, with all heaven's heraldry, whilere Entered the world. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wily \Wil"y\, a. [Compar. {Wilier}; superl. {Wiliest}.] [From {Wile}.] Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle. [bd]Wily and wise.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]The wily snake.[b8] --Milton. This false, wily, doubling disposition of mind. --South. Syn: Cunning; artful; sly; crafty. See {Cunning}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Willer \Will"er\, n. One who wills.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Willier \Wil"li*er\, n. One who works at a willying machine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Willower \Wil"low*er\, n. A willow. See {Willow}, n., 2.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Waller, TX (city, FIPS 76228) Location: 30.05781 N, 95.92333 W Population (1990): 1493 (673 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77484 Waller, WA (CDP, FIPS 75905) Location: 47.20087 N, 122.36819 W Population (1990): 6415 (2331 housing units) Area: 16.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wheeler, IL (village, FIPS 81074) Location: 39.04281 N, 88.31863 W Population (1990): 161 (62 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62479 Wheeler, KS Zip code(s): 67756 Wheeler, MI Zip code(s): 48662 Wheeler, OR (city, FIPS 81300) Location: 45.68697 N, 123.88407 W Population (1990): 335 (190 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Wheeler, TX (town, FIPS 78208) Location: 35.44026 N, 100.27498 W Population (1990): 1393 (633 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79096 Wheeler, WI (village, FIPS 86575) Location: 45.04367 N, 91.90546 W Population (1990): 348 (138 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54772