wadding
         n 1: any material used especially to protect something [syn:
               {packing material}, {packing}, {wadding}]

English Dictionary: waiting area	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wading n walking with your feet in shallow water
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wading bird n any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food Synonym(s): wading bird, wader
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wading pool n a shallow pool for children
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waiting adj being and remaining ready and available for use; "waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting" Synonym(s): waiting, ready and waiting(p) n the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" Synonym(s): wait, waiting
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waiting area n a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait Synonym(s): lounge, waiting room, waiting area
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waiting game n a strategy of delay
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waiting line n a line of people or vehicles waiting for something [syn: queue, waiting line]
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waiting list n a roster of those waiting to obtain something
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waiting room n a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait Synonym(s): lounge, waiting room, waiting area
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wedding n the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed Synonym(s): wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" Synonym(s): marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony a party of people at a wedding Synonym(s): wedding, wedding party
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wedding anniversary n the anniversary of the day on which you were married (or the celebration of it)
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wedding band n a ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding Synonym(s): wedding ring, wedding band
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wedding cake n a rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations; served at a wedding reception Synonym(s): wedding cake, bridecake
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wedding ceremony n the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed Synonym(s): wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals
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wedding chest n chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage Synonym(s): hope chest, wedding chest
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wedding day n the day of a wedding
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wedding dress n a gown worn by the bride at a wedding [syn: bridal gown, wedding gown, wedding dress]
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wedding gift n a present given to someone getting married [syn: {wedding present}, wedding gift]
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wedding gown n a gown worn by the bride at a wedding [syn: bridal gown, wedding gown, wedding dress]
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wedding guest n a guest at a wedding
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wedding licence n a license authorizing two people to marry [syn: {marriage license}, marriage licence, wedding license, wedding licence]
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wedding license n a license authorizing two people to marry [syn: {marriage license}, marriage licence, wedding license, wedding licence]
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wedding march n a march to be played for a wedding procession
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wedding night n the night after the wedding when bride and groom sleep together
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wedding party n a party of people at a wedding [syn: wedding, {wedding party}]
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wedding picture n photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding
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wedding present n a present given to someone getting married [syn: {wedding present}, wedding gift]
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wedding reception n a reception for wedding guests held after the wedding
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wedding ring n a ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding Synonym(s): wedding ring, wedding band
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wednesday n the fourth day of the week; the third working day [syn: Wednesday, Midweek, Wed]
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Wei dynasty n any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556 Synonym(s): Wei, Wei dynasty
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wetness n the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks" Antonym(s): dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
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wetting n the act of making something wet a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" Synonym(s): leak, wetting, making water, passing water
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wetting agent n a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved Synonym(s): wetting agent, wetter, surfactant, surface-active agent
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white Anglo-Saxon Protestant n a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination Synonym(s): WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
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white honeysuckle n bushy honeysuckle with twining branches and white or yellow-white flowers; southern United States Synonym(s): white honeysuckle, Lonicera albiflora shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle Synonym(s): swamp azalea, swamp honeysuckle, white honeysuckle, Rhododendron viscosum
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white magic n magic used only for good purposes
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white mustard n Eurasian mustard cultivated for its pungent seeds; a source of table mustard and mustard oil Synonym(s): white mustard, Brassica hirta, Sinapis alba
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white noise n a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration; "white noise is a good masking agent"
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whiteness n the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) Synonym(s): white, whiteness Antonym(s): black, blackness, inkiness the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil Synonym(s): purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness lightness or fairness of complexion; "only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering"
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whiting n flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters found off Atlantic coast of North America Synonym(s): silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis, whiting a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus Synonym(s): whiting, Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wide-angle adj of or relating to a fisheye lens [syn: fisheye, {wide- angle}]
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wide-angle lens n a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery Synonym(s): wide-angle lens, fisheye lens
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wideness n the property of being wide; having great width [syn: wideness, broadness] Antonym(s): narrowness unusual largeness in size or extent or number Synonym(s): enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness
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witness n someone who sees an event and reports what happened [syn: witness, witnesser, informant] a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star" Synonym(s): spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker testimony by word or deed to your religious faith (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature Synonym(s): witness, attestant, attestor, attestator (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law v be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court" perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" Synonym(s): witness, find, see
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witness box n a box enclosure for a witness when testifying [syn: witness box, witness stand]
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witness stand n a box enclosure for a witness when testifying [syn: witness box, witness stand]
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witnesser n someone who sees an event and reports what happened [syn: witness, witnesser, informant]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wittiness n a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter Synonym(s): wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
witting adj aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists" Antonym(s): unwitting intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy" Synonym(s): conscious, witting
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wittingly adv with full knowledge and deliberation; "he wittingly deleted the references" Synonym(s): wittingly, knowingly Antonym(s): inadvertently, unknowingly, unwittingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wood engraving n a print made from a woodcut [syn: woodcut, {wood engraving}] engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints Synonym(s): woodcut, wood block, wood engraving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wood mouse n any of various New World woodland mice
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wooden shoe n a shoe carved from a single block of wood [syn: sabot, wooden shoe]
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wooden spoon n a booby prize consisting of a spoon made of wood a spoon made of wood
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woodenness n the quality of being wooden and awkward; "he criticized the woodenness of the acting"; "there was a certain woodenness in his replies"
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woodiness n the quality of abounding in trees [syn: woodiness, woodsiness] texture produced by the fibers in wood Synonym(s): wood grain, woodgrain, woodiness
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woody nightshade n poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America Synonym(s): bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade, Solanum dulcamara
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wytensin n antihypertensive drug (trade name Wytensin) that reduces blood pressure by its effect on the central nervous system Synonym(s): guanabenz, Wytensin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wadding \Wad"ding\, n. [See {Wad} a little mass.]       1. A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of             which wads may be made.          2. Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or             padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared             for the purpose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wad \Wad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wadding}.]       1. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad             tow or cotton.          2. To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to             stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like             cotton; as, to wad a cloak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waddy \Wad"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waddied}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Waddying}.]       To attack or beat with a waddy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wade \Wade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wading}.] [OE. waden to wade, to go, AS. wadan; akin to       OFries. wada, D. waden, OHG. watan, Icel. va[?]a, Sw. vada,       Dan. vade, L. vadere to go, walk, vadum a ford. Cf. {Evade},       {Invade}, {Pervade}, {Waddle}.]       1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.]                         When might is joined unto cruelty, Alas, too deep                      will the venom wade.                           --Chaucer.                         Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. --Old                                                                               Play.          2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move,             sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.                         So eagerly the fiend . . . With head, hands, wings,                      or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or                      wades, or creeps, or flies.               --Milton.          3. Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed             [?]lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly             [?]inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.                         And wades through fumes, and gropes his way.                                                                               --Dryden.                         The king's admirable conduct has waded through all                      these difficulties.                           --Davenant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wading \Wad"ing\,       a. & n. from {Wade}, v.          {Wading bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Wader}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wader \Wad"er\, n.       1. One who, or that which, wades.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in             search of food, especially any species of limicoline or             grallatorial birds; -- called also {wading bird}. See             Illust. g, under {Aves}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wading \Wad"ing\,       a. & n. from {Wade}, v.          {Wading bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Wader}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wader \Wad"er\, n.       1. One who, or that which, wades.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in             search of food, especially any species of limicoline or             grallatorial birds; -- called also {wading bird}. See             Illust. g, under {Aves}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wading \Wad"ing\,       a. & n. from {Wade}, v.          {Wading bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Wader}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wait \Wait\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waited}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Waiting}.] [OE. waiten, OF. waitier, gaitier, to watch,       attend, F. guetter to watch, to wait for, fr. OHG. wahta a       guard, watch, G. wacht, from OHG. wahh[c7]n to watch, be       awake. [fb]134. See {Wake}, v. i.]       1. To watch; to observe; to take notice. [Obs.]                         [bd]But [unless] ye wait well and be privy, I wot                      right well, I am but dead,[b8] quoth she. --Chaucer.          2. To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain             stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to             rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.                         All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till                      my change come.                                 --Job xiv. 14.                         They also serve who only stand and wait. --Milton.                         Haste, my dear father; 't is no time to wait.                                                                               --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waiting \Wait"ing\,       a. & n. from {Wait}, v.          {In waiting}, in attendance; as, lords in waiting. [Eng.]          {Waiting gentlewoman}, a woman who waits upon a person of             rank.          {Waiting maid}, {Waiting woman}, a maid or woman who waits             upon another as a personal servant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waiting \Wait"ing\,       a. & n. from {Wait}, v.          {In waiting}, in attendance; as, lords in waiting. [Eng.]          {Waiting gentlewoman}, a woman who waits upon a person of             rank.          {Waiting maid}, {Waiting woman}, a maid or woman who waits             upon another as a personal servant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waiting \Wait"ing\,       a. & n. from {Wait}, v.          {In waiting}, in attendance; as, lords in waiting. [Eng.]          {Waiting gentlewoman}, a woman who waits upon a person of             rank.          {Waiting maid}, {Waiting woman}, a maid or woman who waits             upon another as a personal servant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waiting \Wait"ing\,       a. & n. from {Wait}, v.          {In waiting}, in attendance; as, lords in waiting. [Eng.]          {Waiting gentlewoman}, a woman who waits upon a person of             rank.          {Waiting maid}, {Waiting woman}, a maid or woman who waits             upon another as a personal servant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waitingly \Wait"ing*ly\, adv.       By waiting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wed \Wed\, v. t. [imp. {Wedded}; p. p. {Wedded} or {Wed}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Wedding}.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant,       promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D.       wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve[edh]ja, Dan.       vedde, Sw. v[84]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[omac]n to       betroth. See {Wed}, n.]       1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to             marry; to espouse.                         With this ring I thee wed.                  --Bk. of Com.                                                                               Prayer.                         I saw thee first, and wedded thee.      --Milton.          2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.                         And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with                      her.                                                   --Milton.          3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of             marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.                         Thou art wedded to calamity.               --Shak.                         Men are wedded to their lusts.            --Tillotson.                         [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age.                                                                               --Cowper.          4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.]                         They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.                                                                               --Clarendon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wedding \Wed"ding\, n. [AS. wedding.]       Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.                   Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and                of Boaz.                                                --Longfellow.          Note: Certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have                received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names.                Thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden                wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the                crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the                twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the                golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding.                These anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate                presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given                by friends.          Note: Wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake,                wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding                feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc.                            Let her beauty be her wedding dower. --Shak.          {Wedding favor}, a marriage favor. See under {Marriage}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wedding \Wed"ding\, n. [AS. wedding.]       Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.                   Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and                of Boaz.                                                --Longfellow.          Note: Certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have                received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names.                Thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden                wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the                crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the                twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the                golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding.                These anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate                presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given                by friends.          Note: Wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake,                wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding                feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc.                            Let her beauty be her wedding dower. --Shak.          {Wedding favor}, a marriage favor. See under {Marriage}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wednesday \Wednes"day\ (?; 48), n. [OE. wednesdai, wodnesdei,       AS. W[omac]dnes d[91]g, i. e., Woden's day (a translation of       L. dies Mercurii); fr. W[omac]den the highest god of the       Teutonic peoples, but identified with the Roman god Mercury;       akin to OS. W[omac]dan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel. O[edh]inn, D.       woensdag Wednesday, Icel. [omac][edh]insdagr, Dan. & Sw.       onsdag. See {Day}, and cf. {Woden}, {Wood}, a.]       The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.          {Ash Wednesday}. See in the Vocabulary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weeding \Weed"ing\,       a. & n. from {Weed}, v.          {Weeding chisel}, a tool with a divided chisel-like end, for             cutting the roots of large weeds under ground.          {Weeding forceps}, an instrument for taking up some sorts of             plants in weeding.          {Weeding fork}, a strong, three-pronged fork, used in             clearing ground of weeds; -- called also {weeding iron}.                      {Weeding hook}. Same as {Weed hook}, under 3d {Weed}.          {Weeding iron}. See {Weeding fork}, above.          {Weeding tongs}. Same as {Weeding forceps}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weed \Weed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weeded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Weeding}.] [AS. we[a2]dian. See 3d {Weed}.]       1. To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to             weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.          2. To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something             hurtful; to extirpate. [bd]Weed up thyme.[b8] --Shak.                         Wise fathers . . . weeding from their children ill                      things.                                             --Ascham.                         Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more                      man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it                      out.                                                   --Bacon.          3. To free from anything hurtful or offensive.                         He weeded the kingdom of such as were devoted to                      Elaiana.                                             --Howell.          4. (Stock Breeding) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weeding \Weed"ing\,       a. & n. from {Weed}, v.          {Weeding chisel}, a tool with a divided chisel-like end, for             cutting the roots of large weeds under ground.          {Weeding forceps}, an instrument for taking up some sorts of             plants in weeding.          {Weeding fork}, a strong, three-pronged fork, used in             clearing ground of weeds; -- called also {weeding iron}.                      {Weeding hook}. Same as {Weed hook}, under 3d {Weed}.          {Weeding iron}. See {Weeding fork}, above.          {Weeding tongs}. Same as {Weeding forceps}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weeding \Weed"ing\,       a. & n. from {Weed}, v.          {Weeding chisel}, a tool with a divided chisel-like end, for             cutting the roots of large weeds under ground.          {Weeding forceps}, an instrument for taking up some sorts of             plants in weeding.          {Weeding fork}, a strong, three-pronged fork, used in             clearing ground of weeds; -- called also {weeding iron}.                      {Weeding hook}. Same as {Weed hook}, under 3d {Weed}.          {Weeding iron}. See {Weeding fork}, above.          {Weeding tongs}. Same as {Weeding forceps}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weeding \Weed"ing\,       a. & n. from {Weed}, v.          {Weeding chisel}, a tool with a divided chisel-like end, for             cutting the roots of large weeds under ground.          {Weeding forceps}, an instrument for taking up some sorts of             plants in weeding.          {Weeding fork}, a strong, three-pronged fork, used in             clearing ground of weeds; -- called also {weeding iron}.                      {Weeding hook}. Same as {Weed hook}, under 3d {Weed}.          {Weeding iron}. See {Weeding fork}, above.          {Weeding tongs}. Same as {Weeding forceps}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weeding \Weed"ing\,       a. & n. from {Weed}, v.          {Weeding chisel}, a tool with a divided chisel-like end, for             cutting the roots of large weeds under ground.          {Weeding forceps}, an instrument for taking up some sorts of             plants in weeding.          {Weeding fork}, a strong, three-pronged fork, used in             clearing ground of weeds; -- called also {weeding iron}.                      {Weeding hook}. Same as {Weed hook}, under 3d {Weed}.          {Weeding iron}. See {Weeding fork}, above.          {Weeding tongs}. Same as {Weeding forceps}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weeding \Weed"ing\,       a. & n. from {Weed}, v.          {Weeding chisel}, a tool with a divided chisel-like end, for             cutting the roots of large weeds under ground.          {Weeding forceps}, an instrument for taking up some sorts of             plants in weeding.          {Weeding fork}, a strong, three-pronged fork, used in             clearing ground of weeds; -- called also {weeding iron}.                      {Weeding hook}. Same as {Weed hook}, under 3d {Weed}.          {Weeding iron}. See {Weeding fork}, above.          {Weeding tongs}. Same as {Weeding forceps}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weeding \Weed"ing\,       a. & n. from {Weed}, v.          {Weeding chisel}, a tool with a divided chisel-like end, for             cutting the roots of large weeds under ground.          {Weeding forceps}, an instrument for taking up some sorts of             plants in weeding.          {Weeding fork}, a strong, three-pronged fork, used in             clearing ground of weeds; -- called also {weeding iron}.                      {Weeding hook}. Same as {Weed hook}, under 3d {Weed}.          {Weeding iron}. See {Weeding fork}, above.          {Weeding tongs}. Same as {Weeding forceps}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weeding \Weed"ing\,       a. & n. from {Weed}, v.          {Weeding chisel}, a tool with a divided chisel-like end, for             cutting the roots of large weeds under ground.          {Weeding forceps}, an instrument for taking up some sorts of             plants in weeding.          {Weeding fork}, a strong, three-pronged fork, used in             clearing ground of weeds; -- called also {weeding iron}.                      {Weeding hook}. Same as {Weed hook}, under 3d {Weed}.          {Weeding iron}. See {Weeding fork}, above.          {Weeding tongs}. Same as {Weeding forceps}, above.
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Weeding-rhim \Weed"ing-rhim`\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. rim to remove.]       A kind of implement used for tearing up weeds esp. on summer       fallows. [Prov. Eng.]
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Weetingly \Weet"ing*ly\, adv.       Knowingly. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wet} (rarely {Wetted}); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Wetting}.] [AS. w[aemac]tan.]       To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;       to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the       surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to       wet the hands; to wet cloth. [bd][The scene] did draw tears       from me and wetted my paper.[b8] --Burke.                   Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether                to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the                thirsty earth with falling showers.         --Milton.          {To wet one's whistle}, to moisten one's throat; to drink a             dram of liquor. [Colloq.]                         Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.                                                                               --Walton.
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But what is used for but that, usually after a negative, and    excludes everything contrary to the assertion in the following    sentence. [bd]Her needle is not so absolutely perfect in tent    and cross stitch but what my superintendence is advisable.[b8]    --Sir W. Scott. [bd]Never fear but what our kite shall fly as    high.[b8] --Ld. Lytton.          {What ho!} an exclamation of calling.          {What if}, what will it matter if; what will happen or be the             result if. [bd]What if it be a poison?[b8] --Shak.          {What of this}? {that?} {it?} etc., what follows from this,             that, it, etc., often with the implication that it is of             no consequence. [bd]All this is so; but what of this, my             lord?[b8] --Shak. [bd]The night is spent, why, what of             that?[b8] --Shak.          {What though}, even granting that; allowing that; supposing             it true that. [bd]What though the rose have prickles,             yet't is plucked.[b8] --Shak.          {What time}, [or] {What time as}, when. [Obs. or Archaic]             [bd]What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.[b8] --Ps.             lvi. 3.                         What time the morn mysterious visions brings.                                                                               --Pope.
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Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[emac]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[aemac]te; akin       to OS. hw[emac]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel.       hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white.       See {White}.] (Bot.)       A cereal grass ({Triticum vulgare}) and its grain, which       furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the       grain most largely used by the human race.          Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,                white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,                summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist                as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its                origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.          {Buck wheat}. (Bot.) See {Buckwheat}.          {German wheat}. (Bot.) See 2d {Spelt}.          {Guinea wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.          {Indian wheat}, [or] {Tartary wheat} (Bot.), a grain             ({Fagopyrum Tartaricum}) much like buckwheat, but only             half as large.          {Turkey wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.          {Wheat aphid}, [or] {Wheat aphis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of             several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the             sap of growing wheat.          {Wheat beetle}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus             Surinamensis}) whose larv[91] feed upon wheat, rice, and             other grains.       (b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium             paniceum}) whose larv[91] eat the interior of grains of             wheat.          {Wheat duck} (Zo[94]l.), the American widgeon. [Western U.             S.]          {Wheat fly}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Wheat midge}, below.          {Wheat grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Agropyrum caninum})             somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts             of Europe and America.          {Wheat jointworm}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Jointworm}.          {Wheat louse} (Zo[94]l.), any wheat aphid.          {Wheat maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a wheat midge.          {Wheat midge}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A small two-winged fly ({Diplosis tritici}) which is very             destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.             The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the             larv[91] suck the juice of the young kernels and when             full grown change to pup[91] in the earth.       (b) The Hessian fly. See under {Hessian}.          {Wheat moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth whose larv[91] devour the             grains of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain             moth. See {Angoumois Moth}, also {Grain moth}, under             {Grain}.          {Wheat thief} (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a             troublesome weed in wheat fields. See {Gromwell}.          {Wheat thrips} (Zo[94]l.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips             cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of             growing wheat.          {Wheat weevil}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The grain weevil.       (b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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Whet \Whet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whetted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Whetting}.] [AS. hwettan; akin to D. wetten, G. wetzen, OHG.       wezzen, Icel. hvetja, Sw. v[84]ttja, and AS. hw[91]t       vigorous, brave, OS. hwat, OHG. waz, was, sharp, Icel. hvatr,       bold, active, Sw. hvass sharp, Dan. hvas, Goth. hwassaba       sharply, and probably to Skr. cud to impel, urge on.]       1. To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for             the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to             whet a knife.                         The mower whets his scythe.               --Milton.                         Here roams the wolf, the eagle whets his beak.                                                                               --Byron.          2. To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate;             as, to whet the appetite or the courage.                         Since Cassius first did whet me against C[91]sar, I                      have not slept.                                 --Shak.          {To whet on}, {To whet forward}, to urge on or forward; to             instigate. --Shak.
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{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
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{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
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Sweetwater \Sweet"wa`ter\, n. (Bot.)       A variety of white grape, having a sweet watery juice; --       also called {white sweetwater}, and {white muscadine}.
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White mustard \White mustard\       A kind of mustard ({Sinapis alba}) with rough-hairy foliage,       a long-beaked hispid pod, and pale seeds, which yield mustard       and mustard oil. The plant is also grown for forage.
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Whiteness \White"ness\, n. [AS. hw[c6]tness.]       1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or             freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.             --Chaucer.          2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror,             grief, etc. [bd]The whiteness in thy cheek.[b8] --Shak.          3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.                         He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men                      o'er him wept.                                    --Byron.          4. Nakedness. [Obs.] --Chapman.          5. (Zo[94]l.) A flock of swans.
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Whitewing \White"wing`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the             wing.       (b) The velvet duck.
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Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus       {Oidemia}.          Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also                {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the                velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common                American species are the velvet, or white-winged,                scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck},                {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the                black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black                coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter,                or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also                {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead},                {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are                collectively called also {coots}. The females and young                are called gray coots, and brown coots.
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Whitewing \White"wing`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the             wing.       (b) The velvet duck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus       {Oidemia}.          Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also                {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the                velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common                American species are the velvet, or white-winged,                scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck},                {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the                black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black                coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter,                or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also                {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead},                {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are                collectively called also {coots}. The females and young                are called gray coots, and brown coots.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus       {Oidemia}.          Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also                {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the                velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common                American species are the velvet, or white-winged,                scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck},                {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the                black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black                coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter,                or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also                {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead},                {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are                collectively called also {coots}. The females and young                are called gray coots, and brown coots.
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Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus},             especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the             Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting},             and {barb}.       (b) The opah.       (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}.       (d) The queenfish.
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White \White\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whited}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Whiting}.] [AS. hw[c6]tan.]       To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.                   Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful                outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness.                                                                               --Matt. xxiii.                                                                               27.                   So as no fuller on earth can white them. --Mark. ix. 3.
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Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of                   the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}.             (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to                   the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}.             (c) Any one of several species of North American marine                   sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus                   {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from                   Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from                   Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting},                   and {surf whiting}.          Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the                kingfish             (a), the sailor's choice             (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake                   whitefishes.          2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and             repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in             putty, for cleaning silver, etc.          {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}.          {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2.
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Barb \Barb\, n. [F. barbe, fr. L. barba beard. See {Beard}, n.]       1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place             of it.                         The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or                      wattles in his mouth.                        --Walton.          2. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [Obs.]          3. pl. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane,             which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under             the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly             applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written             also {barbel} and {barble}.]          4. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook,             etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence:             Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or             crosswise to something else. [bd]Having two barbs or             points.[b8] --Ascham.          5. A bit for a horse. [Obs.] --Spenser.          6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the side branches of a feather, which             collectively constitute the vane. See {Feather}.          7. (Zo[94]l.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the             eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; --             also improperly called {whiting}.          8. (Bot.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
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Harvest \Har"vest\, n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. h[91]rfest       autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G.       herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. [?] fruit. Cf.       {Carpet}.]       1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of             the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits,             late summer or early autumn.                         Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. --Gen                                                                               viii. 22.                         At harvest, when corn is ripe.            --Tyndale.          2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or             gath[?][?]ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or             fruit.                         Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.                                                                               --Joel iii.                                                                               13.                         To glean the broken ears after the man That the main                      harvest reaps.                                    --Shak.          3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain;             reward.                         The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.                                                                               --Fuller.                         The harvest of a quiet eye.               --Wordsworth.          {Harvest fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of the Southern             United States ({Stromateus alepidotus}); -- called             {whiting} in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish.          {Harvest fly} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect of the genus             {Cicada}, often called {locust}. See {Cicada}.          {Harvest lord}, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.]             --Tusser.          {Harvest mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute European mite ({Leptus             autumnalis}), of a bright crimson color, which is             troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic             animals; -- called also {harvest louse}, and {harvest             bug}.          {Harvest moon}, the moon near the full at the time of harvest             in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason             of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with             the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several             days.          {Harvest mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European field mouse             ({Mus minutus}). It builds a globular nest on the stems of             wheat and other plants.          {Harvest queen}, an image pepresenting Ceres, formerly             carried about on the last day of harvest. --Milton.          {Harvest spider}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus},             especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the             Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting},             and {barb}.       (b) The opah.       (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}.       (d) The queenfish.
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White \White\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whited}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Whiting}.] [AS. hw[c6]tan.]       To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.                   Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful                outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness.                                                                               --Matt. xxiii.                                                                               27.                   So as no fuller on earth can white them. --Mark. ix. 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of                   the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}.             (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to                   the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}.             (c) Any one of several species of North American marine                   sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus                   {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from                   Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from                   Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting},                   and {surf whiting}.          Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the                kingfish             (a), the sailor's choice             (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake                   whitefishes.          2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and             repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in             putty, for cleaning silver, etc.          {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}.          {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2.
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Barb \Barb\, n. [F. barbe, fr. L. barba beard. See {Beard}, n.]       1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place             of it.                         The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or                      wattles in his mouth.                        --Walton.          2. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [Obs.]          3. pl. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane,             which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under             the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly             applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written             also {barbel} and {barble}.]          4. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook,             etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence:             Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or             crosswise to something else. [bd]Having two barbs or             points.[b8] --Ascham.          5. A bit for a horse. [Obs.] --Spenser.          6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the side branches of a feather, which             collectively constitute the vane. See {Feather}.          7. (Zo[94]l.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the             eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; --             also improperly called {whiting}.          8. (Bot.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harvest \Har"vest\, n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. h[91]rfest       autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G.       herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. [?] fruit. Cf.       {Carpet}.]       1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of             the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits,             late summer or early autumn.                         Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. --Gen                                                                               viii. 22.                         At harvest, when corn is ripe.            --Tyndale.          2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or             gath[?][?]ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or             fruit.                         Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.                                                                               --Joel iii.                                                                               13.                         To glean the broken ears after the man That the main                      harvest reaps.                                    --Shak.          3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain;             reward.                         The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.                                                                               --Fuller.                         The harvest of a quiet eye.               --Wordsworth.          {Harvest fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of the Southern             United States ({Stromateus alepidotus}); -- called             {whiting} in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish.          {Harvest fly} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect of the genus             {Cicada}, often called {locust}. See {Cicada}.          {Harvest lord}, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.]             --Tusser.          {Harvest mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute European mite ({Leptus             autumnalis}), of a bright crimson color, which is             troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic             animals; -- called also {harvest louse}, and {harvest             bug}.          {Harvest moon}, the moon near the full at the time of harvest             in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason             of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with             the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several             days.          {Harvest mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European field mouse             ({Mus minutus}). It builds a globular nest on the stems of             wheat and other plants.          {Harvest queen}, an image pepresenting Ceres, formerly             carried about on the last day of harvest. --Milton.          {Harvest spider}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus},             especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the             Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting},             and {barb}.       (b) The opah.       (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}.       (d) The queenfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
White \White\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whited}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Whiting}.] [AS. hw[c6]tan.]       To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.                   Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful                outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness.                                                                               --Matt. xxiii.                                                                               27.                   So as no fuller on earth can white them. --Mark. ix. 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of                   the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}.             (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to                   the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}.             (c) Any one of several species of North American marine                   sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus                   {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from                   Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from                   Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting},                   and {surf whiting}.          Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the                kingfish             (a), the sailor's choice             (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake                   whitefishes.          2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and             repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in             putty, for cleaning silver, etc.          {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}.          {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barb \Barb\, n. [F. barbe, fr. L. barba beard. See {Beard}, n.]       1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place             of it.                         The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or                      wattles in his mouth.                        --Walton.          2. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [Obs.]          3. pl. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane,             which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under             the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly             applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written             also {barbel} and {barble}.]          4. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook,             etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence:             Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or             crosswise to something else. [bd]Having two barbs or             points.[b8] --Ascham.          5. A bit for a horse. [Obs.] --Spenser.          6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the side branches of a feather, which             collectively constitute the vane. See {Feather}.          7. (Zo[94]l.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the             eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; --             also improperly called {whiting}.          8. (Bot.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harvest \Har"vest\, n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. h[91]rfest       autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G.       herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. [?] fruit. Cf.       {Carpet}.]       1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of             the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits,             late summer or early autumn.                         Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. --Gen                                                                               viii. 22.                         At harvest, when corn is ripe.            --Tyndale.          2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or             gath[?][?]ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or             fruit.                         Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.                                                                               --Joel iii.                                                                               13.                         To glean the broken ears after the man That the main                      harvest reaps.                                    --Shak.          3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain;             reward.                         The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.                                                                               --Fuller.                         The harvest of a quiet eye.               --Wordsworth.          {Harvest fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of the Southern             United States ({Stromateus alepidotus}); -- called             {whiting} in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish.          {Harvest fly} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect of the genus             {Cicada}, often called {locust}. See {Cicada}.          {Harvest lord}, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.]             --Tusser.          {Harvest mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute European mite ({Leptus             autumnalis}), of a bright crimson color, which is             troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic             animals; -- called also {harvest louse}, and {harvest             bug}.          {Harvest moon}, the moon near the full at the time of harvest             in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason             of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with             the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several             days.          {Harvest mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European field mouse             ({Mus minutus}). It builds a globular nest on the stems of             wheat and other plants.          {Harvest queen}, an image pepresenting Ceres, formerly             carried about on the last day of harvest. --Milton.          {Harvest spider}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of                   the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}.             (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to                   the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}.             (c) Any one of several species of North American marine                   sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus                   {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from                   Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from                   Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting},                   and {surf whiting}.          Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the                kingfish             (a), the sailor's choice             (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake                   whitefishes.          2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and             repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in             putty, for cleaning silver, etc.          {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}.          {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2.
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Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a       little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ({Pollachius             virens}). Called also {greenfish}, {greenling}, {lait},             {leet}, {lob}, {lythe}, and {whiting pollack}.       (b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of                   the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}.             (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to                   the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}.             (c) Any one of several species of North American marine                   sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus                   {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from                   Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from                   Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting},                   and {surf whiting}.          Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the                kingfish             (a), the sailor's choice             (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake                   whitefishes.          2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and             repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in             putty, for cleaning silver, etc.          {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}.          {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a       little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ({Pollachius             virens}). Called also {greenfish}, {greenling}, {lait},             {leet}, {lob}, {lythe}, and {whiting pollack}.       (b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of                   the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}.             (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to                   the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}.             (c) Any one of several species of North American marine                   sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus                   {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from                   Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from                   Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting},                   and {surf whiting}.          Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the                kingfish             (a), the sailor's choice             (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake                   whitefishes.          2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and             repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in             putty, for cleaning silver, etc.          {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}.          {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2.
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Bib \Bib\, n. [From {Bib}, v., because the bib receives the       drink that the child slavers from the mouth.]       1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast,             to protect the clothes.          2. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic fish ({Gadus luscus}), allied to the             cod; -- called also {pout} and {whiting pout}.          3. A bibcock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of                   the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}.             (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to                   the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}.             (c) Any one of several species of North American marine                   sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus                   {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from                   Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from                   Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting},                   and {surf whiting}.          Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the                kingfish             (a), the sailor's choice             (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake                   whitefishes.          2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and             repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in             putty, for cleaning silver, etc.          {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}.          {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2.
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Bib \Bib\, n. [From {Bib}, v., because the bib receives the       drink that the child slavers from the mouth.]       1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast,             to protect the clothes.          2. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic fish ({Gadus luscus}), allied to the             cod; -- called also {pout} and {whiting pout}.          3. A bibcock.
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Whiting-mop \Whit"ing-mop`\, n. [Obs.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A young whiting. [Prov. Eng.]          2. A fair lass. [bd]This pretty whiting-mop.[b8] --Massinger.
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Wide-angle \Wide"-an`gle\, a. (Photog. & Optics)       Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; --       applied to certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses       for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50[f8] or less.       Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100[f8] and are useful       for photographing at short range, but the pictures appear       distorted.
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Wideness \Wide"ness\, n.       1. The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great             extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room.             [bd]I landed in a small creek about the wideness of my             canoe.[b8] --Swift.          2. Large extent in all directions; broadness; greatness; as,             the wideness of the sea or ocean.
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Widow \Wid"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Widowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Widowing}.]       1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a             husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.                         Though in thus city he Hath widowed and unchilded                      many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything             beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to             bereave.                         The widowed isle, in mourning, Dries up her tears.                                                                               --Dryden.                         Tress of their shriveled fruits Are widowed, dreary                      storms o'er all prevail.                     --J. Philips.                         Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn.                                                                               --Heber.          3. To endow with a widow's right. [R.] --Shak.          4. To become, or survive as, the widow of. [Obs.]                         Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and                      widow them all.                                 --Shak.
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Widow-maker \Wid"ow-mak`er\, n.       One who makes widows by destroying husbands. [R.] --Shak.
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Witenagemote \Wit"e*na*ge*mote`\ (?; 277), n. [AS. witena       gem[omac]t an assembly of the wise; wita a wise man +       gem[omac]t assembly.] (AS. Hist.)       A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature,       of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman       Conquest.
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Might \Might\, n. [AS. meaht, miht, from the root of magan to be       able, E. may; akin to D. magt, OS. maht, G. macht, Icel.       m[be]ttr, Goth. mahts. [?][?][?][?]. See {May}, v.]       Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy       or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or       resources to effect an object; strength; force; power;       ability; capacity.                   What so strong, But wanting rest, will also want of                might?                                                   --Spenser.                   Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart,                and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. --Deut.                                                                               vi. 5.          {With might and main}. See under 2d {Main}.
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Main \Main\, n. [AS. m[91]gen strength, power, force; akin to       OHG. magan, Icel. megin, and to E. may, v. [?]. See {May},       v.]       1. Strength; force; might; violent effort. [Obs., except in             certain phrases.]                         There were in this battle of most might and main.                                                                               --R. of Gl.                         He 'gan advance, With huge force, and with                      importable main.                                 --Spenser.          2. The chief or principal part; the main or most important             thing. [Obs., except in special uses.]                         Resolved to rest upon the title of Lancaster as the                      main, and to use the other two . . . but as                      supporters.                                       --Bacon.          3. Specifically:             (a) The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay,                   etc.; the high sea; the ocean. [bd]Struggling in the                   main.[b8] --Dryden.             (b) The continent, as distinguished from an island; the                   mainland. [bd]Invaded the main of Spain.[b8] --Bacon.             (c) principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser                   ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or                   from a reservoir; as, a fire main.          {Forcing main}, the delivery pipe of a pump.          {For the main}, [or] {In the main}, for the most part; in the             greatest part.          {With might and main}, [or] {With all one's might and main},             with all one's strength; with violent effort.                         With might and main they chased the murderous fox.                                                                               --Dryden.
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Accord \Ac*cord"\, n. [OE. acord, accord, OF. acort, acorde, F.       accord, fr. OF. acorder, F. accorder. See {Accord}, v. t.]       1. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action;             harmony of mind; consent; assent.                         A mediator of an accord and peace between them.                                                                               --Bacon.                         These all continued with one accord in prayer.                                                                               --Acts i. 14.          2. Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord;             as, the accord of tones.                         Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays. --Sir                                                                               J. Davies.          3. Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as,             the accord of light and shade in painting.          4. Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; --             preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.                         That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest                      thou shalt not reap.                           --Lev. xxv. 5.                         Of his own accord he went unto you.   --2 Cor. vii.                                                                               17.          5. (Law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by             which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which,             when executed, bars a suit. --Blackstone.          {With one accord}, with unanimity.                         They rushed with one accord into the theater. --Acts                                                                               xix. 29.
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Favor \Fa"vor\, n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur,       L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[be]vaya to       further, foster, causative of bh[umac] to become, be. Cf.       {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob. for favel       a horse. See 2d {Favel}.]       1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly             disposition; kindness; good will.                         Hath crawled into the favor of the king. --Shak.          2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being             countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support;             promotion; befriending.                         But found no favor in his lady's eyes. --Dryden.                         And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in                      favor with God and man.                     --Luke ii. 52.          3. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted;             benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good             will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.                         Beg one favor at thy gracious hand.   --Shak.          4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.                         I could not discover the lenity and favor of this                      sentence.                                          --Swift.          5. The object of regard; person or thing favored.                         All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, His                      chief delight and favor.                     --Milton.          6. A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of             good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something             worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a             bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a             wedding.                         Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy                      cap.                                                   --Shak.          7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.]                         This boy is fair, of female favor.      --Shak.          8. (Law) Partiality; bias. --Bouvier.          9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or             compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.          10. pl. Love locks. [Obs.] --Wright.          {Challenge} {to the favor [or] for favor} (Law), the             challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to             constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give             rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as             acquaintance, business relation, etc. See {Principal             challenge}, under {Challenge}.          {In favor of}, upon the side of; favorable to; for the             advantage of.          {In favor with}, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by.          {To curry favor} [see the etymology of {Favor}, above], to             seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or             officious civilities.          {With one's favor}, [or] {By one's favor}, with leave; by             kind permission.                         But, with your favor, I will treat it here.                                                                               --Dryden.          Syn: Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity;                grace; gift; present; benefit.
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Young \Young\, n.       The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring       collectively.                   [The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed                Their callow young.                                 --Milton.          {With young}, with child; pregnant.
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Cooey \Coo"ey\, Cooee \Coo"ee\, n. [Of imitative origin.]       A peculiar cry uttered by the Australian aborigines as a call       to attract attention, and also in common use among the       Australian colonists. In the actual call the first syllable       is much prolonged (k[oomac]"-) and the second ends in a       shrill, staccato [emac]. To represent the sound itself the       spelling {cooee} is generally used.          {Within cooey}, within earshot.
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Withe \Withe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Withed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Withing}.]       To bind or fasten with withes.                   You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and                baited to death.                                    --Bp. Hall.
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Withinside \With*in"side`\, adv.       In the inner parts; inside. [Obs.] --Graves.
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Witing \Wit"ing\, n. [See {Wit}, v.]       Knowledge. [Obs.] [bd]Withouten witing of any other       wight.[b8] --Chaucer.
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Witness \Wit"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Witnessed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Witnessing}.]       1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct             cognizance of.                         This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable                      calamities and horrors we must expect, should we                      ever witness the triumphs of modern infidelity. --R.                                                                               Hall.                         General Washington did not live to witness the                      restoration of peace.                        --Marshall.          2. To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.                         Behold how many things they witness against thee.                                                                               --Mark xv. 4.          3. (Law) To see the execution of, as an instrument, and             subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its             authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.
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Witness \Wit"ness\, n. [AS. witness, gewitnes, from witan to       know. [root]133. See {Wit}, v. i.]       1. Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.                         May we with . . . the witness of a good conscience,                      pursue him with any further revenge?   --Shak.                         If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.                                                                               --John v. 31.          2. That which furnishes evidence or proof.                         Laban said to Jacob, . . . This heap be witness, and                      this pillar be witness.                     --Gen. xxxi.                                                                               51, 52.          3. One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise             has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an             earwitness. [bd]Thyself art witness I am betrothed.[b8]             --Shak.                         Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances                      which filled me with melancholy and regret. --R.                                                                               Hall.          4. (Law)             (a) One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before                   a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed                   in all essential facts.             (b) One who sees the execution of an instrument, and                   subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its                   authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a                   will, a deed, a marriage, or the like.          {Privileged witnesses}. (Law) See under {Privileged}.          {With a witness}, effectually; to a great degree; with great             force, so as to leave some mark as a testimony. [Colloq.]                         This, I confess, is haste with a witness. --South.
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Witness \Wit"ness\, v. i.       To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify. --Chaucer.                   The men of Belial witnessed against him. --1 Kings xxi.                                                                               13.                   The witnessing of the truth was then so generally                attended with this event [martyrdom] that martyrdom now                signifies not only to witness, but to witness to death.                                                                               --South.
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Witness \Wit"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Witnessed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Witnessing}.]       1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct             cognizance of.                         This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable                      calamities and horrors we must expect, should we                      ever witness the triumphs of modern infidelity. --R.                                                                               Hall.                         General Washington did not live to witness the                      restoration of peace.                        --Marshall.          2. To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.                         Behold how many things they witness against thee.                                                                               --Mark xv. 4.          3. (Law) To see the execution of, as an instrument, and             subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its             authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.
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Witnesser \Wit"ness*er\, n.       One who witness.
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Witness \Wit"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Witnessed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Witnessing}.]       1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct             cognizance of.                         This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable                      calamities and horrors we must expect, should we                      ever witness the triumphs of modern infidelity. --R.                                                                               Hall.                         General Washington did not live to witness the                      restoration of peace.                        --Marshall.          2. To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.                         Behold how many things they witness against thee.                                                                               --Mark xv. 4.          3. (Law) To see the execution of, as an instrument, and             subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its             authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.
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Wittiness \Wit"ti*ness\, n.       The quality of being witty.
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Wit \Wit\, v. t. & i. [inf. (To) {Wit}; pres. sing. {Wot}; pl.       {Wite}; imp. {Wist(e)}; p. p. {Wist}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wit(t)ing}. See the Note below.] [OE. witen, pres. ich wot,       wat, I know (wot), imp. wiste, AS. witan, pres. w[be]t, imp.       wiste, wisse; akin to OFries. wita, OS. witan, D. weten, G.       wissen, OHG. wizzan, Icel. vita, Sw. veta, Dan. vide, Goth.       witan to observe, wait I know, Russ. vidiete to see, L.       videre, Gr. [?], Skr. vid to know, learn; cf. Skr. vid to       find. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {History}, {Idea}, {Idol}, {-oid},       {Twit}, {Veda}, {Vision}, {Wise}, a. & n., {Wot}.]       To know; to learn. [bd]I wot and wist alway.[b8] --Chaucer.
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Wittingly \Wit"ting*ly\, adv. [See {Wit}, v.]       Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.
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Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.       witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir.       & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]       1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;             -- frequently used in the plural.                         Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky                      wood.                                                --Shak.          2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous             substance which composes the body of a tree and its             branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To             worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8]             --Milton.          3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater             part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby             plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.             It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of             various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands             called silver grain.          Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose                and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.          4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.          {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid             obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing             large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,             acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}.          {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa})             of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust.             of {Anemone}.          {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which             lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.          {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}.                      {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill.          {Wood betony}. (Bot.)             (a) Same as {Betony}.             (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis                   Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or                   purplish flowers.          {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring                   beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,                   buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer},                   under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}.             (b) The larva of any one of various species of                   lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing                   moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}),                   and of the goat moths.             (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the                   tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}.             (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,                   as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.             (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the                   {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura                   terebrans}).          {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces             of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.             --Knight.          {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell             usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the             principal constituent of woody fiber.          {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.             [Poetic] --Coleridge.          {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.          {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket             ({Nemobius sylvestris}).          {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon.          {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an             engraving.          {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove.          {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.          {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The                   male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with                   green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its                   nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal                   duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}.             (b) The hooded merganser.             (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}).          {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood.          {Wood engraver}.             (a) An engraver on wood.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles                   whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and                   excavate furrows in the wood often more or less                   resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus                   xylographus}.          {Wood engraving}.             (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.             (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from                   such an engraving.          {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}.          {Wood fiber}.             (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.             (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty                   mass.          {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the             bark, of trees.          {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana             sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except             during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,             with a black stripe on each side of the head.          {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}.          {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity.          {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}.          {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The capercailzie.             (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}.          {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]          {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged                   rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and                   allied species.             (b) The American woodcock.          {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied             genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but             have a curved beak, and a longer tail.          {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,             long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus             {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily             covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus             loculator}) is common in Florida.          {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda             arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes             while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on             trees.          {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne             Laureola}).          {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera             [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy             larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other             fruit trees.          {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley.          {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and             sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the             pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.          {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod                   Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and                   related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill                   bug}, under {Pill}.             (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,                   pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]},                   which live in the crevices of walls and among old                   books and papers. Some of the species are called also                   {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}.          {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of             the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in             woods, on tree trunks and stones.          {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law)             (a) Formerly, the forest court.             (b) The court of attachment.          {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}.          {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade.          {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert.          {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled             goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked             with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The                   larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species,                   as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves                   of the grapevine.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored South American humming birds belonging to the                   genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or                   green and blue.          {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar.                         We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.                                                                               x. 34.          {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East             Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having             properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes             substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See             {Gurjun}.          {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having             some resemblance to wood.          {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp},             below.          {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher             ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but             is smaller.          {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker,             especially the European great spotted woodpecker.          {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons                   belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the                   family {Columbid[91]}.             (b) The ringdove.          {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse.          {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the             poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion             with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into             sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.                      {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East             Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied             genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the             male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red             hairlike feathers.          {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail.          {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American             wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern             United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood             rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species.          {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea})             growing in moist woods.          {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]          {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula},             differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus}             chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.          {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of             the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}.          {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and             usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.          {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser.          {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2.          {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World singing birds belonging to {Grallina},             {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in             India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,             but feed upon both insects and berries.          {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American woodcock.             (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}).          {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood.          {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.          {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis             Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of             {Shamrock}.          {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.                      {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,             for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.          {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American humming birds belonging to the genus             {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,             purple, and other colors.          {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle.          {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and             allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common             in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and             habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they             resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white             beneath.          {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker.          {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}.          {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.)             (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the                   sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}.             (b) The missel thrush.          {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary.          {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}.          {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest.          {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See             under {Sculptured}.          {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony.          {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above.          {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of                   the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}.             (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); --                   called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow                   wren}.          {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood             borer.          {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The wood warbler.             (b) The willow warbler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.       witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir.       & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]       1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;             -- frequently used in the plural.                         Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky                      wood.                                                --Shak.          2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous             substance which composes the body of a tree and its             branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To             worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8]             --Milton.          3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater             part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby             plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.             It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of             various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands             called silver grain.          Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose                and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.          4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.          {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid             obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing             large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,             acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}.          {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa})             of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust.             of {Anemone}.          {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which             lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.          {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}.                      {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill.          {Wood betony}. (Bot.)             (a) Same as {Betony}.             (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis                   Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or                   purplish flowers.          {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring                   beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,                   buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer},                   under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}.             (b) The larva of any one of various species of                   lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing                   moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}),                   and of the goat moths.             (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the                   tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}.             (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,                   as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.             (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the                   {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura                   terebrans}).          {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces             of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.             --Knight.          {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell             usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the             principal constituent of woody fiber.          {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.             [Poetic] --Coleridge.          {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.          {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket             ({Nemobius sylvestris}).          {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon.          {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an             engraving.          {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove.          {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.          {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The                   male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with                   green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its                   nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal                   duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}.             (b) The hooded merganser.             (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}).          {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood.          {Wood engraver}.             (a) An engraver on wood.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles                   whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and                   excavate furrows in the wood often more or less                   resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus                   xylographus}.          {Wood engraving}.             (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.             (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from                   such an engraving.          {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}.          {Wood fiber}.             (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.             (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty                   mass.          {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the             bark, of trees.          {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana             sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except             during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,             with a black stripe on each side of the head.          {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}.          {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity.          {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}.          {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The capercailzie.             (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}.          {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]          {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged                   rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and                   allied species.             (b) The American woodcock.          {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied             genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but             have a curved beak, and a longer tail.          {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,             long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus             {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily             covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus             loculator}) is common in Florida.          {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda             arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes             while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on             trees.          {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne             Laureola}).          {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera             [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy             larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other             fruit trees.          {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley.          {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and             sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the             pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.          {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod                   Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and                   related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill                   bug}, under {Pill}.             (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,                   pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]},                   which live in the crevices of walls and among old                   books and papers. Some of the species are called also                   {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}.          {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of             the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in             woods, on tree trunks and stones.          {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law)             (a) Formerly, the forest court.             (b) The court of attachment.          {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}.          {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade.          {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert.          {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled             goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked             with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The                   larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species,                   as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves                   of the grapevine.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored South American humming birds belonging to the                   genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or                   green and blue.          {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar.                         We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.                                                                               x. 34.          {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East             Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having             properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes             substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See             {Gurjun}.          {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having             some resemblance to wood.          {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp},             below.          {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher             ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but             is smaller.          {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker,             especially the European great spotted woodpecker.          {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons                   belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the                   family {Columbid[91]}.             (b) The ringdove.          {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse.          {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the             poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion             with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into             sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.                      {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East             Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied             genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the             male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red             hairlike feathers.          {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail.          {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American             wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern             United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood             rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species.          {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea})             growing in moist woods.          {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]          {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula},             differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus}             chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.          {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of             the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}.          {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and             usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.          {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser.          {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2.          {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World singing birds belonging to {Grallina},             {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in             India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,             but feed upon both insects and berries.          {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American woodcock.             (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}).          {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood.          {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.          {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis             Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of             {Shamrock}.          {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.                      {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,             for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.          {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American humming birds belonging to the genus             {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,             purple, and other colors.          {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle.          {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and             allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common             in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and             habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they             resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white             beneath.          {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker.          {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}.          {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.)             (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the                   sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}.             (b) The missel thrush.          {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary.          {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}.          {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest.          {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See             under {Sculptured}.          {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony.          {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above.          {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of                   the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}.             (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); --                   called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow                   wren}.          {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood             borer.          {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The wood warbler.             (b) The willow warbler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.       witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir.       & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]       1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;             -- frequently used in the plural.                         Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky                      wood.                                                --Shak.          2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous             substance which composes the body of a tree and its             branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To             worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8]             --Milton.          3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater             part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby             plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.             It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of             various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands             called silver grain.          Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose                and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.          4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.          {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid             obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing             large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,             acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}.          {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa})             of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust.             of {Anemone}.          {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which             lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.          {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}.                      {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill.          {Wood betony}. (Bot.)             (a) Same as {Betony}.             (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis                   Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or                   purplish flowers.          {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring                   beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,                   buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer},                   under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}.             (b) The larva of any one of various species of                   lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing                   moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}),                   and of the goat moths.             (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the                   tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}.             (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,                   as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.             (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the                   {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura                   terebrans}).          {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces             of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.             --Knight.          {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell             usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the             principal constituent of woody fiber.          {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.             [Poetic] --Coleridge.          {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.          {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket             ({Nemobius sylvestris}).          {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon.          {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an             engraving.          {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove.          {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.          {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The                   male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with                   green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its                   nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal                   duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}.             (b) The hooded merganser.             (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}).          {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood.          {Wood engraver}.             (a) An engraver on wood.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles                   whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and                   excavate furrows in the wood often more or less                   resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus                   xylographus}.          {Wood engraving}.             (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.             (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from                   such an engraving.          {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}.          {Wood fiber}.             (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.             (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty                   mass.          {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the             bark, of trees.          {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana             sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except             during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,             with a black stripe on each side of the head.          {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}.          {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity.          {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}.          {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The capercailzie.             (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}.          {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]          {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged                   rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and                   allied species.             (b) The American woodcock.          {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied             genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but             have a curved beak, and a longer tail.          {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,             long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus             {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily             covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus             loculator}) is common in Florida.          {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda             arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes             while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on             trees.          {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne             Laureola}).          {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera             [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy             larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other             fruit trees.          {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley.          {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and             sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the             pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.          {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod                   Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and                   related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill                   bug}, under {Pill}.             (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,                   pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]},                   which live in the crevices of walls and among old                   books and papers. Some of the species are called also                   {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}.          {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of             the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in             woods, on tree trunks and stones.          {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law)             (a) Formerly, the forest court.             (b) The court of attachment.          {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}.          {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade.          {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert.          {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled             goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked             with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The                   larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species,                   as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves                   of the grapevine.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely                   colored South American humming birds belonging to the                   genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or                   green and blue.          {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar.                         We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.                                                                               x. 34.          {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East             Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having             properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes             substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See             {Gurjun}.          {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having             some resemblance to wood.          {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp},             below.          {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher             ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but             is smaller.          {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker,             especially the European great spotted woodpecker.          {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons                   belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the                   family {Columbid[91]}.             (b) The ringdove.          {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse.          {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the             poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion             with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into             sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.                      {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East             Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied             genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the             male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red             hairlike feathers.          {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail.          {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American             wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern             United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood             rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species.          {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea})             growing in moist woods.          {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]          {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula},             differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus}             chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.          {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of             the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}.          {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and             usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.          {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser.          {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2.          {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World singing birds belonging to {Grallina},             {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in             India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,             but feed upon both insects and berries.          {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American woodcock.             (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}).          {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood.          {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.          {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis             Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of             {Shamrock}.          {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.                      {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,             for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.          {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American humming birds belonging to the genus             {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,             purple, and other colors.          {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle.          {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old             World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and             allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common             in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and             habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they             resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white             beneath.          {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker.          {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}.          {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.)             (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the                   sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}.             (b) The missel thrush.          {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary.          {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}.          {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest.          {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See             under {Sculptured}.          {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony.          {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above.          {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of                   the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}.             (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); --                   called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow                   wren}.          {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood             borer.          {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The wood warbler.             (b) The willow warbler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wooden \Wood"en\, a.       1. Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling,             wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.          2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.                         When a bold man is out of countenance, he makes a                      very wooden figure on it.                  --Collier.                         His singing was, I confess, a little wooden. --G.                                                                               MacDonald.          {Wooden spoon}.             (a) (Cambridge University, Eng.) The last junior optime                   who takes a university degree, -- denoting one who is                   only fit to stay at home and stir porridge. [bd]We                   submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be                   justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads                   because they never heard of the differential                   calculus.[b8] --Macaulay.             (b) In some American colleges, the lowest appointee of the                   junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his                   class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it                   was a custom for classmates to present to this person                   a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies.          {Wooden ware}, a general name for buckets, bowls, and other             articles of domestic use, made of wood.          {Wooden wedding}. See under {Wedding}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woodenness \Wood"en*ness\, n.       Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.                   We set our faces against the woodenness which then                characterized German philology.               --Sweet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woodiness \Wood"i*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being woody. --Evelyn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wood \Wood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wooded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wooding}.]       To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood       a steamboat or a locomotive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woodness \Wood"ness\, n. [From {Wood} mad.]       Anger; madness; insanity; rage. [Obs.] --Spenser.                   Woodness laughing in his rage.               --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woody \Wood"y\, a.       1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. [bd]The             woody wilderness.[b8] --Bryant.                         Secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove. --Milton.          2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber;             ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.          3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. [R.] [bd]Woody nymphs,             fair Hamadryades.[b8] --Spenser.          {Woody fiber}. (Bot.)             (a) Fiber or tissue consisting of slender, membranous                   tubes tapering at each end.             (b) A single wood cell. See under {Wood}. --Goodale.          {Woody nightshade}. (Bot.). See {Bittersweet}, 3             (a) .          {Woody pear} (Bot.), the inedible, woody, pear-shaped fruit             of several Australian proteaceous trees of the genus             {Xylomelum}; -- called also {wooden pear}.
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W Townsend, MA       Zip code(s): 01474
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Waddington, NY (village, FIPS 77728)       Location: 44.85889 N, 75.19655 W       Population (1990): 944 (411 housing units)       Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 13694
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Wadena County, MN (county, FIPS 159)       Location: 46.57738 N, 94.95861 W       Population (1990): 13154 (5801 housing units)       Area: 1386.8 sq km (land), 19.6 sq km (water)
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Wading River, NY (CDP, FIPS 77772)       Location: 40.94706 N, 72.81990 W       Population (1990): 5317 (2142 housing units)       Area: 25.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 11792
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Watonga, OK (city, FIPS 78950)       Location: 35.84921 N, 98.41218 W       Population (1990): 3408 (1605 housing units)       Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 73772
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Weddington, NC (town, FIPS 71680)       Location: 35.03159 N, 80.73807 W       Population (1990): 3803 (1252 housing units)       Area: 37.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 28173
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wetonka, SD (town, FIPS 70740)       Location: 45.62457 N, 98.76998 W       Population (1990): 12 (9 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 57481
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Wetumka, OK (city, FIPS 80500)       Location: 35.24157 N, 96.23834 W       Population (1990): 1427 (707 housing units)       Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 74883
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wheaton-Glenmont, MD (CDP, FIPS 83837)       Location: 39.05697 N, 77.05246 W       Population (1990): 53720 (19977 housing units)       Area: 26.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Whiting, IA (city, FIPS 85215)       Location: 42.12638 N, 96.15074 W       Population (1990): 683 (272 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 51063    Whiting, IN (city, FIPS 84122)       Location: 41.67817 N, 87.48670 W       Population (1990): 5155 (2318 housing units)       Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 46394    Whiting, KS (city, FIPS 78100)       Location: 39.58865 N, 95.61141 W       Population (1990): 213 (106 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 66552    Whiting, NJ       Zip code(s): 08759    Whiting, WI (village, FIPS 86975)       Location: 44.48902 N, 89.56191 W       Population (1990): 1838 (653 housing units)       Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Whitingham, VT       Zip code(s): 05361
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Whitinsville, MA (CDP, FIPS 79495)       Location: 42.11242 N, 71.67135 W       Population (1990): 5639 (2162 housing units)       Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 01588
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Whittington, IL       Zip code(s): 62897
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Withamsville, OH (CDP, FIPS 86254)       Location: 39.05860 N, 84.26996 W       Population (1990): 2834 (1152 housing units)       Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Wittensville, KY       Zip code(s): 41274
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Witness       More than one witness was required in criminal cases (Deut.       17:6; 19:15). They were the first to execute the sentence on the       condemned (Deut. 13:9; 17:7; 1 Kings 21:13; Matt. 27:1; Acts       7:57, 58). False witnesses were liable to punishment (Deut.       19:16-21). It was also an offence to refuse to bear witness       (Lev. 5:1).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Witness of the Spirit       (Rom. 8:16), the consciousness of the gracious operation of the       Spirit on the mind, "a certitude of the Spirit's presence and       work continually asserted within us", manifested "in his       comforting us, his stirring us up to prayer, his reproof of our       sins, his drawing us to works of love, to bear testimony before       the world," etc.