English Dictionary: wall in | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Walloons \Wal*loons"\, n. pl.; sing. {Walloon}. [Cf. F. wallon.] A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Li[82]ge, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively. [Written also Wallons.] [bd]A base Walloon . . . thrust Talbot with a spear.[b8] --Shak. {Walloon guard}, the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; -- so called because formerly consisting of Walloons. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Walm \Walm\, v. i. [AS. weallan; cf. w[91]lm, billow. [fb]147.] To roll; to spout; to boil up. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whelm \Whelm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whelmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whelming}.] [OE. whelmen to turn over, akin to OE. whelven, AS. whelfan, hwylfan, in [?]whylfan, [?]whelfan, to overwhelm, cover over; akin to OS. bihwelbian, D. welven to arch, G. w[94]lben, OHG. welben, Icel. hvelfa to overturn; cf. Gr. [?] bosom, a hollow, a gulf.] 1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf. She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! --Shak. The whelming billow and the faithless oar. --Gay. 2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. [bd]The whelming weight of crime.[b8] --J. H. Newman. 3. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] --Mortimer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whilom \Whi"lom\ (hw[imac]"l[ucr]m), adv. [AS. hw[c6]lum, properly, at times, dative pl. of hw[c6]l; akin to G. weiland formerly, OHG. hw[c6]l[omac]m, See {While}, n.] Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser. Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, There was a duke that highte Theseus. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wilne \Wil"ne\, v. t. [AS. wilnian.] To wish; to desire. [Obs.] [bd]He willneth no destruction.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woolen \Wool"en\, n. [Written also woollen.] Cloth made of wool; woollen goods. | |
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Woolen \Wool"en\, a. [OE. wollen; cf. AS. wyllen. See {Wool}.] [Written also {woollen}.] 1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods. 2. Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper. {Woolen scribbler}, a machine for combing or preparing wool in thin, downy, translucent layers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woolen \Wool"en\, a. [OE. wollen; cf. AS. wyllen. See {Wool}.] [Written also {woollen}.] 1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods. 2. Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper. {Woolen scribbler}, a machine for combing or preparing wool in thin, downy, translucent layers. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Walum, ND Zip code(s): 58448 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Whalan, MN (city, FIPS 69808) Location: 43.73280 N, 91.92771 W Population (1990): 94 (51 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55986 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Woollum, KY Zip code(s): 40999 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Woolwine, VA Zip code(s): 24185 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WiLAN {wireless local area network} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
WLAN {wireless local area network} |