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   wall rock
         n 1: a rock immediately adjacent to a vein or fault

English Dictionary: wall rocket by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wall rocket
n
  1. yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste places; an adventive weed in North America
    Synonym(s): wall rocket, Diplotaxis muralis, Diplotaxis tenuifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wall rue spleenwort
n
  1. small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America
    Synonym(s): wall rue, wall rue spleenwort, Asplenium ruta-muraria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
walrus
n
  1. either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
    Synonym(s): walrus, seahorse, sea horse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
walrus moustache
n
  1. a bushy droopy mustache [syn: walrus mustache, {walrus moustache}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
walrus mustache
n
  1. a bushy droopy mustache [syn: walrus mustache, {walrus moustache}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wellerism
n
  1. a comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wheel horse
n
  1. a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle
    Synonym(s): wheel horse, wheeler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wheelwork
n
  1. mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wheelwright
n
  1. someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels [syn: wheelwright, wheeler]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whole rest
n
  1. a musical rest equal in duration to four beats in common time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whole works
n
  1. everything available; usually preceded by `the'; "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment"
    Synonym(s): whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit, whole caboodle, whole works, works, full treatment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Will Rogers
n
  1. United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)
    Synonym(s): Rogers, Will Rogers, William Penn Adair Rogers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waileress \Wail"er*ess\, n.
      A woman who wails. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a
      stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. [?] a nail. Cf.
      {Interval}.]
      1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials,
            raised to some height, and intended for defense or
            security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a
            field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright
            inclosing parts of a building or a room.
  
                     The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan.
                                                                              v. 5.
  
      2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the
            plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
  
                     The waters were a wall unto them on their right
                     hand, and on their left.                     --Ex. xiv. 22.
  
                     In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the
                     Troyan walls.                                    --Shak.
  
                     To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden.
  
      3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls
            of a steam-engine cylinder.
  
      4. (Mining)
            (a) The side of a level or drift.
            (b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond.
  
      Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the
               formation of compounds, usually of obvious
               signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall
               fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.
  
      {Blank wall}, Blind wall, etc. See under {Blank}, {Blind},
            etc.
  
      {To drive to the wall}, to bring to extremities; to push to
            extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.
  
      {To go to the wall}, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the
            weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.
  
      {To take the wall}. to take the inner side of a walk, that
            is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.
            [bd]I will take the wall of any man or maid of
            Montague's.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Wall barley} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Hordeum murinum})
            much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {Wall box}. (Mach.) See {Wall frame}, below.
  
      {Wall creeper} (Zo[94]l.), a small bright-colored bird
            ({Tichodroma muraria}) native of Asia and Southern Europe.
            It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of
            insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing
            coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red
            at the base and black distally, some of them with white
            spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider
            catcher}.
  
      {Wall cress} (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous
            herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under
            {Mouse-ear}.
  
      {Wall frame} (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a
            pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the
            wall; -- called also {wall box}.
  
      {Wall fruit}, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.
  
      {Wall gecko} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over
            the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by
            means of suckers on the feet.
  
      {Wall lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
            muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks
            and crevices of walls; -- called also {wall newt}.
  
      {Wall louse}, a wood louse.
  
      {Wall moss} (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls.
  
      {Wall newt} (Zo[94]l.), the wall lizard. --Shak.
  
      {Wall paper}, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper
            hangings.
  
      {Wall pellitory} (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria
            officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed
            medicinal.
  
      {Wall pennywort} (Bot.), a plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus})
            having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in
            Western Europe.
  
      {Wall pepper} (Bot.), a low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre})
            with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and
            bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in
            Europe, and is sometimes seen in America.
  
      {Wall pie} (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue.
  
      {Wall piece}, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott.
  
      {Wall plate} (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally
            upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.
            See Illust. of {Roof}.
  
      {Wall rock}, granular limestone used in building walls. [U.
            S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Wall rue} (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium
            Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.
  
      {Wall spring}, a spring of water issuing from stratified
            rocks.
  
      {Wall tent}, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to
            the walls of a house.
  
      {Wall wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a common European solitary wasp
            ({Odynerus parietus}) which makes its nest in the crevices
            of walls.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Walrus \Wal"rus\, n. [D. walrus; of Scand. origin; cf. Dan
      valros, Sw. vallross, Norw. hvalros; literally, whale horse;
      akin to Icel. hrosshvalr, AS. horshw[91]l. See {Whale}, and
      {Horse}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A very large marine mammal ({Trichecus rosmarus}) of the Seal
      family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and
      powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these
      in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil,
      ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also
      {morse}.
  
      Note: The walrus of the North Pacific and Behring Strait
               ({Trichecus obesus}) is regarded by some as a distinct
               species, by others as a variety of the common walrus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
  
      4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;
            a disk; an orb. --Milton.
  
      5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
  
                     According to the common vicissitude and wheel of
                     things, the proud and the insolent, after long
                     trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled
                     upon themselves.                                 --South.
  
                     [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry
                     wheel.                                                --Milton.
  
      {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a
            complication of circumstances, motives, etc.
  
      {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab.
  
      {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel},
      {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel},
            {Brake}, etc.
  
      {Core wheel}. (Mach.)
            (a) A mortise gear.
            (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden
                  cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.
  
      {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator.
  
      {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or
            mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,
            and used for raising great weights, by applying the power
            to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the
            weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called
            also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the
            principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the
            lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical
            powers}, under {Mechanical}.
  
      {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of
            numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the
            anterior end.
  
      {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}.
  
      {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water
            or upon inclined planes or railways.
  
      {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous
            insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of
            other insects. So named from the curious shape of the
            prothorax.
  
      {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels.
  
      {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes
            connecting the wheel and rudder.
  
      {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear
            wheels; a gear cutter.
  
      {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as
            opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also
            {wheeler}.
  
      {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels.
  
      {Wheel lock}.
            (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}.
            (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a
                  flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel.
            (c) A kind of brake a carriage.
  
      {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the
            shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}.
  
      {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the
            lower part of the fly wheel runs.
  
      {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two
            wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate
            the depth of the furrow.
  
      {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced
            on, or off, their axles.
  
      {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set.
  
      {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}.
  
      {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's
            web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.
            --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).
  
      {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of
            Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a
            transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a
            coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}.
  
      {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus
            {Rotula} having a round, flat shell.
  
      {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating
            mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose
            window}, under {Rose}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
  
      4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;
            a disk; an orb. --Milton.
  
      5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
  
                     According to the common vicissitude and wheel of
                     things, the proud and the insolent, after long
                     trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled
                     upon themselves.                                 --South.
  
                     [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry
                     wheel.                                                --Milton.
  
      {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a
            complication of circumstances, motives, etc.
  
      {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab.
  
      {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel},
      {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel},
            {Brake}, etc.
  
      {Core wheel}. (Mach.)
            (a) A mortise gear.
            (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden
                  cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.
  
      {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator.
  
      {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or
            mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,
            and used for raising great weights, by applying the power
            to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the
            weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called
            also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the
            principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the
            lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical
            powers}, under {Mechanical}.
  
      {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of
            numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the
            anterior end.
  
      {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}.
  
      {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water
            or upon inclined planes or railways.
  
      {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous
            insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of
            other insects. So named from the curious shape of the
            prothorax.
  
      {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels.
  
      {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes
            connecting the wheel and rudder.
  
      {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear
            wheels; a gear cutter.
  
      {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as
            opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also
            {wheeler}.
  
      {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels.
  
      {Wheel lock}.
            (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}.
            (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a
                  flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel.
            (c) A kind of brake a carriage.
  
      {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the
            shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}.
  
      {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the
            lower part of the fly wheel runs.
  
      {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two
            wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate
            the depth of the furrow.
  
      {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced
            on, or off, their axles.
  
      {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set.
  
      {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}.
  
      {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's
            web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.
            --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).
  
      {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of
            Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a
            transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a
            coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}.
  
      {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus
            {Rotula} having a round, flat shell.
  
      {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating
            mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose
            window}, under {Rose}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
  
      4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;
            a disk; an orb. --Milton.
  
      5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
  
                     According to the common vicissitude and wheel of
                     things, the proud and the insolent, after long
                     trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled
                     upon themselves.                                 --South.
  
                     [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry
                     wheel.                                                --Milton.
  
      {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a
            complication of circumstances, motives, etc.
  
      {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab.
  
      {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel},
      {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel},
            {Brake}, etc.
  
      {Core wheel}. (Mach.)
            (a) A mortise gear.
            (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden
                  cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.
  
      {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator.
  
      {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or
            mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,
            and used for raising great weights, by applying the power
            to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the
            weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called
            also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the
            principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the
            lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical
            powers}, under {Mechanical}.
  
      {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of
            numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the
            anterior end.
  
      {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}.
  
      {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water
            or upon inclined planes or railways.
  
      {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous
            insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of
            other insects. So named from the curious shape of the
            prothorax.
  
      {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels.
  
      {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes
            connecting the wheel and rudder.
  
      {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear
            wheels; a gear cutter.
  
      {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as
            opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also
            {wheeler}.
  
      {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels.
  
      {Wheel lock}.
            (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}.
            (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a
                  flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel.
            (c) A kind of brake a carriage.
  
      {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the
            shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}.
  
      {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the
            lower part of the fly wheel runs.
  
      {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two
            wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate
            the depth of the furrow.
  
      {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced
            on, or off, their axles.
  
      {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set.
  
      {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}.
  
      {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's
            web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.
            --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).
  
      {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of
            Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a
            transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a
            coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}.
  
      {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus
            {Rotula} having a round, flat shell.
  
      {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating
            mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose
            window}, under {Rose}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wheelwork \Wheel"work`\, n. (Mach.)
      A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine
      or mechanism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wheelwright \Wheel"wright`\, n.
      A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and
      wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Will \Will\, n. [OE. wille, AS. willa; akin to OFries. willa,
      OS. willeo, willio, D. wil, G. wille, Icel. vili, Dan.
      villie, Sw. vilja, Goth wilja. See {Will}, v.]
      1. The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the
            soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or
            power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do;
            the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two
            or more objects.
  
                     It is necessary to form a distinct notion of what is
                     meant by the word [bd]volition[b8] in order to
                     understand the import of the word will, for this
                     last word expresses the power of mind of which
                     [bd]volition[b8] is the act.               --Stewart.
  
                     Will is an ambiguous word, being sometimes put for
                     the faculty of willing; sometimes for the act of
                     that faculty, besides [having] other meanings. But
                     [bd]volition[b8] always signifies the act of
                     willing, and nothing else.                  --Reid.
  
                     Appetite is the will's solicitor, and the will is
                     appetite's controller; what we covet according to
                     the one, by the other we often reject. --Hooker.
  
                     The will is plainly that by which the mind chooses
                     anything.                                          --J. Edwards.
  
      2. The choice which is made; a determination or preference
            which results from the act or exercise of the power of
            choice; a volition.
  
                     The word [bd]will,[b8] however, is not always used
                     in this its proper acceptation, but is frequently
                     substituted for [bd]volition[b8], as when I say that
                     my hand mover in obedience to my will. --Stewart.
  
      3. The choice or determination of one who has authority; a
            decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
  
                     Thy will be done.                              --Matt. vi.
                                                                              10.
  
                     Our prayers should be according to the will of God.
                                                                              --Law.
  
      4. Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
  
      Note: [bd]Inclination is another word with which will is
               frequently confounded. Thus, when the apothecary says,
               in Romeo and Juliet,
  
                        My poverty, but not my will, consents; . . . Put
                        this in any liquid thing you will, And drink it
                        off. the word will is plainly used as, synonymous
               with inclination; not in the strict logical sense, as
               the immediate antecedent of action. It is with the same
               latitude that the word is used in common conversation,
               when we speak of doing a thing which duty prescribes,
               against one's own will; or when we speak of doing a
               thing willingly or unwillingly.[b8] --Stewart.
  
      5. That which is strongly wished or desired.
  
                     What's your will, good friar?            --Shak.
  
                     The mariner hath his will.                  --Coleridge.
  
      6. Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or
            determine.
  
                     Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies.
                                                                              --Ps. xxvii.
                                                                              12.
  
      7. (Law) The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the
            manner in which he would have his property or estate
            disposed of after his death; the written instrument,
            legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his
            estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise.
            See the Note under {Testament}, 1.
  
      Note: Wills are written or nuncupative, that is, oral. See
               {Nuncupative will}, under {Nuncupative}.
  
      {At will} (Law), at pleasure. To hold an estate at the will
            of another, is to enjoy the possession at his pleasure,
            and be liable to be ousted at any time by the lessor or
            proprietor. An estate at will is at the will of both
            parties.
  
      {Good will}. See under {Good}.
  
      {Ill will}, enmity; unfriendliness; malevolence.
  
      {To have one's will}, to obtain what is desired; to do what
            one pleases.
  
      {Will worship}, worship according to the dictates of the will
            or fancy; formal worship. [Obs.]
  
      {Will worshiper}, one who offers will worship. [Obs.] --Jer.
            Taylor.
  
      {With a will}, with willingness and zeal; with all one's
            heart or strength; earnestly; heartily.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Will \Will\, n. [OE. wille, AS. willa; akin to OFries. willa,
      OS. willeo, willio, D. wil, G. wille, Icel. vili, Dan.
      villie, Sw. vilja, Goth wilja. See {Will}, v.]
      1. The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the
            soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or
            power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do;
            the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two
            or more objects.
  
                     It is necessary to form a distinct notion of what is
                     meant by the word [bd]volition[b8] in order to
                     understand the import of the word will, for this
                     last word expresses the power of mind of which
                     [bd]volition[b8] is the act.               --Stewart.
  
                     Will is an ambiguous word, being sometimes put for
                     the faculty of willing; sometimes for the act of
                     that faculty, besides [having] other meanings. But
                     [bd]volition[b8] always signifies the act of
                     willing, and nothing else.                  --Reid.
  
                     Appetite is the will's solicitor, and the will is
                     appetite's controller; what we covet according to
                     the one, by the other we often reject. --Hooker.
  
                     The will is plainly that by which the mind chooses
                     anything.                                          --J. Edwards.
  
      2. The choice which is made; a determination or preference
            which results from the act or exercise of the power of
            choice; a volition.
  
                     The word [bd]will,[b8] however, is not always used
                     in this its proper acceptation, but is frequently
                     substituted for [bd]volition[b8], as when I say that
                     my hand mover in obedience to my will. --Stewart.
  
      3. The choice or determination of one who has authority; a
            decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
  
                     Thy will be done.                              --Matt. vi.
                                                                              10.
  
                     Our prayers should be according to the will of God.
                                                                              --Law.
  
      4. Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
  
      Note: [bd]Inclination is another word with which will is
               frequently confounded. Thus, when the apothecary says,
               in Romeo and Juliet,
  
                        My poverty, but not my will, consents; . . . Put
                        this in any liquid thing you will, And drink it
                        off. the word will is plainly used as, synonymous
               with inclination; not in the strict logical sense, as
               the immediate antecedent of action. It is with the same
               latitude that the word is used in common conversation,
               when we speak of doing a thing which duty prescribes,
               against one's own will; or when we speak of doing a
               thing willingly or unwillingly.[b8] --Stewart.
  
      5. That which is strongly wished or desired.
  
                     What's your will, good friar?            --Shak.
  
                     The mariner hath his will.                  --Coleridge.
  
      6. Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or
            determine.
  
                     Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies.
                                                                              --Ps. xxvii.
                                                                              12.
  
      7. (Law) The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the
            manner in which he would have his property or estate
            disposed of after his death; the written instrument,
            legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his
            estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise.
            See the Note under {Testament}, 1.
  
      Note: Wills are written or nuncupative, that is, oral. See
               {Nuncupative will}, under {Nuncupative}.
  
      {At will} (Law), at pleasure. To hold an estate at the will
            of another, is to enjoy the possession at his pleasure,
            and be liable to be ousted at any time by the lessor or
            proprietor. An estate at will is at the will of both
            parties.
  
      {Good will}. See under {Good}.
  
      {Ill will}, enmity; unfriendliness; malevolence.
  
      {To have one's will}, to obtain what is desired; to do what
            one pleases.
  
      {Will worship}, worship according to the dictates of the will
            or fancy; formal worship. [Obs.]
  
      {Will worshiper}, one who offers will worship. [Obs.] --Jer.
            Taylor.
  
      {With a will}, with willingness and zeal; with all one's
            heart or strength; earnestly; heartily.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Waller County, TX (county, FIPS 473)
      Location: 30.01336 N, 95.98199 W
      Population (1990): 23390 (8824 housing units)
      Area: 1330.3 sq km (land), 12.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wellersburg, PA (borough, FIPS 82128)
      Location: 39.72778 N, 78.84985 W
      Population (1990): 213 (100 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wheeler County, GA (county, FIPS 309)
      Location: 32.12226 N, 82.71677 W
      Population (1990): 4903 (2148 housing units)
      Area: 771.1 sq km (land), 6.3 sq km (water)
   Wheeler County, NE (county, FIPS 183)
      Location: 41.91800 N, 98.52530 W
      Population (1990): 948 (561 housing units)
      Area: 1489.8 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
   Wheeler County, OR (county, FIPS 69)
      Location: 44.72573 N, 120.02321 W
      Population (1990): 1396 (782 housing units)
      Area: 4441.9 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water)
   Wheeler County, TX (county, FIPS 483)
      Location: 35.39716 N, 100.26704 W
      Population (1990): 5879 (3071 housing units)
      Area: 2368.0 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wheelersburg, OH (CDP, FIPS 84588)
      Location: 38.73408 N, 82.84534 W
      Population (1990): 5113 (2074 housing units)
      Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45694

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wheelwright, KY (city, FIPS 82272)
      Location: 37.33894 N, 82.72027 W
      Population (1990): 721 (270 housing units)
      Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Woolrich, PA
      Zip code(s): 17779

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   wheel wars n.   [Stanford University] A period in {larval stage}
   during which student hackers hassle each other by attempting to log
   each other out of the system, delete each other's files, and
   otherwise wreak havoc, usually at the expense of the lesser users.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   wheel wars
  
      [Stanford University] A period in {larval stage} during which
      student hackers hassle each other by attempting to log each
      other out of the system, delete each other's files, and
      otherwise wreak havoc, usually at the expense of the lesser
      users.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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