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   wafer
         n 1: a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters
         2: a small thin crisp cake or cookie
         3: thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service
            (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)

English Dictionary: waver by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waiver
n
  1. a formal written statement of relinquishment [syn: release, waiver, discharge]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waver
n
  1. someone who communicates by waving
  2. the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
    Synonym(s): hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
  3. the act of moving back and forth
    Synonym(s): waver, flutter, flicker
v
  1. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
    Synonym(s): hesitate, waver, waffle
  2. be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
    Synonym(s): falter, waver
  3. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
    Synonym(s): falter, waver
  4. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
    Synonym(s): fluctuate, vacillate, waver
  5. move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
    Synonym(s): flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
  6. sway to and fro
    Synonym(s): waver, weave
  7. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
    Synonym(s): quaver, waver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weaver
n
  1. a craftsman who weaves cloth
  2. finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
    Synonym(s): weaver, weaverbird, weaver finch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weber
n
  1. a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells [syn: weber, Wb]
  2. German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891)
    Synonym(s): Weber, Wilhelm Eduard Weber
  3. United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961)
    Synonym(s): Weber, Max Weber
  4. German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920)
    Synonym(s): Weber, Max Weber
  5. German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)
    Synonym(s): Weber, Carl Maria von Weber, Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber
  6. German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878)
    Synonym(s): Weber, E. H. Weber, Ernst Heinrich Weber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weeper
n
  1. a person who weeps
    Synonym(s): weeper, crier
  2. a hired mourner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whiffer
n
  1. a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whipper
n
  1. a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip
    Synonym(s): switcher, whipper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whooper
n
  1. rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call
    Synonym(s): whooping crane, whooper, Grus americana
  2. common Old World swan noted for its whooping call
    Synonym(s): whooper, whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whopper
n
  1. a gross untruth; a blatant lie
    Synonym(s): whopper, walloper
  2. something especially big or impressive of its kind
    Synonym(s): whacker, whopper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wiper
n
  1. a worker who wipes
  2. contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet
    Synonym(s): wiper, wiper arm, contact arm
  3. a mechanical device that cleans the windshield
    Synonym(s): windshield wiper, windscreen wiper, wiper, wiper blade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woofer
n
  1. a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wafer \Wa"fer\, n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of
      Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel,
      Sw. v[86]ffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba,
      being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe is
      probably akin to E. weave. See {Weave}, and cf. {Waffle},
      {Gauffer}.]
      1. (Cookery) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.
  
                     Wafers piping hot out of the gleed.   --Chaucer.
  
                     The curious work in pastry, the fine cakes, wafers,
                     and marchpanes.                                 --Holland.
  
                     A woman's oaths are wafers -- break with making --B.
                                                                              Jonson.
  
      2. (Eccl.) A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly
            unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with
            the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the
            Roman Catholic Church.
  
      3. An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin,
            isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in
            sealing letters and other documents.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wafer \Wa"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wafered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wafering}.]
      To seal or close with a wafer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waiver \Waiv"er\, n. (Law)
      The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim,
      or privilege.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waivure \Waiv"ure\, n.
      See {Waiver}. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wapper \Wap"per\, v. t. & i. [freq. of wap, v.; cf. dial. G.
      wappern, wippern, to move up and down, to rock.]
      To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from
      weakness; to totter. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wapper \Wap"per\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A gudgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waver \Wa"ver\, n. [From {Wave}, or {Waver}, v.]
      A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.]
      --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waver \Wa"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wavered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wavering}.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[91]fre wavering,
      restless. See {Wave}, v. i.]
      1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other;
            hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
  
                     With banners and pennons wavering with the wind.
                                                                              --Ld. Berners.
  
                     Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror
                     to all evil speakers against dignities. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be
            undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
  
                     Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. --Heb. x.
                                                                              23.
  
                     In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver,
                     or fall off and join with idols.         --Milton.
  
      Syn: To reel; totter; vacillate. See {Fluctuate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wavure \Wav"ure\, n.
      See {Waivure}. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wayfare \Way"fare`\, v. i. [Way + fare to go.]
      To journey; to travel; to go to and fro. [Obs.]
  
               A certain Laconian, as he wayfared, came unto a place
               where there dwelt an old friend of his.   --Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wayfare \Way"fare`\, n.
      The act of journeying; travel; passage. [Obs.] --Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weaver \Weav"er\, n.
      1. One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave.
            [bd]Weavers of linen.[b8] --P. Plowman.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A weaver bird.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) An aquatic beetle of the genus {Gyrinus}. See
            {Whirling}.
  
      {Weaver bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            Asiatic, Fast Indian, and African birds belonging to
            {Ploceus} and allied genera of the family {Ploceid[91]}.
            Weaver birds resemble finches and sparrows in size,
            colors, and shape of the bill. They construct pensile
            nests composed of interlaced grass and other similar
            materials. In some of the species the nest is
            retort-shaped, with the opening at the bottom of the tube.
           
  
      {Weavers' shuttle} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian marine univalve
            shell ({Radius volva}); -- so called from its shape. See
            Illust. of {Shuttle shell}, under {Shuttle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whirligig \Whirl"i*gig\, n. [Whirl + gig.]
      1. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an
            axis, or like a top. --Johnson.
  
      2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or
            things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden
            horses.
  
                     With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning
                     about each head.                                 --G. W. Cable.
  
      3. A medi[91]val instrument for punishing petty offenders,
            being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which
            the offender was whirled round with great velocity.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of beetles
            belonging to {Gyrinus} and allied genera. The body is
            firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored
            with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the
            surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a
            gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to
            dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also
            {weaver}, {whirlwig}, and {whirlwig beetle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weaver \Weav"er\, n.
      1. One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave.
            [bd]Weavers of linen.[b8] --P. Plowman.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A weaver bird.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) An aquatic beetle of the genus {Gyrinus}. See
            {Whirling}.
  
      {Weaver bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            Asiatic, Fast Indian, and African birds belonging to
            {Ploceus} and allied genera of the family {Ploceid[91]}.
            Weaver birds resemble finches and sparrows in size,
            colors, and shape of the bill. They construct pensile
            nests composed of interlaced grass and other similar
            materials. In some of the species the nest is
            retort-shaped, with the opening at the bottom of the tube.
           
  
      {Weavers' shuttle} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian marine univalve
            shell ({Radius volva}); -- so called from its shape. See
            Illust. of {Shuttle shell}, under {Shuttle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whirligig \Whirl"i*gig\, n. [Whirl + gig.]
      1. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an
            axis, or like a top. --Johnson.
  
      2. Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or
            things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden
            horses.
  
                     With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning
                     about each head.                                 --G. W. Cable.
  
      3. A medi[91]val instrument for punishing petty offenders,
            being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which
            the offender was whirled round with great velocity.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of beetles
            belonging to {Gyrinus} and allied genera. The body is
            firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored
            with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the
            surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a
            gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to
            dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also
            {weaver}, {whirlwig}, and {whirlwig beetle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Webber \Web"ber\, n.
      One who forms webs; a weaver; a webster. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weber \We"ber\, n. [From the name of Professor Weber, a German
      electrician.] (Elec.)
      The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of
      current. See {Coulomb}, and {Amp[?]re}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Coulomb \[d8]Cou`lomb"\ (k??`l?n"), n. [From Coulomb, a French
      physicist and electrican.] (Physics)
      The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It
      is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the
      current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt
      acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the
      quantity transferred by one amp[8a]re in one second. Formerly
      called {weber}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weber \We"ber\, n. [From the name of Professor Weber, a German
      electrician.] (Elec.)
      The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of
      current. See {Coulomb}, and {Amp[?]re}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Coulomb \[d8]Cou`lomb"\ (k??`l?n"), n. [From Coulomb, a French
      physicist and electrican.] (Physics)
      The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It
      is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the
      current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt
      acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the
      quantity transferred by one amp[8a]re in one second. Formerly
      called {weber}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weeper \Weep"er\, n.
      1. One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.
  
      2. A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of
            mourning. --Goldsmith.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The capuchin. See {Capuchin}, 3
            (a) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl,
      fr. It. cappuccio hood. See {Capoch}.]
      1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch
            established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by
            wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.
  
                     A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood,
            resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin
            monks.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A long-tailed South American monkey ({Cabus
                  capucinus}), having the forehead naked and wrinkled,
                  with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a
                  monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; --
                  called also {capucine monkey}, {weeper}, {sajou},
                  {sapajou}, and {sai}.
            (b) Other species of {Cabus}, as {C. fatuellus} (the brown
                  or {horned capucine}.), {C. albifrons} (the
                  {cararara}), and {C. apella}.
            (c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike
                  tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
  
      {Capuchin nun}, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns
            which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had
            recently been founded by Maria Longa.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weeper \Weep"er\, n.
      1. One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.
  
      2. A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of
            mourning. --Goldsmith.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The capuchin. See {Capuchin}, 3
            (a) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl,
      fr. It. cappuccio hood. See {Capoch}.]
      1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch
            established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by
            wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.
  
                     A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood,
            resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin
            monks.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A long-tailed South American monkey ({Cabus
                  capucinus}), having the forehead naked and wrinkled,
                  with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a
                  monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; --
                  called also {capucine monkey}, {weeper}, {sajou},
                  {sapajou}, and {sai}.
            (b) Other species of {Cabus}, as {C. fatuellus} (the brown
                  or {horned capucine}.), {C. albifrons} (the
                  {cararara}), and {C. apella}.
            (c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike
                  tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
  
      {Capuchin nun}, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns
            which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had
            recently been founded by Maria Longa.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weever \Wee"ver\, n. [Probably from F. vive, OF. vivre, a kind
      of fish, L. vipera viper. Cf. {Viper}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging
      to the genus {Trachinus}, of the family {Trachinid[91]}. They
      have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The
      long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines
      which cause painful wounds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whapper \Whap"per\, Whopper \Whop"per\, n. [See {Whap}.]
      Something uncommonly large of the kind; something
      astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whip \Whip\, n. [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, v. t.]
      1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for
            correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a
            handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a
            flexible rod. [bd][A] whip's lash.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is
                     supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison.
  
      2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
            --Beaconsfield.
  
      3. (Mach.)
            (a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the
                  sails are spread.
            (b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
  
      4. (Naut.)
            (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light
                  bodies.
            (b) The long pennant. See {Pennant}
            (a)
  
      5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
  
      6. (Eng. Politics)
            (a) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to
                  enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of
                  the members of a Parliament party at any important
                  session, especially when their votes are needed.
            (b) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be
                  in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to
                  be taken.
  
      {Whip and spur}, with the utmost haste.
  
      {Whip crane}, [or] {Whip purchase}, a simple form of crane
            having a small drum from which the load is suspended,
            turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on
            the same axle.
  
      {Whip gin}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.
  
      {Whip grafting}. See under {Grafting}.
  
      {Whip hand}, the hand with which the whip is used; hence,
            advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a
            person. --Dryden.
  
      {Whip ray} (Zo[94]l.), the European eagle ray. See under
            {Ray}.
  
      {Whip roll} (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a
            loom, on which the warp threads rest.
  
      {Whip scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            arachnids belonging to {Thelyphonus} and allied genera.
            They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long,
            slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the
            body, instead of a sting.
  
      {Whip snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of
            slender snakes. Specifically:
            (a) A bright green South American tree snake ({Philodryas
                  viridissimus}) having a long and slender body. It is
                  not venomous. Called also {emerald whip snake}.
            (b) The coachwhip snake.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
            Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
      (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
            narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
            {Skate}.
  
      {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
            ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States
            and the West Indies.
  
      {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray
            ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins.
           
  
      {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}.
  
      {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or
            {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species
            ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and
            {miller}.
  
      {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo.
  
      {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}).
  
      {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the
            family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp,
            barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
            {stingaree}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whip \Whip\, n. [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, v. t.]
      1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for
            correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a
            handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a
            flexible rod. [bd][A] whip's lash.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     In his right hand he holds a whip, with which he is
                     supposed to drive the horses of the sun. --Addison.
  
      2. A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.
            --Beaconsfield.
  
      3. (Mach.)
            (a) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the
                  sails are spread.
            (b) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
  
      4. (Naut.)
            (a) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light
                  bodies.
            (b) The long pennant. See {Pennant}
            (a)
  
      5. A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
  
      6. (Eng. Politics)
            (a) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to
                  enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of
                  the members of a Parliament party at any important
                  session, especially when their votes are needed.
            (b) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be
                  in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to
                  be taken.
  
      {Whip and spur}, with the utmost haste.
  
      {Whip crane}, [or] {Whip purchase}, a simple form of crane
            having a small drum from which the load is suspended,
            turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on
            the same axle.
  
      {Whip gin}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.
  
      {Whip grafting}. See under {Grafting}.
  
      {Whip hand}, the hand with which the whip is used; hence,
            advantage; mastery; as, to have or get the whip hand of a
            person. --Dryden.
  
      {Whip ray} (Zo[94]l.), the European eagle ray. See under
            {Ray}.
  
      {Whip roll} (Weaving), a roll or bar, behind the reeds in a
            loom, on which the warp threads rest.
  
      {Whip scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            arachnids belonging to {Thelyphonus} and allied genera.
            They somewhat resemble true scorpions, but have a long,
            slender bristle, or lashlike organ, at the end of the
            body, instead of a sting.
  
      {Whip snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of
            slender snakes. Specifically:
            (a) A bright green South American tree snake ({Philodryas
                  viridissimus}) having a long and slender body. It is
                  not venomous. Called also {emerald whip snake}.
            (b) The coachwhip snake.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
            Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
      (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
            narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
            {Skate}.
  
      {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
            ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States
            and the West Indies.
  
      {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray
            ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins.
           
  
      {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}.
  
      {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or
            {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species
            ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and
            {miller}.
  
      {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo.
  
      {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}).
  
      {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the
            family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp,
            barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
            {stingaree}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whipparee \Whip`pa*ree"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A large sting ray ({Dasybatis, [or] Trygon, Sayi}) native
            of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large
            spines on the body and tail.
      (b) A large sting ray ({Rhinoptera bonasus}, or {R.
            quadriloba}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
            Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front,
            whence it is also called {cow-nosed ray}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whipper \Whip"per\, n.
      1. One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the
            penalty of legal whipping.
  
      2. One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a
            chip's hold. [Eng.]
  
      3. (Spinning) A kind of simple willow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whoever \Who*ev"er\, pron.
      Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who;
      as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be. [bd]Whoever
      envies or repines.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Whoever the king
      favors.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whooper \Whoop"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, whooops.
  
      {Woopher swan}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Swan}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whapper \Whap"per\, Whopper \Whop"per\, n. [See {Whap}.]
      Something uncommonly large of the kind; something
      astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whopper \Whop"per\, n. [Cf. {Whapper}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wiper \Wip"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, wipes.
  
      2. Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag.
  
      3. (Mach.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or
            swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose
            of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and
            leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam.
  
      4. (Firearms) A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding
            a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wiver \Wiv"er\, Wivern \Wiv"ern\, n. [OE. wivere a serpent, OF.
      wivre, guivre, F. givre, guivre, wiver, from L. vipera;
      probably influenced by OHG. wipera, from the Latin. See
      {Viper}, and cf. {Weever}.]
      1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a
            cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without
            spurs. [Written also {wyvern}.]
  
                     The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold
                     warps, its wiverns, and its dragons.   --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The weever.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Weaver, AL (city, FIPS 80352)
      Location: 33.75560 N, 85.80858 W
      Population (1990): 2715 (1053 housing units)
      Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36277

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Webber, KS (city, FIPS 76250)
      Location: 39.93440 N, 98.03584 W
      Population (1990): 39 (31 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66970

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wever, IA
      Zip code(s): 52658

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   woofer n.   [University of Waterloo] Some varieties of wide
   paper for printers have a perforation 8.5 inches from the left
   margin that allows the excess on the right-hand side to be torn off
   when the print format is 80 columns or less wide.   The right-hand
   excess may be called `woofer'.   This term (like {tweeter}) has been
   in use at Waterloo since 1972, but is elsewhere unknown.   In audio
   jargon, the word refers to the bass speaker(s) on a hi-fi.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Whopper
  
      {WarGames}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   woofer
  
      (University of Waterloo) Some varieties of wide paper
      for printers have a perforation 8.5 inches from the left
      margin that allows the 3.5 inch excess on the right-hand side
      to be torn off when the print format is 80 columns or less
      wide.   If done with sufficient aplomb this makes a sound like
      the "woof" of a dog.   If the large part is the "woofer" then
      the small part must obviously be the "tweeter", following the
      names for the large and small cones in a hi-fi loudspeaker.
  
      These terms have been in use at Waterloo since 1972, but are
      unknown elsewhere.
  
      Compare {chad}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1997-03-21)
  
  
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