War of American Independence
         n 1: the revolution of the American Colonies against Great
               Britain; 1775-1783 [syn: {American Revolution}, {American
               Revolutionary War}, {War of American Independence},
               {American War of Independence}]

English Dictionary: wear upon	by the DICT Development Group
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war of nerves n the use of psychological tactics to destroy the opponents' morale Synonym(s): psychological warfare, war of nerves
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war paint n adornment consisting of paint applied to the face and body of certain Amerindians before a battle full ceremonial regalia cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance Synonym(s): makeup, make-up, war paint
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warping n a moral or mental distortion Synonym(s): warp, warping
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wear upon v exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" Synonym(s): tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue Antonym(s): freshen, refresh, refreshen
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wrapping n the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped Synonym(s): wrapping, wrap, wrapper an enveloping bandage Synonym(s): swathe, wrapping
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wrapping paper n a tough paper used for wrapping
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
War \War\, n. [OE. & AS. werre; akin to OHG. werra scandal,       quarrel, sedition, werran to confound, mix, D. warren, G.       wirren, verwirren, to embroil, confound, disturb, and perhaps       to E. worse; cf. OF. werre war, F. querre, of Teutonic       origin. Cf. {Guerrilla}, {Warrior}.]       1. A contest between nations or states, carried on by force,             whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing             wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition             of territory, for obtaining and establishing the             superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any             other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers;             declared and open hostilities.                         Men will ever distinguish war from mere bloodshed.                                                                               --F. W.                                                                               Robertson.          Note: As war is the contest of nations or states, it always                implies that such contest is authorized by the monarch                or the sovereign power of the nation. A war begun by                attacking another nation, is called an offensive war,                and such attack is aggressive. War undertaken to repel                invasion, or the attacks of an enemy, is called                defensive.          2. (Law) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by             physical force. In this sense, levying war against the             sovereign authority is treason.          3. Instruments of war. [Poetic]                         His complement of stores, and total war. --Prior.          4. Forces; army. [Poetic]                         On their embattled ranks the waves return, And                      overwhelm their war.                           --Milton.          5. The profession of arms; the art of war.                         Thou art but a youth, and he is a man of war from                      his youth.                                          --1 Sam. xvii.                                                                               33.          6. a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an             inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility.             [bd]Raised impious war in heaven.[b8] --Milton.                         The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,                      but war was in his heart.                  --Ps. lv. 21.          {Civil war}, a war between different sections or parties of             the same country or nation.          {Holy war}. See under {Holy}.          {Man of war}. (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Public war}, a war between independent sovereign states.          {War cry}, a cry or signal used in war; as, the Indian war             cry.          {War dance}, a dance among savages preliminary to going to             war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some             distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby             enlists as one of the party engaged in a warlike             excursion. --Schoolcraft.          {War field}, a field of war or battle.          {War horse}, a horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry             soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse             for military service; a charger.          {War paint}, paint put on the face and other parts of the             body by savages, as a token of going to war. [bd]Wash the             war paint from your faces.[b8] --Longfellow.          {War song}, a song of or pertaining to war; especially, among             the American Indians, a song at the war dance, full of             incitements to military ardor.          {War whoop}, a war cry, especially that uttered by the             American Indians.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warp \Warp\, n. [AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting,       throwing, Sw. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline,       OHG. warf warp, G. werft. See {Warp}, v.]       1. (Weaving) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the             loom, and crossed by the woof.          2. (Naut.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually             with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed             object; a towing line; a warping hawser.          3. (Agric.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides,             etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. --Lyell.          4. A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep,             etc. [Prov. Eng.]          5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See {Cast}, n., 17.             [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.          6. [From {Warp}, v.] The state of being warped or twisted;             as, the warp of a board.          {Warp beam}, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.                      {Warp fabric}, fabric produced by warp knitting.          {Warp frame}, [or] {Warp-net frame}, a machine for making             warp lace having a number of needles and employing a             thread for each needle.          {Warp knitting}, a kind of knitting in which a number of             threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous             threads on either side; -- also called {warp weaving}.          {Warp lace}, [or] {Warp net}, lace having a warp crossed by             weft threads.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warp \Warp\, n. [AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting,       throwing, Sw. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline,       OHG. warf warp, G. werft. See {Warp}, v.]       1. (Weaving) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the             loom, and crossed by the woof.          2. (Naut.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually             with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed             object; a towing line; a warping hawser.          3. (Agric.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides,             etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. --Lyell.          4. A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep,             etc. [Prov. Eng.]          5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See {Cast}, n., 17.             [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.          6. [From {Warp}, v.] The state of being warped or twisted;             as, the warp of a board.          {Warp beam}, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.                      {Warp fabric}, fabric produced by warp knitting.          {Warp frame}, [or] {Warp-net frame}, a machine for making             warp lace having a number of needles and employing a             thread for each needle.          {Warp knitting}, a kind of knitting in which a number of             threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous             threads on either side; -- also called {warp weaving}.          {Warp lace}, [or] {Warp net}, lace having a warp crossed by             weft threads.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warp \Warp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Warping}.] [OE. warpen; fr. Icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp       a casting, fr. verpa to throw; akin to Dan. varpe to warp a       ship, Sw. varpa, AS. weorpan to cast, OS. werpan, OFries.       werpa, D. & LG. werpen, G. werfen, Goth. wa[a1]rpan; cf. Skr.       vrj to twist. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Wrap}.]       1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to             utter. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.          2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out             of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.                         The planks looked warped.                  --Coleridge.                         Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock                      solemn, that I laughed.                     --Tennyson.          3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or             incline; to pervert.                         This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind.                                                                               --Dryden.                         I have no private considerations to warp me in this                      controversy.                                       --Addison.                         We are divested of all those passions which cloud                      the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men.                                                                               --Southey.          4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] --Nares.                         While doth he mischief warp.               --Sternhold.          5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp,             attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.          6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep,             etc. [Prov. Eng.]          7. (Agric.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying             land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of             warp, or slimy substance. [Prov. Eng.]          8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred,             as yarns.          9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.          {Warped surface} (Geom.), a surface generated by a straight             line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions             shall be in the same plane. --Davies & Peck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warping \Warp"ing\, n.       1. The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.          2. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the             weaver. --Craig.          {Warping bank}, a bank of earth raised round a field to             retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land.             --Craig.          {Warping hook}, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the             yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring.          {Warping mill}, a machine for warping yarn.          {Warping penny}, money, varying according to the length of             the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying             the warp. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.          {Warping post}, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warping \Warp"ing\, n.       1. The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.          2. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the             weaver. --Craig.          {Warping bank}, a bank of earth raised round a field to             retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land.             --Craig.          {Warping hook}, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the             yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring.          {Warping mill}, a machine for warping yarn.          {Warping penny}, money, varying according to the length of             the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying             the warp. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.          {Warping post}, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warping \Warp"ing\, n.       1. The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.          2. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the             weaver. --Craig.          {Warping bank}, a bank of earth raised round a field to             retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land.             --Craig.          {Warping hook}, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the             yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring.          {Warping mill}, a machine for warping yarn.          {Warping penny}, money, varying according to the length of             the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying             the warp. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.          {Warping post}, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warping \Warp"ing\, n.       1. The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.          2. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the             weaver. --Craig.          {Warping bank}, a bank of earth raised round a field to             retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land.             --Craig.          {Warping hook}, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the             yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring.          {Warping mill}, a machine for warping yarn.          {Warping penny}, money, varying according to the length of             the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying             the warp. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.          {Warping post}, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warping \Warp"ing\, n.       1. The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.          2. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the             weaver. --Craig.          {Warping bank}, a bank of earth raised round a field to             retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land.             --Craig.          {Warping hook}, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the             yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring.          {Warping mill}, a machine for warping yarn.          {Warping penny}, money, varying according to the length of             the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying             the warp. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.          {Warping post}, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warping \Warp"ing\, n.       1. The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.          2. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the             weaver. --Craig.          {Warping bank}, a bank of earth raised round a field to             retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land.             --Craig.          {Warping hook}, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the             yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring.          {Warping mill}, a machine for warping yarn.          {Warping penny}, money, varying according to the length of             the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying             the warp. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.          {Warping post}, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warp \Warp\, n. [AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting,       throwing, Sw. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline,       OHG. warf warp, G. werft. See {Warp}, v.]       1. (Weaving) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the             loom, and crossed by the woof.          2. (Naut.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually             with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed             object; a towing line; a warping hawser.          3. (Agric.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides,             etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. --Lyell.          4. A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep,             etc. [Prov. Eng.]          5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See {Cast}, n., 17.             [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.          6. [From {Warp}, v.] The state of being warped or twisted;             as, the warp of a board.          {Warp beam}, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.                      {Warp fabric}, fabric produced by warp knitting.          {Warp frame}, [or] {Warp-net frame}, a machine for making             warp lace having a number of needles and employing a             thread for each needle.          {Warp knitting}, a kind of knitting in which a number of             threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous             threads on either side; -- also called {warp weaving}.          {Warp lace}, [or] {Warp net}, lace having a warp crossed by             weft threads.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wharf \Wharf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wharfed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wharfing}.]       1. To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone             constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or             wharfs.          2. To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wharfing \Wharf"ing\, n.       1. Wharfs, collectively.          2. (Hydraul. Engin.) A mode of facing sea walls and             embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by             ties. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wharfinger \Wharf"in*ger\, n. [For wharfager.]       A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf.
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Whereupon \Where`up*on"\, adv.       Upon which; in consequence of which; after which.                   The townsmen mutinied and sent to Essex; whereupon he                came thither.                                          --Clarendon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wire \Wire\, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[c6]rr, Dan.       vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin       to E. withy. [?][?][?][?].]       1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance             formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved             rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.          Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square,                triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in                the drawplate, or between the rollers.          2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph;             as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.]          {Wire bed}, {Wire mattress}, an elastic bed bottom or             mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in             various ways.          {Wire bridge}, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made             of wire.          {Wire cartridge}, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed             in a wire cage.          {Wire cloth}, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, --             used for strainers, and for various other purposes.          {Wire edge}, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes             formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening             it.          {Wire fence}, a fence consisting of posts with strained             horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework,             between.          {Wire gauge} [or] {gage}.             (a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness                   of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal                   plate with a series of notches of various widths in                   its edge.             (b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as                   by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the                   thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is                   used in describing the size or thickness. There are                   many different standards for wire gauges, as in                   different countries, or for different kinds of metal,                   the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge                   being often used and designated by the abbreviations                   B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively.          {Wire gauze}, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling             gauze.          {Wire grass} (Bot.), either of the two common grasses             {Eleusine Indica}, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa             compressa}, or blue grass. See {Blue grass}.          {Wire grub} (Zo[94]l.), a wireworm.          {Wire iron}, wire rods of iron.          {Wire lathing}, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the             place of wooden lathing for holding plastering.          {Wire mattress}. See {Wire bed}, above.          {Wire micrometer}, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine             wires, across the field of the instrument.          {Wire nail}, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed             and pointed.          {Wire netting}, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary             wire gauze.          {Wire rod}, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing.                      {Wire rope}, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of             wires.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrapped}or {Wrapt}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Wrapping}.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp.       [fb]144. Cf. {Warp}.]       1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.                         Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the                      napkin that was about his head, not lying with the                      linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by                      itself.                                             --John xx. 6,                                                                               7.                         Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About                      him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant.          2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to             involve; to infold; -- often with up.                         I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide                      obscure.                                             --Milton.          3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to             involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.                         Wise poets that wrap truth in tales.   --Carew.          {To be wrapped up in}, to be wholly engrossed in; to be             entirely dependent on; to be covered with.                         Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was                      wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of                      her daughter.                                    --Addison.                         Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . .                      are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable                      obscurity.                                          --Locke.