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   wet nurse
         n 1: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else [syn: {wet
               nurse}, {wet-nurse}, {wetnurse}, {amah}]

English Dictionary: wetnurse by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wet-nurse
n
  1. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else [syn: {wet nurse}, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah]
v
  1. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
    Synonym(s): breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
    Antonym(s): bottlefeed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wetnurse
n
  1. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else [syn: {wet nurse}, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white maire
n
  1. small New Zealand tree having red pulpy one-seeded fruit
    Synonym(s): white maire, Olea lanceolata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white marlin
n
  1. small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic [syn: white marlin, Makaira albida]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whitener
n
  1. an agent that makes things white or colorless [syn: bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wooden Horse
n
  1. a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War
    Synonym(s): Trojan Horse, Wooden Horse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woodenware
n
  1. ware for domestic use made of wood
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Storm \Storm\, n.
  
      {Anticyclonic storm} (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a
            central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a
            system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction
            contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low
            temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often
            by clear sky. Called also {high-area storm},
            {anticyclone}. When attended by high winds, snow, and
            freezing temperatures such storms have various local
            names, as {blizzard}, {wet norther}, {purga}, {buran},
            etc.
  
      {Cyclonic storm}. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See
            {Cyclone}, above. Stovain \Sto"va*in\, n. Also -ine \-ine\
      . [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer,
      Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.)
      A substance, {C14H22O2NCl}, the hydrochloride of an amino
      compound containing benzol, used, in solution with
      strychnine, as a local an[91]sthetic, esp. by injection into
      the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[91]sthesia below
      the point of introduction.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wet nurse \Wet" nurse`\
      A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another
      woman. Cf. {Dry nurse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nurse \Nurse\, n. [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice,
      norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop.,
      fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis,
      nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See {Nourish}, and cf.
      {Nutritious}.]
      1. One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or
            brings up; as:
            (a) A woman who has the care of young children;
                  especially, one who suckles an infant not her own.
            (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the
                  sick or infirm.
  
      2. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow,
            trains, fosters, or the like.
  
                     The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      3. (Naut.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real
            commander when the captain is unfit for his place.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces
                  cercari[91] by asexual reproduction. See {Cercaria},
                  and {Redia}.
            (b) Either one of the nurse sharks.
  
      {Nurse shark}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A large arctic shark ({Somniosus microcephalus}),
                  having small teeth and feeble jaws; -- called also
                  {sleeper shark}, and {ground shark}.
            (b) A large shark ({Ginglymostoma cirratum}), native of
                  the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal
                  fins situated behind the ventral fins.
  
      {To put to nurse}, [or] {To put out to nurse}, to send away
            to be nursed; to place in the care of a nurse.
  
      {Wet nurse}, {Dry nurse}. See {Wet nurse}, and {Dry nurse},
            in the Vocabulary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
            Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
            wheels, and for other purposes.
  
      {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.
           
  
      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
            the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.
  
      {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
            of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.
            concolor}.
  
      {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under
            {Ruffed}. [Canada]
  
      {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.
  
      {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.
  
      {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})
            with greenish-white pale[91].
  
      {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The white ptarmigan.
            (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other
            allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
            other plants, and often do much damage.
  
      {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.
  
      {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become
            incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
            they emit.
  
      {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}
            ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.
  
      {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
            distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
  
      {The White House}. See under {House}.
  
      {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})
            having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the
            wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and
            the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.
           
  
      {White iron}.
            (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
            (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
                  proportion of combined carbon.
  
      {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.
  
      {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
            but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
  
      {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.
  
      {White lead}.
            (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
                  other purposes; ceruse.
            (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
  
      {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
            salt.
  
      {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.
  
      {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
            {Rattlesnake}.
  
      {White lie}. See under {Lie}.
  
      {White light}.
            (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
                  same proportion as in the light coming directly from
                  the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
                  through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.
            (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
                  illumination for signals, etc.
  
      {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for
            whitewashing; whitewash.
  
      {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
            on a printed page; a blank line.
  
      {White meat}.
            (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
            (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
  
                           Driving their cattle continually with them, and
                           feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White metal}.
            (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
                  etc.
            (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
                  certain stage in copper smelting.
  
      {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common clothes moth.
            (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
                  Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
                  spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin
                  moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {White money}, silver money.
  
      {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common
            mouse.
  
      {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})
            ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
            called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.
  
      {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white
            crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
            head, which give the appearance of a hood.
  
      {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.
  
      {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The snowy owl.
            (b) The barn owl.
  
      {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})
                  valued as a food fish.
            (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
            (c) Any California surf fish.
  
      {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.
  
      {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often
            cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
  
      {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.
           
  
      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
            exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
            [Obs.]
  
                     A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
            (b) An albino rabbit.
  
      {White rent},
            (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
                  opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.
            (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
                  every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
                  Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
                  Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.
            (b) The umhofo.
  
      {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain
            organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
            purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
  
      {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
  
      {White rot}. (Bot.)
            (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
                  butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
                  called rot in sheep.
            (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.
  
      {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
            lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
            fat}.
  
      {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.
  
      {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
  
      {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})
            injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under
            {Orange}.
  
      {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See
            under {Shark}.
  
      {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under
            {Softening}.
  
      {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.
  
      {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
            blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
            otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
            the surface of the sea.
  
      {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
            England. --Macaulay.
  
      {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.
  
      {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}
            (d) .
  
      {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common sucker.
            (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).
  
      {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
            produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
            membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
            the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
            to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
  
      {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.
  
      {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver
            squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United
            States.
  
      {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
            vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.
  
      {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
  
      {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
  
      {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.
  
      {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
            bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
            distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
            Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
            are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
            purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
  
      {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of
                  Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and
                  {Thibetan wolf}.
            (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
  
      {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called
            from the color of the under parts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Merganser \Mer*gan"ser\, n. [Sp. merg[a0]nsar, fr. mergo a diver
      (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + [a0]nsar goose, L.
      anser.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any bird of the genus {Merganser}, and allied genera. They
      are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.
  
      Note: The red-breasted merganser ({Merganser serrator})
               inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also {sawbill},
               {harle}, and {sheldrake}. The American merganser ({M.
               Americanus}.) and the hooded merganser ({Lophodytes
               cucullatus}) are well-known species.
  
      {White merganser}, the smew or white nun.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smew \Smew\, n. [Perhaps for ice-mew.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) small European merganser ({Mergus albellus}) which has a
            white crest; -- called also {smee}, {smee duck}, {white
            merganser}, and {white nun}.
      (b) The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
            Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
            wheels, and for other purposes.
  
      {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.
           
  
      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
            the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.
  
      {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
            of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.
            concolor}.
  
      {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under
            {Ruffed}. [Canada]
  
      {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.
  
      {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.
  
      {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})
            with greenish-white pale[91].
  
      {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The white ptarmigan.
            (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other
            allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
            other plants, and often do much damage.
  
      {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.
  
      {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become
            incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
            they emit.
  
      {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}
            ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.
  
      {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
            distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
  
      {The White House}. See under {House}.
  
      {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})
            having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the
            wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and
            the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.
           
  
      {White iron}.
            (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
            (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
                  proportion of combined carbon.
  
      {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.
  
      {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
            but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
  
      {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.
  
      {White lead}.
            (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
                  other purposes; ceruse.
            (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
  
      {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
            salt.
  
      {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.
  
      {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
            {Rattlesnake}.
  
      {White lie}. See under {Lie}.
  
      {White light}.
            (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
                  same proportion as in the light coming directly from
                  the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
                  through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.
            (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
                  illumination for signals, etc.
  
      {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for
            whitewashing; whitewash.
  
      {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
            on a printed page; a blank line.
  
      {White meat}.
            (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
            (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
  
                           Driving their cattle continually with them, and
                           feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White metal}.
            (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
                  etc.
            (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
                  certain stage in copper smelting.
  
      {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common clothes moth.
            (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
                  Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
                  spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin
                  moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {White money}, silver money.
  
      {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common
            mouse.
  
      {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})
            ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
            called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.
  
      {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white
            crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
            head, which give the appearance of a hood.
  
      {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.
  
      {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The snowy owl.
            (b) The barn owl.
  
      {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})
                  valued as a food fish.
            (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
            (c) Any California surf fish.
  
      {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.
  
      {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often
            cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
  
      {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.
           
  
      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
            exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
            [Obs.]
  
                     A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
            (b) An albino rabbit.
  
      {White rent},
            (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
                  opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.
            (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
                  every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
                  Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
                  Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.
            (b) The umhofo.
  
      {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain
            organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
            purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
  
      {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
  
      {White rot}. (Bot.)
            (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
                  butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
                  called rot in sheep.
            (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.
  
      {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
            lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
            fat}.
  
      {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.
  
      {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
  
      {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})
            injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under
            {Orange}.
  
      {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See
            under {Shark}.
  
      {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under
            {Softening}.
  
      {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.
  
      {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
            blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
            otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
            the surface of the sea.
  
      {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
            England. --Macaulay.
  
      {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.
  
      {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}
            (d) .
  
      {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common sucker.
            (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).
  
      {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
            produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
            membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
            the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
            to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
  
      {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.
  
      {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver
            squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United
            States.
  
      {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
            vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.
  
      {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
  
      {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
  
      {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.
  
      {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
            bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
            distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
            Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
            are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
            purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
  
      {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of
                  Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and
                  {Thibetan wolf}.
            (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
  
      {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called
            from the color of the under parts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Merganser \Mer*gan"ser\, n. [Sp. merg[a0]nsar, fr. mergo a diver
      (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + [a0]nsar goose, L.
      anser.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any bird of the genus {Merganser}, and allied genera. They
      are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.
  
      Note: The red-breasted merganser ({Merganser serrator})
               inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also {sawbill},
               {harle}, and {sheldrake}. The American merganser ({M.
               Americanus}.) and the hooded merganser ({Lophodytes
               cucullatus}) are well-known species.
  
      {White merganser}, the smew or white nun.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smew \Smew\, n. [Perhaps for ice-mew.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) small European merganser ({Mergus albellus}) which has a
            white crest; -- called also {smee}, {smee duck}, {white
            merganser}, and {white nun}.
      (b) The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whitener \Whit"en*er\, n.
      One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a
      whitewasher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Widow \Wid"ow\, n. [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe,
      wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G.
      wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw[?], Russ.
      udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav[be]; and
      probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. [?] a
      bachelor. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Vidual}.]
      A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not
      married again; one living bereaved of a husband. [bd]A poor
      widow.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {Grass widow}. See under {Grass}.
  
      {Widow bewitched}, a woman separated from her husband; a
            grass widow. [Colloq.]
  
      {Widow-in-mourning} (Zo[94]l.), the macavahu.
  
      {Widow monkey} (Zo[94]l.), a small South American monkey
            ({Callithrix lugens}); -- so called on account of its
            color, which is black except the dull whitish arms, neck,
            and face, and a ring of pure white around the face.
  
      {Widow's chamber} (Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and
            furniture of the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to
            which she was formerly entitled.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wooden \Wood"en\, a.
      1. Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling,
            wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.
  
      2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.
  
                     When a bold man is out of countenance, he makes a
                     very wooden figure on it.                  --Collier.
  
                     His singing was, I confess, a little wooden. --G.
                                                                              MacDonald.
  
      {Wooden spoon}.
            (a) (Cambridge University, Eng.) The last junior optime
                  who takes a university degree, -- denoting one who is
                  only fit to stay at home and stir porridge. [bd]We
                  submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be
                  justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads
                  because they never heard of the differential
                  calculus.[b8] --Macaulay.
            (b) In some American colleges, the lowest appointee of the
                  junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his
                  class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it
                  was a custom for classmates to present to this person
                  a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies.
  
      {Wooden ware}, a general name for buckets, bowls, and other
            articles of domestic use, made of wood.
  
      {Wooden wedding}. See under {Wedding}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woodnewer \Wood"new`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A woodpecker.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wetmore, CO
      Zip code(s): 81253
   Wetmore, KS (city, FIPS 77550)
      Location: 39.63489 N, 95.81094 W
      Population (1990): 284 (157 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66550
   Wetmore, MI
      Zip code(s): 49895
   Wetmore, TX
      Zip code(s): 78163, 78247

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   White Marsh, MD (CDP, FIPS 84350)
      Location: 39.38351 N, 76.45863 W
      Population (1990): 8183 (3188 housing units)
      Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 21162

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Whitemarsh Island, GA (CDP, FIPS 82636)
      Location: 32.02865 N, 81.01696 W
      Population (1990): 2824 (1252 housing units)
      Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Whitmire, SC (town, FIPS 77380)
      Location: 34.50340 N, 81.61557 W
      Population (1990): 1702 (840 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29178

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Whitmore, CA
      Zip code(s): 96096

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Whitmore Lake, MI (CDP, FIPS 87060)
      Location: 42.42911 N, 83.74541 W
      Population (1990): 3251 (1452 housing units)
      Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 2.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48189

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Whitmore Village, HI (CDP, FIPS 80900)
      Location: 21.51419 N, 158.02917 W
      Population (1990): 3373 (839 housing units)
      Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Whittemore, IA (city, FIPS 85260)
      Location: 43.06339 N, 94.42398 W
      Population (1990): 535 (257 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50598
   Whittemore, MI (city, FIPS 87140)
      Location: 44.23311 N, 83.80280 W
      Population (1990): 463 (228 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48770

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Widener, AR (town, FIPS 75560)
      Location: 35.02196 N, 90.68244 W
      Population (1990): 381 (142 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72394

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Woodmere, NY (CDP, FIPS 82942)
      Location: 40.63790 N, 73.72182 W
      Population (1990): 15578 (5308 housing units)
      Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 11598
   Woodmere, OH (village, FIPS 86394)
      Location: 41.45920 N, 81.47937 W
      Population (1990): 834 (484 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Woodmoor, CO (CDP, FIPS 86117)
      Location: 39.10148 N, 104.84691 W
      Population (1990): 3858 (1328 housing units)
      Area: 15.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Woodmore, MD (CDP, FIPS 86710)
      Location: 38.93475 N, 76.77504 W
      Population (1990): 2874 (961 housing units)
      Area: 34.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
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