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   weaver's broom
         n 1: tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and
               flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern
               Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California [syn:
               {Spanish broom}, {weaver's broom}, {Spartium junceum}]

English Dictionary: whippersnapper by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weaver's hitch
n
  1. a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
    Synonym(s): sheet bend, becket bend, weaver's knot, weaver's hitch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weaver's knot
n
  1. a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
    Synonym(s): sheet bend, becket bend, weaver's knot, weaver's hitch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
web browser
n
  1. a program used to view HTML documents [syn: browser, {web browser}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Weber's law
n
  1. (psychophysics) the concept that a just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the original stimulus; "Weber's law explains why you don't notice your headlights are on in the daytime"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whippersnapper
n
  1. someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
    Synonym(s): whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whooper swan
n
  1. common Old World swan noted for its whooping call [syn: whooper, whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Wafer cake}, a sweet, thin cake. --Shak.
  
      {Wafer irons}, [or] {Wafer tongs} (Cookery), a pincher-shaped
            contrivance, having flat plates, or blades, between which
            wafers are baked.
  
      {Wafer woman}, a woman who sold wafer cakes; also, one
            employed in amorous intrigues. --Beau. & Fl.

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]:
  
  
      {Pin and web} (Med.), two diseases of the eye, caligo and
            pterygium; -- sometimes wrongly explained as one disease.
            See {Pin}, n., 8, and {Web}, n., 8. [bd]He never yet had
            pinne or webbe, his sight for to decay.[b8] --Gascoigne.
  
      {Web member} (Engin.), one of the braces in a web system.
  
      {Web press}, a printing press which takes paper from a roll
            instead of being fed with sheets.
  
      {Web system} (Engin.), the system of braces connecting the
            flanges of a lattice girder, post, or the like.

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]:
   Whippersnapper \Whip"per*snap`per\, n.
      A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person.
      [Colloq.] [bd]Little whippersnappers like you.[b8] --T.
      Hughes.

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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Webbers Falls, OK (town, FIPS 79650)
      Location: 35.50838 N, 95.16092 W
      Population (1990): 722 (334 housing units)
      Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 74470

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Weber City, VA (town, FIPS 83808)
      Location: 36.62243 N, 82.56034 W
      Population (1990): 1377 (649 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 24290

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Weber County, UT (county, FIPS 57)
      Location: 41.29568 N, 111.91742 W
      Population (1990): 158330 (57851 housing units)
      Area: 1490.8 sq km (land), 217.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wiborg, KY
      Zip code(s): 42653

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   web browser
  
      A {browser} for the {World-Wide Web}.
  
      (1996-03-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Web Request Broker
  
      (WRB) Part of {Oracle Corporation}'s
      {WebServer} suite of programs.   It is a high-performance,
      {multi-threaded} {HTTP} server which allows {clients}'
      requests to be directly translated into {Oracle 7} {database}
      scripts, and automatically translates the results of the query
      back into {HTML} for delivery to the client {browser}.
  
      {Oracle WebServer
      (http://www.oracle.com/products/websystem/webserver/html/ws2_info.html)}.
  
      (1997-03-14)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   WWW browser
  
      A {browser} for use on the
      {World-Wide Web}.
  
      (1996-10-28)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Wafers
      thin cakes (Ex. 16:31; 29:2, 23; Lev. 2:4; 7:12; 8:26; Num.
      6:15, 19) used in various offerings.
     
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