waist
         n 1: the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips [syn:
               {waist}, {waistline}]
         2: the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide
            part of the sole [syn: {shank}, {waist}]

English Dictionary: whizz-kid	by the DICT Development Group
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Wajda n Polish filmmaker (born in 1929) [syn: Wajda, {Andrzej Wajda}]
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wash out v prevent or interrupt due to rain; "The storm had washed out the game" Synonym(s): rain out, wash out wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt; "Wash out your dirty shirt in the sink" wear or destroy by the force of water; "The hail storms had washed out the bridges" remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains" Synonym(s): wash, wash out, wash off, wash away deplete of strength or vitality; "The illness washed her out" drain off the color in the course of laundering; "The harsh soap washed out the delicate blouse" lose color in the process of being washed; "The expensive shirt washed out in the German washing machine"
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washday n a day set aside for doing household laundry [syn: washday, washing day]
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washed adj clean by virtue of having been washed in water [syn: washed, water-washed] wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination; "rain- washed"
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washout n the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; "it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road" the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water" Synonym(s): washout, wash someone who is unsuccessful Synonym(s): flop, dud, washout
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waste adj located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places" Synonym(s): godforsaken, waste, wild n any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" Synonym(s): waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources" Synonym(s): waste, wastefulness, dissipation the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" Synonym(s): thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" Synonym(s): barren, waste, wasteland (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect Synonym(s): waste, permissive waste v spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" Synonym(s): waste, blow, squander Antonym(s): conserve, economise, economize, husband use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience" get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean" Synonym(s): waste, run off get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" Synonym(s): neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" Synonym(s): consume, squander, waste, ware lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" Synonym(s): pine away, waste, languish cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" Synonym(s): waste, emaciate, macerate cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" Synonym(s): lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" Synonym(s): waste, rot
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waxed adj treated with wax; "waxed floors"; "waxed mustache" [ant: unwaxed]
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wayside n edge of a way or road or path; "flowers along the wayside" Synonym(s): wayside, roadside
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weekday n any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday)
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weight n the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms Synonym(s): weight, free weight, exercising weight the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed" Synonym(s): weight, weightiness an artifact that is heavy an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility" a system of units used to express the weight of something Synonym(s): system of weights, weight a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan" Synonym(s): weight unit, weight (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance Synonym(s): weight, weighting v weight down with a load [syn: burden, burthen, weight, weight down] Antonym(s): disburden, unburden present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" Synonym(s): slant, angle, weight
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weighty adj having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" Antonym(s): weightless powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" Synonym(s): cogent, telling, weighty of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" Synonym(s): grave, grievous, heavy, weighty weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems" excessively fat; "a weighty man" Synonym(s): corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund
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west adv to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona"; "situated west of Boston" adj situated in or facing or moving toward the west [ant: east] n the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America Synonym(s): West, Occident the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees Synonym(s): west, due west, westward, W the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River Synonym(s): West, western United States the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983) Synonym(s): West, Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield United States film actress (1892-1980) Synonym(s): West, Mae West English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820) Synonym(s): West, Benjamin West a location in the western part of a country, region, or city
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whacked adj (British informal) exhausted or worn out
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whist n a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six Synonym(s): whist, long whist, short whist
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whiz-kid n someone whose career progresses rapidly [syn: go-getter, whizz-kid, whiz-kid, ball of fire]
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whizz-kid n someone whose career progresses rapidly [syn: go-getter, whizz-kid, whiz-kid, ball of fire]
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Wichita n a member of the Caddo people formerly living between Kansas and central Texas the largest city in Kansas; located in southern Kansas on the Arkansas River the Caddoan language spoken by the Wichita
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wicked adj morally bad in principle or practice Antonym(s): virtuous having committed unrighteous acts; "a sinful person" Synonym(s): sinful, unholy, wicked intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough" Synonym(s): severe, terrible, wicked naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" Synonym(s): arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" Synonym(s): disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
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wicket n cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket a small arch used as croquet equipment Synonym(s): wicket, hoop small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) Synonym(s): wicket, wicket door, wicket gate small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted Synonym(s): wicket, lattice, grille
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wigged adj wearing a wig; "the judges all wigged and robed" [ant: wigless]
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wight n a human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: creature, wight] an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel Synonym(s): Wight, Isle of Wight
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wise to adj evidencing the possession of inside information [syn: knowing, wise(p), wise to(p)]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wage \Wage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Waging}.] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge,       promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a       pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge,       gawadj[d3]n to pledge, akin to E. wed, G. wette a wager. See       {Wed}, and cf. {Gage}.]       1. To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake;             to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar. --Hakluyt.                         My life I never but as a pawn To wage against thy                      enemies.                                             --Shak.          2. To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger;             to venture; to hazard. [bd]Too weak to wage an instant             trial with the king.[b8] --Shak.                         To wake and wage a danger profitless. --Shak.          3. To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or             pledge; to carry on, as a war.                         [He pondered] which of all his sons was fit To reign                      and wage immortal war with wit.         --Dryden.                         The two are waging war, and the one triumphs by the                      destruction of the other.                  --I. Taylor.          4. To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.             [Obs.] [bd]Thou . . . must wage thy works for wealth.[b8]             --Spenser.          5. To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.             [Obs.]                         Abundance of treasure which he had in store,                      wherewith he might wage soldiers.      --Holinshed.                         I would have them waged for their labor. --Latimer.          6. (O. Eng. Law) To give security for the performance of.             --Burrill.          {To wage battle} (O. Eng. Law), to give gage, or security,             for joining in the duellum, or combat. See {Wager of             battel}, under {Wager}, n. --Burrill.          {To wage one's law} (Law), to give security to make one's             law. See {Wager of law}, under {Wager}, n.
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Wag \Wag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wagging}.] [OE. waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw.       vagga to rock a cradle, vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan.       vugge; akin to AS. wagian to move, wag, wegan to bear, carry,       G. & D. bewegen to move, and E. weigh. [fb]136. See {Weigh}.]       To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to       and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part       of the body; as, to wag the head.                   No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. --Shak.                   Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and                wag his head.                                          --Jer. xviii.                                                                               16.          Note: Wag expresses specifically the motion of the head and                body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and                mockery.
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Waist \Waist\, n. [OE. wast; originally, growth, akin to AS.       weaxan to grow; cf. AS. w[91]stm growth. See {Wax} to grow.]       1. That part of the human body which is immediately below the             ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the             thorax and hips. --Chaucer.                         I am in the waist two yards about.      --Shak.          2. Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially             (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc.,             which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the             middle part of the ship.          3. A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body             from the neck or shoulders to the waist line.          4. A girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Waist anchor}. See {Sheet anchor}, 1, in the Vocabulary.
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Wake \Wake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waked}or {Woke} ([?]); p. pr.       & vb. n. {Waking}.] [AS. wacan, wacian; akin to OFries. waka,       OS. wak[?]n, D. waken, G. wachen, OHG. wahh[?]n, Icel. vaka,       Sw. vaken, Dan. vaage, Goth. wakan, v. i., uswakjan, v. t.,       Skr. v[be]jay to rouse, to impel. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Vigil},       {Wait}, v. i., {Watch}, v. i.]       1. To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.                         The father waketh for the daughter.   --Ecclus.                                                                               xlii. 9.                         Though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps. --Milton.                         I can not think any time, waking or sleeping,                      without being sensible of it.            --Locke.          2. To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.                         The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse,                      Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.                                                                               --Shak.          3. To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be             awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.                         He infallibly woke up at the sound of the concluding                      doxology.                                          --G. Eliot.          4. To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a             dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.                         Gentle airs due at their hour To fan the earth now                      waked.                                                --Milton.                         Then wake, my soul, to high desires.   --Keble.
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Wash \Wash\ (w[ocr]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Washed}       (w[ocr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Washing}.] [OE. waschen, AS.       wascan; akin to D. wasschen, G. waschen, OHG. wascan, Icel. &       Sw. vaska, Dan. vaske, and perhaps to E. water. [root]150.]       1. To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to             apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of             cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water;             as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash             sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the             bark of trees.                         When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, . . .                      he took water and washed his hands before the                      multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of                      this just person.                              --Matt. xxvii.                                                                               24.          2. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and             moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves             wash the shore.                         Fresh-blown roses washed with dew.      --Milton.                         [The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist.                                                                               --Longfellow.          3. To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as,             heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
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Washed \Washed\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different       color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.
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Washout \Wash"out`\, n.       The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a       portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or       a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or       railroad, where the earth has been washed away.
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Wasite \Wa"site\, n. [See {Wasium}.] (Min.)       A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium.
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Wast \Wast\       The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative       mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical       style. See {Was}.
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Waste \Waste\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wasting}.] [OE. wasten, OF. waster, guaster, gaster, F.       g[83]ter to spoil, L. vastare to devastate, to lay waste, fr.       vastus waste, desert, uncultivated, ravaged, vast, but       influenced by a kindred German word; cf. OHG. wuosten, G.       w[81]sten, AS. w[emac]stan. See {Waste}, a.]       1. To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.                         Thou barren ground, whom winter's wrath hath wasted,                      Art made a mirror to behold my plight. --Spenser.                         The Tiber Insults our walls, and wastes our fruitful                      grounds.                                             --Dryden.          2. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish             by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear             out.                         Until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness.                                                                               --Num. xiv.                                                                               33.                         O, were I able To waste it all myself, and leave ye                      none!                                                --Milton.                         Here condemned To waste eternal days in woe and                      pain.                                                --Milton.                         Wasted by such a course of life, the infirmities of                      age daily grew on him.                        --Robertson.          3. To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ             prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to             useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause             to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.                         The younger son gathered all together, and . . .                      wasted his substance with riotous living. --Luke xv.                                                                               13.                         Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And                      waste its sweetness on the desert air. --Gray.          4. (Law) To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate,             voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc.,             to go to decay.          Syn: To squander; dissipate; lavish; desolate.
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Waste \Waste\, a. [OE. wast, OF. wast, from L. vastus,       influenced by the kindred German word; cf. OHG. wuosti, G.       w[81]st, OS. w[?]sti, D. woest, AS. w[emac]ste. Cf. {Vast}.]       1. Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary;             dismal; gloomy; cheerless.                         The dismal situation waste and wild.   --Milton.                         His heart became appalled as he gazed forward into                      the waste darkness of futurity.         --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse;             rejected; as, waste land; waste paper.                         But his waste words returned to him in vain.                                                                               --Spenser.                         Not a waste or needless sound, Till we come to                      holier ground.                                    --Milton.                         Ill day which made this beauty waste. --Emerson.          3. Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous.                         And strangled with her waste fertility. --Milton.          {Waste gate}, a gate by which the superfluous water of a             reservoir, or the like, is discharged.          {Waste paper}. See under {Paper}.          {Waste pipe}, a pipe for carrying off waste, or superfluous,             water or other fluids. Specifically:             (a) (Steam Boilers) An escape pipe. See under {Escape}.             (b) (Plumbing) The outlet pipe at the bottom of a bowl,                   tub, sink, or the like.          {Waste steam}.             (a) Steam which escapes the air.             (b) Exhaust steam.          {Waste trap}, a trap for a waste pipe, as of a sink.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waste \Waste\, n. [OE. waste; cf. the kindred AS. w[?]sten, OHG.       w[?]st[c6], wuost[c6], G. w[81]ste. See {Waste}, a. & v.]       1. The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a             squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or             expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain;             gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a             waste of property, time, labor, words, etc. [bd]Waste . .             . of catel and of time.[b8] --Chaucer.                         For all this waste of wealth loss of blood.                                                                               --Milton.                         He will never . . . in the way of waste, attempt us                      again.                                                --Shak.                         Little wastes in great establishments, constantly                      occurring, may defeat the energies of a mighty                      capital.                                             --L. Beecher.          2. That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated,             uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an             unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a             wilderness. [bd]The wastes of Nature.[b8] --Emerson.                         All the leafy nation sinks at last, And Vulcan rides                      in triumph o'er the waste.                  --Dryden.                         The gloomy waste of waters which bears his name is                      his tomb and his monument.                  --Bancroft.          3. That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse.             Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting             from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used             for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of             railway cars, etc.          4. (Law) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses,             woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for             years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in             reversion or remainder.          Note: Waste is voluntary, as by pulling down buildings; or                permissive, as by suffering them to fall for want of                necessary repairs. Whatever does a lasting damage to                the freehold is a {waste}. --Blackstone.          5. (Mining) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant             space or filled with refuse.          Syn: Prodigality; diminution; loss; dissipation; destruction;                devastation; havoc; desolation; ravage.
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Waste \Waste\, v. i.       1. To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength,             value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle;             to grow less.                         The time wasteth night and day.         --Chaucer.                         The barrel of meal shall not waste.   --1 Kings                                                                               xvii. 14.                         But man dieth, and wasteth away.         --Job xiv. 10.          2. (Sporting) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; --             said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc.
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Waste \Waste\, n. (Phys. Geog.)       Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the       land, carried by streams to the sea.
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Waucht \Waucht\, Waught \Waught\, n. [Cf. {Quaff}.]       A large draught of any liquid. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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Waucht \Waucht\, Waught \Waught\, n. [Cf. {Quaff}.]       A large draught of any liquid. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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Wax \Wax\, v. i. [imp. {Waxed}; p. p. {Waxed}, and Obs. or       Poetic {Waxen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waxing}.] [AS. weaxan; akin       to OFries. waxa, D. wassen, OS. & OHG. wahsan, G. wachsen,       Icel. vaxa, Sw. v[84]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth. wahsjan, Gr. [?] to       increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Waist}.]       1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or             fuller; -- opposed to wane.                         The waxing and the waning of the moon. --Hakewill.                         Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane.                                                                               --P. Plowman.          2. To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as,             to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to             wax old; to wax worse and worse.                         Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. --Deut.                                                                               xxix. 5.                         Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his                      deep wound.                                       --Milton.          {Waxing kernels} (Med.), small tumors formed by the             enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the             groins of children; -- popularly so called, because             supposed to be caused by growth of the body. --Dunglison.
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Wax \Wax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waxed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Waxing}.]       To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a       thread or a table.          {Waxed cloth}, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a             cover, of tables and for other purposes; -- called also             {wax cloth}.          {Waxed end}, a thread pointed with a bristle and covered with             shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots,             shoes, and the like; -- called also {wax end}. --Brockett.
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Waygate \Way"gate`\, n.       The tailrace of a mill. --Knight.
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Wayside \Way"side`\, a.       Of or pertaining to the wayside; as, wayside flowers. [bd]A       wayside inn.[b8] --Longfellow.
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Wayside \Way"side`\, n.       The side of the way; the edge or border of a road or path.
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{Weak conjugation} (Gram.), the conjugation of weak verbs; --             called also {new, [or] regular, conjugation}, and             distinguished from the old, or irregular, conjugation.          {Weak declension} (Anglo-Saxon Gram.), the declension of weak             nouns; also, one of the declensions of adjectives.          {Weak side}, the side or aspect of a person's character or             disposition by which he is most easily affected or             influenced; weakness; infirmity.          {Weak sore} [or] {ulcer} (Med.), a sore covered with pale,             flabby, sluggish granulations.
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Week \Week\, n. [OE. weke, wike, woke, wuke AS. weocu, wicu,       wucu; akin to OS. wika, OFries. wike, D. week, G. woche, OHG.       wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Goth. wik[?],       probably originally meaning, a succession or change, and akin       to G. wechsel change, L. vicis turn, alternation, and E.       weak. Cf. {Weak}.]       A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one       Sabbath or Sunday to the next.                   I fast twice in the week.                        --Luke xviii.                                                                               12.          Note: Although it [the week] did not enter into the calendar                of the Greeks, and was not introduced at Rome till                after the reign of Theodesius, it has been employed                from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries.                --Encyc. Brit.          {Feast of Weeks}. See {Pentecost}, 1.          {Prophetic week}, a week of years, or seven years. --Dan. ix.             24.          {Week day}. See under {Day}.
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{Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n.          {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but             beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four             hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day,             as that most used by astronomers.          {Born days}. See under {Born}.          {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}.          {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary             reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning             at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two             series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized             by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and             Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews             at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight.                      {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}.          {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day;             continually; without intermission of a day. See under             {By}. [bd]Day by day we magnify thee.[b8] --Book of Common             Prayer.          {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return             of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called             because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench,             or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill.          {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a             suit.          {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which             devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley.          {Days of grace}. See {Grace}.          {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is             obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley.          {Day owl}, (Zo[94]l.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk             owl}.          {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished)             allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go             beyond the prison limits for a single day.          {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in             distinction from a boarding school.          {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}.          {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's             course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon.          {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as,             he improves from day to day.          {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset.          {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the             apparent solar days of the year.          {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually             of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later.             [bd]Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a             husband.[b8] --Shak.          {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance;             temporarily. --Bacon.          {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits             of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The             Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time.          {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S.             Butler.          {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day.                      {Working day}.             (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction                   from Sundays and legal holidays.             (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom,                   during which a workman, hired at a stated price per                   day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.
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Weigh \Weigh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Weighing}.] [OE. weien, weyen, weghen, AS. wegan to bear,       move; akin to D. wegen to weigh, G. w[84]gen, wiegen, to       weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move,       carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v[84]ga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth.       gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [?][?][?][?].       See {Way}, and cf. {Wey}.]       1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up;             as, to weigh anchor. [bd]Weigh the vessel up.[b8]             --Cowper.          2. To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of,             that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center             of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of             matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.                         Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found                      wanting.                                             --Dan. v. 27.          3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have             the heaviness of. [bd]A body weighing divers ounces.[b8]             --Boyle.          4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.                         They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.                                                                               --Zech. xi.                                                                               12.          5. To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the             mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an             opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate             deliberately and maturely; to balance.                         A young man not weighed in state affairs. --Bacon.                         Had no better weighed The strength he was to cope                      with, or his own.                              --Milton.                         Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only                      what is spoken.                                 --Hooker.                         In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. --Pope.                         Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. --Sir                                                                               W. Scott.          6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or             Archaic] [bd]I weigh not you.[b8] --Shak.                         All that she so dear did weigh.         --Spenser.          {To weigh down}.             (a) To overbalance.             (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress.                   [bd]To weigh thy spirits down.[b8] --Milton.
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Weight \Weight\, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D.       gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[91]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[91]gt.       See {Weigh}, v. t.]       1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by             which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect             of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain             units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.          Note: Weight differs from gravity in being the effect of                gravity, or the downward pressure of a body under the                influence of gravity; hence, it constitutes a measure                of the force of gravity, and being the resultant of all                the forces exerted by gravity upon the different                particles of the body, it is proportional to the                quantity of matter in the body.          2. The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the             center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated             by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to             some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight             of five hundred pounds.                         For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell, Once set on                      ringing, with his own weight goes.      --Shak.          3. Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or             business. [bd]The weight of this said time.[b8] --Shak.                         For the public all this weight he bears. --Milton.                         [He] who singly bore the world's sad weight.                                                                               --Keble.          4. Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence;             moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast             weight.                         In such a point of weight, so near mine honor.                                                                               --Shak.          5. A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of             estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight;             apothecaries' weight.          6. A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a             paper weight.                         A man leapeth better with weights in his hands.                                                                               --Bacon.          7. A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to             be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as,             an ounce weight.          8. (Mech.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as             opposed to the power which moves it. [Obs.]          {Atomic weight}. (Chem.) See under {Atomic}, and cf.             {Element}.          {Dead weight}, {Feather weight}, {Heavy weight}, {Light       weight}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Feather}, etc.          {Weight of observation} (Astron. & Physics), a number             expressing the most probable relative value of each             observation in determining the result of a series of             observations of the same kind.          Syn: Ponderousness; gravity; heaviness; pressure; burden;                load; importance; power; influence; efficacy;                consequence; moment; impressiveness.
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Weight \Weight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Weighting}.]       1. To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make             heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a             jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.                         The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense.                                                                               --Coleridge.          2. (Astron. & Physics) To assign a weight to; to express by a             number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See             {Weight of observations}, under {Weight}.
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Weight \Weight\, v. t. (Dyeing)       To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight,       etc.
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Weighty \Weight"y\, a. [Compar. {Weightier}; superl.       {Weightiest}.]       1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.          2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince;             important; forcible; serious; momentous. [bd]For sundry             weighty reasons.[b8] --Shak.                         Let me have your advice in a weighty affair.                                                                               --Swift.          3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] [bd]Attend our             weightier judgment.[b8] --Shak.          Syn: Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible;                momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent.
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West \West\, a.       Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western       direction from the point of observation or reckoning;       proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a       west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a       west wind blows from the west.                   This shall be your west border.               --Num. xxxiv.                                                                               6.          {West end}, the fashionable part of London, commencing from             the east, at Charing Cross.
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West \West\, n. [AS. west, adv.; akin to D. west, G. west,       westen, OHG. westan, Icel. vestr, Sw. vest, vester, vestan,       Dan. vest, vesten, and perhaps to L. vesper evening, Gr. [?].       [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Vesper}, {Visigoth}.]       1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at             the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth;             that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which             is in a direction at right angles to that of north and             south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the             point directly opposite to east.                         And fresh from the west is the free wind's breath.                                                                               --Bryant.          2. A country, or region of country, which, with regard to             some other country or region, is situated in the direction             toward the west.          3. Specifically:             (a) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it                   having been discovered by sailing westward from                   Europe; the Occident.             (b) (U. S. Hist. & Geog.) Formerly, that part of the                   United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now,                   commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi                   river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian                   Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite                   article.          {West by north}, {West by south}, according to the notation             of the mariner's compass, that point which lies             11[frac14][deg] to the north or south, respectively, of             the point due west.          {West northwest}, {West southwest}, that point which lies             22[frac12][deg] to the north or south of west, or halfway             between west and northwest or southwest, respectively. See             Illust. of {Compass}.
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West \West\, v. i.       1. To pass to the west; to set, as the sun. [Obs.] [bd]The             hot sun gan to west.[b8] --Chaucer.          2. To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or             south toward the west.
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West \West\, adv. [AS. west.]       Westward.
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West \West\, a. (Eccl.)       Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is       opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part       containing the chancel and choir.
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Westy \West"y\, a.       Dizzy; giddy. [Prov. Eng.]
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Whack \Whack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Whacking}.] [Cf. {Thwack}.]       To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to       thrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.]                   Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes.                                                                               --G. W. Cable.
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Wheeze \Wheeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wheezed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wheezing}.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw[?]san (cf. Icel. hv[91]sa to       hiss, Sw. hv[84]sa, Dan. hv[91]se); akin to AS. hw[?]sta a       cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h[?]sti, Lith.       kosti to cough, Skr. k[?]s. [root]43. Cf. {Husky} hoarse.]       To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling       sound, as persons affected with asthma. [bd]Wheezing       lungs.[b8] --Shak.
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Whisk \Whisk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whisked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Whisking}.] [Cf. Dan. viske, Sw. viska, G. wischen, D.       wisschen. See {Whisk}, n.]       1. To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion;             as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs             into a froth.          2. To move with a quick, sweeping motion.                         He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod. --J.                                                                               Fletcher.                         I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out                      of one element into another.               --Walpole.
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Whisket \Whis"ket\, n. [Cf. {Wisket}.]       1. A basket; esp., a straw provender basket. [Prov. Eng.]             --Halliwell.          2. (Mach.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.
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Whist \Whist\, n. [From {Whist}, interj.]       A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires       silence and close attention. It is played by four persons       (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a       complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen       cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished,       and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.          Note: Points are scored for the tricks taken in excess of                six, and for the honors held. In long whist, now seldom                played, ten points make the game; in short whist, now                usually played in England, five points make the game.                In American whist, so-called, honors are not counted,                and seven points by tricks make the game.
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Whist \Whist\, v. t. [From {Whist}, interj.]       To hush or silence. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Whist \Whist\, v. i.       To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute. [R.]       --Surrey.
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Whist \Whist\, a. [Properly p. p. of whist, v.]       Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.       [bd]So whist and dead a silence.[b8] --Sir J. Harrington.                   The winds, with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters                kissed.                                                   --Milton.          Note: This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used                predicatively.
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Whist \Whist\, interj. [Cf. G. st! pst! bst! [?][?][?]. Cf.       {Hist}.]       Be silent; be still; hush; silence.
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Whist \Whist\, n.          {Bridge whist}. See {Bridge}, n., above.          {Duplicate whist}, a form of whist in playing which the hands             are preserved as dealt and played again by other players,             as when each side holds in the second round the cards             played by the opposing side in the first round.          {Solo whist}. See {Solo whist}, above. Whitecap \White"cap`\,       n.       A member of a self-appointed vigilance committee attempting       by lynch-law methods to drive away or coerce persons       obnoxious to it. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks.       [U. S.] -- {White"cap`}, v. -- {White"cap`per}, n.
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Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.]       1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing             progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; --             opposed to retrograde.          2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state.          {Progressive euchre} [or] {whist}, a way of playing at card             parties, by which after every game, the losers at the             first table go to the last table, and the winners at all             the tables, except the first, move up to the next table.                      {Progressive muscular atrophy} (Med.), a nervous disorder             characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. --             {Pro*gress"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*gress"ive*ness}, n.
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Whist \Whist\, n. [From {Whist}, interj.]       A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires       silence and close attention. It is played by four persons       (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a       complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen       cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished,       and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.          Note: Points are scored for the tricks taken in excess of                six, and for the honors held. In long whist, now seldom                played, ten points make the game; in short whist, now                usually played in England, five points make the game.                In American whist, so-called, honors are not counted,                and seven points by tricks make the game.
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Whist \Whist\, v. t. [From {Whist}, interj.]       To hush or silence. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Whist \Whist\, v. i.       To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute. [R.]       --Surrey.
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Whist \Whist\, a. [Properly p. p. of whist, v.]       Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.       [bd]So whist and dead a silence.[b8] --Sir J. Harrington.                   The winds, with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters                kissed.                                                   --Milton.          Note: This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used                predicatively.
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Whist \Whist\, interj. [Cf. G. st! pst! bst! [?][?][?]. Cf.       {Hist}.]       Be silent; be still; hush; silence.
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Whist \Whist\, n.          {Bridge whist}. See {Bridge}, n., above.          {Duplicate whist}, a form of whist in playing which the hands             are preserved as dealt and played again by other players,             as when each side holds in the second round the cards             played by the opposing side in the first round.          {Solo whist}. See {Solo whist}, above. Whitecap \White"cap`\,       n.       A member of a self-appointed vigilance committee attempting       by lynch-law methods to drive away or coerce persons       obnoxious to it. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks.       [U. S.] -- {White"cap`}, v. -- {White"cap`per}, n.
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Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.]       1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing             progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; --             opposed to retrograde.          2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state.          {Progressive euchre} [or] {whist}, a way of playing at card             parties, by which after every game, the losers at the             first table go to the last table, and the winners at all             the tables, except the first, move up to the next table.                      {Progressive muscular atrophy} (Med.), a nervous disorder             characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. --             {Pro*gress"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*gress"ive*ness}, n.
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Whiz \Whiz\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whizzed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Whizzing}.] [Of imitative origin. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Whistle},       and {Hiss}.]       To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball       flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp       hissing or whistling sound. [Written also {whizz}.]                   It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. --Dryden.
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Wichitas \Wich"i*tas\, n. pl.; sing. {Wichita}. (Ethnol.)       A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas       and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See       {Pawnees}.
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Wicked \Wicked\, a.       Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a       two-wicked lamp.
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Wicked \Wick"ed\, a. [OE. wicked, fr. wicke wicked; probably       originally the same word as wicche wizard, witch. See       {Witch}.]       1. Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality;             contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or             sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and             things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed;             wicked designs.                         Hence, then, and evil go with thee along, Thy                      offspring, to the place of evil, hell, Thou and thy                      wicked crew!                                       --Milton.                         Never, never, wicked man was wise.      --Pope.          2. Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.             [Obs.] [bd]Wicked dew.[b8] --Shak.                         This were a wicked way, but whoso had a guide. --P.                                                                               Plowman.          3. Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to             mischief; roguish. [Colloq.]                         Pen looked uncommonly wicked.            --Thackeray.          Syn: Iniquitous; sinful; criminal; guilty; immoral; unjust;                unrighteous; unholy; irreligious; ungodly; profane;                vicious; pernicious; atrocious; nefarious; heinous;                flagrant; flagitious; abandoned. See {Iniquitous}.
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Wicket \Wick"et\, n. [OE. wiket, OF. wiket, guichet, F. quichet;       probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v[?]k a small creek,       inlet, bay, vik a corner.]       1. A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or             placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or             entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door             which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers             Plowman. [bd]Heaven's wicket.[b8] --Milton.                         And so went to the high street, . . . and came to                      the great tower, but the gate and wicket was fast                      closed.                                             --Ld. Berners.                         The wicket, often opened, knew the key. --Dryden.          2. A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is             emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a             water wheel is regulated.          3. (Cricket)             (a) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It                   consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in                   the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails,                   lying horizontally across the top.             (b) The ground on which the wickets are set.          4. A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by             lumbermen, etc. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.          5. (Mining) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall             working. --Raymond.          {Wicket door}, {Wicket gate}, a small door or gate; a wicket.             See def. 1, above. --Bunyan.          {Wicket keeper} (Cricket), the player who stands behind the             wicket to catch the balls and endeavor to put the batsman             out.
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Wigged \Wigged\, a.       Having the head covered with a wig; wearing a wig.
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Wig \Wig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wigging}.]       To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.       [Slang]
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Wight \Wight\, a. [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin;       cf. Icel. v[c6]gr in fighting condition, neut. v[c6]gh       [?][?][?] v[c6]g war, akin to AS. w[c6]g See {Vanquish}.]       Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. [Obs. or Poetic]                   'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe.   --Chaucer.                   He was so wimble and so wight.               --Spenser.                   They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Pilgrims                wight with steps forthright.                  --Emerson.
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Wight \Wight\, n.       Weight. [Obs.]
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Wight \Wight\, n. [OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht,       wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. &       OHG. wiht a creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel.       v[91]tt[?] a wight, v[91]tt[?] a whit, Goth. wa[a1]hts,       wa[a1]ht, thing; cf. Russ. veshche a thing. [?]. Cf. {Whit}.]       1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.]                         She was fallen asleep a little wight. --Chaucer.          2. A supernatural being. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          3. A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now             used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous             language. [bd]Worst of all wightes.[b8] --Chaucer.                         Every wight that hath discretion.      --Chaucer.                         Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight. --Milton.
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Wish \Wish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wished}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wishing}.] [OE. wischen, weschen, wuschen, AS. w[?]scan;       akin to D. wenschen, G. w[81]nschen, Icel. [91]eskja, Dan.       [94]nske, Sw. [94]nska; from AS. w[?]sc a wish; akin to OD. &       G. wunsch, OHG. wunsc, Icel. [?]sk, Skr. v[be][?]ch[be] a       wish, v[be][?]ch to wish; also to Skr. van to like, to wish.       [?]. See {Winsome}, {Win}, v. t., and cf. {Wistful}.]       1. To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.                         They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished                      for the day.                                       --Acts xxvii.                                                                               29.                         This is as good an argument as an antiquary could                      wish for.                                          --Arbuthnot.
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Wisket \Wis"ket\, n.       A whisket, or basket. [Prov. Eng.] --Ainsworth.
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Wist \Wist\, archaic imp. & p. p. of {Wit}, v.       Knew.
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Wit \Wit\, v. t. & i. [inf. (To) {Wit}; pres. sing. {Wot}; pl.       {Wite}; imp. {Wist(e)}; p. p. {Wist}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wit(t)ing}. See the Note below.] [OE. witen, pres. ich wot,       wat, I know (wot), imp. wiste, AS. witan, pres. w[be]t, imp.       wiste, wisse; akin to OFries. wita, OS. witan, D. weten, G.       wissen, OHG. wizzan, Icel. vita, Sw. veta, Dan. vide, Goth.       witan to observe, wait I know, Russ. vidiete to see, L.       videre, Gr. [?], Skr. vid to know, learn; cf. Skr. vid to       find. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {History}, {Idea}, {Idol}, {-oid},       {Twit}, {Veda}, {Vision}, {Wise}, a. & n., {Wot}.]       To know; to learn. [bd]I wot and wist alway.[b8] --Chaucer.
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Wit \Wit\, v. t. & i. [inf. (To) {Wit}; pres. sing. {Wot}; pl.       {Wite}; imp. {Wist(e)}; p. p. {Wist}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Wit(t)ing}. See the Note below.] [OE. witen, pres. ich wot,       wat, I know (wot), imp. wiste, AS. witan, pres. w[be]t, imp.       wiste, wisse; akin to OFries. wita, OS. witan, D. weten, G.       wissen, OHG. wizzan, Icel. vita, Sw. veta, Dan. vide, Goth.       witan to observe, wait I know, Russ. vidiete to see, L.       videre, Gr. [?], Skr. vid to know, learn; cf. Skr. vid to       find. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {History}, {Idea}, {Idol}, {-oid},       {Twit}, {Veda}, {Vision}, {Wise}, a. & n., {Wot}.]       To know; to learn. [bd]I wot and wist alway.[b8] --Chaucer.
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Wost \Wost\,       2d pers. sing. pres. of {Wit}, to know. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Wust \Wust\, Wuste \Wuste\, obs.       imp. of {Wit}. --Piers Plowman.
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Wust \Wust\, Wuste \Wuste\, obs.       imp. of {Wit}. --Piers Plowman.
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