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   Waldenses
         n 1: a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern
               France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines
               in the 16th century [syn: {Waldenses}, {Vaudois}]

English Dictionary: wild mango tree by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Waldheim
n
  1. Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918)
    Synonym(s): Waldheim, Kurt Waldheim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waldmeister
n
  1. Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula
    Synonym(s): sweet woodruff, waldmeister, woodruff, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, Asperula odorata
  2. fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine
    Synonym(s): sweet woodruff, waldmeister
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wall tent
n
  1. a canvas tent with four vertical walls
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Walton
n
  1. English composer (1902-1983) [syn: Walton, {William Walton}, Sir William Walton, Sir William Turner Walton]
  2. English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683)
    Synonym(s): Walton, Izaak Walton
  3. Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995)
    Synonym(s): Walton, E. T. S. Walton, Ernest Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wealthiness
n
  1. the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence"
    Synonym(s): wealth, wealthiness
    Antonym(s): impoverishment, poorness, poverty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wealthy man
n
  1. a man who is wealthy [syn: man of means, rich man, wealthy man]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
welding
n
  1. fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weldment
n
  1. an assembly of parts welded together
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well timed
adj
  1. done or happening at the appropriate or proper time; "a timely warning"; "with timely treatment the patient has a good chance of recovery"; "a seasonable time for discussion"; "the book's publication was well timed"
    Synonym(s): timely, seasonable, well-timed(a), well timed(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-done
adj
  1. (meat) cooked until there is no pink meat left inside
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-timed
adv
  1. at an opportune time; "your letter arrived apropos" [syn: seasonably, timely, well-timed, apropos]
adj
  1. done or happening at the appropriate or proper time; "a timely warning"; "with timely treatment the patient has a good chance of recovery"; "a seasonable time for discussion"; "the book's publication was well timed"
    Synonym(s): timely, seasonable, well-timed(a), well timed(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Weltanschauung
n
  1. a comprehensive view of the world and human life [syn: Weltanschauung, world view]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whole tone
n
  1. a musical interval of two semitones [syn: tone, {whole tone}, step, whole step]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild angelica
n
  1. European herb with compound leaves and white flowers; adventive on Cape Breton Island
    Synonym(s): wild angelica, Angelica sylvestris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild emmer
n
  1. found wild in Palestine; held to be prototype of cultivated wheat
    Synonym(s): wild wheat, wild emmer, Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild indigo
n
  1. any of several plants of the genus Baptisia [syn: {wild indigo}, false indigo]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild madder
n
  1. Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
    Synonym(s): wild madder, white madder, white bedstraw, infant's-breath, false baby's breath, Galium mollugo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild man
n
  1. a person who is not socialized [syn: wild man, {feral man}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild mandrake
n
  1. North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
    Synonym(s): mayapple, May apple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild mango
n
  1. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites
    Synonym(s): wild mango, dika, wild mango tree, Irvingia gabonensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild mango tree
n
  1. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites
    Synonym(s): wild mango, dika, wild mango tree, Irvingia gabonensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild marjoram
n
  1. aromatic Eurasian perennial [syn: oregano, marjoram, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet, Origanum vulgare]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild meadow lily
n
  1. common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
    Synonym(s): Canada lily, wild yellow lily, meadow lily, wild meadow lily, Lilium canadense
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild medlar
n
  1. small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
    Synonym(s): wild medlar, wild medlar tree, medlar, Vangueria infausta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild medlar tree
n
  1. small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
    Synonym(s): wild medlar, wild medlar tree, medlar, Vangueria infausta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild morning-glory
n
  1. common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus
    Synonym(s): hedge bindweed, wild morning-glory, Calystegia sepium, Convolvulus sepium
  2. weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
    Synonym(s): field bindweed, wild morning-glory, Convolvulus arvensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild mustard
n
  1. weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields [syn: field mustard, wild mustard, charlock, chadlock, Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild onion
n
  1. any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild tamarind
n
  1. common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum
    Synonym(s): manila tamarind, camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce
  2. a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods
    Synonym(s): wild tamarind, Lysiloma latisiliqua, Lysiloma bahamensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild thyme
n
  1. aromatic dwarf shrub common on banks and hillsides in Europe; naturalized in United States
    Synonym(s): wild thyme, creeping thyme, Thymus serpyllum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild winterpea
n
  1. a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop
    Synonym(s): singletary pea, Caley pea, rough pea, wild winterpea, Lathyrus hirsutus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wild yam
n
  1. having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders
    Synonym(s): wild yam, Dioscorea paniculata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wilding
n
  1. a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree)
  2. an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wildness
n
  1. a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"
    Synonym(s): wildness, abandon
  2. the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"
    Synonym(s): ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness
  3. an unruly disposition to do as one pleases; "Liza had always had a tendency to wildness"; "the element of wildness in his behavior was a protest against repressive convention"
  4. an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature
    Antonym(s): domestication, tameness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wilting
n
  1. causing to become limp or drooping
    Synonym(s): wilt, wilting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wilton
n
  1. a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile
    Synonym(s): Wilton, Wilton carpet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wilton carpet
n
  1. a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile
    Synonym(s): Wilton, Wilton carpet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waldenses \Wal*den"ses\ (?; 277), n. pl. [So called from Petrus
      Waldus, or Peter Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, who founded this
      sect about a. d. 1170.] (Eccl. Hist.)
      A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the
      Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by
      persecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where the sect
      survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waldensian \Wal*den"sian\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the Waldenses. -- n. One Holding the
      Waldensian doctrines.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a
      stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. [?] a nail. Cf.
      {Interval}.]
      1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials,
            raised to some height, and intended for defense or
            security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a
            field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright
            inclosing parts of a building or a room.
  
                     The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan.
                                                                              v. 5.
  
      2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the
            plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
  
                     The waters were a wall unto them on their right
                     hand, and on their left.                     --Ex. xiv. 22.
  
                     In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the
                     Troyan walls.                                    --Shak.
  
                     To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden.
  
      3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls
            of a steam-engine cylinder.
  
      4. (Mining)
            (a) The side of a level or drift.
            (b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond.
  
      Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the
               formation of compounds, usually of obvious
               signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall
               fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.
  
      {Blank wall}, Blind wall, etc. See under {Blank}, {Blind},
            etc.
  
      {To drive to the wall}, to bring to extremities; to push to
            extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.
  
      {To go to the wall}, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the
            weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.
  
      {To take the wall}. to take the inner side of a walk, that
            is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.
            [bd]I will take the wall of any man or maid of
            Montague's.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Wall barley} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Hordeum murinum})
            much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {Wall box}. (Mach.) See {Wall frame}, below.
  
      {Wall creeper} (Zo[94]l.), a small bright-colored bird
            ({Tichodroma muraria}) native of Asia and Southern Europe.
            It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of
            insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing
            coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red
            at the base and black distally, some of them with white
            spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider
            catcher}.
  
      {Wall cress} (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous
            herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under
            {Mouse-ear}.
  
      {Wall frame} (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a
            pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the
            wall; -- called also {wall box}.
  
      {Wall fruit}, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.
  
      {Wall gecko} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over
            the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by
            means of suckers on the feet.
  
      {Wall lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
            muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks
            and crevices of walls; -- called also {wall newt}.
  
      {Wall louse}, a wood louse.
  
      {Wall moss} (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls.
  
      {Wall newt} (Zo[94]l.), the wall lizard. --Shak.
  
      {Wall paper}, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper
            hangings.
  
      {Wall pellitory} (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria
            officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed
            medicinal.
  
      {Wall pennywort} (Bot.), a plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus})
            having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in
            Western Europe.
  
      {Wall pepper} (Bot.), a low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre})
            with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and
            bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in
            Europe, and is sometimes seen in America.
  
      {Wall pie} (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue.
  
      {Wall piece}, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott.
  
      {Wall plate} (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally
            upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.
            See Illust. of {Roof}.
  
      {Wall rock}, granular limestone used in building walls. [U.
            S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Wall rue} (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium
            Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.
  
      {Wall spring}, a spring of water issuing from stratified
            rocks.
  
      {Wall tent}, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to
            the walls of a house.
  
      {Wall wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a common European solitary wasp
            ({Odynerus parietus}) which makes its nest in the crevices
            of walls.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wealden \Weald"en\ (?; 277), a. [AS. weald, wald, a forest, a
      wood. So called because this formation occurs in the wealds,
      or woods, of Kent and Sussex. See {Weald}.] (Geol.)
      Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous
      formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the
      O[94]litic series.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wealden \Weald"en\, n. (Geol.)
      The Wealden group or strata.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wealthiness \Wealth"i*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness;
      opulence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weld \Weld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Welded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Welding}.] [Probably originally the same word as well to
      spring up, to gush; perhaps from the Scand.; cf. Sw. v[84]lla
      to weld, uppv[84]lla to boil up, to spring up, Dan. v[91]lde
      to gush, G. wellen to weld. See {Well} to spring.]
      1. To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two
            pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion.
  
      Note: Very few of the metals, besides iron and platinum. are
               capable of being welded. Horn and tortoise shell
               possess this useful property.
  
      2. Fig.: To unite closely or intimately.
  
                     Two women faster welded in one love.   --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weldon's process \Wel"don's proc"ess\, (Chem.)
      A process for the recovery or regeneration of manganese
      dioxide in the manufacture of chlorine, by means of milk of
      lime and the oxygen of the air; -- so called after the
      inventor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Welldoing \Well"do`ing\, n.
      A doing well; right performance of duties. Also used
      adjectively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Weltanschauung \[d8]Welt"an"schau`ung\, n.; pl.
      {Weltanschauungen}. [G.]
      Lit., world view; a conception of the course of events in,
      and of the purpose of, the world as a whole, forming a
      philosophical view or apprehension of the universe; the
      general idea embodied in a cosmology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Welt \Welt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Welted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Welting}.]
      To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to
      welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wieldance \Wield"ance\, n.
      The act or power of wielding. [Obs.] [bd]Our weak
      wieldance.[b8] --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wield \Wield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wielded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wielding}.] [OE. welden to govern, to have power over, to
      possess, AS. geweldan, gewyldan, from wealdan; akin to OS.
      waldan, OFries. walda, G. walten, OHG. waltan, Icel. valda,
      Sw. v[86]lla to occasion, to cause, Dan. volde, Goth. waldan
      to govern, rule, L. valere to be strong. Cf. {Herald},
      {Valiant}.]
      1. To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to
            possess. [Obs.]
  
                     When a strong armed man keepeth his house, all
                     things that he wieldeth ben in peace. --Wyclif (Luke
                                                                              xi. 21).
  
                     Wile [ne will] ye wield gold neither silver ne money
                     in your girdles.                                 --Wyclif
                                                                              (Matt. x. 9.)
  
      2. To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to
            manage; to control; to sway.
  
                     The famous orators . . . whose resistless eloquence
                     Wielded at will that fierce democraty. --Milton.
  
                     Her newborn power was wielded from the first by
                     unprincipled and ambitions men.         --De Quincey.
  
      3. To use with full command or power, as a thing not too
            heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use
            or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.
  
                     Base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield!
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     Nothing but the influence of a civilized power could
                     induce a savage to wield a spade.      --S. S. Smith.
  
      {To wield the scepter}, to govern with supreme command.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wielding \Wield"ing\, n.
      Power; authority; rule. [Obs.]
  
               To have them in your might and in your wielding.
                                                                              --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Endive \En"dive\, n. [F. endive (cf. Pr., Sp. Pg., & It.
      endivia), fr. a deriv. of L. intibus, intybus, endive.]
      (Bot.)
      A composite herb ({Cichorium Endivia}). Its finely divided
      and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad.
  
      {Wild endive} (Bot.), chicory or succory.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {To run wild}, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
            untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
  
      {To sow one's wild oats}. See under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild allspice}. (Bot.), spicewood.
  
      {Wild balsam apple} (Bot.), an American climbing
            cucurbitaceous plant ({Echinocystis lobata}).
  
      {Wild basil} (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
            Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
  
      {Wild bean} (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
            mostly species of {Phaseolus} and {Apios}.
  
      {Wild bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
            when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
            in a hollow tree or among rocks.
  
      {Wild bergamot}. (Bot.) See under {Bergamot}.
  
      {Wild boar} (Zo[94]l.), the European wild hog ({Sus scrofa}),
            from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
  
      {Wild brier} (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
            {Brier}.
  
      {Wild bugloss} (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
            ({Lycopsis arvensis}) with small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild camomile} (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
            genus {Matricaria}, much resembling camomile.
  
      {Wild cat}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European carnivore ({Felis catus}) somewhat
                  resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
                  having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
                  domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
                  the like.
            (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
            (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
                  either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
  
      {Wild celery}. (Bot.) See {Tape grass}, under {Tape}.
  
      {Wild cherry}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
                  red cherry is {Prunus Pennsylvanica}. The wild black
                  cherry is {P. serotina}, the wood of which is much
                  used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
                  compact texture.
            (b) The fruit of various species of {Prunus}.
  
      {Wild cinnamon}. See the Note under {Canella}.
  
      {Wild comfrey} (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
            Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
            leaves and small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild cumin} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
            ({Lag[oe]cia cuminoides}) native in the countries about
            the Mediterranean.
  
      {Wild drake} (Zo[94]l.) the mallard.
  
      {Wild elder} (Bot.), an American plant ({Aralia hispida}) of
            the Ginseng family.
  
      {Wild fowl} (Zo[94]l.) any wild bird, especially any of those
            considered as game birds.
  
      {Wild goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
            Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
            See {Graylag}, and {Bean goose}, under {Bean}.
  
      {Wild goose chase}, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
            of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
            --Shak.
  
      {Wild honey}, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
            trees, rocks, the like.
  
      {Wild hyacinth}. (Bot.) See {Hyacinth}, 1
            (b) .
  
      {Wild Irishman} (Bot.), a thorny bush ({Discaria Toumatou})
            of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
            natives use the spines in tattooing.
  
      {Wild land}.
            (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
                  unfit for cultivation.
            (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
  
      {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) See under {Licorice}.
  
      {Wild mammee} (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
            tropical American tree ({Rheedia lateriflora}); -- so
            called in the West Indies.
  
      {Wild marjoram} (Bot.), a labiate plant ({Origanum vulgare})
            much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
  
      {Wild oat}. (Bot.)
            (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
                  avenaceum}).
            (b) See {Wild oats}, under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild pieplant} (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
            hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
            juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
            rhubarb.
  
      {Wild pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The rock dove.
            (b) The passenger pigeon.
  
      {Wild pink} (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
            Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
            catchfly.
  
      {Wild plantain} (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
            ({Heliconia Bihai}), much resembling the banana. Its
            leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
            as coverings for packages of merchandise.
  
      {Wild plum}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
            (b) The South African prune. See under {Prune}.
  
      {Wild rice}. (Bot.) See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}.
  
      {Wild rosemary} (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
            polifolia}. See {Marsh rosemary}, under {Rosemary}.
  
      {Wild sage}. (Bot.) See {Sagebrush}.
  
      {Wild sarsaparilla} (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
            nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
  
      {Wild sensitive plant} (Bot.), either one of two annual
            leguminous herbs ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}, and {C.
            nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
            when the plant is disturbed.
  
      {Wild service}.(Bot.) See {Sorb}.
  
      {Wild Spaniard} (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
            plants of the genus {Aciphylla}, natives of New Zealand.
            The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
            plants form an impenetrable thicket.
  
      {Wild turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See 2d {Turkey}.

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      2. (Chem.) A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants
            belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the
            woad, {Isatis tinctoria}, {Indigofera tinctoria}, {I.
            Anil}, {Nereum tinctorium}, etc. It is a dark blue earthy
            substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet
            luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as
            such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside
            indican.
  
      Note: Commercial indigo contains the essential coloring
               principle indigo blue or indigotine, with several other
               dyes; as, indigo red, indigo brown, etc., and various
               impurities. Indigo is insoluble in ordinary reagents,
               with the exception of strong sulphuric acid.
  
      {Chinese indigo} (Bot.), {Isatis indigotica}, a kind of woad.
           
  
      {Wild indigo} (Bot.), the American herb {Baptisia tinctoria}
            which yields a poor quality of indigo, as do several other
            species of the same genus.

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   Madder \Mad"der\, n. [OE. mader, AS. m[91]dere; akin to Icel.
      ma[?]ra.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the {Rubia} ({R. tinctorum}). The root is much
      used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is
      cultivated in France and Holland. See {Rubiaceous}.
  
      Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,
               etc., which receive their names from their colors; as.
               madder yellow.
  
      {Field madder}, an annual European weed ({Sherardia
            arvensis}) resembling madder.
  
      {Indian madder}, the East Indian {Rubia cordifolia}, used in
            the East for dyeing; -- called also {munjeet}.
  
      {Wild madder}, {Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the {Galium
            Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw.

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      {To run wild}, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
            untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
  
      {To sow one's wild oats}. See under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild allspice}. (Bot.), spicewood.
  
      {Wild balsam apple} (Bot.), an American climbing
            cucurbitaceous plant ({Echinocystis lobata}).
  
      {Wild basil} (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
            Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
  
      {Wild bean} (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
            mostly species of {Phaseolus} and {Apios}.
  
      {Wild bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
            when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
            in a hollow tree or among rocks.
  
      {Wild bergamot}. (Bot.) See under {Bergamot}.
  
      {Wild boar} (Zo[94]l.), the European wild hog ({Sus scrofa}),
            from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
  
      {Wild brier} (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
            {Brier}.
  
      {Wild bugloss} (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
            ({Lycopsis arvensis}) with small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild camomile} (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
            genus {Matricaria}, much resembling camomile.
  
      {Wild cat}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European carnivore ({Felis catus}) somewhat
                  resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
                  having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
                  domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
                  the like.
            (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
            (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
                  either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
  
      {Wild celery}. (Bot.) See {Tape grass}, under {Tape}.
  
      {Wild cherry}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
                  red cherry is {Prunus Pennsylvanica}. The wild black
                  cherry is {P. serotina}, the wood of which is much
                  used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
                  compact texture.
            (b) The fruit of various species of {Prunus}.
  
      {Wild cinnamon}. See the Note under {Canella}.
  
      {Wild comfrey} (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
            Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
            leaves and small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild cumin} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
            ({Lag[oe]cia cuminoides}) native in the countries about
            the Mediterranean.
  
      {Wild drake} (Zo[94]l.) the mallard.
  
      {Wild elder} (Bot.), an American plant ({Aralia hispida}) of
            the Ginseng family.
  
      {Wild fowl} (Zo[94]l.) any wild bird, especially any of those
            considered as game birds.
  
      {Wild goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
            Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
            See {Graylag}, and {Bean goose}, under {Bean}.
  
      {Wild goose chase}, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
            of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
            --Shak.
  
      {Wild honey}, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
            trees, rocks, the like.
  
      {Wild hyacinth}. (Bot.) See {Hyacinth}, 1
            (b) .
  
      {Wild Irishman} (Bot.), a thorny bush ({Discaria Toumatou})
            of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
            natives use the spines in tattooing.
  
      {Wild land}.
            (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
                  unfit for cultivation.
            (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
  
      {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) See under {Licorice}.
  
      {Wild mammee} (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
            tropical American tree ({Rheedia lateriflora}); -- so
            called in the West Indies.
  
      {Wild marjoram} (Bot.), a labiate plant ({Origanum vulgare})
            much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
  
      {Wild oat}. (Bot.)
            (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
                  avenaceum}).
            (b) See {Wild oats}, under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild pieplant} (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
            hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
            juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
            rhubarb.
  
      {Wild pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The rock dove.
            (b) The passenger pigeon.
  
      {Wild pink} (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
            Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
            catchfly.
  
      {Wild plantain} (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
            ({Heliconia Bihai}), much resembling the banana. Its
            leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
            as coverings for packages of merchandise.
  
      {Wild plum}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
            (b) The South African prune. See under {Prune}.
  
      {Wild rice}. (Bot.) See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}.
  
      {Wild rosemary} (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
            polifolia}. See {Marsh rosemary}, under {Rosemary}.
  
      {Wild sage}. (Bot.) See {Sagebrush}.
  
      {Wild sarsaparilla} (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
            nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
  
      {Wild sensitive plant} (Bot.), either one of two annual
            leguminous herbs ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}, and {C.
            nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
            when the plant is disturbed.
  
      {Wild service}.(Bot.) See {Sorb}.
  
      {Wild Spaniard} (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
            plants of the genus {Aciphylla}, natives of New Zealand.
            The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
            plants form an impenetrable thicket.
  
      {Wild turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See 2d {Turkey}.

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      {To run wild}, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
            untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
  
      {To sow one's wild oats}. See under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild allspice}. (Bot.), spicewood.
  
      {Wild balsam apple} (Bot.), an American climbing
            cucurbitaceous plant ({Echinocystis lobata}).
  
      {Wild basil} (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
            Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
  
      {Wild bean} (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
            mostly species of {Phaseolus} and {Apios}.
  
      {Wild bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
            when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
            in a hollow tree or among rocks.
  
      {Wild bergamot}. (Bot.) See under {Bergamot}.
  
      {Wild boar} (Zo[94]l.), the European wild hog ({Sus scrofa}),
            from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
  
      {Wild brier} (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
            {Brier}.
  
      {Wild bugloss} (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
            ({Lycopsis arvensis}) with small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild camomile} (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
            genus {Matricaria}, much resembling camomile.
  
      {Wild cat}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European carnivore ({Felis catus}) somewhat
                  resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
                  having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
                  domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
                  the like.
            (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
            (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
                  either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
  
      {Wild celery}. (Bot.) See {Tape grass}, under {Tape}.
  
      {Wild cherry}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
                  red cherry is {Prunus Pennsylvanica}. The wild black
                  cherry is {P. serotina}, the wood of which is much
                  used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
                  compact texture.
            (b) The fruit of various species of {Prunus}.
  
      {Wild cinnamon}. See the Note under {Canella}.
  
      {Wild comfrey} (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
            Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
            leaves and small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild cumin} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
            ({Lag[oe]cia cuminoides}) native in the countries about
            the Mediterranean.
  
      {Wild drake} (Zo[94]l.) the mallard.
  
      {Wild elder} (Bot.), an American plant ({Aralia hispida}) of
            the Ginseng family.
  
      {Wild fowl} (Zo[94]l.) any wild bird, especially any of those
            considered as game birds.
  
      {Wild goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
            Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
            See {Graylag}, and {Bean goose}, under {Bean}.
  
      {Wild goose chase}, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
            of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
            --Shak.
  
      {Wild honey}, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
            trees, rocks, the like.
  
      {Wild hyacinth}. (Bot.) See {Hyacinth}, 1
            (b) .
  
      {Wild Irishman} (Bot.), a thorny bush ({Discaria Toumatou})
            of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
            natives use the spines in tattooing.
  
      {Wild land}.
            (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
                  unfit for cultivation.
            (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
  
      {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) See under {Licorice}.
  
      {Wild mammee} (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
            tropical American tree ({Rheedia lateriflora}); -- so
            called in the West Indies.
  
      {Wild marjoram} (Bot.), a labiate plant ({Origanum vulgare})
            much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
  
      {Wild oat}. (Bot.)
            (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
                  avenaceum}).
            (b) See {Wild oats}, under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild pieplant} (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
            hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
            juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
            rhubarb.
  
      {Wild pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The rock dove.
            (b) The passenger pigeon.
  
      {Wild pink} (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
            Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
            catchfly.
  
      {Wild plantain} (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
            ({Heliconia Bihai}), much resembling the banana. Its
            leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
            as coverings for packages of merchandise.
  
      {Wild plum}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
            (b) The South African prune. See under {Prune}.
  
      {Wild rice}. (Bot.) See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}.
  
      {Wild rosemary} (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
            polifolia}. See {Marsh rosemary}, under {Rosemary}.
  
      {Wild sage}. (Bot.) See {Sagebrush}.
  
      {Wild sarsaparilla} (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
            nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
  
      {Wild sensitive plant} (Bot.), either one of two annual
            leguminous herbs ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}, and {C.
            nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
            when the plant is disturbed.
  
      {Wild service}.(Bot.) See {Sorb}.
  
      {Wild Spaniard} (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
            plants of the genus {Aciphylla}, natives of New Zealand.
            The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
            plants form an impenetrable thicket.
  
      {Wild turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See 2d {Turkey}.

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      Note:
  
      {Arabian millet} is {Sorghum Halepense}.
  
      {Egyptian [or] East Indian},
  
      {millet} is {Penicillaria spicata}.
  
      {Indian millet} is {Sorghum vulgare}. (See under {Indian}.)
           
  
      {Italian millet} is {Setaria Italica}, a coarse, rank-growing
            annual grass, valuable for fodder when cut young, and
            bearing nutritive seeds; -- called also {Hungarian grass}.
           
  
      {Texas millet} is {Panicum Texanum}.
  
      {Wild millet}, or
  
      {Millet grass}, is {Milium effusum}, a tail grass growing in
            woods.

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   Onion \On"ion\, n. [F. ognon, fr. L. unio oneness, unity, a
      single large pearl, an onion. See {One}, {Union}.] (Bot.)
      A liliaceous plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. cepa}), having
      a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its
      bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is
      often extended to other species of the genus.
  
      {Onion fish} (Zo[94]l.), the grenadier.
  
      {Onion fly} (Zo[94]l.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds
            upon the onion; especially, {Anthomyia ceparum} and
            {Ortalis flexa}.
  
      {Welsh onion}. (Bot.) See {Cibol}.
  
      {Wild onion} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the
            genus {Allium}.

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   Tamarind \Tam"a*rind\, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or
      Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[c6], literally,
      Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin.
      Cf. {Hindu}.] (Bot.)
      1. A leguminous tree ({Tamarindus Indica}) cultivated both
            the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake
            of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is
            lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers
            are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are
            small and finely pinnated.
  
      2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which
            contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for
            preparing a pleasant drink.
  
      {Tamarind fish}, a preparation of a variety of East Indian
            fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit.
  
      {Velvet tamarind}.
            (a) A West African leguminous tree ({Codarium
                  acutifolium}).
            (b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used
                  for food in Sierra Leone.
  
      {Wild tamarind} (Bot.), a name given to certain trees
            somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the {Lysiloma
            latisiliqua} of Southern Florida, and the {Pithecolobium
            filicifolium} of the West Indies.

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   Mother-of-thyme \Moth"er-of-thyme`\, n. (Bot.)
      An aromatic plant ({Thymus Serphyllum}); -- called also {wild
      thyme}.

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   Thyme \Thyme\ (t[imac]m), n. [OE. tyme, L. thymum, Gr. qy`mon,
      qy`mos; cf. qy`ein, to sacrifice, qy`os a sacrifice,
      offering, incense: cf. F. thym; -- perhaps so named because
      of its sweet smell. Cf. {Fume}, n.] (Bot.)
      Any plant of the labiate genus {Thymus}. The garden thyme
      ({Thymus vulgaris}) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to
      give a relish to seasoning and soups.
  
               Ankle deep in moss and flowery thyme.      --Cowper.
  
      {Cat thyme}, a labiate plant ({Teucrium Marum}) of the
            Mediterranean religion. Cats are said to be fond of
            rolling on it. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
  
      {Wild thyme}, {Thymus Serpyllum}, common on banks and
            hillsides in Europe.
  
                     I know a bank where the wild thyme blows. --Shak.

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   Mother-of-thyme \Moth"er-of-thyme`\, n. (Bot.)
      An aromatic plant ({Thymus Serphyllum}); -- called also {wild
      thyme}.

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   Thyme \Thyme\ (t[imac]m), n. [OE. tyme, L. thymum, Gr. qy`mon,
      qy`mos; cf. qy`ein, to sacrifice, qy`os a sacrifice,
      offering, incense: cf. F. thym; -- perhaps so named because
      of its sweet smell. Cf. {Fume}, n.] (Bot.)
      Any plant of the labiate genus {Thymus}. The garden thyme
      ({Thymus vulgaris}) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to
      give a relish to seasoning and soups.
  
               Ankle deep in moss and flowery thyme.      --Cowper.
  
      {Cat thyme}, a labiate plant ({Teucrium Marum}) of the
            Mediterranean religion. Cats are said to be fond of
            rolling on it. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
  
      {Wild thyme}, {Thymus Serpyllum}, common on banks and
            hillsides in Europe.
  
                     I know a bank where the wild thyme blows. --Shak.

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   Yam \Yam\ (y[acr]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native
      name.] (Bot.)
      A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing
      plants of the genus {Dioscorea}; also, the plants themselves.
      Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have
      netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad
      wings. The commonest species is {D. sativa}, but several
      others are cultivated.
  
      {Chinese yam}, a plant ({Dioscorea Batatas}) with a long and
            slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species.
  
      {Wild yam}.
      (a) A common plant ({Dioscorea villosa}) of the Eastern
            United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock.
      (b) An orchidaceous plant ({Gastrodia sesamoides}) of
            Australia and Tasmania.

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   Wilding \Wild"ing\, n. (Bot.)
      A wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple tree
      or crab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant. --Spenser.
  
               Ten ruddy wildings in the wood I found.   --Dryden.
  
               The fruit of the tree . . . is small, of little juice,
               and bad quality. I presume it to be a wilding.
                                                                              --Landor.

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   Wilding \Wild"ing\, a.
      Not tame, domesticated, or cultivated; wild. [Poetic]
      [bd]Wilding flowers.[b8] --Tennyson.
  
               The ground squirrel gayly chirps by his den, And the
               wilding bee hums merrily by.                  --Bryant.

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   Wildness \Wild"ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or
      untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained;
      rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.

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   Wilt \Wilt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wilting}.] [Written also welt,
      a modification of welk.]
      To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as
      a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great
      heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to
      droop;. to wither. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]

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   Wilton carpet \Wil"ton car`pet\
      A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but
      differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an
      elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at
      Wilton, England.

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   Woold \Woold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Woolded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Woolding}.] [D. woelen, bewoelen; akin to G. wuhlen,
      bewuhlen. [fb]146.] (Naut.)
      To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast
      or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has
      been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it.

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   Woolding \Woold"ing\, n. (Naut.)
            (a) The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope,
                  as a mast.
            (b) A rope used for binding masts and spars.

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   Woulding \Would"ing\, n.
      Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity. [Obs.] --Hammond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wouldingness \Would"ing*ness\, n.
      Willingness; desire. [Obs.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Walden, CO (town, FIPS 82130)
      Location: 40.73063 N, 106.28094 W
      Population (1990): 890 (431 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 80480
   Walden, NY (village, FIPS 77849)
      Location: 41.55975 N, 74.18863 W
      Population (1990): 5836 (2264 housing units)
      Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12586
   Walden, TN (town, FIPS 77540)
      Location: 35.16400 N, 85.30478 W
      Population (1990): 1523 (598 housing units)
      Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Waldenburg, AR (town, FIPS 72320)
      Location: 35.56486 N, 90.93483 W
      Population (1990): 103 (43 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Waltham, MA (city, FIPS 72600)
      Location: 42.38784 N, 71.24221 W
      Population (1990): 57878 (21723 housing units)
      Area: 32.9 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)
   Waltham, MN (city, FIPS 67918)
      Location: 43.82075 N, 92.87520 W
      Population (1990): 170 (72 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55982

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Walton, IN (town, FIPS 79964)
      Location: 40.66226 N, 86.24475 W
      Population (1990): 1053 (421 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46994
   Walton, KS (city, FIPS 75200)
      Location: 38.11828 N, 97.25608 W
      Population (1990): 226 (105 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67151
   Walton, KY (city, FIPS 80490)
      Location: 38.86617 N, 84.61558 W
      Population (1990): 2034 (801 housing units)
      Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 41094
   Walton, NE
      Zip code(s): 68461
   Walton, NY (village, FIPS 78036)
      Location: 42.16972 N, 75.13072 W
      Population (1990): 3326 (1496 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13856
   Walton, OR
      Zip code(s): 97490
   Walton, WV
      Zip code(s): 25286

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Walton County, FL (county, FIPS 131)
      Location: 30.61452 N, 86.17081 W
      Population (1990): 27760 (18728 housing units)
      Area: 2739.4 sq km (land), 467.4 sq km (water)
   Walton County, GA (county, FIPS 297)
      Location: 33.78311 N, 83.73768 W
      Population (1990): 38586 (14514 housing units)
      Area: 852.8 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Walton Hills, OH (village, FIPS 80738)
      Location: 41.36425 N, 81.55454 W
      Population (1990): 2371 (832 housing units)
      Area: 17.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Waltonville, IL (village, FIPS 78708)
      Location: 38.21323 N, 89.03913 W
      Population (1990): 396 (185 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62894

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Weldon, AR (town, FIPS 74000)
      Location: 35.44754 N, 91.23144 W
      Population (1990): 106 (52 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Weldon, CA
      Zip code(s): 93283
   Weldon, IA (city, FIPS 83190)
      Location: 40.89795 N, 93.73510 W
      Population (1990): 151 (67 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50264
   Weldon, IL (village, FIPS 79683)
      Location: 40.12152 N, 88.75055 W
      Population (1990): 361 (175 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61882
   Weldon, NC (town, FIPS 71780)
      Location: 36.42425 N, 77.60561 W
      Population (1990): 1392 (666 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27890

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Weldon Spring, MO (town, FIPS 78314)
      Location: 38.71650 N, 90.64898 W
      Population (1990): 1470 (550 housing units)
      Area: 15.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Weldon Spring Heights, MO (town, FIPS 78334)
      Location: 38.70413 N, 90.68456 W
      Population (1990): 82 (31 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Weldona, CO
      Zip code(s): 80653

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wellton, AZ (town, FIPS 81480)
      Location: 32.67289 N, 114.13933 W
      Population (1990): 1066 (514 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 85356

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Welton, IA (city, FIPS 83370)
      Location: 41.91186 N, 90.59785 W
      Population (1990): 177 (59 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52774

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wildomar, CA (CDP, FIPS 85446)
      Location: 33.60958 N, 117.25147 W
      Population (1990): 10411 (4065 housing units)
      Area: 31.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 92595

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wilton, AL (town, FIPS 82872)
      Location: 33.08215 N, 86.88106 W
      Population (1990): 602 (228 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Wilton, AR (town, FIPS 75980)
      Location: 33.73880 N, 94.14746 W
      Population (1990): 449 (206 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71865
   Wilton, CA (CDP, FIPS 85880)
      Location: 38.41904 N, 121.20764 W
      Population (1990): 3858 (1283 housing units)
      Area: 76.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 95693
   Wilton, CT
      Zip code(s): 06897
   Wilton, IA (city, FIPS 86070)
      Location: 41.58907 N, 91.02471 W
      Population (1990): 2577 (1074 housing units)
      Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52778
   Wilton, ME (CDP, FIPS 85815)
      Location: 44.59543 N, 70.23812 W
      Population (1990): 2453 (1067 housing units)
      Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 04294
   Wilton, MN (city, FIPS 70708)
      Location: 47.50521 N, 94.99117 W
      Population (1990): 171 (82 housing units)
      Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56687
   Wilton, ND (city, FIPS 86580)
      Location: 47.15865 N, 100.78401 W
      Population (1990): 728 (323 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58579
   Wilton, NH (CDP, FIPS 85140)
      Location: 42.84694 N, 71.73683 W
      Population (1990): 1165 (479 housing units)
      Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 03086
   Wilton, NY
      Zip code(s): 12866
   Wilton, WI (village, FIPS 87525)
      Location: 43.81452 N, 90.52740 W
      Population (1990): 478 (222 housing units)
      Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54670

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wilton Manors, FL (city, FIPS 78000)
      Location: 26.15835 N, 80.13975 W
      Population (1990): 11804 (5983 housing units)
      Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   wall time n.   (also `wall clock time') 1. `Real world' time
   (what the clock on the wall shows), as opposed to the system clock's
   idea of time.   2. The real running time of a program, as opposed to
   the number of {tick}s required to execute it (on a timesharing
   system these always differ, as no one program gets all the ticks,
   and on multiprocessor systems with good thread support one may get
   more processor time than real time).
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   wall time
  
      (Or "wall clock time") 1. "Real world" time (what the clock on
      the wall shows), as opposed to the {system clock}'s idea of
      time.
  
      2. The real running time of a program, as opposed to the
      number of {tick}s required to execute it (on a {time-sharing}
      system these always differ, as no one program gets all the
      ticks, and on multiprocessor systems with good thread support
      one may get more processor time than real time).
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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