Walt Whitman
         n 1: United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America
               (1819-1892) [syn: {Whitman}, {Walt Whitman}]

English Dictionary: wilde dagga	by the DICT Development Group
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Walt Whitman Bridge n a suspension bridge across the Delaware River
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well-to-do adj in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community" Synonym(s): comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do
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welted thistle n European biennial introduced in North America having flower heads in crowded clusters at ends of branches Synonym(s): welted thistle, Carduus crispus
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wild hydrangea n deciduous shrub with creamy white flower clusters; eastern United States Synonym(s): wild hydrangea, Hydrangea arborescens
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wild oat n common in meadows and pastures [syn: wild oat, {wild oat grass}, Avena fatua]
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wild oat grass n common in meadows and pastures [syn: wild oat, {wild oat grass}, Avena fatua]
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wild oats n any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers Synonym(s): bellwort, merry bells, wild oats
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wild water lemon n tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed Synonym(s): love- in-a-mist, running pop, wild water lemon, Passiflora foetida
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wild wheat n found wild in Palestine; held to be prototype of cultivated wheat Synonym(s): wild wheat, wild emmer, Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides
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wild-eyed adj appearing extremely agitated; "crowded the wild-eyed animals into a truck" not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state" Synonym(s): quixotic, romantic, wild- eyed
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wilde dagga n relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco Synonym(s): dagga, Cape dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga, Leonotis leonurus
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wilted adj not firm; "wilted lettuce" Synonym(s): limp, wilted
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woolly-headed adj confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" Synonym(s): addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded
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.
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Well \Well\, adv. [Compar. and superl. wanting, the deficiency       being supplied by better and best, from another root.] [OE.       wel, AS. wel; akin to OS., OFries., & D. wel, G. wohl, OHG.       wola, wela, Icel. & Dan. vel, Sw. v[84]l, Goth. wa[a1]la;       originally meaning, according to one's will or wish. See       {Will}, v. t., and cf. {Wealth}.]       1. In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or             wickedly.                         If thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.                                                                               --Gen. iv. 7.          2. Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a             proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully;             adequately; thoroughly.                         Lot . . . beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it                      was well watered everywhere.               --Gen. xiii.                                                                               10.                         WE are wellable to overcome it.         --Num. xiii.                                                                               30.                         She looketh well to the ways of her household.                                                                               --Prov. xxxi.                                                                               27.                         Servant of God, well done! well hast thou fought The                      better fight.                                    --Milton.          3. Fully or about; -- used with numbers. [Obs.] [bd]Well a             ten or twelve.[b8] --Chaucer.                         Well nine and twenty in a company.      --Chaucer.          4. In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish;             satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.             [bd]It boded well to you.[b8] --Dryden.                         Know In measure what the mind may well contain.                                                                               --Milton.                         All the world speaks well of you.      --Pope.          5. Considerably; not a little; far.                         Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age.                                                                               --Gen. xviii.                                                                               11.          Note: Well is sometimes used elliptically for it is well, as                an expression of satisfaction with what has been said                or done, and sometimes it expresses concession, or is                merely expletive; as, well, the work is done; well, let                us go; well, well, be it so.          Note: Well, like above, ill, and so, is used before many                participial adjectives in its usual adverbial senses,                and subject to the same custom with regard to the use                of the hyphen (see the Note under {Ill}, adv.); as, a                well-affected supporter; he was well affected toward                the project; a well-trained speaker; he was well                trained in speaking; well-educated, or well educated;                well-dressed, or well dressed; well-appearing;                well-behaved; well-controlled; well-designed;                well-directed; well-formed; well-meant; well-minded;                well-ordered; well-performed; well-pleased;                well-pleasing; well-seasoned; well-steered;                well-tasted; well-told, etc. Such compound epithets                usually have an obvious meaning, and since they may be                formed at will, only a few of this class are given in                the Vocabulary.          {As well}. See under {As}.          {As well as}, and also; together with; not less than; one as             much as the other; as, a sickness long, as well as severe;             London is the largest city in England, as well as the             capital.          {Well enough}, well or good in a moderate degree; so as to             give satisfaction, or so as to require no alteration.          {Well off}, in good condition; especially, in good condition             as to property or any advantages; thriving; prosperous.          {Well to do}, well off; prosperous; -- used also adjectively.             [bd]The class well to do in the world.[b8] --J. H. Newman.          {Well to live}, in easy circumstances; well off; well to do.             --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Do \Do\, v. i.       1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.                         They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . .                      the law and commandment.                     -- 2 Kings                                                                               xvii. 34.          2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how             he did; how do you do to-day?          3. [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of             use, AS. dugan. See {Doughty}.] To succeed; to avail; to             answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be             found, he will make this do.                         You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings                      and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that                      won't do; challenge the crown.            -- Collier.          {To do by}. See under {By}.          {To do for}.             (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit.             (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a                   goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.]                               Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their                            victim is stabbed and done for.   --Thackeray.          {To do withal}, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] [bd]I could not             do withal.[b8] --Shak.          {To do without}, to get along without; to dispense with.          {To have done}, to have made an end or conclusion; to have             finished; to be quit; to desist.          {To have done with}, to have completed; to be through with;             to have no further concern with.          {Well to do}, in easy circumstances.
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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.
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While \While\, conj.       1. During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time             that; as, while I write, you sleep. [bd]While I have time             and space.[b8] --Chaucer.                         Use your memory; you will sensibly experience a                      gradual improvement, while you take care not to                      overload it.                                       --I. Watts.          2. Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though;             whereas.          {While as}, {While that}, during or at the time that. [Obs.]
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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]:
{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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oat \Oat\ ([omac]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([omac]ts). [OE. ote, ate,       AS. [amac]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.]       1. (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its             edible grain; -- commonly used in the plural and in a             collective sense.          2. A musical pipe made of oat straw. [Obs.] --Milton.          {Animated oats} or {Animal oats} (Bot.), A grass ({Avena             sterilis}) much like oats, but with a long spirally             twisted awn which coils and uncoils with changes of             moisture, and thus gives the grains an apparently             automatic motion.          {Oat fowl} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting; -- so called from             its feeding on oats. [Prov. Eng.]          {Oat grass} (Bot.), the name of several grasses more or less             resembling oats, as {Danthonia spicata}, {D. sericea}, and             {Arrhenatherum avenaceum}, all common in parts of the             United States.          {To feel one's oats}, to be conceited ro self-important.             [Slang]          {To sow one's wild oats}, to indulge in youthful dissipation.             --Thackeray.          {Wild oats} (Bot.), a grass ({Avena fatua}) much resembling             oats, and by some persons supposed to be the original of             cultivated oats.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woad \Woad\, n. [OE. wod, AS. w[be]d; akin to D. weede, G. waid,       OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written       also {wad}, and {wade}.]       1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant ({Isatis             tinctoria}). It was formerly cultivated for the blue             coloring matter derived from its leaves.          2. A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the             powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It             is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with             indigo as a ferment in dyeing.                         Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry                      figures.                                             --Milton.          {Wild woad} (Bot.), the weld ({Reseda luteola}). See {Weld}.                      {Woad mill}, a mill grinding and preparing woad.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wilded \Wild"ed\, a.       Become wild. [R.]                   An old garden plant escaped and wilded.   --J. Earle.
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Wildwood \Wild"wood\, n.       A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as,       wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes. --Burns.
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d8Ignis fatuus \[d8]Ig"nis fat"u*us\; pl. {Ignes fatui}. [L.       ignis fire + fatuus foolish. So called in allusion to its       tendency to mislead travelers.]       1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over             marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the             decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by             some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also             {Will-with-the-wisp}, or {Will-o'-the-wisp}, and             {Jack-with-a-lantern}, or {Jack-o'-lantern}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wool-dyed \Wool"-dyed`\, a.       Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from       piece-dyed; ingrain.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wildwood, CA       Zip code(s): 96076    Wildwood, FL (city, FIPS 77675)       Location: 28.85427 N, 82.04078 W       Population (1990): 3421 (1794 housing units)       Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 34785    Wildwood, GA       Zip code(s): 30757    Wildwood, KY (city, FIPS 83208)       Location: 38.25040 N, 85.57434 W       Population (1990): 266 (117 housing units)       Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Wildwood, NJ (city, FIPS 81170)       Location: 38.98886 N, 74.82025 W       Population (1990): 4484 (6269 housing units)       Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wildwood Crest, NJ (borough, FIPS 81200)       Location: 38.97235 N, 74.83875 W       Population (1990): 3631 (4772 housing units)       Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wildwood Lake, TN (CDP, FIPS 80760)       Location: 35.09190 N, 84.85456 W       Population (1990): 2680 (1033 housing units)       Area: 31.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wyldwood, TX (CDP, FIPS 80350)       Location: 30.12918 N, 97.47251 W       Population (1990): 1764 (649 housing units)       Area: 25.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)