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   wamble
         v 1: move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion [syn:
               {wamble}, {waggle}]

English Dictionary: wine palm by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wembley
n
  1. a southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wimble
n
  1. hand tool for boring holes [syn: auger, gimlet, {screw auger}, wimble]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wimbledon
n
  1. a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wimple
n
  1. headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wine palm
n
  1. fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
    Synonym(s): wine palm, jaggery palm, kitul, kittul, kitul tree, toddy palm, Caryota urens
  2. tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
    Synonym(s): palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Winfield Scott
n
  1. United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)
    Synonym(s): Scott, Winfield Scott
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wainable \Wain"a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being plowed or cultivated; arable; tillable.
      [Obs.] --Cowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wamble \Wam"ble\, v. i. [Cf. Dan. vamle, and vammel squeamish,
      ready to vomit, Icel. v[91]ma to feel nausea, v[91]minn
      nauseous.]
      1. To heave; to be disturbed by nausea; -- said of the
            stomach. --L'Estrange.
  
      2. To move irregularly to and fro; to roll.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wamble \Wam"ble\, n.
      Disturbance of the stomach; a feeling of nausea. --Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wamble-cropped \Wam"ble-cropped`\, a.
      Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whimple \Whim"ple\, v. t.
      See {Wimple}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whimple \Whim"ple\, v. i. [Cf. {Whiffle}.]
      To whiffle; to veer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wimble \Wim"ble\, a. [Cf. Sw. vimmelkantig giddy, whimsical,
      dial. Sw. vimmla to be giddy or skittish, and E. whim.]
      Active; nimble.[Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wimble \Wim"ble\, n. [OE. wimbil; akin to Dan. vimmel, OD.
      wemelen to bore. Cf. {Gimlet}.]
      An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle.
      Specifically:
      (a) A gimlet. [bd] It is but like the little wimble, to let
            in the greater auger.[b8] --Selden.
      (b) A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.
      (c) An auger used for boring in earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wimble \Wim"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wimbling}.]
      To bore or pierce, as with a wimble. [bd]A foot soldier . . .
      wimbled also a hole through said coffin.[b8] --Wood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wimble \Wim"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wimbling}.]
      To bore or pierce, as with a wimble. [bd]A foot soldier . . .
      wimbled also a hole through said coffin.[b8] --Wood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wimble \Wim"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wimbling}.]
      To bore or pierce, as with a wimble. [bd]A foot soldier . . .
      wimbled also a hole through said coffin.[b8] --Wood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wimple \Wim"ple\, n. [OE. wimpel, AS. winpel; akin to D. & G.
      wimpel a pennant, streamer, OHG. wimpal a veil, Icel.
      vimpill, Dan. & Sw. vimpel a pennant, streamer; of uncertain
      origin. Cf. {Gimp}.]
      1. A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck
            and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection,
            and still retained in the dress of nuns.
  
                     Full seemly her wympel ipinched is.   --Chaucer.
  
                     For she had laid her mournful stole aside, And
                     widowlike sad wimple thrown away.      --Spenser.
  
                     Then Vivian rose, And from her brown-locked head the
                     wimple throws.                                    --M. Arnold.
  
      2. A flag or streamer. --Weale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wimpling}.]
      1. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence,
            to hoodwink. [bd]She sat ywympled well.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a
            veil.
  
      3. To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause
            to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of
            water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. i.
      To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or
      plaits; to ripple; to undulate. [bd]Wimpling waves.[b8]
      --Longfellow.
  
               For with a veil, that wimpled everywhere, Her head and
               face was hid.                                          --Spenser.
  
               With me through . . . meadows stray, Where wimpling
               waters make their way.                           --Ramsay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wimpling}.]
      1. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence,
            to hoodwink. [bd]She sat ywympled well.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a
            veil.
  
      3. To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause
            to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of
            water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wimpling}.]
      1. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence,
            to hoodwink. [bd]She sat ywympled well.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a
            veil.
  
      3. To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause
            to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of
            water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel.
      v[c6]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, [?], and E.
      withy. Cf. {Vine}, {Vineyard}, {Vinous}, {Withy}.]
      1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a
            beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out
            their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. [bd]Red
            wine of Gascoigne.[b8] --Piers Plowman.
  
                     Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and
                     whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov.
                                                                              xx. 1.
  
                     Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape
                     Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton.
  
      Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol,
               containing also certain small quantities of ethers and
               ethereal salts which give character and bouquet.
               According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines
               are called {red}, {white}, {spirituous}, {dry},
               {light}, {still}, etc.
  
      2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit
            or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as,
            currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
  
      3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
  
                     Noah awoke from his wine.                  --Gen. ix. 24.
  
      {Birch wine}, {Cape wine}, etc. See under {Birch}, {Cape},
            etc.
  
      {Spirit of wine}. See under {Spirit}.
  
      {To have drunk wine of ape} [or] {wine ape}, to be so drunk
            as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {Wine acid}. (Chem.) See {Tartaric acid}, under {Tartaric}.
            [Colloq.]
  
      {Wine apple} (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a
            rich, vinous flavor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Wine fly} (Zo[94]l.), small two-winged fly of the genus
            {Piophila}, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other
            fermented liquors.
  
      {Wine grower}, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine.
           
  
      {Wine measure}, the measure by which wines and other spirits
            are sold, smaller than beer measure.
  
      {Wine merchant}, a merchant who deals in wines.
  
      {Wine of opium} (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized
            sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary
            laudanum; -- also {Sydenham's laudanum}.
  
      {Wine press}, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are
            pressed to extract their juice.
  
      {Wine skin}, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various
            countries, for carrying wine.
  
      {Wine stone}, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See
            1st {Tartar}, 1.
  
      {Wine vault}.
            (a) A vault where wine is stored.
            (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables;
                  a dramshop. --Dickens.
  
      {Wine vinegar}, vinegar made from wine.
  
      {Wine whey}, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of
            wine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Wine fly} (Zo[94]l.), small two-winged fly of the genus
            {Piophila}, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other
            fermented liquors.
  
      {Wine grower}, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine.
           
  
      {Wine measure}, the measure by which wines and other spirits
            are sold, smaller than beer measure.
  
      {Wine merchant}, a merchant who deals in wines.
  
      {Wine of opium} (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized
            sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary
            laudanum; -- also {Sydenham's laudanum}.
  
      {Wine press}, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are
            pressed to extract their juice.
  
      {Wine skin}, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various
            countries, for carrying wine.
  
      {Wine stone}, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See
            1st {Tartar}, 1.
  
      {Wine vault}.
            (a) A vault where wine is stored.
            (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables;
                  a dramshop. --Dickens.
  
      {Wine vinegar}, vinegar made from wine.
  
      {Wine whey}, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of
            wine.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   W Mifflin Fin, PA
      Zip code(s): 15122

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wanblee, SD (CDP, FIPS 68580)
      Location: 43.57420 N, 101.66171 W
      Population (1990): 654 (149 housing units)
      Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57577

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wimbledon, ND (city, FIPS 86620)
      Location: 47.17067 N, 98.45957 W
      Population (1990): 275 (140 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58492

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winfall, NC (town, FIPS 74720)
      Location: 36.21062 N, 76.45522 W
      Population (1990): 501 (253 housing units)
      Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winfield, AL (city, FIPS 82992)
      Location: 33.92985 N, 87.79609 W
      Population (1990): 3689 (1629 housing units)
      Area: 29.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 35594
   Winfield, IA (city, FIPS 86385)
      Location: 41.12582 N, 91.43721 W
      Population (1990): 1051 (430 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52659
   Winfield, IL (village, FIPS 82400)
      Location: 41.87138 N, 88.15363 W
      Population (1990): 7096 (2486 housing units)
      Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60190
   Winfield, KS (city, FIPS 79950)
      Location: 37.26855 N, 96.96853 W
      Population (1990): 11931 (4835 housing units)
      Area: 27.0 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67156
   Winfield, MO (city, FIPS 80422)
      Location: 38.99545 N, 90.73975 W
      Population (1990): 672 (322 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 63389
   Winfield, PA
      Zip code(s): 17889
   Winfield, TN (town, FIPS 81280)
      Location: 36.56181 N, 84.45049 W
      Population (1990): 564 (226 housing units)
      Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37892
   Winfield, TX (city, FIPS 79720)
      Location: 33.16651 N, 95.10933 W
      Population (1990): 345 (142 housing units)
      Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 75493
   Winfield, WV (town, FIPS 87988)
      Location: 38.52580 N, 81.88310 W
      Population (1990): 1164 (447 housing units)
      Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 25213

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winnfield, LA (city, FIPS 82460)
      Location: 31.92209 N, 92.64123 W
      Population (1990): 6138 (2523 housing units)
      Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71483

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   womble n.   [Unisys UK: from British cartoon characters] A user
   who has great difficulty in communicating their requirements and/or
   in using the resulting software. Extreme case of {luser}. An
   especially senior or high-ranking womble is referred to as
   Great-Uncle Bulgaria.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Wimple
      Isa. 3:22, (R.V., "shawls"), a wrap or veil. The same Hebrew
      word is rendered "vail" (R.V., "mantle") in Ruth 3:15.
     
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