walk out
         v 1: stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are
               striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when
               their demand for better benefits was not met" [syn:
               {strike}, {walk out}]
         2: leave abruptly, often in protest or anger; "The customer that
            was not served walked out"
         3: leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She
            walked out on her husband and children"

English Dictionary: woolgather	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
walk out of v leave, usually as an expression of disapproval
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
walk through v perform in a perfunctory way, as for a first rehearsal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
walk-through n a thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process; "she gave me a walk-through of my new duties" a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed the act of walking in order to view something; "the realtor took her on a walk-through of the apartment"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
walk-to adj close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory" Synonym(s): walk-to(a), walking(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
walkie-talkie n small portable radio link (receiver and transmitter) [syn: walkie-talkie, walky-talky]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
walkout n a strike in which the workers walk out the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest; "there was a walkout by the Black members as the chairman rose to speak"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
walky-talky n small portable radio link (receiver and transmitter) [syn: walkie-talkie, walky-talky]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wall St. n a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance Synonym(s): Wall Street, Wall St.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wall Street n a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance Synonym(s): Wall Street, Wall St. used to allude to the securities industry of the United States Synonym(s): Wall Street, the Street
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Weil's disease n a severe form of leptospirosis in human beings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-lighted adj provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell" Synonym(s): illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-set adj strongly and firmly constructed; "a well-knit argument"; "a well-knit theatrical production"; "well-knit athletes"; "a sailor short but well-set"- Alexander Hamilton Synonym(s): well-knit, well-set
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-situated 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
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Welsh terrier n wire-haired terrier resembling Airedales but smaller; developed in Wales for hunting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whole kit n everything available; usually preceded by `the'; "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment" Synonym(s): whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit, whole caboodle, whole works, works, full treatment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whole kit and boodle n everything available; usually preceded by `the'; "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment" Synonym(s): whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit, whole caboodle, whole works, works, full treatment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whole kit and caboodle n everything available; usually preceded by `the'; "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment" Synonym(s): whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit, whole caboodle, whole works, works, full treatment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whole step n a musical interval of two semitones [syn: tone, {whole tone}, step, whole step]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Will Keith Kellog n United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn; he established a company to manufacture the cereal (1860-1951) Synonym(s): Kellogg, W. K. Kellogg, Will Keith Kellog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Willa Cather n United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947) Synonym(s): Cather, Willa Cather, Willa Sibert Cather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
willow aster n a variety of aster
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wollaston n English chemist and physicist who discovered palladium and rhodium and demonstrated that static and current electricity are the same (1766-1828) Synonym(s): Wollaston, William Hyde Wollaston
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wollaston prism n optical device that produces plane-polarized ultraviolet light Synonym(s): Rochon prism, Wollaston prism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wollastonite n a white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone; a silicate of calcium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wollstonecraft n English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women; mother of Mary Shelley (1759-1797) Synonym(s): Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wolstonian glaciation n the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in Britain and the deposits laid down at that time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wool stapler n a dealer in wool a person who sorts wool into different grades Synonym(s): wool stapler, woolsorter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woolgather v have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy [syn: dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woolgatherer n someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming Synonym(s): daydreamer, woolgatherer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woolgathering adj dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment" [syn: dreamy, moony, woolgathering] n an idle indulgence in fantasy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Woollcott n United States drama critic and journalist (1887-1943) [syn: Woollcott, Alexander Woollcott]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woolly-stemmed adj having a woolly stem
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Walk \Walk\ (w[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Walked}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Walking}.] [OE. walken, probably from AS. wealcan to       roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work       a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full,       Icel. v[be]lka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll,       Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; but cf. also AS.       weallian to roam, ramble, G. wallen. [root]130.]       1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a             moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to             proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running,             or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the             ground.                         At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace                      of the kingdom of Babylon.                  --Dan. iv. 29.                         When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked                      on the water, to go to Jesus.            --Matt. xiv.                                                                               29.          Note: In the walk of quadrupeds, there are always two, and                for a brief space there are three, feet on the ground                at once, but never four.          2. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to             take one's exercise; to ramble.          3. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; --             said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a             sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go             about as a somnambulist or a specter.                         I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the                      dead May walk again.                           --Shak.                         When was it she last walked?               --Shak.          4. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. [Obs.] [bd]Her             tongue did walk in foul reproach.[b8] --Spenser.                         Do you think I'd walk in any plot?      --B. Jonson.                         I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the                      cloth.                                                --Latimer.          5. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's             self.                         We walk perversely with God, and he will walk                      crookedly toward us.                           --Jer. Taylor.          6. To move off; to depart. [Obs. or Colloq.]                         He will make their cows and garrans to walk.                                                                               --Spenser.          {To walk} in, to go in; to enter, as into a house.          {To walk after the flesh} (Script.), to indulge sensual             appetites, and to live in sin. --Rom. viii. 1.          {To walk after the Spirit} (Script.), to be guided by the             counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of             God. --Rom. viii. 1.          {To walk by faith} (Script.), to live in the firm belief of             the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for             salvation. --2 Cor. v. 7.          {To walk in darkness} (Script.), to live in ignorance, error,             and sin. --1 John i. 6.          {To walk in the flesh} (Script.), to live this natural life,             which is subject to infirmities and calamities. --2 Cor.             x. 3.          {To walk in the light} (Script.), to live in the practice of             religion, and to enjoy its consolations. --1 John i. 7.          {To walk over}, in racing, to go over a course at a walk; --             said of a horse when there is no other entry; hence,             colloquially, to gain an easy victory in any contest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wall Street \Wall Street\       A street towards the southern end of the borough of       Manhattan, New York City, extending from Broadway to the East       River; -- so called from the old wall which extended along it       when the city belonged to the Dutch. It is the chief       financial center of the United States, hence the name is       often used for the money market and the financial interests       of the country.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wall-sided \Wall"-sid`ed\, a. (Naut.)       Having sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vessels       to distinguish them from those having flaring sides, or sides       tumbling home (see under {Tumble}, v. i.).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weil's disease \Weil's disease\ (Med.)       An acute infectious febrile disease, resembling typhoid       fever, with muscular pains, disturbance of the digestive       organs, jaundice, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Welk \Welk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Welked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Welking}.] [OE. welken; cf. D. & G. welken to wither, G.       welk withered, OHG. welc moist. See {Welkin}, and cf.       {Wilt}.]       To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane.       [Obs.]                   When ruddy Ph[?]bus 'gins to welk in west. --Spenser.                   The church, that before by insensible degrees welked                and impaired, now with large steps went down hill                decaying.                                                --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Welked \Welked\, v. t.       See {Whelked}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Well \Well\, n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to       well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain.       [?][?][?][?]. See {Well}, v. i.]       1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.                         Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well. --Milton.          2. A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to             reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form,             and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth             from caving in.                         The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to                      draw with, and the well is deep.         --John iv. 11.          3. A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.          4. Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring. [bd]This             well of mercy.[b8] --Chaucer.                         Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled. --Spenser.                         A well of serious thought and pure.   --Keble.          5. (Naut.)             (a) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around                   the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to                   preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their                   inspection.             (b) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing                   vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes                   perforated in the bottom to let in water for the                   preservation of fish alive while they are transported                   to market.             (c) A vertical passage in the stern into which an                   auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of                   water.             (d) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; --                   often called the cockpit.          6. (Mil.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from             which run branches or galleries.          7. (Arch.) An opening through the floors of a building, as             for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.          8. (Metal.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal             falls.          {Artesian well}, {Driven well}. See under {Artesian}, and             {Driven}.          {Pump well}. (Naut.) See {Well}, 5             (a), above.          {Well boring}, the art or process of boring an artesian well.                      {Well drain}.             (a) A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or                   pit, serving to discharge the water of wet land.             (b) A drain conducting to a well or pit.          {Well room}.             (a) A room where a well or spring is situated; especially,                   one built over a mineral spring.             (b) (Naut.) A depression in the bottom of a boat, into                   which water may run, and whence it is thrown out with                   a scoop.          {Well sinker}, one who sinks or digs wells.          {Well sinking}, the art or process of sinking or digging             wells.          {Well staircase} (Arch.), a staircase having a wellhole (see             {Wellhole}             (b) ), as distinguished from one which occupies the whole                   of the space left for it in the floor.          {Well sweep}. Same as {Sweep}, n., 12.          {Well water}, the water that flows into a well from             subterraneous springs; the water drawn from a well.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Well-set \Well"-set`\, a.       1. Properly or firmly set.          2. Well put together; having symmetry of parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the                toothed whales ({Odontocete}), including those that                have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm                whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales                ({Mysticete}), comprising those that are destitute of                teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper                jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of                whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale                (see Illust. of {Right whale}), the Biscay whale, the                Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under {Gray}), the                humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.          {Whale bird}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels             which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and             floating oil; especially, {Prion turtur} (called also             {blue petrel}), and {Pseudoprion desolatus}.       (b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the             carcasses of whales. [Canada]          {Whale fin} (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds.          {Whale fishery}, the fishing for, or occupation of taking,             whales.          {Whale louse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus             {Cyamus}, especially {C. ceti}. They are parasitic on             various cetaceans.          {Whale's bone}, ivory. [Obs.]          {Whale shark}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The basking, or liver, shark.       (b) A very large harmless shark ({Rhinodon typicus}) native             of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet             long.          {Whale shot}, the name formerly given to spermaceti.          {Whale's tongue} (Zo[94]l.), a balanoglossus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the                toothed whales ({Odontocete}), including those that                have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm                whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales                ({Mysticete}), comprising those that are destitute of                teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper                jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of                whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale                (see Illust. of {Right whale}), the Biscay whale, the                Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under {Gray}), the                humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.          {Whale bird}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels             which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and             floating oil; especially, {Prion turtur} (called also             {blue petrel}), and {Pseudoprion desolatus}.       (b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the             carcasses of whales. [Canada]          {Whale fin} (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds.          {Whale fishery}, the fishing for, or occupation of taking,             whales.          {Whale louse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus             {Cyamus}, especially {C. ceti}. They are parasitic on             various cetaceans.          {Whale's bone}, ivory. [Obs.]          {Whale shark}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The basking, or liver, shark.       (b) A very large harmless shark ({Rhinodon typicus}) native             of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet             long.          {Whale shot}, the name formerly given to spermaceti.          {Whale's tongue} (Zo[94]l.), a balanoglossus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.          4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;             a disk; an orb. --Milton.          5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.                         According to the common vicissitude and wheel of                      things, the proud and the insolent, after long                      trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled                      upon themselves.                                 --South.                         [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry                      wheel.                                                --Milton.          {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a             complication of circumstances, motives, etc.          {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab.          {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel},       {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel},             {Brake}, etc.          {Core wheel}. (Mach.)             (a) A mortise gear.             (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden                   cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.          {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator.          {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or             mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,             and used for raising great weights, by applying the power             to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the             weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called             also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the             principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the             lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical             powers}, under {Mechanical}.          {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of             numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the             anterior end.          {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}.          {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water             or upon inclined planes or railways.          {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous             insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of             other insects. So named from the curious shape of the             prothorax.          {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels.          {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes             connecting the wheel and rudder.          {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear             wheels; a gear cutter.          {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as             opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also             {wheeler}.          {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels.          {Wheel lock}.             (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}.             (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a                   flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel.             (c) A kind of brake a carriage.          {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the             shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}.          {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the             lower part of the fly wheel runs.          {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two             wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate             the depth of the furrow.          {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced             on, or off, their axles.          {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set.          {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}.          {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's             web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.             --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).          {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of             Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a             transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a             coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}.          {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus             {Rotula} having a round, flat shell.          {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating             mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose             window}, under {Rose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.          4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;             a disk; an orb. --Milton.          5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.                         According to the common vicissitude and wheel of                      things, the proud and the insolent, after long                      trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled                      upon themselves.                                 --South.                         [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry                      wheel.                                                --Milton.          {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a             complication of circumstances, motives, etc.          {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab.          {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel},       {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel},             {Brake}, etc.          {Core wheel}. (Mach.)             (a) A mortise gear.             (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden                   cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.          {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator.          {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or             mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,             and used for raising great weights, by applying the power             to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the             weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called             also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the             principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the             lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical             powers}, under {Mechanical}.          {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of             numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the             anterior end.          {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}.          {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water             or upon inclined planes or railways.          {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous             insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of             other insects. So named from the curious shape of the             prothorax.          {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels.          {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes             connecting the wheel and rudder.          {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear             wheels; a gear cutter.          {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as             opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also             {wheeler}.          {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels.          {Wheel lock}.             (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}.             (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a                   flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel.             (c) A kind of brake a carriage.          {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the             shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}.          {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the             lower part of the fly wheel runs.          {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two             wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate             the depth of the furrow.          {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced             on, or off, their axles.          {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set.          {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}.          {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's             web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.             --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).          {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of             Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a             transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a             coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}.          {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus             {Rotula} having a round, flat shell.          {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating             mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose             window}, under {Rose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.          4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;             a disk; an orb. --Milton.          5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.                         According to the common vicissitude and wheel of                      things, the proud and the insolent, after long                      trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled                      upon themselves.                                 --South.                         [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry                      wheel.                                                --Milton.          {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a             complication of circumstances, motives, etc.          {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab.          {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel},       {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel},             {Brake}, etc.          {Core wheel}. (Mach.)             (a) A mortise gear.             (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden                   cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.          {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator.          {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or             mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,             and used for raising great weights, by applying the power             to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the             weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called             also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the             principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the             lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical             powers}, under {Mechanical}.          {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of             numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the             anterior end.          {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}.          {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water             or upon inclined planes or railways.          {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous             insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of             other insects. So named from the curious shape of the             prothorax.          {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels.          {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes             connecting the wheel and rudder.          {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear             wheels; a gear cutter.          {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as             opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also             {wheeler}.          {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels.          {Wheel lock}.             (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}.             (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a                   flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel.             (c) A kind of brake a carriage.          {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the             shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}.          {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the             lower part of the fly wheel runs.          {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two             wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate             the depth of the furrow.          {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced             on, or off, their axles.          {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set.          {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}.          {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's             web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.             --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).          {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of             Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a             transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a             coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}.          {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus             {Rotula} having a round, flat shell.          {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating             mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose             window}, under {Rose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whelk \Whelk\, n. [OE. welk, wilk, AS. weoloc, weloc, wiloc. Cf.       {Whilk}, and {Wilk}.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging       to {Buccinum} and allied genera; especially, {Buccinum       undatum}, common on the coasts both of Europe and North       America, and much used as food in Europe.          {Whelk tingle}, a dog whelk. See under {Dog}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whelked \Whelked\, a.       Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whilst \Whilst\, adv. [From {Whiles}; cf. {Amongst}.]       While. [Archaic]                   Whilst the emperor lay at Antioch.         --Gibbon.          {The whilst}, in the meantime; while. [Archaic.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wily \Wil"y\, a. [Compar. {Wilier}; superl. {Wiliest}.] [From       {Wile}.]       Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or       stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful;       subtle. [bd]Wily and wise.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]The wily       snake.[b8] --Milton.                   This false, wily, doubling disposition of mind.                                                                               --South.          Syn: Cunning; artful; sly; crafty. See {Cunning}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wollastonite \Wol"las*ton*ite\, n. [After Dr. W. H. Wollaston,       an English chemist, who died in 1828.] (Min.)       A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color,       occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular       crystals; tabular spar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wollaston's doublet \Wol"las*ton's dou"blet\ [After W. H.       Wollaston, English physicist.] (Optics)       A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It       is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic       dispersion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goniometer \Go`ni*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] angle + -meter: cf. F.       goniom[8a]tre.]       An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of       crystals, or the inclination of planes.          {Contact, [or] Hand}, {goniometer}, a goniometer having two             movable arms (ab, cd), between which (at ab) the faces of             the crystals are placed. These arms turn about a fixed             point, which is the center of the graduated circle or             semicircle upon which the angle is read off.          {Reflecting goniometer}, an instrument for measuring the             angles of crystals by determining through what angular             space the crystal must be turned so that two rays             reflected from two surfaces successively shall have the             same direction; -- called also {Wollaston's goniometer},             from the inventor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wool \Wool\ (w[oocr]l), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to       D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld,       Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr.       [umac]r[nsdot][amac] wool, v[rsdot] to cover. [root]146, 287.       Cf. {Flannel}, {Velvet}.]       1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which             grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in             fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied             to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most             essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate             climates.          Note: Wool consists essentially of keratin.          2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.                         Wool of bat and tongue of dog.            --Shak.          3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense,             curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.          {Dead pulled wool}, wool pulled from a carcass.          {Mineral wool}. See under {Mineral}.          {Philosopher's wool}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, under {Zinc}.                      {Pulled wool}, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide.          {Slag wool}. Same as {Mineral wool}, under {Mineral}.          {Wool ball}, a ball or mass of wool.          {Wool burler}, one who removes little burs, knots, or             extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen             cloth.          {Wool comber}.             (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool.             (b) A machine for combing wool.          {Wool grass} (Bot.), a kind of bulrush ({Scirpus Eriophorum})             with numerous clustered woolly spikes.          {Wool scribbler}. See {Woolen scribbler}, under {Woolen}, a.                      {Wool sorter's disease} (Med.), a disease, resembling             malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the             wool of goats and sheep.          {Wool staple}, a city or town where wool used to be brought             to the king's staple for sale. [Eng.]          {Wool stapler}.             (a) One who deals in wool.             (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its                   adaptation to different manufacturing purposes.          {Wool winder}, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool             into bundles to be packed for sale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wool \Wool\ (w[oocr]l), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to       D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld,       Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr.       [umac]r[nsdot][amac] wool, v[rsdot] to cover. [root]146, 287.       Cf. {Flannel}, {Velvet}.]       1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which             grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in             fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied             to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most             essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate             climates.          Note: Wool consists essentially of keratin.          2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.                         Wool of bat and tongue of dog.            --Shak.          3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense,             curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.          {Dead pulled wool}, wool pulled from a carcass.          {Mineral wool}. See under {Mineral}.          {Philosopher's wool}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, under {Zinc}.                      {Pulled wool}, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide.          {Slag wool}. Same as {Mineral wool}, under {Mineral}.          {Wool ball}, a ball or mass of wool.          {Wool burler}, one who removes little burs, knots, or             extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen             cloth.          {Wool comber}.             (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool.             (b) A machine for combing wool.          {Wool grass} (Bot.), a kind of bulrush ({Scirpus Eriophorum})             with numerous clustered woolly spikes.          {Wool scribbler}. See {Woolen scribbler}, under {Woolen}, a.                      {Wool sorter's disease} (Med.), a disease, resembling             malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the             wool of goats and sheep.          {Wool staple}, a city or town where wool used to be brought             to the king's staple for sale. [Eng.]          {Wool stapler}.             (a) One who deals in wool.             (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its                   adaptation to different manufacturing purposes.          {Wool winder}, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool             into bundles to be packed for sale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woolgathering \Wool"gath`er*ing\, a.       Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination;       roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woolgathering \Wool"gath`er*ing\, n.       Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit       or design.                   His wits were a woolgathering, as they say. --Burton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woolstock \Wool"stock`\, n.       A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth.
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