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   well-mannered
         adj 1: of good upbringing [syn: {well-bred}, {well-mannered}]
         2: socially correct in behavior [syn: {mannerly}, {well-
            mannered}]

English Dictionary: woolly mammoth	by the DICT Development Group
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well-meaning adj not unfriendly or threatening; "her well-meaning words were received in silence"; "the exasperation of a...well- meaning cow worried by dogs" Synonym(s): well-meaning, unthreatening marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter"; "a well- meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm; "blunt but well-meant criticism" Synonym(s): well- intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant
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well-meant adj marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter"; "a well-meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm; "blunt but well-meant criticism" Synonym(s): well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant
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well-mined adj well known and commonly used; "Shakespeare exploited many well-mined sources for his plays"
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whole name n a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part; "`hat' is a holonym for `brim' and `crown'" Synonym(s): holonym, whole name
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whole number n any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction" Synonym(s): integer, whole number
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Willem Einthoven n Dutch physiologist who devised the first electrocardiograph (1860-1927) Synonym(s): Einthoven, Willem Einthoven
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William and Mary n joint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II
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William Henry n English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836) Synonym(s): Henry, William Henry
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William Henry Beveridge n British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963) Synonym(s): Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge, First Baron Beveridge
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William Henry Fox Talbot n English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877) Synonym(s): Talbot, Fox Talbot, William Henry Fox Talbot
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William Henry Gates n United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955) Synonym(s): Gates, Bill Gates, William Henry Gates
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William Henry Harrison n 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841) Synonym(s): Harrison, William Henry Harrison, President Harrison, President William Henry Harrison
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William Henry Hoover n United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932) Synonym(s): Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover
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William Henry Hudson n English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922) [syn: Hudson, W. H. Hudson, William Henry Hudson]
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William Henry Mauldin n United States cartoonist noted for his drawings of soldiers in battle (1921-2003) Synonym(s): Mauldin, Bill Mauldin, William Henry Mauldin
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William Henry Pratt n United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969) Synonym(s): Karloff, Boris Karloff, William Henry Pratt
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William Henry Seward n United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872) Synonym(s): Seward, William Henry Seward
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William Inge n United States playwright (1913-1973) [syn: Inge, {William Inge}]
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William Menninger n United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966) Synonym(s): Menninger, William Menninger, William Claire Menninger
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William Nunn Lipscom Jr. n United States chemist noted for his theories of molecular structure (born in 1919) Synonym(s): Lipscomb, William Nunn Lipscom Jr.
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William Wymark Jacobs n English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943) [syn: Jacobs, W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs]
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Wilmington n a town in southeastern North Carolina on the Cape Fear River the largest city in Delaware
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woolly mammoth n very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphere Synonym(s): woolly mammoth, northern mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius
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woolly manzanita n erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young Synonym(s): downy manzanita, woolly manzanita, Arctostaphylos tomentosa
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woolly monkey n large monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basins
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wooly-minded 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]:
Wailment \Wail"ment\, n. Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket.
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Well-mannered \Well`-man"nered\, a. Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous. --Dryden.
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Well-meaner \Well"-mean`er\, n. One whose intention is good. [bd]Well-meaners think no harm.[b8] --Dryden.
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Well-meaning \Well"-mean`ing\, a. Having a good intention.
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Whaleman \Whale"man\, n.; pl. {Whalemen}. A man employed in the whale fishery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whaleman \Whale"man\, n.; pl. {Whalemen}. A man employed in the whale fishery.
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]:
Wheelman \Wheel"man\, n.; pl. {Wheelmen}. One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist.
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Wheelman \Wheel"man\, n.; pl. {Wheelmen}. One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whelm \Whelm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whelmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whelming}.] [OE. whelmen to turn over, akin to OE. whelven, AS. whelfan, hwylfan, in [?]whylfan, [?]whelfan, to overwhelm, cover over; akin to OS. bihwelbian, D. welven to arch, G. w[94]lben, OHG. welben, Icel. hvelfa to overturn; cf. Gr. [?] bosom, a hollow, a gulf.] 1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf. She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! --Shak. The whelming billow and the faithless oar. --Gay. 2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. [bd]The whelming weight of crime.[b8] --J. H. Newman. 3. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whole \Whole\, a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. h[be]l well, sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h[?]l, D. heel, G. heil, Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well, sound, OIr. c[?]l augury. Cf. {Hale}, {Hail} to greet, {Heal} to cure, {Health}, {Holy}.] 1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. [bd]On their whole host I flew unarmed.[b8] --Milton. The whole race of mankind. --Shak. 2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole. My life is yet whole in me. --2 Sam. i. 9. 3. Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well. [She] findeth there her friends hole and sound. --Chaucer. They that be whole need not a physician. --Matt. ix. 12. When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole. --Tennyson. {Whole blood}. (Law of Descent) See under {Blood}, n., 2. {Whole note} (Mus.), the note which represents a note of longest duration in common use; a semibreve. {Whole number} (Math.), a number which is not a fraction or mixed number; an integer. {Whole snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common snipe, as distinguished from the smaller jacksnipe. [Prov. Eng.] Syn: All; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided; uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy. Usage: {Whole}, {Total}, {Entire}, {Complete}. When we use the word whole, we refer to a thing as made up of parts, none of which are wanting; as, a whole week; a whole year; the whole creation. When we use the word total, we have reference to all as taken together, and forming a single totality; as, the total amount; the total income. When we speak of a thing as entire, we have no reference to parts at all, but regard the thing as an integer, i. e., continuous or unbroken; as, an entire year; entire prosperity. When we speak of a thing as complete, there is reference to some progress which results in a filling out to some end or object, or a perfected state with no deficiency; as, complete success; a complete victory. All the whole army stood agazed on him. --Shak. One entire and perfect chrysolite. --Shak. Lest total darkness should by night regain Her old possession, and extinguish life. --Milton. So absolute she seems, And in herself complete. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woolly \Wool"ly\, a. 1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece. 2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. [bd]My fleece of woolly hair.[b8] --Shak. 3. Clothed with wool. [bd]Woolly breeders.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. {Woolly bear} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under {Salt}), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust., under {Isabella Moth}), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth ({Spilosoma Virginica}). {Woolly butt} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Eucalyptus longifolia}), so named because of its fibrous bark. {Woolly louse} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Schizoneura, [or] Erisoma, lanigera}) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under {Blight}. {Woolly macaco} (Zo[94]l.), the mongoose lemur. {Woolly maki} (Zo[94]l.), a long-tailed lemur ({Indris laniger}) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also {avahi}, and {woolly lemur}. {Woolly monkey} (Zo[94]l.), any South American monkey of the genus {Lagothrix}, as the caparro. {Woolly rhinoceros} (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros tichorhinus}) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woolman \Wool"man\, n.; pl. {Woolmen}. One who deals in wool.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woolman \Wool"man\, n.; pl. {Woolmen}. One who deals in wool.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wellman, IA (city, FIPS 83280) Location: 41.46787 N, 91.83702 W Population (1990): 1085 (460 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52356 Wellman, TX (town, FIPS 77164) Location: 33.04701 N, 102.42756 W Population (1990): 239 (92 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Willamina, OR (city, FIPS 82350) Location: 45.07913 N, 123.48349 W Population (1990): 1717 (634 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97396
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Willimantic, CT (CDP, FIPS 85840) Location: 41.71561 N, 72.21797 W Population (1990): 14746 (5887 housing units) Area: 11.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06226
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wilmington, CA Zip code(s): 90744 Wilmington, DE (city, FIPS 77580) Location: 39.73557 N, 75.52996 W Population (1990): 71529 (31244 housing units) Area: 27.9 sq km (land), 16.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19801, 19802, 19805, 19806 Wilmington, IL (city, FIPS 82101) Location: 41.29767 N, 88.15963 W Population (1990): 4743 (1875 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Wilmington, IL (village, FIPS 82088) Location: 39.48247 N, 90.48956 W Population (1990): 129 (56 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Wilmington, MA (CDP, FIPS 80195) Location: 42.55937 N, 71.16658 W Population (1990): 17654 (5667 housing units) Area: 44.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01887 Wilmington, NC (city, FIPS 74440) Location: 34.21245 N, 77.91130 W Population (1990): 55530 (26469 housing units) Area: 76.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28403, 28409, 28412 Wilmington, NY Zip code(s): 12997 Wilmington, OH (city, FIPS 85792) Location: 39.44362 N, 83.83090 W Population (1990): 11199 (4635 housing units) Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45177 Wilmington, VT Zip code(s): 05363
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wilmington Island, GA (CDP, FIPS 83168) Location: 32.00345 N, 80.97387 W Population (1990): 11230 (4552 housing units) Area: 21.9 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water)
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Wilmington Manor, DE (CDP, FIPS 77840) Location: 39.68550 N, 75.58477 W Population (1990): 8568 (3173 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wilmont, MN (city, FIPS 70582) Location: 43.76397 N, 95.82831 W Population (1990): 351 (153 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56185
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
William Hamilton A mathematician who posed {Hamilton's problem}. {Biography (http://gregory.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/ShortBiogs/H.html#Hamilton)}. [Summary?] (1995-11-02)