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   WbN
         n 1: the compass point that is one point north of due west [syn:
               {west by north}, {WbN}]

English Dictionary: wpm by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weapon
n
  1. any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
    Synonym(s): weapon, arm, weapon system
  2. a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his conversational weapons"
    Synonym(s): weapon, artillery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woven
adj
  1. made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole; "woven fabrics"; "woven baskets"; "the incidents woven into the story"; "folk songs woven into a symphony"
    Antonym(s): unwoven
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wpm
n
  1. the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing)
    Synonym(s): words per minute, wpm
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {To make one's way}, to advance in life by one's personal
            efforts.
  
      {To make way}. See under {Make}, v. t.
  
      {Ways and means}.
            (a) Methods; resources; facilities.
            (b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for
                  revenue.
  
      {Way leave}, permission to cross, or a right of way across,
            land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]
  
      {Way of the cross} (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in
            rotation the stations of the cross. See {Station}, n., 7
            (c) .
  
      {Way of the rounds} (Fort.), a space left for the passage of
            the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified
            town.
  
      {Way pane}, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See {Pane},
            n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Way passenger}, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some
            intermediate place between the principal stations on a
            line of travel.
  
      {Ways of God}, his providential government, or his works.
  
      {Way station}, an intermediate station between principal
            stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.
  
      {Way train}, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way,
            stations; an accommodation train.
  
      {Way warden}, the surveyor of a road.
  
      Syn: Street; highway; road.
  
      Usage: {Way}, {Street}, {Highway}, {Road}. Way is generic,
                  denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway
                  is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and
                  convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way
                  for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically,
                  a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and,
                  hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or
                  highways in compact settlements.
  
                           All keep the broad highway, and take delight
                           With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser.
  
                           There is but one road by which to climb up.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                           When night Darkens the streets, then wander
                           forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence
                           and wine.                                    --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weapon \Weap"on\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wepen, AS. w[?]pen; akin to
      OS. w[?]pan, OFries. w[?]pin, w[?]pen, D. wapen, G. waffe,
      OHG. waffan, w[be]fan, Icel. v[be]pn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen,
      Goth. w[?]pna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Wapentake}.]
      1. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something
            to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in
            destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a
            sword, etc.
  
                     The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. --2 Cor.
                                                                              x. 4.
  
                     They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage;
                     down their idle weapons dropped.         --Milton.
  
      2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends
            against another; as, argument was his only weapon.
            [bd]Woman's weapons, water drops.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants
            are furnished.
  
      {Concealed weapons}. See under {Concealed}.
  
      {Weapon salve}, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by
            being applied to the weapon that made it. [Obs.] --Boyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wepen \Wep"en\, n.
      Weapon. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wopen \Wo"pen\, obs. p. p. of {Weep}.
      Wept. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weave \Weave\, v. t. [imp. {Wove}; p. p. {Woven}, {Wove}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved}, is
      rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G.
      weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v[84]fva, Dan. v[91]ve,
      Gr. [?], v., [?] web, Skr. [?]r[?]av[be]bhi spider, lit.,
      wool weaver. Cf. {Waper}, {Waffle}, {Web}, {Weevil}, {Weft},
      {Woof}.]
      1. To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to
            form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as,
            to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close
            connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.
  
                     This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired
                     silk To deck her sons.                        --Milton.
  
                     And for these words, thus woven into song. --Byron.
  
      2. To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as
            a texture of any kind, by putting together textile
            materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet;
            hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate;
            as, to weave the plot of a story.
  
                     When she weaved the sleided silk.      --Shak.
  
                     Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. --Ld.
                                                                              Lytton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woven \Wov"en\,
      p. p. of {Weave}.
  
      {Woven paper}, or {Wove paper}, writing paper having an even,
            uniform surface, without watermarks.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Waban, MA
      Zip code(s): 02168

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wabeno, WI
      Zip code(s): 54566

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Waubun, MN (city, FIPS 68674)
      Location: 47.18408 N, 95.93949 W
      Population (1990): 330 (139 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56589

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Waupun, WI (city, FIPS 84425)
      Location: 43.63159 N, 88.73573 W
      Population (1990): 8207 (2828 housing units)
      Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 53963

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Whippany, NJ
      Zip code(s): 07981

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   WIBNI // n.   [Bell Labs: Wouldn't It Be Nice If] What most
   requirements documents and specifications consist entirely of.
   Compare {IWBNI}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   WIBNI
  
      ({Bell Labs}) Wouldn't It Be Nice If.
  
      What most requirements documents and specifications consist
      entirely of.
  
      Compare {IWBNI}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1994-11-24)
  
  
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