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War Admiral
n 1: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1937

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war dance n a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory
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War to End War n a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 Synonym(s): World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War
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war-ridden adj engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations" [syn: belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring]
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warden n the chief official in charge of a prison
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wardenship n the position of warden
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wartime n a period of time during which there is armed conflict
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wear down v exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" Synonym(s): tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue Antonym(s): freshen, refresh, refreshen deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth" Synonym(s): wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
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wear thin v deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth" Synonym(s): wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
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weirdness n strikingly out of the ordinary [syn: outlandishness, bizarreness, weirdness]
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Werdnig-Hoffman disease n autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis; death usually occurs in early childhood
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Wharton n United States novelist (1862-1937) [syn: Wharton, {Edith Wharton}, Edith Newbold Jones Wharton]
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whoredom n offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: prostitution, harlotry, whoredom]
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word meaning n the accepted meaning of a word [syn: word meaning, {word sense}, acceptation]
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wordiness n boring verbosity [syn: prolixity, prolixness, windiness, long-windedness, wordiness]
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wording n the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton Synonym(s): wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage
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wordmonger n a writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaning
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wordnet n any of the machine-readable lexical databases modeled after the Princeton WordNet a machine-readable lexical database organized by meanings; developed at Princeton University Synonym(s): WordNet, Princeton WordNet
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worthiness n the quality or state of having merit or value [ant: unworthiness]
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write in v cast a vote by inserting a name that does not appear on the ballot; "Many voters wrote in the names of strangers" write to an organization; "Many listeners wrote in after the controversial radio program"
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write in code v convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" Synonym(s): code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code
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write on v write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China" Synonym(s): write on, write of, write about
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write-in n a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters Synonym(s): write-in candidate, write-in a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot
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write-in candidate n a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters Synonym(s): write-in candidate, write-in
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writhen adj twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott Synonym(s): contorted, writhed, writhen
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writhing adj moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion; "wiggly worms" Synonym(s): wiggly, wriggling, wriggly, writhing
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writing n the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" Synonym(s): writing, authorship, composition, penning the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" Synonym(s): writing, written material, piece of writing (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings" letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing" Synonym(s): writing, committal to writing
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writing arm n an arm of a tablet-armed chair; widened to provide a writing surface
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writing assignment n an assignment to write something [syn: {written assignment}, writing assignment]
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writing board n work surface consisting of a wide lightweight board that can be placed across the lap and used for writing
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writing desk n a portable case containing writing materials and having a writing surface a desk for writing (usually with a sloping top)
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writing implement n an implement that is used to write
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writing ink n any permanent or washable ink used with pens
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writing pad n a pad of paper on which messages can be written [syn: message pad, writing pad]
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writing paper n paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink; used for writing correspondence and manuscripts
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writing style n a style of expressing yourself in writing [syn: {writing style}, literary genre, genre]
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writing system n a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols Synonym(s): orthography, writing system
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writing table n a desk used for writing [syn: secretary, writing table, escritoire, secretaire]
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Writings n the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures [syn: Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings]
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written adj set down in writing in any of various ways; "written evidence" Antonym(s): spoken systematically collected and written down; "written laws" Antonym(s): unwritten written as for a film or play or broadcast Synonym(s): scripted, written Antonym(s): unscripted
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written account n a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events Synonym(s): written record, written account
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written agreement n a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties
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written assignment n an assignment to write something [syn: {written assignment}, writing assignment]
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written communication n communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) Synonym(s): written communication, written language, black and white
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written document n writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) Synonym(s): document, written document, papers
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written language n communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) Synonym(s): written communication, written language, black and white
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written material n the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" Synonym(s): writing, written material, piece of writing
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written matter n matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials Synonym(s): copy, written matter
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written record n a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events Synonym(s): written record, written account
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written report n a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale" Synonym(s): report, study, written report
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written symbol n a written or printed symbol [syn: written symbol, printed symbol]
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written text n something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation Synonym(s): transcription, written text
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written word n the written form of a word; "while the spoken word stands for something, the written word stands for something that stands for something"; "a craftsman of the written word"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
War \War\, n. [OE. & AS. werre; akin to OHG. werra scandal, quarrel, sedition, werran to confound, mix, D. warren, G. wirren, verwirren, to embroil, confound, disturb, and perhaps to E. worse; cf. OF. werre war, F. querre, of Teutonic origin. Cf. {Guerrilla}, {Warrior}.] 1. A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities. Men will ever distinguish war from mere bloodshed. --F. W. Robertson. Note: As war is the contest of nations or states, it always implies that such contest is authorized by the monarch or the sovereign power of the nation. A war begun by attacking another nation, is called an offensive war, and such attack is aggressive. War undertaken to repel invasion, or the attacks of an enemy, is called defensive. 2. (Law) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason. 3. Instruments of war. [Poetic] His complement of stores, and total war. --Prior. 4. Forces; army. [Poetic] On their embattled ranks the waves return, And overwhelm their war. --Milton. 5. The profession of arms; the art of war. Thou art but a youth, and he is a man of war from his youth. --1 Sam. xvii. 33. 6. a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility. [bd]Raised impious war in heaven.[b8] --Milton. The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart. --Ps. lv. 21. {Civil war}, a war between different sections or parties of the same country or nation. {Holy war}. See under {Holy}. {Man of war}. (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary. {Public war}, a war between independent sovereign states. {War cry}, a cry or signal used in war; as, the Indian war cry. {War dance}, a dance among savages preliminary to going to war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby enlists as one of the party engaged in a warlike excursion. --Schoolcraft. {War field}, a field of war or battle. {War horse}, a horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse for military service; a charger. {War paint}, paint put on the face and other parts of the body by savages, as a token of going to war. [bd]Wash the war paint from your faces.[b8] --Longfellow. {War song}, a song of or pertaining to war; especially, among the American Indians, a song at the war dance, full of incitements to military ardor. {War whoop}, a war cry, especially that uttered by the American Indians.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warden \Ward"en\, n. [OE. wardein, OF. wardein, gardein, gardain, F. gardien. See {Guardian}, and {Ward} guard.] 1. A keeper; a guardian; a watchman. He called to the warden on the . . . battlements. --Sir. W. Scott. 2. An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
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3. A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden. 4. [Properly, a keeping pear.] A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting. [Obs.] I would have had him roasted like a warden. --Beau. & Fl. {Warden pie}, a pie made of warden pears. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Wardenry \Ward"enry\, Wardenship \Ward"enship\, n. The office or jurisdiction of a warden.
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Wardenry \Ward"enry\, Wardenship \Ward"enship\, n. The office or jurisdiction of a warden.
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Wardian \Ward"i*an\, a. Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.
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Ward \Ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warding}.] [OE. wardien, AS. weardian to keep, protect; akin to OS. ward[?]n to watch, take care, OFries. wardia, OHG. wart[?]n, G. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, Icel. var[?]a to guarantee defend, Sw. v[86]rda to guard, to watch; cf. OF. warder, of German origin. See {Ward}, n., and cf. {Award}, {Guard}, {Reward}.] 1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight To ward the same. --Spenser. 2. To defend; to protect. Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand dangers. --Shak. 3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.] 4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. --Daniel. The pointed javelin warded off his rage. --Addison. It instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. --I. Watts.
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Wardmote \Ward"mote`\, n. Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like. --Brande & C. [bd]Wards and wardmotes.[b8] --Piers Plowman.
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]:
Wayward \Way"ward\, a. [OE. weiward, for aweiward, i. e., turned away. See {Away}, and {-ward}.] Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful. My wife is in a wayward mood. --Shak. Wayward beauty doth not fancy move. --Fairfax. Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought? --Keble. -- {Way"wardly}, adv. -- {Way"wardness}, n.
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Weirdness \Weird"ness\, n. The quality or state of being weird.
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For \For\, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f[81]r, Icel. fyrir, Sw. f[94]r, Dan. for, adv. f[94]r, Goth. fa[a3]r, fa[a3]ra, L. pro, Gr. [?], Skr. pra-. [root] 202. Cf. {Fore}, {First}, {Foremost}, {Forth}, {Pro}-.] In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place. 1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done. With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. --Shak. How to choose dogs for scent or speed. --Waller. Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for C[91]sar's health. --Dryden. That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. --Hooker. 2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done. The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. --Spenser. It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. --Bacon. Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured? --Dryden. For he writes not for money, nor for praise. --Denham. 3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against. We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. --2 Cor. xiii. 8. It is for the general good of human society, and consequently of particular persons, to be true and just; and it is for men's health to be temperate. --Tillotson. Aristotle is for poetical justice. --Dennis. 4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; [?]ntending to go to. We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. --Bacon. 5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. --Ex. xxi. 23, 24. 6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being. We take a falling meteor for a star. --Cowley. If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for tru[?]? --Locke. Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried-up English poet for their model. --Dryden. But let her go for an ungrateful woman. --Philips. 7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc. The writer will do what she please for all me. --Spectator. God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. --Dr. H. More. For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. --Swift. 8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of. For many miles about There 's scarce a bush. --Shak. Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing. --prior. To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day. --Garth. 9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.] We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet. --Beau. & Fl. {For}, [or] {As for}, so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently. See under {As}. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. --Josh. xxiv. 15. For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of death securely tend. --Dryden. {For all that}, notwithstanding; in spite of. {For all the world}, wholly; exactly. [bd]Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry.[b8] --Shak. {For as much as}, [or] {Forasmuch as}, in consideration that; seeing that; since. {For by}. See {Forby}, adv. {For ever}, eternally; at all times. See {Forever}. {For me}, [or] {For all me}, as far as regards me. {For my life}, [or] {For the life of me}, if my life depended on it. [Colloq.] --T. Hook. {For that}, {For the reason that}, because; since. [Obs.] [bd]For that I love your daughter.[b8] --Shak. {For thy}, [or] {Forthy} [AS. for[?][?].], for this; on this account. [Obs.] [bd]Thomalin, have no care for thy.[b8] --Spenser. {For to}, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] -- [bd]What went ye out for to see?[b8] --Luke vii. 25. See {To}, prep., 4. {O for}, would that I had; may there be granted; -- elliptically expressing desire or prayer. [bd]O for a muse of fire.[b8] --Shak. {Were it not for}, [or] {If it were not for}, leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. [bd]Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will.[b8] --Sir M. Hale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whoredom \Whore"dom\, n. [OE. hordom; cf. Icel. h[?]rd[?]mr.] 1. The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness. 2. (Script.) The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry. O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled; they will not . . . turn unto their God. --Hos. v. 3, 4.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Word \Word\, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[edh], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[a3]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. "rh`twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.] 1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable. [bd]A glutton of words.[b8] --Piers Plowman. You cram these words into mine ears, against The stomach of my sense. --Shak. Amongst men who confound their ideas with words, there must be endless disputes. --Locke. 2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page. 3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language. Why should calamity be full of words? --Shak. Be thy words severe; Sharp as he merits, but the sword forbear. --Dryden. 4. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular. I pray you . . . bring me word thither How the world goes. --Shak. 5. Signal; order; command; direction. Give the word through. --Shak. 6. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise. Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly. --Shak. I know you brave, and take you at your word. --Dryden. I desire not the reader should take my word. --Dryden. 7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute. Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me. --Shak. 8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence. All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. --Gal. v. 14. She said; but at the happy word [bd]he lives,[b8] My father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound. --Tennyson. There is only one other point on which I offer a word of remark. --Dickens. {By word of mouth}, orally; by actual speaking. --Boyle. {Compound word}. See under {Compound}, a. {Good word}, commendation; favorable account. [bd]And gave the harmless fellow a good word.[b8] --Pope. {In a word}, briefly; to sum up. {In word}, in declaration; in profession. [bd]Let us not love in word, . . . but in deed and in truth.[b8] --1 John iii. 8. {Nuns of the Word Incarnate} (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The order, which also exists in the United States, was instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the [bd]Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God.[b8] {The word}, or {The Word}. (Theol.) (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a revelation of God. [bd]Bold to speak the word without fear.[b8] --Phil. i. 14. (b) The second person in the Trinity before his manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of the divine attributes personified. --John i. 1. {To eat one's words}, to retract what has been said. {To have the words for}, to speak for; to act as spokesman. [Obs.] [bd]Our host hadde the wordes for us all.[b8] --Chaucer. {Word blindness} (Physiol.), inability to understand printed or written words or symbols, although the person affected may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write correctly. --Landois & Stirling. {Word deafness} (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken words, though the person affected may hear them and other sounds, and hence is not deaf. {Word dumbness} (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired. {Word for word}, in the exact words; verbatim; literally; exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word. {Word painting}, the act of describing an object fully and vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. {Word picture}, an accurate and vivid description, which presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. {Word square}, a series of words so arranged that they can be read vertically and horizontally with like results. Note: H E A R T E M B E R A B U S E R E S I N T R E N T (A word square) Syn: See {Term}.
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Word method \Word method\ (Education) A method of teaching reading in which words are first taken as single ideograms and later analyzed into their phonetic and alphabetic elements; -- contrasted with the alphabet and {sentence methods}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wordiness \Word"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness. --Jeffrey.
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Word \Word\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wording}.] 1. To express in words; to phrase. The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince. --Addison. 2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words. [Obs.] --Howell. 3. To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] --Shak. {To word it}, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] [bd]To word it with a shrew.[b8] --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wording \Word"ing\, n. The act or manner of expressing in words; style of expression; phrasing. It is believed this wording was above his known style. --Milton.
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Worthiness \Wor"thi*ness\, n. The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth. Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge, and follow worthiness? --Donne. She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her own worthiness. --Sir P. Sidney. The prayers which our Savior made were for his own worthiness accepted. --Hooker.
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Wreathen \Wreath"en\, a. Twisted; made into a wreath. [bd]Wreathen work of pure gold.[b8] --Ex. xxviii. 22.
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Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. {Wreathed}; p. p. {Wreathed}; Archaic {Wreathen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wreathing}.] [See {Wreath}, n.] [Written also {wreath}.] 1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.] And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. --Spenser. 2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed. --Sir W. Scott. From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped. --Milton. 3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold. Each wreathed in the other's arms. --Shak. Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. --Milton. And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. --Dryden. 4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle. In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. {Wreathed}; p. p. {Wreathed}; Archaic {Wreathen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wreathing}.] [See {Wreath}, n.] [Written also {wreath}.] 1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.] And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. --Spenser. 2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed. --Sir W. Scott. From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped. --Milton. 3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold. Each wreathed in the other's arms. --Shak. Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. --Milton. And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. --Dryden. 4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle. In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss. --Prior.
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Writhe \Writhe\, v. t. [imp. {Writhed}; p. p. {Writhed}, Obs. or Poetic {Writhen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writhing}.] [OE. writhen, AS. wr[c6][?]an to twist; akin to OHG. r[c6]dan, Icel. r[c6][?]a, Sw. vrida, Dan. vride. Cf. {Wreathe}, {Wrest}, {Wroth}.] 1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. [bd]With writhing [turning] of a pin.[b8] --Chaucer. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro. --Milton. Her mouth she writhed, her forehead taught to frown. --Dryden. His battle-writhen arms, and mighty hands. --Tennyson. 2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert. The reason which he yieldeth showeth the least part of his meaning to be that whereunto his words are writhed. --Hooker. 3. To extort; to wring; to wrest. [R.]
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Writhen \Writh"en\, a. Having a twisted distorted from. A writhen staff his step unstable guides. --Fairfax.
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Wryneck \Wry"neck\, n. (Med.) 1. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus {Jynx}, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species ({J. torguilla}); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also {cuckoo's mate}, {snakebird}, {summer bird}, {tonguebird}, and {writheneck}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writhe \Writhe\, v. t. [imp. {Writhed}; p. p. {Writhed}, Obs. or Poetic {Writhen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writhing}.] [OE. writhen, AS. wr[c6][?]an to twist; akin to OHG. r[c6]dan, Icel. r[c6][?]a, Sw. vrida, Dan. vride. Cf. {Wreathe}, {Wrest}, {Wroth}.] 1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. [bd]With writhing [turning] of a pin.[b8] --Chaucer. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro. --Milton. Her mouth she writhed, her forehead taught to frown. --Dryden. His battle-writhen arms, and mighty hands. --Tennyson. 2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert. The reason which he yieldeth showeth the least part of his meaning to be that whereunto his words are writhed. --Hooker. 3. To extort; to wring; to wrest. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Write \Write\, v. t. [imp. {Wrote}; p. p. {Written}; Archaic imp. & p. p. {Writ}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writing}.] [OE. writen, AS. wr[c6]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wr[c6]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. r[c6]zan, Icel. r[c6]ta to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. {Race} tribe, lineage.] 1. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures. 2. To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter. Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves. --Shak. I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved. --Prior. 3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still living. --Macaulay. 4. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart. 5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively. He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine. --Milton. {To write to}, to communicate by a written document to. {Written laws}, laws deriving their force from express legislative enactment, as contradistinguished from unwritten, or common, law. See the Note under {Law}, and {Common law}, under {Common}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c) An inscription. And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. --John xix. 19. 3. Handwriting; chirography. {Writing book}, a book for practice in penmanship. {Writing desk}, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. {Writing lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] {Writing machine}. Same as {Typewriter}. {Writing master}, one who teaches the art of penmanship. {Writing obligatory} (Law), a bond. {Writing paper}, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. {Writing school}, a school for instruction in penmanship. {Writing table}, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c) An inscription. And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. --John xix. 19. 3. Handwriting; chirography. {Writing book}, a book for practice in penmanship. {Writing desk}, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. {Writing lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] {Writing machine}. Same as {Typewriter}. {Writing master}, one who teaches the art of penmanship. {Writing obligatory} (Law), a bond. {Writing paper}, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. {Writing school}, a school for instruction in penmanship. {Writing table}, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c) An inscription. And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. --John xix. 19. 3. Handwriting; chirography. {Writing book}, a book for practice in penmanship. {Writing desk}, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. {Writing lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] {Writing machine}. Same as {Typewriter}. {Writing master}, one who teaches the art of penmanship. {Writing obligatory} (Law), a bond. {Writing paper}, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. {Writing school}, a school for instruction in penmanship. {Writing table}, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c) An inscription. And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. --John xix. 19. 3. Handwriting; chirography. {Writing book}, a book for practice in penmanship. {Writing desk}, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. {Writing lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] {Writing machine}. Same as {Typewriter}. {Writing master}, one who teaches the art of penmanship. {Writing obligatory} (Law), a bond. {Writing paper}, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. {Writing school}, a school for instruction in penmanship. {Writing table}, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yellowhammer \Yel"low*ham`mer\, n. [For yellow-ammer, where ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common European finch ({Emberiza citrinella}). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also {yellow bunting}, {scribbling lark}, and {writing lark}. [Written also {yellow-ammer}.] (b) The flicker. [Local, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c) An inscription. And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. --John xix. 19. 3. Handwriting; chirography. {Writing book}, a book for practice in penmanship. {Writing desk}, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. {Writing lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] {Writing machine}. Same as {Typewriter}. {Writing master}, one who teaches the art of penmanship. {Writing obligatory} (Law), a bond. {Writing paper}, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. {Writing school}, a school for instruction in penmanship. {Writing table}, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yellowhammer \Yel"low*ham`mer\, n. [For yellow-ammer, where ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common European finch ({Emberiza citrinella}). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also {yellow bunting}, {scribbling lark}, and {writing lark}. [Written also {yellow-ammer}.] (b) The flicker. [Local, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c) An inscription. And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. --John xix. 19. 3. Handwriting; chirography. {Writing book}, a book for practice in penmanship. {Writing desk}, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. {Writing lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] {Writing machine}. Same as {Typewriter}. {Writing master}, one who teaches the art of penmanship. {Writing obligatory} (Law), a bond. {Writing paper}, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. {Writing school}, a school for instruction in penmanship. {Writing table}, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c) An inscription. And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. --John xix. 19. 3. Handwriting; chirography. {Writing book}, a book for practice in penmanship. {Writing desk}, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. {Writing lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] {Writing machine}. Same as {Typewriter}. {Writing master}, one who teaches the art of penmanship. {Writing obligatory} (Law), a bond. {Writing paper}, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. {Writing school}, a school for instruction in penmanship. {Writing table}, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c) An inscription. And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. --John xix. 19. 3. Handwriting; chirography. {Writing book}, a book for practice in penmanship. {Writing desk}, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. {Writing lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] {Writing machine}. Same as {Typewriter}. {Writing master}, one who teaches the art of penmanship. {Writing obligatory} (Law), a bond. {Writing paper}, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. {Writing school}, a school for instruction in penmanship. {Writing table}, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c) An inscription. And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. --John xix. 19. 3. Handwriting; chirography. {Writing book}, a book for practice in penmanship. {Writing desk}, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. {Writing lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] {Writing machine}. Same as {Typewriter}. {Writing master}, one who teaches the art of penmanship. {Writing obligatory} (Law), a bond. {Writing paper}, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. {Writing school}, a school for instruction in penmanship. {Writing table}, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c) An inscription. And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. --John xix. 19. 3. Handwriting; chirography. {Writing book}, a book for practice in penmanship. {Writing desk}, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. {Writing lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] {Writing machine}. Same as {Typewriter}. {Writing master}, one who teaches the art of penmanship. {Writing obligatory} (Law), a bond. {Writing paper}, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. {Writing school}, a school for instruction in penmanship. {Writing table}, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c) An inscription. And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. --John xix. 19. 3. Handwriting; chirography. {Writing book}, a book for practice in penmanship. {Writing desk}, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. {Writing lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] {Writing machine}. Same as {Typewriter}. {Writing master}, one who teaches the art of penmanship. {Writing obligatory} (Law), a bond. {Writing paper}, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. {Writing school}, a school for instruction in penmanship. {Writing table}, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Write \Write\, v. t. [imp. {Wrote}; p. p. {Written}; Archaic imp. & p. p. {Writ}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writing}.] [OE. writen, AS. wr[c6]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wr[c6]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. r[c6]zan, Icel. r[c6]ta to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. {Race} tribe, lineage.] 1. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures. 2. To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter. Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves. --Shak. I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved. --Prior. 3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still living. --Macaulay. 4. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart. 5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively. He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine. --Milton. {To write to}, to communicate by a written document to. {Written laws}, laws deriving their force from express legislative enactment, as contradistinguished from unwritten, or common, law. See the Note under {Law}, and {Common law}, under {Common}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Written \Writ"ten\, p. p. of {Write}, v.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cymry \Cym"ry\ (-r?), n. [W., pl.] A collective term for the Welsh race; -- so called by themselves . [{Written also Cymri}, {Cwmry}, {Kymry}, etc.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Write \Write\, v. t. [imp. {Wrote}; p. p. {Written}; Archaic imp. & p. p. {Writ}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writing}.] [OE. writen, AS. wr[c6]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wr[c6]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. r[c6]zan, Icel. r[c6]ta to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. {Race} tribe, lineage.] 1. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures. 2. To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter. Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves. --Shak. I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved. --Prior. 3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still living. --Macaulay. 4. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart. 5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively. He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine. --Milton. {To write to}, to communicate by a written document to. {Written laws}, laws deriving their force from express legislative enactment, as contradistinguished from unwritten, or common, law. See the Note under {Law}, and {Common law}, under {Common}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrythen \Wryth"en\, obs. p. p. of {Writhe}. Writhen.
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Warden, LA Zip code(s): 71232 Warden, WA (town, FIPS 76160) Location: 46.96789 N, 119.04699 W Population (1990): 1639 (543 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98857
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Wardensville, WV (town, FIPS 84580) Location: 39.07646 N, 78.59369 W Population (1990): 140 (93 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26851
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Wardner, ID (city, FIPS 85240) Location: 47.52033 N, 116.13399 W Population (1990): 246 (116 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Waretown, NJ (CDP, FIPS 76820) Location: 39.78965 N, 74.19380 W Population (1990): 1283 (753 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08758
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Warthen, GA Zip code(s): 31094
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Weirton, WV (city, FIPS 85156) Location: 40.40094 N, 80.56412 W Population (1990): 22124 (9642 housing units) Area: 46.5 sq km (land), 3.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26062
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wharton, NJ (borough, FIPS 80390) Location: 40.89955 N, 74.58230 W Population (1990): 5405 (2122 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07885 Wharton, OH (village, FIPS 84574) Location: 40.86203 N, 83.46473 W Population (1990): 378 (151 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43359 Wharton, TX (city, FIPS 78136) Location: 29.31637 N, 96.09905 W Population (1990): 9011 (3942 housing units) Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77488
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wharton County, TX (county, FIPS 481) Location: 29.27730 N, 96.21651 W Population (1990): 39955 (16277 housing units) Area: 2823.6 sq km (land), 11.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Worden, IL (village, FIPS 83505) Location: 38.93220 N, 89.83854 W Population (1990): 896 (376 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62097 Worden, MT Zip code(s): 59088
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wortham, TX (town, FIPS 80296) Location: 31.78995 N, 96.46084 W Population (1990): 1020 (508 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76693
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Worthing, SD (town, FIPS 72820) Location: 43.32888 N, 96.76494 W Population (1990): 371 (141 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57077
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Worthington, IA (city, FIPS 87060) Location: 42.39652 N, 91.12062 W Population (1990): 439 (153 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52078 Worthington, IN (town, FIPS 85598) Location: 39.11852 N, 86.97984 W Population (1990): 1473 (737 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47471 Worthington, KY (city, FIPS 84864) Location: 38.55171 N, 82.73629 W Population (1990): 1751 (661 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41183 Worthington, MA Zip code(s): 01098 Worthington, MN (city, FIPS 71734) Location: 43.62716 N, 95.59844 W Population (1990): 9977 (4141 housing units) Area: 18.1 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56187 Worthington, MO (village, FIPS 81106) Location: 40.40805 N, 92.68878 W Population (1990): 86 (60 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63567 Worthington, OH (city, FIPS 86604) Location: 40.09773 N, 83.02085 W Population (1990): 14869 (5734 housing units) Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43085 Worthington, PA (borough, FIPS 86560) Location: 40.83794 N, 79.63436 W Population (1990): 713 (289 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Worthington, WV (town, FIPS 88708) Location: 39.45804 N, 80.26191 W Population (1990): 233 (110 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26591
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Worthington Hills, KY (city, FIPS 84891) Location: 38.31065 N, 85.52708 W Population (1990): 973 (334 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Worthington Springs, FL (town, FIPS 78775) Location: 29.93122 N, 82.42430 W Population (1990): 178 (76 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Worton, MD Zip code(s): 21678
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
write-only code n. [a play on `read-only memory'] Code so arcane, complex, or ill-structured that it cannot be modified or even comprehended by anyone but its author, and possibly not even by him/her. A {Bad Thing}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
write-only language n. A language with syntax (or semantics) sufficiently dense and bizarre that any routine of significant size is automatically {write-only code}. A sobriquet applied occasionally to C and often to APL, though {INTERCAL} and {TECO} certainly deserve it more. See also {Befunge}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
write-only memory n. The obvious antonym to `read-only memory'. Out of frustration with the long and seemingly useless chain of approvals required of component specifications, during which no actual checking seemed to occur, an engineer at Signetics once created a specification for a write-only memory and included it with a bunch of other specifications to be approved. This inclusion came to the attention of Signetics {management} only when regular customers started calling and asking for pricing information. Signetics published a corrected edition of the data book and requested the return of the `erroneous' ones. Later, around 1974, Signetics bought a double-page spread in "Electronics" magazine's April issue and used the spec as an April Fools' Day joke. Instead of the more conventional characteristic curves, the 25120 "fully encoded, 9046 x N, Random Access, write-only-memory" data sheet included diagrams of "bit capacity vs. Temp.", "Iff vs. Vff", "Number of pins remaining vs. number of socket insertions", and "AQL vs. selling price". The 25120 required a 6.3 VAC VFF supply, a +10V VCC, and VDD of 0V, +/- 2%.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Write-Once Read-Many (WORM) Any type of storage medium to which data can be written to only a single time, but can be read from any number of times. Typically this is an {optical disk} whose surface is permanently etched using a laser in order to record information. WORM media have a significantly longer shelf life than magnetic media and thus are used when data must be preserved for a long time. (1996-04-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
write-only code [a play on "read-only memory"] Code so arcane, complex, or ill-structured that it cannot be modified or even comprehended by anyone but its author, and possibly not even by him/her. A {Bad Thing}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
write-only language A language with syntax (or semantics) sufficiently dense and bizarre that any routine of significant size is automatically {write-only code}. A sobriquet applied occasionally to C and often to APL, though {INTERCAL} and {TECO} certainly deserve it more.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
write-only memory 1. (WOM) The obvious antonym to "{read-only memory}" (ROM). Out of frustration with the long and seemingly useless chain of approvals required of component specifications, during which no actual checking seemed to occur, an engineer at Signetics once created a specification for a write-only memory and included it with a bunch of other specifications to be approved. This inclusion came to the attention of Signetics {management} only when regular customers started calling and asking for pricing information. Signetics published a corrected edition of the data book and requested the return of the "erroneous" ones. Later, around 1974, Signetics bought a double-page spread in "Electronics" magazine's April issue and used the spec as an April Fools' Day joke. Instead of the more conventional characteristic curves, the 25120 "fully encoded, 9046 x N, Random Access, write-only-memory" data sheet included diagrams of "bit capacity vs. Temp.", "Iff vs. Vff", "Number of pins remaining vs. number of socket insertions", and "AQL vs. selling price". The 25120 required a 6.3 VAC VFF supply, a +10V VCC, and VDD of 0V, +/- 2%. 2. {bit bucket}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
writing system The set of {glyphs} used for representing a given human language in written form, generally along with their conventions for use. (1998-10-19)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Writing The art of writing must have been known in the time of the early Pharaohs. Moses is commanded "to write for a memorial in a book" (Ex. 17:14) a record of the attack of Amalek. Frequent mention is afterwards made of writing (28:11, 21, 29, 36; 31:18; 32:15, 16; 34:1, 28; 39:6, 14, 30). The origin of this art is unknown, but there is reason to conclude that in the age of Moses it was well known. The inspired books of Moses are the most ancient extant writings, although there are written monuments as old as about B.C. 2000. The words expressive of "writing," "book," and "ink," are common to all the branches or dialects of the Semitic language, and hence it has been concluded that this art must have been known to the earliest Semites before they separated into their various tribes, and nations, and families. "The Old Testament and the discoveries of Oriental archaeology alike tell us that the age of the Exodus was throughout the world of Western Asia an age of literature and books, of readers and writers, and that the cities of Palestine were stored with the contemporaneous records of past events inscribed on imperishable clay. They further tell us that the kinsfolk and neighbours of the Israelites were already acquainted with alphabetic writing, that the wanderers in the desert and the tribes of Edom were in contact with the cultured scribes and traders of Ma'in [Southern Arabia], and that the 'house of bondage' from which Israel had escaped was a land where the art of writing was blazoned not only on the temples of the gods, but also on the dwellings of the rich and powerful.", Sayce. (See {DEBIR}; {PHOENICIA}.) The "Book of the Dead" was a collection of prayers and formulae, by the use of which the souls of the dead were supposed to attain to rest and peace in the next world. It was composed at various periods from the earliest time to the Persian conquest. It affords an interesting glimpse into the religious life and system of belief among the ancient Egyptians. We learn from it that they believed in the existence of one Supreme Being, the immortality of the soul, judgement after death, and the resurrection of the body. It shows, too, a high state of literary activity in Egypt in the time of Moses. It refers to extensive libraries then existing. That of Ramessium, in Thebes, e.g., built by Rameses II., contained 20,000 books. When the Hebrews entered Canaan it is evident that the art of writing was known to the original inhabitants, as appears, e.g., from the name of the city Debir having been at first Kirjath-sepher, i.e., the "city of the book," or the "book town" (Josh. 10:38; 15:15; Judg. 1:11). The first mention of letter-writing is in the time of David (2 Sam. 11:14, 15). Letters are afterwards frequently spoken of (1 Kings 21:8, 9, 11; 2 Kings 10:1, 3, 6, 7; 19:14; 2 Chr. 21:12-15; 30:1, 6-9, etc.).