War between the States : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   War between the States
         n 1: civil war in the United States between the North and the
               South; 1861-1865 [syn: {American Civil War}, {United States
               Civil War}, {War between the States}]

English Dictionary: War between the States	by the DICT Development Group
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War of the Austrian Succession n Prussia and Austria fought over Silesia and most of the rest of Europe took sides; 1740-1748
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War of the Grand Alliance n an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and England and Holland and other states (1689-1697) Synonym(s): War of the Grand Alliance, War of the League of Augsburg
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War of the League of Augsburg n an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and England and Holland and other states (1689-1697) Synonym(s): War of the Grand Alliance, War of the League of Augsburg
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War of the Roses n struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII Synonym(s): War of the Roses, Wars of the Roses
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War of the Spanish Succession n a general war in Europe (1701-1714) that broke out when Louis XIV installed his grandson on the throne of Spain; England and Holland hoped to limit Louis' power
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warpath n hostile or belligerent mood; "the chief is on the warpath today" a course leading to warfare or battle
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warped adj used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"
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whereabouts n the general location where something is; "I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime"
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wrapped adj covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks" Synonym(s): cloaked, clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" Synonym(s): captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like; "gaily wrapped gifts" Antonym(s): unwrapped
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wrapped up adj deeply devoted to; "bound up in her teaching"; "is wrapped up in his family" Synonym(s): bound up, wrapped up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
War-beaten \War"-beat`en\, a. Warworn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warble \War"ble\, n. [Cf. {Wormil}.] 1. (Far.) (a) A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling. (b) A small tumor produced by the larv[91] of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also {warblet}, {warbeetle}, {warnles}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Wormil}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warpath \War"path`\, n. The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition. --Schoolcraft. {On the warpath}, on a hostile expedition; hence, colloquially, about to attack a person or measure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warp \Warp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warping}.] [OE. warpen; fr. Icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, fr. verpa to throw; akin to Dan. varpe to warp a ship, Sw. varpa, AS. weorpan to cast, OS. werpan, OFries. werpa, D. & LG. werpen, G. werfen, Goth. wa[a1]rpan; cf. Skr. vrj to twist. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Wrap}.] 1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise. The planks looked warped. --Coleridge. Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock solemn, that I laughed. --Tennyson. 3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert. This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind. --Dryden. I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy. --Addison. We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men. --Southey. 4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] --Nares. While doth he mischief warp. --Sternhold. 5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object. 6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.] 7. (Agric.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance. [Prov. Eng.] 8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns. 9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam. {Warped surface} (Geom.), a surface generated by a straight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane. --Davies & Peck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warp \Warp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warping}.] [OE. warpen; fr. Icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, fr. verpa to throw; akin to Dan. varpe to warp a ship, Sw. varpa, AS. weorpan to cast, OS. werpan, OFries. werpa, D. & LG. werpen, G. werfen, Goth. wa[a1]rpan; cf. Skr. vrj to twist. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Wrap}.] 1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise. The planks looked warped. --Coleridge. Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock solemn, that I laughed. --Tennyson. 3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert. This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind. --Dryden. I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy. --Addison. We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men. --Southey. 4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] --Nares. While doth he mischief warp. --Sternhold. 5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object. 6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.] 7. (Agric.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance. [Prov. Eng.] 8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns. 9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam. {Warped surface} (Geom.), a surface generated by a straight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane. --Davies & Peck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wharf \Wharf\, n.; pl. {Wharfs}or {Wharves}. [AS. hwerf, hwearf, a returning, a change, from hweorfan to turn, turn about, go about; akin to D. werf a wharf, G. werft, Sw. varf a shipbuilder's yard, Dan. verft wharf, dockyard, G. werben to enlist, to engage, woo, OHG. werban to turn about, go about, be active or occupied, Icel. hverfa to turn, Goth. hwa[a1]rban, hwarb[d3]n, to walk. Cf. {Whirl}.] 1. A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier. Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea. --Bancroft. Out upon the wharfs they came, Knight and burgher, lord and dame. --Tennyson. Note: The plural of this word is generally written wharves in the United States, and wharfs in England; but many recent English writers use wharves. 2. [AS. hwearf.] The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. [Obs.] [bd]The fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf.[b8] --Shak. {Wharf boat}, a kind of boat moored at the bank of a river, and used for a wharf, in places where the height of the water is so variable that a fixed wharf would be useless. [U. S.] --Bartlett. {Wharf rat}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common brown rat. (b) A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wharf \Wharf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wharfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wharfing}.] 1. To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs. 2. To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whereabout \Where"about`\, Whereabouts \Where"abouts`\, adv. 1. About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him? Note: In this sense, whereabouts is the common form. 2. Concerning which; about which. [bd]The object whereabout they are conversant.[b8] --Hooker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whereabout \Where"about`\, Whereabouts \Where"abouts`\, n. The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts. --Shak. A puzzling notice of thy whereabout. --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whereabout \Where"about`\, Whereabouts \Where"abouts`\, adv. 1. About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him? Note: In this sense, whereabouts is the common form. 2. Concerning which; about which. [bd]The object whereabout they are conversant.[b8] --Hooker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whereabout \Where"about`\, Whereabouts \Where"abouts`\, n. The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts. --Shak. A puzzling notice of thy whereabout. --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wire \Wire\, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[c6]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [?][?][?][?].] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel. Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square, triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in the drawplate, or between the rollers. 2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.] {Wire bed}, {Wire mattress}, an elastic bed bottom or mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in various ways. {Wire bridge}, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made of wire. {Wire cartridge}, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed in a wire cage. {Wire cloth}, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, -- used for strainers, and for various other purposes. {Wire edge}, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it. {Wire fence}, a fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between. {Wire gauge} [or] {gage}. (a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal plate with a series of notches of various widths in its edge. (b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is used in describing the size or thickness. There are many different standards for wire gauges, as in different countries, or for different kinds of metal, the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge being often used and designated by the abbreviations B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively. {Wire gauze}, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling gauze. {Wire grass} (Bot.), either of the two common grasses {Eleusine Indica}, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa compressa}, or blue grass. See {Blue grass}. {Wire grub} (Zo[94]l.), a wireworm. {Wire iron}, wire rods of iron. {Wire lathing}, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the place of wooden lathing for holding plastering. {Wire mattress}. See {Wire bed}, above. {Wire micrometer}, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine wires, across the field of the instrument. {Wire nail}, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed and pointed. {Wire netting}, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary wire gauze. {Wire rod}, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing. {Wire rope}, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of wires.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrapped}or {Wrapt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrapping}.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp. [fb]144. Cf. {Warp}.] 1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds. Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. --John xx. 6, 7. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. 2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up. I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. --Milton. 3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by. Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. --Carew. {To be wrapped up in}, to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with. Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter. --Addison. Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrapped}or {Wrapt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrapping}.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp. [fb]144. Cf. {Warp}.] 1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds. Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. --John xx. 6, 7. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. 2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up. I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. --Milton. 3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by. Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. --Carew. {To be wrapped up in}, to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with. Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter. --Addison. Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity. --Locke.