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W-shaped
adj 1: shaped in the form of the letter W

English Dictionary: weak spot	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weak spot n a place of especial vulnerability [syn: weak part, {weak spot}, soft spot] Antonym(s): good part
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
week after week adv for an indefinite number of successive weeks
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whiskey bottle n a bottle for holding whiskey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wiesbaden n a city in western Germany; a spa since Roman times
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wash \Wash\, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire. [bd]The Wash of Edmonton so gay.[b8] --Cowper. These Lincoln washes have devoured them. --Shak. 3. Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc. The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, where rain water hath a long time settled. --Mortimer. 4. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs. --Shak. 5. (Distilling) (a) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. (b) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. --B. Edwards. 6. That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface. Specifically: (a) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion. (b) A liquid dentifrice. (c) A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash. (d) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion. (e) (Painting) A thin coat of color, esp. water color. (j) A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation. 7. (Naut.) (a) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water. (b) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc. 8. The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it. 9. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. [Prov. Eng.] {Wash ball}, a ball of soap to be used in washing the hands or face. --Swift. {Wash barrel} (Fisheries), a barrel nearly full of split mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order to soak the blood from the fish before salting. {Wash bottle}. (Chem.) (a) A bottle partially filled with some liquid through which gases are passed for the purpose of purifying them, especially by removing soluble constituents. (b) A washing bottle. See under {Washing}. {Wash gilding}. See {Water gilding}. {Wash leather}, split sheepskin dressed with oil, in imitation of chamois, or shammy, and used for dusting, cleaning glass or plate, etc.; also, alumed, or buff, leather for soldiers' belts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Washpot \Wash"pot`\, n. 1. A pot or vessel in which anything is washed. 2. (Tin-Plate Manuf.) A pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Way shaft \Way" shaft`\ 1. (Mach.) A rock shaft. 2. (Mining) An interior shaft, usually one connecting two levels. --Raymond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rock shaft \Rock" shaft`\ [Cf. {Rock}, v. i.] (Mach.) A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also {rocker}, {rocking shaft}, and {way shaft}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Way shaft \Way" shaft`\ 1. (Mach.) A rock shaft. 2. (Mining) An interior shaft, usually one connecting two levels. --Raymond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rock shaft \Rock" shaft`\ [Cf. {Rock}, v. i.] (Mach.) A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also {rocker}, {rocking shaft}, and {way shaft}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiskyfied \Whis"kyfied\, Whiskeyfied \Whis"keyfied\, a. [Whisky + -fy.] Drunk with whisky; intoxicated. [Humorous] --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiskyfied \Whis"kyfied\, Whiskeyfied \Whis"keyfied\, a. [Whisky + -fy.] Drunk with whisky; intoxicated. [Humorous] --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wisp \Wisp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wisped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wisping}.] 1. To brush or dress, an with a wisp. 2. To rumple. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.