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   wheat future
         n 1: wheat bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a
               specified future date

English Dictionary: white vitriol by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white bead
n
  1. North American herb with white poisonous berries [syn: white baneberry, white cohosh, white bead, doll's eyes, Actaea alba]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white bedstraw
n
  1. Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
    Synonym(s): wild madder, white madder, white bedstraw, infant's-breath, false baby's breath, Galium mollugo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white feather
n
  1. a symbol of cowardice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white potato
n
  1. annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
    Synonym(s): potato, white potato, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosum
  2. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
    Synonym(s): potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white potato vine
n
  1. annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
    Synonym(s): potato, white potato, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white vitriol
n
  1. a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc
    Synonym(s): zinc sulfate, zinc sulphate, white vitriol, zinc vitriol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white-footed mouse
n
  1. American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts
    Synonym(s): white-footed mouse, vesper mouse, Peromyscus leucopus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whitebait
n
  1. minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole
  2. the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wide of the mark
adj
  1. not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"
    Synonym(s): wide, wide of the mark
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wide-body
n
  1. a commercial airliner with two aisles [syn: {widebody aircraft}, wide-body aircraft, wide-body, twin-aisle airplane]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wide-body aircraft
n
  1. a commercial airliner with two aisles [syn: {widebody aircraft}, wide-body aircraft, wide-body, twin-aisle airplane]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
widebody aircraft
n
  1. a commercial airliner with two aisles [syn: {widebody aircraft}, wide-body aircraft, wide-body, twin-aisle airplane]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wait-a-bit \Wait"-a-bit`\, n.
      Any of several plants bearing thorns or stiff hooked
      appendages, which catch and tear the clothing, as:
      (a) The greenbrier.
      (b) Any of various species of hawthorn.
      (c) In South Africa, one of numerous acacias and mimosas.
      (d) The grapple plant.
      (e) The prickly ash.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   But what is used for but that, usually after a negative, and
   excludes everything contrary to the assertion in the following
   sentence. [bd]Her needle is not so absolutely perfect in tent
   and cross stitch but what my superintendence is advisable.[b8]
   --Sir W. Scott. [bd]Never fear but what our kite shall fly as
   high.[b8] --Ld. Lytton.
  
      {What ho!} an exclamation of calling.
  
      {What if}, what will it matter if; what will happen or be the
            result if. [bd]What if it be a poison?[b8] --Shak.
  
      {What of this}? {that?} {it?} etc., what follows from this,
            that, it, etc., often with the implication that it is of
            no consequence. [bd]All this is so; but what of this, my
            lord?[b8] --Shak. [bd]The night is spent, why, what of
            that?[b8] --Shak.
  
      {What though}, even granting that; allowing that; supposing
            it true that. [bd]What though the rose have prickles,
            yet't is plucked.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {What time}, [or] {What time as}, when. [Obs. or Archaic]
            [bd]What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.[b8] --Ps.
            lvi. 3.
  
                     What time the morn mysterious visions brings.
                                                                              --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[emac]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[aemac]te; akin
      to OS. hw[emac]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel.
      hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white.
      See {White}.] (Bot.)
      A cereal grass ({Triticum vulgare}) and its grain, which
      furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the
      grain most largely used by the human race.
  
      Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
               white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
               summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist
               as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
               origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
  
      {Buck wheat}. (Bot.) See {Buckwheat}.
  
      {German wheat}. (Bot.) See 2d {Spelt}.
  
      {Guinea wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
  
      {Indian wheat}, [or] {Tartary wheat} (Bot.), a grain
            ({Fagopyrum Tartaricum}) much like buckwheat, but only
            half as large.
  
      {Turkey wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
  
      {Wheat aphid}, [or] {Wheat aphis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of
            several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the
            sap of growing wheat.
  
      {Wheat beetle}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus
            Surinamensis}) whose larv[91] feed upon wheat, rice, and
            other grains.
      (b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium
            paniceum}) whose larv[91] eat the interior of grains of
            wheat.
  
      {Wheat duck} (Zo[94]l.), the American widgeon. [Western U.
            S.]
  
      {Wheat fly}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Wheat midge}, below.
  
      {Wheat grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Agropyrum caninum})
            somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
            of Europe and America.
  
      {Wheat jointworm}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Jointworm}.
  
      {Wheat louse} (Zo[94]l.), any wheat aphid.
  
      {Wheat maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a wheat midge.
  
      {Wheat midge}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small two-winged fly ({Diplosis tritici}) which is very
            destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
            The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
            larv[91] suck the juice of the young kernels and when
            full grown change to pup[91] in the earth.
      (b) The Hessian fly. See under {Hessian}.
  
      {Wheat moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth whose larv[91] devour the
            grains of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain
            moth. See {Angoumois Moth}, also {Grain moth}, under
            {Grain}.
  
      {Wheat thief} (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
            troublesome weed in wheat fields. See {Gromwell}.
  
      {Wheat thrips} (Zo[94]l.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips
            cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of
            growing wheat.
  
      {Wheat weevil}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The grain weevil.
      (b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[emac]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[aemac]te; akin
      to OS. hw[emac]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel.
      hveiti, Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white.
      See {White}.] (Bot.)
      A cereal grass ({Triticum vulgare}) and its grain, which
      furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the
      grain most largely used by the human race.
  
      Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
               white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
               summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist
               as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
               origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
  
      {Buck wheat}. (Bot.) See {Buckwheat}.
  
      {German wheat}. (Bot.) See 2d {Spelt}.
  
      {Guinea wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
  
      {Indian wheat}, [or] {Tartary wheat} (Bot.), a grain
            ({Fagopyrum Tartaricum}) much like buckwheat, but only
            half as large.
  
      {Turkey wheat} (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
  
      {Wheat aphid}, [or] {Wheat aphis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of
            several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the
            sap of growing wheat.
  
      {Wheat beetle}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus
            Surinamensis}) whose larv[91] feed upon wheat, rice, and
            other grains.
      (b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium
            paniceum}) whose larv[91] eat the interior of grains of
            wheat.
  
      {Wheat duck} (Zo[94]l.), the American widgeon. [Western U.
            S.]
  
      {Wheat fly}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Wheat midge}, below.
  
      {Wheat grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Agropyrum caninum})
            somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
            of Europe and America.
  
      {Wheat jointworm}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Jointworm}.
  
      {Wheat louse} (Zo[94]l.), any wheat aphid.
  
      {Wheat maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a wheat midge.
  
      {Wheat midge}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small two-winged fly ({Diplosis tritici}) which is very
            destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
            The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
            larv[91] suck the juice of the young kernels and when
            full grown change to pup[91] in the earth.
      (b) The Hessian fly. See under {Hessian}.
  
      {Wheat moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth whose larv[91] devour the
            grains of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain
            moth. See {Angoumois Moth}, also {Grain moth}, under
            {Grain}.
  
      {Wheat thief} (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
            troublesome weed in wheat fields. See {Gromwell}.
  
      {Wheat thrips} (Zo[94]l.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips
            cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of
            growing wheat.
  
      {Wheat weevil}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The grain weevil.
      (b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bedstraw \Bed"straw`\, n.
      1. Straw put into a bed. --Bacon.
  
      2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square
            stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers.
  
      {Our Lady's bedstraw}, which has yellow flowers, is {Galium
            verum}.
  
      {White bedstraw} is {G. mollugo}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
            Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
            wheels, and for other purposes.
  
      {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.
           
  
      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
            the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.
  
      {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
            of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.
            concolor}.
  
      {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under
            {Ruffed}. [Canada]
  
      {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.
  
      {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.
  
      {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})
            with greenish-white pale[91].
  
      {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The white ptarmigan.
            (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other
            allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
            other plants, and often do much damage.
  
      {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.
  
      {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become
            incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
            they emit.
  
      {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}
            ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.
  
      {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
            distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
  
      {The White House}. See under {House}.
  
      {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})
            having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the
            wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and
            the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.
           
  
      {White iron}.
            (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
            (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
                  proportion of combined carbon.
  
      {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.
  
      {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
            but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
  
      {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.
  
      {White lead}.
            (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
                  other purposes; ceruse.
            (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
  
      {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
            salt.
  
      {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.
  
      {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
            {Rattlesnake}.
  
      {White lie}. See under {Lie}.
  
      {White light}.
            (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
                  same proportion as in the light coming directly from
                  the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
                  through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.
            (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
                  illumination for signals, etc.
  
      {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for
            whitewashing; whitewash.
  
      {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
            on a printed page; a blank line.
  
      {White meat}.
            (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
            (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
  
                           Driving their cattle continually with them, and
                           feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White metal}.
            (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
                  etc.
            (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
                  certain stage in copper smelting.
  
      {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common clothes moth.
            (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
                  Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
                  spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin
                  moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {White money}, silver money.
  
      {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common
            mouse.
  
      {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})
            ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
            called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.
  
      {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white
            crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
            head, which give the appearance of a hood.
  
      {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.
  
      {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The snowy owl.
            (b) The barn owl.
  
      {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})
                  valued as a food fish.
            (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
            (c) Any California surf fish.
  
      {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.
  
      {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often
            cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
  
      {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.
           
  
      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
            exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
            [Obs.]
  
                     A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
            (b) An albino rabbit.
  
      {White rent},
            (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
                  opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.
            (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
                  every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
                  Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
                  Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.
            (b) The umhofo.
  
      {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain
            organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
            purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
  
      {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
  
      {White rot}. (Bot.)
            (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
                  butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
                  called rot in sheep.
            (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.
  
      {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
            lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
            fat}.
  
      {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.
  
      {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
  
      {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})
            injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under
            {Orange}.
  
      {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See
            under {Shark}.
  
      {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under
            {Softening}.
  
      {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.
  
      {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
            blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
            otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
            the surface of the sea.
  
      {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
            England. --Macaulay.
  
      {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.
  
      {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}
            (d) .
  
      {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common sucker.
            (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).
  
      {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
            produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
            membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
            the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
            to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
  
      {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.
  
      {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver
            squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United
            States.
  
      {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
            vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.
  
      {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
  
      {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
  
      {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.
  
      {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
            bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
            distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
            Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
            are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
            purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
  
      {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of
                  Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and
                  {Thibetan wolf}.
            (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
  
      {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called
            from the color of the under parts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   White \White\, n.
      1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of
            bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all
            colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note
            under {Color}, n., 1.
  
                     Finely attired in a of white.            --Shak.
  
      2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or
            nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
  
      3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery,
            which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at
            which a missile is shot.
  
                     'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or
            Caucasian, races of men.
  
      5. A white pigment; as, Venice white.
  
      6. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies
            belonging to {Pieris}, and allied genera in which the
            color is usually white. See {Cabbage butterfly}, under
            {Cabbage}.
  
      {Black and white}. See under {Black}.
  
      {Flake white}, {Paris white}, etc. See under {Flack},
            {Paris}, etc.
  
      {White of a seed} (Bot.), the albumen. See {Albumen}, 2.
  
      {White of egg}, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds
            the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In
            a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent
            of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater
            portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a
            small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar,
            with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it
            coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it
            contains. --Parr.
  
      {White of the eye} (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the
            eye surrounding the transparent cornea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
            Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
            wheels, and for other purposes.
  
      {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.
           
  
      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
            the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.
  
      {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
            of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.
            concolor}.
  
      {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under
            {Ruffed}. [Canada]
  
      {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.
  
      {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.
  
      {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})
            with greenish-white pale[91].
  
      {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The white ptarmigan.
            (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other
            allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
            other plants, and often do much damage.
  
      {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.
  
      {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become
            incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
            they emit.
  
      {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}
            ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.
  
      {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
            distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
  
      {The White House}. See under {House}.
  
      {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})
            having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the
            wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and
            the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.
           
  
      {White iron}.
            (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
            (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
                  proportion of combined carbon.
  
      {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.
  
      {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
            but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
  
      {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.
  
      {White lead}.
            (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
                  other purposes; ceruse.
            (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
  
      {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
            salt.
  
      {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.
  
      {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
            {Rattlesnake}.
  
      {White lie}. See under {Lie}.
  
      {White light}.
            (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
                  same proportion as in the light coming directly from
                  the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
                  through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.
            (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
                  illumination for signals, etc.
  
      {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for
            whitewashing; whitewash.
  
      {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
            on a printed page; a blank line.
  
      {White meat}.
            (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
            (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
  
                           Driving their cattle continually with them, and
                           feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White metal}.
            (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
                  etc.
            (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
                  certain stage in copper smelting.
  
      {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common clothes moth.
            (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
                  Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
                  spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin
                  moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {White money}, silver money.
  
      {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common
            mouse.
  
      {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})
            ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
            called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.
  
      {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white
            crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
            head, which give the appearance of a hood.
  
      {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.
  
      {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The snowy owl.
            (b) The barn owl.
  
      {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})
                  valued as a food fish.
            (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
            (c) Any California surf fish.
  
      {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.
  
      {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often
            cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
  
      {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.
           
  
      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
            exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
            [Obs.]
  
                     A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
            (b) An albino rabbit.
  
      {White rent},
            (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
                  opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.
            (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
                  every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
                  Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
                  Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.
            (b) The umhofo.
  
      {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain
            organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
            purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
  
      {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
  
      {White rot}. (Bot.)
            (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
                  butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
                  called rot in sheep.
            (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.
  
      {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
            lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
            fat}.
  
      {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.
  
      {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
  
      {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})
            injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under
            {Orange}.
  
      {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See
            under {Shark}.
  
      {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under
            {Softening}.
  
      {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.
  
      {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
            blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
            otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
            the surface of the sea.
  
      {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
            England. --Macaulay.
  
      {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.
  
      {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}
            (d) .
  
      {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common sucker.
            (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).
  
      {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
            produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
            membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
            the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
            to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
  
      {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.
  
      {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver
            squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United
            States.
  
      {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
            vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.
  
      {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
  
      {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
  
      {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.
  
      {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
            bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
            distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
            Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
            are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
            purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
  
      {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of
                  Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and
                  {Thibetan wolf}.
            (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
  
      {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called
            from the color of the under parts.

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   Vitriol \Vit"ri*ol\, n. [F. vitriol; cf. Pr. vitriol, vetriol,
      Sp. & Pg. vitriolo, It. vitriuolo; fr. L. vitreolus of glass,
      vitreus vitreous. See {Vitreous}.] (Chem.)
      (a) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron,
            zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy
            appearance or luster.
      (b) Sulphuric acid; -- called also {oil of vitriol}. So
            called because first made by the distillation of green
            vitriol. See {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}.
            [Colloq.]
  
      {Blue vitriol}. See under {Blue}.
  
      {Green vitriol}, ferrous sulphate; copperas. See under
            {Green}.
  
      {Oil of vitriol}, sulphuric or vitriolic acid; -- popularly
            so called because it has the consistency of oil.
  
      {Red vitriol}, a native sulphate of cobalt.
  
      {Vitriol of Mars}, ferric sulphate, a white crystalline
            substance which dissolves in water, forming a red
            solution.
  
      {White vitriol}, zinc sulphate, a white crystalline substance
            used in medicine and in dyeing. It is usually obtained by
            dissolving zinc in sulphuric acid, or by roasting and
            oxidizing certain zinc ores. Formerly called also {vitriol
            of zinc}.

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      {White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
            Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
            wheels, and for other purposes.
  
      {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.
           
  
      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
            the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.
  
      {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
            of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.
            concolor}.
  
      {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under
            {Ruffed}. [Canada]
  
      {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.
  
      {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.
  
      {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})
            with greenish-white pale[91].
  
      {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The white ptarmigan.
            (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other
            allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
            other plants, and often do much damage.
  
      {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.
  
      {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become
            incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
            they emit.
  
      {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}
            ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.
  
      {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
            distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
  
      {The White House}. See under {House}.
  
      {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})
            having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the
            wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and
            the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.
           
  
      {White iron}.
            (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
            (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
                  proportion of combined carbon.
  
      {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.
  
      {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
            but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
  
      {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.
  
      {White lead}.
            (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
                  other purposes; ceruse.
            (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
  
      {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
            salt.
  
      {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.
  
      {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
            {Rattlesnake}.
  
      {White lie}. See under {Lie}.
  
      {White light}.
            (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
                  same proportion as in the light coming directly from
                  the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
                  through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.
            (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
                  illumination for signals, etc.
  
      {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for
            whitewashing; whitewash.
  
      {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
            on a printed page; a blank line.
  
      {White meat}.
            (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
            (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
  
                           Driving their cattle continually with them, and
                           feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White metal}.
            (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
                  etc.
            (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
                  certain stage in copper smelting.
  
      {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common clothes moth.
            (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
                  Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
                  spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin
                  moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {White money}, silver money.
  
      {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common
            mouse.
  
      {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})
            ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
            called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.
  
      {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white
            crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
            head, which give the appearance of a hood.
  
      {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.
  
      {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The snowy owl.
            (b) The barn owl.
  
      {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})
                  valued as a food fish.
            (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
            (c) Any California surf fish.
  
      {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.
  
      {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often
            cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
  
      {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.
           
  
      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
            exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
            [Obs.]
  
                     A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
            (b) An albino rabbit.
  
      {White rent},
            (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
                  opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.
            (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
                  every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
                  Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
                  Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.
            (b) The umhofo.
  
      {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain
            organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
            purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
  
      {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
  
      {White rot}. (Bot.)
            (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
                  butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
                  called rot in sheep.
            (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.
  
      {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
            lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
            fat}.
  
      {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.
  
      {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
  
      {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})
            injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under
            {Orange}.
  
      {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See
            under {Shark}.
  
      {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under
            {Softening}.
  
      {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.
  
      {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
            blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
            otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
            the surface of the sea.
  
      {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
            England. --Macaulay.
  
      {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.
  
      {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}
            (d) .
  
      {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common sucker.
            (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).
  
      {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
            produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
            membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
            the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
            to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
  
      {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.
  
      {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver
            squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United
            States.
  
      {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
            vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.
  
      {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
  
      {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
  
      {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.
  
      {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
            bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
            distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
            Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
            are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
            purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
  
      {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of
                  Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and
                  {Thibetan wolf}.
            (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
  
      {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called
            from the color of the under parts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whitebait \White"bait`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The young of several species of herrings, especially of
            the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures
            in England.
      (b) A small translucent fish ({Salanx Chinensis}) abundant at
            certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and
            used in the same manner as the European whitebait.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   White-foot \White"-foot`\, n. (Far.)
      A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and
      the coffin.

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   White-pot \White"-pot`\, n.
      A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread,
      etc., baked in a pot. --King.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Widow \Wid"ow\, n. [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe,
      wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G.
      wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw[?], Russ.
      udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav[be]; and
      probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. [?] a
      bachelor. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Vidual}.]
      A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not
      married again; one living bereaved of a husband. [bd]A poor
      widow.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {Grass widow}. See under {Grass}.
  
      {Widow bewitched}, a woman separated from her husband; a
            grass widow. [Colloq.]
  
      {Widow-in-mourning} (Zo[94]l.), the macavahu.
  
      {Widow monkey} (Zo[94]l.), a small South American monkey
            ({Callithrix lugens}); -- so called on account of its
            color, which is black except the dull whitish arms, neck,
            and face, and a ring of pure white around the face.
  
      {Widow's chamber} (Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and
            furniture of the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to
            which she was formerly entitled.

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      6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness;
            commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.
  
                     Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and
                     secures them longer, than any thing else. --Hazlitt.
  
                     I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and
                     the grace of the gift.                        --Longfellow.
  
      7. pl. (Myth.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister
            goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the
            attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They
            were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely,
            Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the
            inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to
            wisdom, love, and social intercourse.
  
                     The Graces love to weave the rose.      --Moore.
  
                     The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. --Prior.
  
      8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and
            formerly of the king of England.
  
                     How fares your Grace !                        --Shak.
  
      9. (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.]
  
                     Yielding graces and thankings to their lord
                     Melibeus.                                          --Chaucer.
  
      10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks
            rendered, before or after a meal.
  
      11. pl. (Mus.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either
            introduced by the performer, or indicated by the
            composer, in which case the notation signs are called
            grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.
  
      12. (Eng. Universities) An act, vote, or decree of the
            government of the institution; a degree or privilege
            conferred by such vote or decree. --Walton.
  
      13. pl. A play designed to promote or display grace of
            motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one
            player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of
            each. Called also {grace hoop} or {hoops}.
  
      {Act of grace}. See under {Act}.
  
      {Day of grace} (Theol.), the time of probation, when the
            offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted.
  
                     That day of grace fleets fast away.   --I. Watts.
  
      {Days of grace} (Com.), the days immediately following the
            day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are
            allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In
            Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are
            three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants
            being different.
  
      {Good graces}, favor; friendship.
  
      {Grace cup}.
            (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after
                  grace.
            (b) A health drunk after grace has been said.
  
                           The grace cup follows to his sovereign's
                           health.                                       --Hing.
  
      {Grace drink}, a drink taken on rising from the table; a
            grace cup.
  
                     To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the
                     custom of the grace drink, she having established it
                     as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till
                     grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. --Encyc.
                                                                              Brit.
  
      {Grace hoop}, a hoop used in playing graces. See {Grace}, n.,
            13.
  
      {Grace note} (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See {Appoggiatura}, and
            def. 11 above.
  
      {Grace stroke}, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace.
           
  
      {Means of grace}, means of securing knowledge of God, or
            favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc.
  
      {To do grace}, to reflect credit upon.
  
                     Content to do the profession some grace. --Shak.
  
      {To say grace}, to render thanks before or after a meal.
  
      {With a good grace}, in a fit and proper manner grace fully;
            graciously.
  
      {With a bad grace}, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory
            manner; ungraciously.
  
                     What might have been done with a good grace would at
                     least be done with a bad grace.         --Macaulay.
  
      Syn: Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy.
  
      Usage: {Grace}, {Mercy}. These words, though often
                  interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar
                  meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is
                  spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy
                  is kindness or compassion to the suffering or
                  condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way
                  for the exercise of mercy toward men. See {Elegance}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wittified \Wit"ti*fied\, a. [Witty + -fy + -ed.]
      Possessed of wit; witty. [R.] --R. North.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
      witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir.
      & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
      1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
            -- frequently used in the plural.
  
                     Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky
                     wood.                                                --Shak.
  
      2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
            substance which composes the body of a tree and its
            branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To
            worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
      3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
            part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
            plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
            It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
            various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
            called silver grain.
  
      Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
               and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
  
      4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
  
      {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
            obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
            large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
            acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}.
  
      {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa})
            of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust.
            of {Anemone}.
  
      {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which
            lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
  
      {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}.
           
  
      {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill.
  
      {Wood betony}. (Bot.)
            (a) Same as {Betony}.
            (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
                  Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
                  purplish flowers.
  
      {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
                  beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
                  buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer},
                  under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}.
            (b) The larva of any one of various species of
                  lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
                  moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}),
                  and of the goat moths.
            (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
                  tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}.
            (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
                  as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
            (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
                  {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
                  terebrans}).
  
      {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
            of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
            --Knight.
  
      {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
            usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
            principal constituent of woody fiber.
  
      {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
            [Poetic] --Coleridge.
  
      {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
  
      {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket
            ({Nemobius sylvestris}).
  
      {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon.
  
      {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
            engraving.
  
      {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove.
  
      {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
  
      {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The
                  male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
                  green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
                  nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
                  duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}.
            (b) The hooded merganser.
            (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}).
  
      {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood.
  
      {Wood engraver}.
            (a) An engraver on wood.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles
                  whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and
                  excavate furrows in the wood often more or less
                  resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
                  xylographus}.
  
      {Wood engraving}.
            (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
            (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
                  such an engraving.
  
      {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}.
  
      {Wood fiber}.
            (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
            (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
                  mass.
  
      {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the
            bark, of trees.
  
      {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana
            sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
            during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
            with a black stripe on each side of the head.
  
      {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}.
  
      {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity.
  
      {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}.
  
      {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The capercailzie.
            (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}.
  
      {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
                  rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and
                  allied species.
            (b) The American woodcock.
  
      {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied
            genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
            have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
  
      {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,
            long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
            {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily
            covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
            loculator}) is common in Florida.
  
      {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda
            arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
            while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
            trees.
  
      {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
            Laureola}).
  
      {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
            [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy
            larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other
            fruit trees.
  
      {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
  
      {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
            sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
            pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
  
      {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
                  Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and
                  related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill
                  bug}, under {Pill}.
            (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
                  pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]},
                  which live in the crevices of walls and among old
                  books and papers. Some of the species are called also
                  {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}.
  
      {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of
            the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in
            woods, on tree trunks and stones.
  
      {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law)
            (a) Formerly, the forest court.
            (b) The court of attachment.
  
      {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}.
  
      {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade.
  
      {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert.
  
      {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
            goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked
            with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
                  colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The
                  larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species,
                  as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves
                  of the grapevine.
            (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
                  colored South American humming birds belonging to the
                  genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or
                  green and blue.
  
      {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar.
  
                     We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
                                                                              x. 34.
  
      {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
            Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having
            properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
            substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
            {Gurjun}.
  
      {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
            some resemblance to wood.
  
      {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp},
            below.
  
      {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
            ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but
            is smaller.
  
      {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker,
            especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
  
      {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
                  belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the
                  family {Columbid[91]}.
            (b) The ringdove.
  
      {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse.
  
      {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
            poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
            with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
            sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
           
  
      {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East
            Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied
            genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the
            male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red
            hairlike feathers.
  
      {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail.
  
      {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American
            wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern
            United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood
            rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species.
  
      {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea})
            growing in moist woods.
  
      {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
  
      {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula},
            differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus}
            chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
  
      {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
            the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}.
  
      {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
            usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
  
      {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser.
  
      {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2.
  
      {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
            World singing birds belonging to {Grallina},
            {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in
            India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
            but feed upon both insects and berries.
  
      {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American woodcock.
            (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}).
  
      {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood.
  
      {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.
  
      {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
            Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
            {Shamrock}.
  
      {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.
           
  
      {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
            for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
  
      {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            South American humming birds belonging to the genus
            {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
            purple, and other colors.
  
      {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle.
  
      {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
            World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and
            allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common
            in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
            habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
            resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
            beneath.
  
      {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker.
  
      {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}.
  
      {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the
                  sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}.
            (b) The missel thrush.
  
      {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary.
  
      {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}.
  
      {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest.
  
      {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See
            under {Sculptured}.
  
      {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony.
  
      {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above.
  
      {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
                  the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}.
            (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); --
                  called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow
                  wren}.
  
      {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
            borer.
  
      {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The wood warbler.
            (b) The willow warbler.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Weedpatch, CA (CDP, FIPS 83863)
      Location: 35.23698 N, 118.91297 W
      Population (1990): 1892 (433 housing units)
      Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wytopitlock, ME
      Zip code(s): 04497
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