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Wine
WINE, noun [Gr.]
1. The fermented juice of grapes; as the wine of the Madeira grape; the wine of Burgundy or Oporto.
2. The juice of certain fruits, prepared with sugar, spirits, etc.; as currant wine; gooseberry wine
3. Intoxication.
Noah awoke from his wine .
4. Drinking.
They that tarry long at the wine .
Corn and wine in Scripture, are put for all kinds of necessaries for subsistence. Psalm.
Bread and wine in the Lord's supper, are symbols of the body and blood of Christ.
Wine-Bibber
WINE-BIBBER, noun One who drinks much wine; a great drinker. .
Wine-Cask
WINE-CASK, noun [wine and cask.] A cask in which wine is or has been kept.
Wine-Fly
WINE-FLY, noun A small fly found in empty wine casks.
Wine-Glass
WINE-GLASS, noun [wine and glass.] A small glass in which wine is drank.
Wine-Measure
WINE-MEASURE, noun [See Measure.] The measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer measure.
Wine-Merchant
WINE-MERCHANT, noun A merchant who deals in wines.
Wine-Press
WINE-PRESS, noun [wine and press.] A place where grapes are pressed.
Wineless
WINELESS, adjective Destitute of wine; as wineless life.
Wing
WING, noun
1. The limb of a fowl by which it flies. In a few species of fowls, the wings do not enable them to fly; as is the case with the dodo, ostrich, great auk, and penguin; but in the two former, the wings assist the fowls in running.
2. The limb of an insect by which it flies.
3. In botany, the side petal of a papilionaceous corol; also, an appendage of seeds, by means of which they are wafted in the air and scattered; also, any membranous or leafy dilatation of a footstalk, or of the angles of a stem, branch or flower stalk, or of a calyx.
4. Flight; passage by the wind; as, to be on the wind; to take wing
5. Means of flying; acceleration. Fear adds wings to flight.
6. Motive or incitement of flight.
Then fiery expedition be my wing
7. The flank or extreme body or part of an army.
8. Any side-piece.
9. In gardening, a side-shoot.
10. In architecture, a side-building, less than the main edifice.
11. In fortification, the longer sides of hornworks, crown-works, etc.
12. In a fleet, the ships on the extremities, when ranged in a line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
13. In a ship, the wings are those parts of the hold and orlop deck, which are nearest the sides.
14. In Scripture, protection; generally in the plural. . .
On the wings of the wind, with the utmost velocity. .
WING, verb transitive
1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly or to move with celerity.
Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms.
2. To supply with side bodies; as on either side well winged.
3. To transport by flight.
I, an old turtle, will wing me to some witherd bough.
Edge the keen sword, and wing th unerring ball.
To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying.
Wing-Footed
WING-FOOTED, adjective [wing and foot.] Swift; moving with rapidity; fleet.
Wing-Shell
WING-SHELL, noun [wing and shell.] The shell that covers the wing of insects.
Winged
WINGED, participle passive
1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying.
2. adjective Having wings; as a winged fowl. .
3. Swift; rapid; as with winged haste.
4. Wounded; hurt.
5. In botany, furnished with longitudinal membranous appendages, as a winged stalk or stem; or with downy or hairy appendages, as winged seeds.
WINGED petiole, having a thing membrane or border on each side, or dilated on the sides.
WINGED leaf, a pennate leaf; a species of compound leaf, wherein a simple leaf has several leaflets fastened to each side of it.
6. In heraldry, represented with wings, or having wings of a different color from the body.
7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds.
Wingless
WINGLESS, adjective Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly.
Wingy
WINGY, adjective Having wings; rapid; as wingy speed.
Wink
WINK, verb intransitive [G. wink and wince are radically one word.]
1. To shut the eyes; to close the eyelids.
They are not blind, but they wink
2. To close and open the eyelids.
3. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids.
WINK at the footman to leave him without a plate.
4. To close the eyelids and exclude the light.
Or wink as cowards and afraid.
5. To be dim; as a winking light.
To wink at, to connive at; to seem not to see; to tolerate; to overlook, as something not perfectly agreeable; as, to wink at faults.
WINK, noun
1. The act of closing the eyelids. I lay awake, and could not sleep a wink
I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink
2. A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.
Winker
WINKER, noun One who winks.
Winking
WINKING, participle present tense Shutting the eyes; shutting and opening the eyelids; hinting by closing the eye; conniving at; overlooking.
Winkingly
WINKINGLY, adverb With the eye almost closed.
Winner
WINNER, noun [from win.] One who gains by success in competition or contest.
Winning
WINNING, participle present tense [from win.]
1. Gaining success in competition or contest.
2. adjective Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as a winning address.
WINNING, noun The sum won or gained by success in competition or contest.
Winnow
WINNOW, verb transitive [Latin , a fan.]
1. To separate and drive off the chaff from grain by means of wind. Grain is winnowed by a fan, or by a machine, or by pouring it out of a vessel in a current of air.
2. To fan; to beat as with wings.
3. To examine; to sift for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth.
WINNOW well this thought.
4. To separate, as the bad from the good.
WINNOW, verb intransitive To separate chaff from corn.
WINNOW not with every wind.
Winnowed
WINNOWED, participle passive Separated from the chaff by wind; sifted; examined.
Winnower
WINNOWER, noun One who winnows.
Winnowing
WINNOWING, participle present tense Separating from the chaff by wind; examining.
Winter
WINTER, noun
1. The cold season of the year. Astronomically considered, winter commences in northern latitudes when the sun enters Capricorn, or at the solstice about the 21st of December, and ends at the equinox in March; but in ordinary discourse, the three winter months are December, January, and February. Our Saxon ancestors reckoned the years by winters; as ten winters; thirty winters. In tropical climates, there are two winters annually; but they cannot be said to be cold. In the temperate and frigid climates, there is one winter only in the year.
2. The part of the printing press which sustains the carriage.
WINTER, verb intransitive To pass the winter He wintered in Italy. Cattle winter well on good fodder.
WINTER, verb transitive To feed or manage during the winter To winter young cattle on straw, is not profitable. Delicate plants must be wintered under cover.
Winter-Apple
WINTER-APPLE, noun [winter and apple.] An apple that keeps well in winter.
Winter-Barley
WINTER-BARLEY, noun [winter and barley.] A kind of barley which is sowed in autumn.
Winter-Beaten
WINTER-BEATEN, adjective [winter and beat.] Harassed by the severe weather of winter.
Winter-Berry
WINTER-BERRY, noun [winter and berry.] A plant of the genus Prinos.
Winter-Bloom
WINTER-BLOOM, noun [winter and bloom.] A plant of the genus Azalea.
Winter-Cherry
WINTER-CHERRY, noun [winter and cherry.] A plant of the genus Physalis, and its fruit, which is of the size of a cherry.
Winter-Citron
WINTER-CITRON, noun [winter and citron.] A sort of pear.
Winter-Cress
WINTER-CRESS, noun [winter and cress.] A plant of the genus Erysimum.
Winter-Crop
WINTER-CROP, noun [winter and crop.] A crop which will bear the winter, or which may be converted into fodder during the winter.
Winter-Fallow
WINTER-FALLOW, noun [winter and fallow.] Ground that is fallowed in winter.
Winter-Garden
WINTER-GARDEN, noun [winter and garden.] An ornamental garden for winter.
Winter-Green
WINTER-GREEN, noun [winter and green.] A plant of the genus Pyrola, useful as a vulnerary.
Winter-Kill
WINTER-KILL, verb transitive [winter and kill.] To kill by means of the weather in winter; as, to winter-kill wheat or clover.
WINTER-KILL, verb intransitive To be killed by the winter. Wheat is liable to winter-kill in moist land.
Winter-Killed
WINTER-KILLED, participle passive Killed by the winter, as grain.
Winter-Killing
WINTER-KILLING, participle present tense Killing by the weather in winter.
Winter-Lodge
WINTER-LODGE, WINTER-LODGMENT, noun [winter and lodge.] In botany, the hybernacle of a plant, which protects the embryo or future shoot from injuries during the winter. It is either a bud or a bulb.
Winter-Lodgment
WINTER-LODGE, WINTER-LODGMENT noun [winter and lodge.] In botany, the hybernacle of a plant, which protects the embryo or future shoot from injuries during the winter. It is either a bud or a bulb.
Winter-Pear
WINTER-PEAR, noun [winter and pear.] Any pear that keeps well in winter.
Winter-Quarters
WINTER-QUARTERS, noun [winter and quarters.] The quarters of an army during the winter; a winter residence or station.
Winter-Rig
WINTER-RIG, verb transitive [winter and rig.] To fallow or till in winter. [Local.]
Winter-Solstice
WINTER-SOLSTICE, noun [winter and solstice.] The solstice of the winter, which takes place when the sun enters Capricorn, December 21st.
Wintered
WINTERED, participle passive Kept through the winter.
Wintering
WINTERING, participle present tense Passing the winter; keeping in winter.
Winterly
WINTERLY, adjective Such as is suitable to winter. [Little used.]
Wintery
WINTERY, adjective Suitable to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy.
Winy
WINY, adjective [from wine.] Having the taste or qualities of wine.
Wipe
WIPE, verb transitive
1. To rub something soft for cleaning; to clean by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel. .
2. To strike off gently.
Some natral tears they droppd, but wipd them soon.
3. To cleanse from evil practices or abuses; to overturn and destroy what is foul and hateful.
I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish. .
4. To cheat; to defraud.
To wipe away, to cleanse by rubbing or tersion; as, to wipe away a stain or reproach.
To wipe off, to clear away. wipe off this foul stain; wipe off the dust.
To wipe out, to efface; to obliterate. wipe out the blot.
WIPE, noun
1. The act of rubbing for the purpose of cleaning.
2. A blow; a stroke.
3. A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm.
4. A bird.
Wiped
WIPED, participle passive Rubbed for cleaning; cleaned by rubbing; cleared away; effaced.
Wiper
WIPER, noun
1. One who wipes.
2. The instrument used for wiping.
Wiping
WIPING, participle present tense Rubbing with a cloth or other soft thing for cleaning; clearing away; effacing.
Wire
WIRE, noun A thread of metal; any metallic substance drawn to an even thread.
WIRE, verb transitive To bind with wire; to apply wire to, as in bottling liquors.
Wire-Grate
WIRE-GRATE, noun [wire and grate.] A grate or contrivance of fine wire work to keep insects out of vineries, hot houses, etc.
Wire-Heel
WIRE-HEEL, noun [wire and heel.] A defect and disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.
Wire-Worm
WIRE-WORM, noun [wire and worm.] A mischievous worm that sometimes injures grain.
Wiredraw
WIREDRAW, verb transitive [wire and draw.]
1. To draw a metal into wire, which is done by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.
2. To draw into length.
3. To draw by art or violence.
My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy.
4. To draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.
Wiredrawer
WIREDRAWER, noun One who draw metal into wire.
Wiredrawing
WIREDRAWING, participle present tense
1. Drawing a metal into wire.
2. Drawing to a great length or fineness.
Wiredrawn
WIREDRAWN, participle passive Drawn into wire; drawn out to great length or fineness.
Wiry
WIRY, adjective Made of wire; like wire.
Wis
WIS, verb transitive preterit tense wist. To think; to suppose; to imagine.
Wisdom
WISDOM, noun s as z. [G. See Wise.]
1. The right use or exercise of knowledge; the choice of laudable ends, and of the best means to accomplish them. This is wisdom in act, effect, or practice. If wisdom is to be considered as a faculty of the mind, it is the faculty of discerning or judging what is most just, proper and useful, and if it is to be considered as an acquirement, it is the knowledge and use of what is best, most just, most proper, most conducive to prosperity or happiness. wisdom in the first sense, or practical wisdom is nearly synonymous with discretion. I differs somewhat from prudence, in this respect; prudence is the exercise of sound judgment in avoiding evils; wisdom is the exercise of sound judgment either in avoiding evils or attempting good. Prudence then is a species, of which wisdom is the genus.
WISDOM gained by experience, is of inestimable value.
It is hoped that our rulers will act with dignity and wisdom; that they will yield every thing to reason, and refuse every thing to force.
2. In Scripture, human learning; erudition; knowledge of arts and sciences.
Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. .
3. Quickness of intellect; readiness of apprehension; dexterity in execution; as the wisdom of Bezaleel and Aholiab. .
4. Natural instinct and sagacity. .
5. In Scripture theology, wisdom is true religion; godliness; piety; the knowledge and fear of God, and sincere and uniform obedience to his commands. This is the wisdom which is from above. . .
6. Profitable words or doctrine. .
The wisdom of this world, mere human erudition; or the carnal policy of men, their craft and artifices in promoting their temporal interests; called also fleshly wisdom . .
The wisdom of words, artificial or affected eloquence; or learning displayed in teaching. and 2.
Wise
WISE, adjective s as z. [G., to know., Latin ]
1. Properly, having knowledge; hence, having the power of discerning and judging correctly, or of discriminating between what is true and what is false; between what is fit and proper, and what is improper; as a wise prince; a wise magistrate. Solomon was deemed the wisest man. But a man may be speculatively and not practically wise Hence,
2. Discrete and judicious in the use or applications of knowledge; choosing laudable ends, and the best means to accomplish them. This is to be practically wise .
3. Skillful; dextrous.
They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. .
4. Learned; knowing; as the wise and the unwise. .
5. Skilled in arts, science, philosophy, or in magic and divination. .
6. Godly; pious. .
--The holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation. .
7. Skilled in hidden arts; a sense somewhat ironical; as the wise woman of Brainford.
8.Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing wisdom; judicious; well adapted to produce good effects; applicable to things; as a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.
9. Becoming a wise man; grave; discrete; as wise deportment.
WISE, noun s as z. [G.] Manner; way of being or acting.
This song she sings in most commanding wise
In fittest wise
In the foregoing form, this word is obsolete, the use of it is now very limited. It is common in the following phrases.
1. In any wise
If he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it-- .
Fret not thyself in any wise .
2. On this wise
On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel. .
3. In no wise He shall in no wise lose his reward. .
It is used in composition, as in likewise, otherwise, lengthwise, etc. By mistake, ways is often used for it; as lengthways, for lengthwise.
Wise-Hearted
WISE-HEARTED, adjective [wise and heart.] Wise; knowing; skillful. .
Wiseacre
WISEACRE, noun More correctly wisesager. [G., a sayer, a predictor or foreteller.] One who makes pretensions to great wisdom; hence in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.
Wiseling
WISELING, noun One who pretends to be wise.
Wisely
WISELY, adverb
1. Prudently; judiciously; discretely; with wisdom. .
2. Craftily; with art or stratagem.
Let us deal wisely with them. .
Wiseness
WISENESS, noun Wisdom.
Wish
WISH, verb intransitive [G.]
1. To have a desire, or strong desire, either for what is or is not supposed to be obtainable. It usually expresses less than long; but sometimes it denotes to long or wise earnestly. We often wise for what is not obtainable.
This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.
They have more than heart could wish .
I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper. .
They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. .
2. To be disposed or inclined; as, to wish well to anothers affairs.
3. It sometimes partakes of hope or fear. I wish the event may prove fortunate, or less calamitous than we apprehend.
WISH, verb transitive
1. To desire. I wish your prosperity.
Let them be driven backward and put to shame, that wish me evil. .
2. To long for; to desire eagerly or ardently. It has this sense when expressed with emphasis.
3. To recommend by wishing.
I would not wish them to a fairer death.
4. To imprecate; as, to wish curses on an enemy.
5. To ask; to express desire.
WISH, noun
1. Desire; sometimes, eager desire. .
2. Desire expressed.
Blisterd be thy tongue for such a wish
3. Thing desired. He has his wish
The difference between wish and desire seems to be, that desire is directed to what is obtainable, and a wish may be directed to what is obtainable or not.
Wished
WISHED, participle passive Desired; or ardently desired.
Wisher
WISHER, noun One who desires; one who expresses a wish.
Wishful
WISHFUL, adjective
1. Having desire, or ardent desire.
2. Showing desire; as wishful eyes.
3. Desirable; exciting wishes. [Bad.]
Wishfully
WISHFULLY, adverb
1. With desire or ardent desire.
2. With the show of desiring.
Wishing
WISHING, participle present tense Desiring.
Wisket
WISKET, noun A basket.
Wisp
WISP, noun [G.] A small bundle of straw or other like substance; as a wisp of straw; a wisp of hay; a wisp of herbs.
Wist
WIST, preterit tense of wis.
Wistful
WISTFUL, adjective [from wist. The sense is stretching or reaching towards.] Full of thoughts; earnest; attentive.
Why--dost thou so wistful seem?
Wistfully
WISTFULLY, adverb Attentively; earnestly.
Wistit
WISTIT, noun The striated monkey; a small species of monkey from South America, with an annulated tail, the ouistiti of Buffon.
Wistly
WISTLY, adverb Earnestly.
Wit
WIT, verb intransitive [G., to know. See Wise.] To know. This verb is used only in the infinitive, to wit namely, that is to say. [Latin]
WIT, noun [See the verb and Wise.]
1. Primarily, the intellect; the understanding or mental powers.
Will puts in practice what the wit deviseth.
For wit and power their last endeavors bend t outshine each other.
2. The association of ideas in a manner natural, but unusual and striking, so as to produce surprise joined with pleasure. wit is defined.
What oft was thought, but neer so well expressd.
WIT consists in assembling and putting together with quickness, ideas in which can be found resemblance and congruity, by which to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy.
WIT consists chiefly in joining things by distant and fanciful relations, which surprise us because they are unexpected.
WIT is a propriety of thoughts and words; or in other terms, thoughts and words elegantly adapted to the subject.
3. The faculty of associating ideas in a new and unexpected manner.
4. A man of genius; as, the age of Addison abounded with wits.
A wit herself, Amelia weds a wit
5. A man of fancy or wit
Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe.
6. Sense; judgment.
He wants not wit the danger to decline.
7. Faculty of the mind.
8. Wits, in the plural, soundness of mind; intellect not disordered; sound mind. No man in his wits would venture on such an expedition. Have you lost your wits? Is he out of his wits?
9. Power of invention; contrivance; ingenuity. He was at his wits end.
Wit-Cracker
WIT-CRACKER, noun [wit and cracker.] One who breaks jests; a joker. [Not in use.]
Wit-Craft
WIT-CRAFT, noun [wit and craft.] Contrivance; invention.
Wit-Fish
WIT-FISH, noun [white fish.] An East Indian fish of the size of a whiting; also, another East Indian fish, the Albula Indica of Ray.
Wit-Snapper
WIT-SNAPPER, noun [wit and snap.] One who affects repartee. [Not in use.]
Wit-Starved
WIT-STARVED, adjective Barren of wit; destitute of genius.
Wit-Worm
WIT-WORM, noun [wit and worm.] One that feeds on wit. [Not in use.]
Witch
WITCH, noun
1. A woman who by compact with the devil, practices sorcery or enchantment.
2. A woman who is given to unlawful arts.
3. A winding sinuous bank.
WITCH, verb transitive To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.
Ill witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.
Witch-Elm
WITCH-ELM, noun A kind of elm.
Witch-Hazel
WITCH-HAZEL, noun
1. A species of elm, (Ulmus montana.)
2. The hop-hornbeam, (carpinus ostrya.)
The Virginian witch-hazel is the Hamemelis virginica, a shrub which flowers in autumn when its leaves are falling.
Witchcraft
WITCHCRAFT, [witch and craft.]
1. The practices of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with the devil.
2. Power more than natural.
He hath a witchcraft over the king ins tongue.
Witchery
WITCHERY, noun
1. Sorcery; enchantment.
2. Fascination.
Wite
WITE, verb transitive To reproach; to blame.
WITE, noun Blame; reproach.
Witeless
WITELESS, adjective Blameless.
With
WITH, preposition [G.]
1. By, noting cause, instrument or means. We are distressed with pain; we are elevated with joy. with study men become learned and respectable. Fire is extinguished with water.
2. On the side of, noting friendship or favor.
Fear not, for I am with thee. .
3. In opposition to; in competition or contest; as, to struggle with adversity. The champions fought with each other an hour. He will lie with any man living.
4. Noting comparison. The fact you mention compares well with another I have witnessed.
5. In company. The gentlemen traveled with me from Boston to Philadelphia.
6. In the society of. There is no living with such neighbors.
7. In connection, or in appendage. He gave me the Bible, and with it the warmest expressions of affection.
8. In mutual dealing or intercourse.
I will buy with you, sell with you--
9. Noting confidence. I will trust you with the secret.
10. In partnership. He shares the profits with the other partners. I will share with you the pleasures and the pains.
11. Noting connection.
Nor twist our fortunes with your sinking fate.
12. Immediately after.
WITH this he pointed to his face.
13. Among. I left the assembly with the last.
Tragedy was originally with the ancients a piece of religious worship.
14. Upon.
Such arguments had invincible force with those pagan philosophers.
15. In consent, noting parity of state.
See! Where on earth the flowry glories lie, with her they flourishd, and with her thy die.
WITH and by are closely allied in many of their uses, and it is not easy to lay down a rule by which their uses may be distinguished. It is observed by Johnson that with seems rather to denote an instrument, and by a cause; as, he killed an enemy with a sword, but he died by an arrow. But this rule is not always observed.
WITH, in composition, signifies for the most part opposition, privation; or separation, departure.
With-Vine
WITH-VINE, WITH-WINE, noun A local name for the couch-grass.
With-Wine
WITH-VINE, WITH-WINE noun A local name for the couch-grass.
Withal
WITHAL, adverb Withaul. [with and all.]
1. With the rest; together with; likewise; at the same time.
If you choose that, then I am yours withal
How modest in exception, and withal how terrible in constant resolution!
2. It is sometimes used for with. But the word is not elegant, nor much used.
Withdraw
WITHDRAW, verb transitive [with and draw.]
1. To take back; to take from.
It is impossible that God should withdraw his presence from any thing.
We say, to withdraw capital from a bank or stock in trade, to withdraw aid or assistance.
2. To recall; to cause to retire or leave; to call back or away. France has withdrawn her troops from Spain.
WITHDRAW, verb intransitive To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place. We withdrew from the company at ten oclock.
She from her husband soft withdrew.
Withdrawing
WITHDRAWING, participle present tense Taking back; recalling; retiring.
Withdrawing-Room
WITHDRAWING-ROOM, noun A room behind another room for retirement; a drawing room.
Withdrawment
WITHDRAWMENT, noun The act of withdrawing or taking back; a recalling.
Their withdrawment from the British and Foreign Bible Society, would tend to paralyze their exertions.
Withdrawn
WITHDRAWN, participle passive of withdraw. Recalled; taken back.
Withe
WITH, WITHE noun [Latin , probably a shoot.]
1. A willow twig.
2. A band consisting of a twig, or twigs twisted.
Wither
WITHER, verb intransitive
1. To fade; to lose its native freshness; to become sapless; to dry.
It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring. .
2. To waste; to pine away; as animal bodies; as a withered hand. .
3. To lose or want animal moisture.
Now warm in love, now withring in the grave.
WITHER, verb transitive
1. To cause to fade and become dry; as, the sun withereth the grass. .
2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle and decay, for want of animal moisture.
Age cannot wither her.
Wither-Band
WITHER-BAND, noun [withers and band.] A piece of iron laid under a saddle near a horses withers, to strengthen the bow.
Wither-Wrung
WITHER-WRUNG, adjective Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
Withered
WITHERED, participle passive Faded; dried; shrunk.
Witheredness
WITHEREDNESS, noun The state of being withered.
Withering
WITHERING, participle present tense Fading; becoming dry.
Witherite
WITHERITE, noun In mineralogy, a carbonate of baryte, first discovered by Dr. Withering; rhomboidal baryte. It is white, gray, or yellow.
Withernam
WITHERNAM, noun In withernam in law, a second or reciprocal distress, in lieu of a first distress which has been eloigned; reprisal.
Withers
WITHERS, noun [This seems to signify a joining, from the root of with.] The juncture of the shoulder bones of a horse, at the bottom of the neck.
Withheld
WITHHELD, preterit tense and participle passive of withhold.
Withhold
WITHHOLD, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive withheld. [with and hold.]
1. TO hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
WITHHOLD--your hasty hand.
If our passions may be withheld.
2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. The sun does not withhold his light.
Withholden
WITHHOLDEN, participle passive The old participle of withhold; now obsolete. We use withheld.
Withholder
WITHHOLDER, noun One that withholds.
Withholding
WITHHOLDING, participle present tense Holding back; restraining; retaining; not granting.
Within
WITHIN, preposition
1. In the inner part; as the space within the walls of a house; a man contented and happy within himself.
2. In the limits or compass of; not beyond; used of place and time. The object is within my sight; within the knowledge of the present generation; within a month or a year.
3. Not reaching to any thing external.
Were every action concluded within itself--
4. In the compass of; not longer ago than.
WITHIN these five hours Hastings livd untainted.
5. Not later than; as, within five days from this time, it will be fair weather.
6. In the reach of.
Both he and she are still within my powr.
7. Not exceeding. Keep your expenses within your income.
8. In the heart or confidence of. [Inelegant.]
9. In the house; in any inclosure.
WITHIN, adverb
1. In the inner part; inwardly; internally.
The wound festers within
2. In the mind.
Ills from within thy reason must prevent.
Withinside
WITHINSIDE, adverb [within and side.] In the inner parts. [Bad.]
Without
WITHOUT, preposition
1. Not with; as without success.
2. In a state of destitution or absence from.
There is no living with thee nor without thee.
3. In a state of destitution or absence from.
There is no living with thee nor without thee.
4. Beyond; not within.
Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach.
5. Supposing the negation or omission of.
WITHOUT the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms from the French must end in our destruction.
6. Independent of; not by the use of. Men like to live without labor.
Wise men will do it without a law.
7. On the outside of; as without the gate; without doors.
8. With exemption from. That event cannot happen without great damage to our interests.
9. Unless; except.
WITHOUT, when it precedes a sentence or member of a sentence, has been called a conjunction. This is a mistake. You will not enjoy health, without you use much exercise. In this sentence, without is a preposition still, but followed by a member of a sentence, instead of a single noun. It has no property of a connective or conjunction, and does not fall within the definition. You will not enjoy health, this fact following being removed, or not taking place; you use exercise. This use of without is nearly superseded by unless and except, among good writers and speakers; but is common in popular discourse or parlance.
WITHOUT, adverb
1. Not on the inside; not within.
These were from without the growing miseries.
2. Out of doors.
3. Externally; not in the mind.
WITHOUT were fightings, within were fears. .
Withouten
WITHOUTEN, for withoutan, the Saxon word, is obsolete.
Withstand
WITHSTAND, verb transitive [with and stand. See Stand.] To oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand the attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments.
When Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face. .
Withstander
WITHSTANDER, noun One that opposes; an opponent; a resisting power.
Withstanding
WITHSTANDING, participle present tense Opposing; making resistance.
Withwind
WITHWIND, noun A plant. [Latin]
Withy
WITHY, noun A large species of willow.
Witless
WITLESS, adjective [wit and less.]
1. Destitute of wit or understanding; inconsiderate; wanting thought; as a witless swain; witless youth.
2. Indiscrete; not under the guidance of judgment; as witless bravery.
Witlessly
WITLESSLY, adverb Without the exercise of judgment.
Witling
WITLING, noun [dim. From with.] A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.
A beau and witling perishd in the throng.
Witness
WITNESS, noun
1. Testimony; attestation of a fact or event.
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. .
2. That which furnishes evidence or proof.
Laban said, this heap is a witness between me and thee this day. .
3. A person who knows or sees any thing; one personally present; as, he was witness; he was an eye-witness. .
4. One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity b his testimony.
5. One who gives testimony; as, the witnesses in court agreed in all essential facts.
With a witness effectually; to a great degree; with great force, so as to leave some mark as a testimony behind. He struck with a witness [Not elegant.]
WITNESS, verb transitive
1. To see or know by personal presence. I witnessed the ceremonies in New York, with which the ratification of the constitution was celebrated, in 1788.
2. To attest; to give testimony to; to testify to something.
Behold, how many things they witness against thee. .
3. To see the execution of an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.
WITNESS, verb intransitive
1. To bear testimony.
The men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth. .
2. To give evidence.
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them. .
Witnessed
WITNESSED, participle passive Seen in person; testified; subscribed by persons present; as a deed witnessed by two persons.
Witnessing
WITNESSING, participle present tense Seeing in persons; bearing testimony; giving evidence.
Witted
WITTED, adjective Having wit or understanding; as a quick witted boy.
Witticism
WITTICISM, noun [from wit.] A sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; a low kind of wit.
--He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse.
Wittily
WITTILY, adverb [from wit.]
1. With wit; with a delicate turn or phrase, or with an ingenious association of ideas.
2. Ingeniously; cunningly; artfully.
Who his own harm so wittily contrives.
Wittiness
WITTINESS, noun [from witty.] The quality of being witty.
Wittingly
WITTINGLY, adverb [See Wit.] Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.
He knowingly and wittingly brought evil into the world.
Wittol
WITTOL, noun A man who knows his wifes infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold.
Wittolly
WITTOLLY, adverb Like a tame cuckold.
Witty
WITTY, adjective [from wit.]
1. Possessed of wit; full of wit; as a witty poet.
2. Judicious; ingenious; inventive.
3. Sarcastic; full of taunts.
Honeycomb was unmercifully witty upon the women.
Witwall
WITWALL, noun A bird, the great spotted woodpecker.
Wive
WIVE, verb intransitive [from wife.] to marry. [Not in use.]
WIVE, verb transitive
1. To match to a wife.
2. To take for a wife. [Not in use.]
Wivehood
WIVEHOOD, noun Behavior becoming a wife. [It should be wifehood.]
Wiveless
WIVELESS, adjective Not having a wife. [It should be wifeless.]
Wively
WIVELY, adjective Pertaining to a wife. [It should be wifely.]
Wiver
WIVER, WIVERIN, noun A kind of heraldric dragon.
Wiverin
WIVER, WIVERIN noun A kind of heraldric dragon.
Wives
WIVES, plural of wife.
Wizard
WIZARD, noun [from wise.] A conjurer; an enchanter; a sorcerer. .
The wily wizard must be caught.
WIZARD, adjective
1. Enchanting; charming.
2. Haunted by wizards.
Wizen
WIZEN, verb intransitive To wither; to dry. [Local.]
Wo
WO, noun [G.]
1. Grief; sorrow; misery; a heavy calamity.
One who is past; and behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
They weep each others wo
2. A curse.
Can there be a wo or curse in all the stores of vengeance, equal to the malignity of such a practice?
3. wo is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of sorrow.
WO is me; for I am undone. .
This is properly the Saxon dative, wo is to me.
WO worth the day. This is also the dative; wo be to the day.
WO is a noun, and if used as an adjective, it is improperly used. wo to you that are rich. wo to that man, by whom the offense cometh; that is, misery, calamity, be or will be to him.
Woad
WOAD, noun [G.] A plant of the genus Isatis, cultivated for the use of dyers. The woad blue is a very deep blue, and is the base of many other colors or shades of color. woad is first bruised in a mill, and then made into balls. It grows wild in France and along the coasts of the Baltic. The term woad is applied to the Reseda, weld or wold, and to the Genista tinctoria or dyers broom.
Woad-Mill
WOAD-MILL, noun A mill for bruising and preparing woad.
Wobegone
WOBEGONE, adjective [wo, be, and gone.] Overwhelmed with wo; immersed in grief and sorrow.
So wobegone was he with pains of love.
Wodanium
WODANIUM, noun A metal recently discovered in a species of pyrite, found in Hungary, which had been supposed to be an ore of cobalt. It has a bronze yellow color.
Woesome
WOESOME, adjective Wosum. Woful. [Not in use.]
Woft
WOFT, for waft. [Not in use.]
Woful
WOFUL, adjective
1. Sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted.
How many woful widows left to bow to sad disgrace!
2. Sorrowful; mournful; full of distress; as woful day. .
3. Bringing calamity, distress or affliction; as a woful event; woful want.
4. Wretched; paltry.
What woful stuff this madrigal would be.
Wofully
WOFULLY, adverb
1. Sorrowfully; mournfully; in a distressing manner.
2. Wretchedly; extremely; as, he will be wofully deceived.
Wofulness
WOFULNESS, noun Misery; calamity.
Wold
WOLD, in Saxon, is the same as wald and weald, a wood, sometimes perhaps a lawn or plain. Wald signifies also power, dominion, from waldan, to rule. These words occur in names.
Wolf
WOLF, noun WULF. [G., Gr.]
1. An animal of the genus Canis, a beast of prey that kills sheep and other small domestic animals; called sometimes the wild dog. The wolf is crafty, greedy and ravenous.
2. A small white worm or maggot, which infests granaries.
3. An eating ulcer.
Wolf-Dog
WOLF-DOG, noun
1. A dog of a large breed, kept to guard sheep.
2. A dog supposed to be bred between a dog and a wolf.
Wolf-Fish
WOLF-FISH, noun A fish, the lupus marinus, (the Anarrhichas lupus of Linne; ) a fierce voracious fish of the northern seas.
Wolf-Net
WOLF-NET, noun A kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers.
Wolfish
WOLFISH, adjective Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as a wolfish visage; wolfish designs.
Wolfram
WOLFRAM, noun In mineralogy, an ore of tungsten. Its color is generally a brownish of grayish black; when cut with a knife, it gives a reddish brown streak. It occurs massive and crystalized, and in concentric lamellar concretions.
Wolfs-Bane
WOLFS-BANE, noun
1. A poisonous plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite.
2. The winter aconite, or Helleborus hyemalis.
Wolfs-Claw
WOLFS-CLAW, noun A plant of the genus Lycopodium.
Wolfs-Milk
WOLFS-MILK, noun An herb.
Wolfs-Peach
WOLFS-PEACH, noun A plant of the genus Solanum, (S. Lycopersicum)
Wolverene
WOLVERIN, WOLVERENE noun The glutton, a carnivorous animal of voracious appetite. The name WOLVERENE is applied to an animal of North America, considered by Linne as a peculiar species, (Ursus luscus, ) cut which has been since regarded as a variety of the glutton, (U. Gulo.)
Wolverin
WOLVERIN, WOLVERENE, noun The glutton, a carnivorous animal of voracious appetite. The name wolverene is applied to an animal of North America, considered by Linne as a peculiar species, (Ursus luscus, ) cut which has been since regarded as a variety of the glutton, (U. Gulo.)
Wolvish
WOLVISH, adjective More properly wolfish, which see.
Woman
WOMAN, noun plural women. [a compound of womb and man.]
1. The female of the human race, grown to adult years.
And the rib, which the Lord god had taken from the man, made he a woman .
Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.
We see every day women perish with infamy, by having been too willing to set their beauty to show.
I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more tan the men; that wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest.
2. A female attendant or servant.
WOMAN, verb intransitive To make pliant.
Woman-Hater
WOMAN-HATER, noun [woman and hater.] One who has an aversion to the female sex.
Womaned
WOMANED, adjective Accompanied or united with a woman. [Not used.]
Womanhood
WOMANHOOD, noun [woman and hood.] the state, character or collective qualities of a woman.
Womanise
WOMANISE, verb transitive To make effeminate. [Not used.]
Womanish
WOMANISH, adjective Suitable to a woman; having the qualities of a woman; feminine; as womanish habits; womanish tears; a womanish voice.
Womankind
WOMANKIND, noun [woman and kind.] The female sex; the race of females of the human kind.
Womanly
WOMANLY, adjective Becoming a woman; feminine; as womanly behavior.
A blushing womanly discovering grace.
WOMANLY, adverb In the manner of a woman.
Womb
WOMB, noun Woom. [G.]
1. The uterus or matrix of a female; that part where the young of an animal is conceived and nourished till its birth.
2. The place where any thing is produced.
The womb of earth the genial seed receives.
3. Any large or deep cavity.
WOMB of the morning, in Scripture, the clouds, which distill dew; supposed to be emblematic of the church bringing forth multitudes to Christ. .
WOMB, verb transitive To inclose; to breed in secret. [Not in use.]
Wombat
WOMBAT, noun An animal of New Holland, of the opossum family.
Womby
WOMBY, adjective Wommy. Capacious. [Not in use.]
Women
WOMEN, noun plural of woman. pronoun wimen. But it is supposed the word we pronounce is from Sax. wifman, and therefore should be written wimen.
Won
WON, preterit tense and participle passive of win; as victories won
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828); edition by akaitsurugi (github.com/akaitsurugi/webster1828). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from the CrossWire Bible Society.