Part 88

~2.~ Keep guard, keep watch and ward, stand guard, be on guard, be on the watch, act as sentinel, be on the lookout, look sharp, keep a sharp lookout, have all one's eyes about one, mind one's P's and Q's.

~3.~ Wait, look, be expectant.

~Watch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Guard, tend, attend, have in keeping.

~2.~ Mark, observe, eye, keep the eye on, keep an eye upon.

~Watchful~, _a._ Vigilant, attentive, observant, awake, alive, heedful, careful, wary, cautious, circumspect, guarded, on one's guard, on the alert, with the eyes open, wide awake, on the lookout.

~Watchman~, _n._ Guard, sentinel, picket, sentry, guardsman.

~Watch-pocket~, _n._ Fob.

~Watchword~, _n._ Countersign, password.

~Water~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Irrigate, moisten, wet.

~2.~ Supply with water (_for drink_), furnish with water, give water to.

~3.~ Sprinkle and calender (_as cloth, to give it an undulating or wavy appearance_).

~Water-bearer~, _n._ Aquarius.

~Water-beech~, _n._ Sycamore, button-wood, plane-tree, button-ball-tree, water-birch (_Platanus Occidentalis_).

~Water-brash~, _n._ Water-qualm, PYROSIS.

~Water-clock~, _n._ Clepsydra.

~Water-closet~, _n._ Privy, backhouse, necessary, jakes.

~Water-course~, _n._ ~1.~ Stream, brook, river.

~2.~ Canal, drain, trench, ditch, channel, fosse, moat, sewer, leat.

~Water-crake~, _n._ WATER-OUSEL.

~Water-crow~, _n._ WATER-OUSEL.

~Water-cure~, _n._ Hydropathy.

~Water-doctor~, _n._ Hydropathist.

~Watered silk~, Tabby.

~Waterfall~, _n._ Cataract, cascade, fall.

~Water-hen~, _n._ Gallinule, spotted crake (_Crex porzana_ or _Gallinula chloropus_).

~Water-hog~, _n._ Capibara (_Hydrochœrus capybara_).

~Waterish~, a_._ ~1.~ Aqueous, moist, wet, watery.

~2.~ Thin, diluted, weak, like water.

~Waterman~, _n._ Boatman, ferryman.

~Water-nymph~, n. Naiad.

~Water-ousel~, _n._ Dipper, water-crake, water-crow (_Cinclus aquaticus_).

~Water-ouzel~, _n._ Dipper, water-crake, water-crow (_Cinclus aquaticus_).

~Water-pepper~, _n._ Smart-weed (_Polyganum hydropiper_).

~Water-pimpernel~, _n._ Brookweed.

~Water-qualm~, _n._ Water-brash, PYROSIS.

~Water-ram~, _n._ Hydraulic ram.

~Water-ret~, _v. a._ Water-rot.

~Water-rice~, _n._ Indian-rice.

~Water-rot~, _v. a._ Water-ret.

~Water-sparrow~, _n._ Chuck, reed-sparrow, reed-bunting, king bird (_Emberiza schœnictus_).

~Watery~, _a._ ~1.~ Aqueous, wet, moist.

~2.~ Thin, weak, diluted, waterish, like water.

~Wattle~, _n._ Hurdle (_of twigs_).

~Wattles~, _n. pl._ BARB, beard.

~Wave~, _n._ Undulation, billow, breaker, surge, swell, ripple.

~Wave~, _v. n._ Undulate, float, fluctuate, flicker, vibrate, oscillate, play loosely, play to and fro.

~Wave~, _v. a._ Brandish, flourish.

~Wave-like~, _a._ Undulating.

~Waver~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Wave, undulate, float, flicker.

~2.~ Vacillate, hesitate, fluctuate, be in suspense, be undetermined, be unsettled, be in doubt.

~Wavering~, _n._ Vacillation, fluctuation, indecision, indetermination, hesitancy, uncertainty.

~Wavering~, _a._ Unsettled, vacillating, fickle, unsteady, unstable, changeable.

~Wavy~, _a._ Undulating, waving, playing to and fro.

~Wax~, _v. a._ Cere, smear with wax.

~Wax~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Increase (_as the moon_).

~2.~ Grow, become, come to be, get to be.

~Wax-moth~, _n._ Bee-moth.

~Wax-myrtle~, _n._ Bayberry (_Myrica cerifera_).

~Wax-wing~, _n._ [_U. S._] Cedar-bird.

~Way~, _n._ ~1.~ Passage, march, advance, progression.

~2.~ Road, path, route, course, track, TRAIL, street, highway, highroad, room for passing, opportunity to pass.

~3.~ Method, mode, manner, fashion, plan, wise, sort, degree.

~4.~ Space, distance.

~5.~ Custom, usage, habit, habitude, practice, wont, second nature.

~Wayfarer~, _n._ Traveller, passenger, pilgrim, tourist, itinerant.

~Waylay~, _v. a._ Lie in wait for (_with evil intent_), lie in ambush for.

~Wayless~, _a._ Pathless, trackless.

~Wayward~, _a._ Perverse, froward, wilful, obstinate, headstrong, stubborn, intractable, unruly, cross-grained, refractory.

~Weak~, _a._ ~1.~ Feeble, languid, weakly, not strong, not vigorous.

~2.~ Sickly, debilitated, unhealthy, unsound, infirm, frail, delicate, tender, valetudinary, valetudinarian, invalid.

~3.~ Defenceless, unguarded, exposed, unprotected.

~4.~ Lax, soft, pliant, imperfect.

~5.~ Pliable, pusillanimous, easily influenced, without any backbone, dough-faced.

~6.~ Shallow, simple, silly, senseless, witless, stupid, foolish, DAFT, childish, inept.

~7.~ Unwise, injudicious, foolish, indiscreet, erring, peccable.

~8.~ Low, faint, small, inconsiderable.

~9.~ Thin, watery, diluted, waterish.

~10.~ Sleazy, flimsy, slight, poor.

~11.~ Poor, inconclusive, unconvincing, unsatisfactory, lame, not forcible, not cogent.

~Weaken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enfeeble, enervate, debilitate, break, unman, effeminate, emolliate, unnerve, make weak.

~2.~ Invalidate, make of less effect.

~3.~ Reduce, depress, debase, lower.

~Weak-fish~, _n._ Squeteague [_Labrus squeteague_ or _Otolithus regalis_].

~Weak-headed~, _a._ WEAK-MINDED.

~Weakly~, _a._ Feeble, languid, weak, not strong.

~Weak-minded~, _a._ Shallow, dull, stupid, weak, soft, sappy, doltish, feeble-minded, dull-witted, short-witted, half-witted, blunt-witted, thick-skulled, weak-headed.

~Weak side~, _n._ Foible, failing, infirmity, frailty, weakness, weak part, blind side.

~Weal~, _n._ Welfare, prosperity, good, advantage, happiness, interest, utility, profit.

~Wealth~, _n._ Affluence, opulence, abundance, fortune, independence, competence, riches, mammon, pelf, money, treasure, funds, cash, property, easy circumstances, ample store, ample means.

~Wealthy~, _a._ Affluent, opulent, rich, moneyed, flush, well off, well to do.

~Wean~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put from the breast.

~2.~ Withdraw, disengage, alienate, detach.

~Weapons~, _n. pl._ Arms.

~Weaponless~, _a._ Unarmed.

~Wear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Carry (_upon the person_), bear.

~2.~ Impair (_by use_), waste, consume, use up, wear away, wear out.

~Wear~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be wasted, wear away.

~2.~ Endure use.

~Wear away~, ~1.~ (_Active._) Waste, WEAR.

~2.~ [_Neuter._] Be consumed, be wasted.

~Wearied~, _a._ Tired, fatigued, jaded, fagged, exhausted, weary, used up.

~Weariness~, _n._ Fatigue, tedium, lassitude, exhaustion, prostration, languor, languidness, ENNUI.

~Wearisome~, _a._ Tedious, tiresome, fatiguing, IRKSOME, prolix, weary, trying, humdrum, prosy, monotonous, uninteresting.

~Wear off~, [_Active._] Obliterate, rub off.

~Wear off~, [_Neuter._] Pass off by degrees or gradually.

~Wear out~, Consume, WASTE.

~Wear the breeches~, [_Colloquial._] Usurp the husband's authority, be the man of the house.

~Weary~, _a._ ~1.~ Fatigued, tired, exhausted, WEARIED.

~2.~ Tiresome, irksome, wearisome.

~Weary~, _v. a._ Fatigue, tire, jade, fag, exhaust, harass, dispirit, KNOCK UP, tire out, wear out, use up.

~Weasand~, _n._ Windpipe, trachea, throttle, throat.

~Weasel-coot~, _n._ Red-headed smew (_Mergus minutus_).

~Weather~, _v. a._ ~1.~ (_Naut._) Pass to windward of.

~2.~ Endure, sustain, bear, stand, bear up against, get the better of.

~Weather-cock~, _n._ ~1.~ Vane.

~2.~ Trimmer, time-server, fickle person.

~Weave~, _v. a._ Interlace (_as the threads of a fabric_), entwine, plait, plat, braid, mat.

~Weazen~, _a._ Thin, sharp, lean, withered, shrunken, dried, shrivelled, wizened.

~Web~, _n._ ~1.~ Texture, tissue, structure, textile fabric.

~2.~ Suffusion (_of the eye_), film.

~3.~ Cobweb.

~4.~ Membrane (_as in the feet of swimming birds_).

~Web-footed~, _a._ Palmiped.

~Wed~, _v. a._ Marry, espouse.

~Wedding~, _n._ Marriage, nuptials, espousals, bridal, marriage ceremony, nuptial rites.

~Wedge-shaped~, _a._ Cuneiform.

~Wedlock~, _n._ Matrimony, nuptial state, marriage.

~Wee~, _a._ Little, small, diminutive, tiny, minikin, pygmy, pygmean, Liliputian.

~Weeds~, _n. pl._ Mourning, symbol of sorrow.

~Week-day~, _n._ Work-day.

~Weekly~, _a._ Hebdomadal, hebdomadary.

~Ween~, _v. n._ [_Poetical._] Fancy, imagine, think, suppose.

~Weep~, _v. n._ Cry, sob, shed tears.

~Weep~, _v. a._ Lament, bewail, bemoan.

~Weft~, _n._ Woof.

~Weigh~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Try in the balance, find the weight of.

~2.~ Counterbalance, be equivalent to in weight.

~3.~ Examine, ponder, balance in the mind, meditate upon.

~Weigh~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Gravitate, be heavy.

~2.~ Bear, press, bear heavily, press hard.

~Weigh down~, ~1.~ Overbalance.

~2.~ Oppress, overburden.

~Weight~, _n._ ~1.~ Heaviness, gravity, ponderousness, ponderosity.

~2.~ Pressure, burden, load.

~3.~ Importance, influence, power, efficacy, consequence, moment, significance, import, pith.

~Weighty~, _a._ ~1.~ HEAVY (_intrinsically_), ponderous, onerous.

~2.~ Important, influential, efficacious, forcible, momentous, grave, serious, of consequence.

~Welcome~, _n._ ~1.~ Greeting, salutation.

~2.~ Kind reception.

~Welcome~, _v. a._ Greet, receive, bid welcome.

~Welcome~, _a._ ~1.~ Gladly received or entertained, admitted with pleasure.

~2.~ Acceptable, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, grateful, gratifying.

~Weld~, _n._ Woad, dyer's weed (_Reseda luteola_).

~Welfare~, _n._ Prosperity, happiness, success, weal, well-being, advantage, benefit, profit.

~Welkin~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Sky, empyrean, firmament, heaven, the heavens, canopy of heaven, vault of heaven, starry heavens.

~Well~, _n._ ~1.~ Spring, fountain, wellhead, wellspring.

~2.~ Source, origin.

~Well~, _v. n._ Issue, spring, flow.

~Well~, _ad._ ~1.~ Rightly, not ill.

~2.~ Properly, suitably, correctly, accurately, thoroughly, not amiss.

~3.~ Sufficiently, abundantly, amply, fully.

~4.~ Favorably, commendably, with praise.

~5.~ Highly, very much.

~6.~ Far, considerably, not a little.

~7.~ Conveniently, easily.

~Well~, _a._ ~1.~ Healthy, hale, hearty, in health, sound, in good health, not ill, not sick.

~2.~ Fortunate, happy.

~3.~ Profitable, convenient, beneficial, expedient, good, useful, advantageous, for one's advantage, for one's interest.

~Well-a-day~, _interj._ Alas, lackaday.

~Well-behaved~, _a._ Courteous, civil, polite, well-bred, well- mannered, polished, of good manners.

~Well-being~, _n._ WELFARE.

~Well-born~, _a._ Gentle, high-born, of good descent, of a good stock, not plebeian.

~Well-bred~, _a._ Refined, polished, genteel, polite, courteous, WELL- BEHAVED.

~Well enough~, Tolerably, sufficiently well.

~Well-head~, _n._ Spring, fountain, well, wellspring.

~Well-mannered~, _a._ WELL-BEHAVED.

~Well off~, Prosperous, thriving, flourishing, forehanded, beforehand, in easy circumstances, well to do, possessed of a competence.

~Well-read~, _a._ Erudite, learned, lettered, literary, book-learned.

~Wellspring~, _n._ Spring, fountain, well, well-head.

~Well-timed~, _a._ Opportune, seasonable, timely, happy, felicitous, all in good time.

~Well to do~, WELL OFF.

~Well-wisher~, _n._ Friend, favorer, encourager.

~Welter~, _v. n._ Wallow, tumble about, roll.

~Wench~, _n._ ~1.~ Strumpet, WHORE.

~2.~ [_U. S._] Negress, colored woman.

~Wend one's way~, Go, travel, journey, pass.

~Wesleyanism~, _n._ Methodism.

~West~, _n._ Occident.

~West~, _a._ Western, westerly, occidental.

~Westerly~, _a._ Western, WEST.

~Westerly~, _ad._ Westward, toward the west.

~Western~, _a._ Westerly, WEST.

~Westward~, _ad._ Westerly, toward the west.

~Wet~, _a._ ~1.~ Damp, moist, humid, dank, aqueous, watery.

~2.~ Rainy, showery.

~Wet~, _n._ Humidity, moisture, dampness, wetness.

~Wetness~, _n._ Humidity, WET.

~Wet~, _v. a._ Moisten, water, irrigate, damp, dampen, sprinkle.

~Whack~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Strike, beat, thrash, THWACK.

~Whale-oil~, _n._ Train-oil.

~Wharf~, _n._ Quay.

~What~, _pron._ ~1.~ That which.

~2.~ The sort of, the kind of.

~3.~ Which (_out of many, or of many kinds_).

~4.~ How, how great, how remarkable.

~Whatever~, _pron._ ~1.~ Any thing, be it what it may, any thing soever, whatsoever.

~2.~ All that, the whole that.

~Whatsoever~, _pron._ WHATEVER.

~What though~, What matters it that, allowing that, supposing that, even granting that.

~What to do with~, How to use, how to employ, how to dispose of.

~What with~, Partly, in part.

~Wheat-bird~, _n._ Night-jar, goat-sucker.

~Wheat-ear~, _n._ Fallow-finch, white-ear (_Saxicola œnanthe_).

~Wheat-fly~, _n._ Hessian-fly (_Cecidomyia destructor_).

~Wheat-grass~, _n._ Twitch-grass, couch-grass, dog's-grass, dog-wheat, knot-grass (_Triticum repens_).

~Wheat-moth~, _n._ ~1.~ Grain-moth, corn-moth (_Tinea granella_).

~2.~ Angumois moth (_Anacampsis cerealella_).

~Wheedle~, _v. a._ Flatter, cajole, coax, inveigle, humor, court, fawn upon, pay court to.

~Wheedler~, _n._ Sycophant, parasite, fawner, toady, flunkey, spaniel, lickspittle, pick-thank, toad-eater, time-server, hanger-on, mean flatterer.

~Wheel~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Revolve, rotate, turn, gyrate, roll, turn round, move round.

~2.~ Deviate, deflect, diverge, turn aside, alter one's course.

~Wheel~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Whirl, twirl, spin, put into a rotatory motion.

~2.~ Move on wheels, convey on wheels.

~Wheeze~, _v. n._ Breathe hard.

~Whelk~, _n._ ~1.~ Protuberance, pustule.

~2.~ Stripe, streak, mark, wale.

~Whelm~, _v. a._ Overwhelm.

~Whelp~, _n._ ~1.~ Cub, young beast.

~2.~ Puppy, pup, young dog.

~When~, _ad._ ~1.~ At the time, at the time that.

~2.~ Whenever, at what time.

~Whence~, _ad._ ~1.~ From what place.

~2.~ From what cause, from what source, how.

~Whenever~, _ad._ At whatever time, whensoever.

~Whensoever~, _ad._ WHENEVER.

~Where~, _ad._ ~1.~ At which place, in which place.

~2.~ At what place, in what place.

~Whereabouts~, _ad._ Near what place.

~Whereabouts~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Residence, location.

~Whereas~, _conj._ ~1.~ Since, considering that, it being the case that.

~2.~ When in fact, while on the contrary.

~Whereby~, _ad._ By which.

~Wherefore~, _ad. & conj._ Why, for what cause or reason, on what account.

~Wherein~, _ad._ ~1.~ In which.

~2.~ In what.

~Whereof~, _ad._ ~1.~ Of which.

~2.~ Of what.

~Whereupon~, _ad._ Upon which.

~Wherever~, _ad._ In whatever place.

~Wherewith~, _ad._ ~1.~ With which, wherewithal.

~2.~ With what.

~Wherewithal~, _ad._ WHEREWITH.

~Wherewithal~, _n._ [_Colloquial_; _used with_ The _prefixed_.] The means (_with which to accomplish any purpose_).

~Whet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sharpen (_by rubbing_).

~2.~ Stimulate, excite, arouse, rouse, quicken, animate, warm, kindle.

~Which~, _pron._ ~1.~ What one.

~2.~ That.

~Whiff~, _n._ Puff, blast, sudden gust.

~Whiff~, _v. a._ Puff.

~Whiffle~, _v. n._ Veer (_as by change of wind_), turn about.

~While~, _n._ Time, season, space of time.

~While~, _ad._ ~1.~ During the time that.

~2.~ As long as.

~3.~ At the same time that.

~While away~, Pass away (_as time_), spend pleasantly.

~Whim~, _n._ Freak, fancy, vagary, humor, caprice, crotchet, maggot, quirk, whimsey, kink, WRINKLE.

~Whimper~, _v. n._ Cry (in-low and broken tones), snivel, blubber, whine.

~Whimsey~, _n._ Caprice, WHIM.

~Whimsical~, _a._ Capricious, freakish, odd, singular, strange, fanciful, fantastic, notional, crotchety, BIZARRE, grotesque, queer.

~Whine~, _v. n._ Cry (_plaintively_), moan (_in a childish way_).

~Whine~, _n._ Plaintive tone.

~Whinny~, _v. n._ Neigh.

~Whip~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lash, strike (_with a cord_), beat, flagellate, scourge, punish.

~2.~ Snatch.

~3.~ Stitch, baste.

~Whipping~, _n._ Flogging, beating, castigation, thrashing, LICKING.

~Whirl~, _v. n._ Twirl, revolve, rotate, spin.

~Whirl~, _v. a._ Twirl, spin, wheel, turn round.

~Whirl~, _n._ Gyration, rotation.

~Whirl-bone~, _n._ Patella, knee-pan.

~Whirling~, _n._ Twirl, circular motion.

~Whirlpool~, _n._ Vortex, eddy.

~Whirring~, _n._ Whiz, buzzing noise.

~Whisk~, _v. n._ Trip, speed, hasten, hie, post, scud, brush, move nimbly, push on, dash on, cut along.

~Whisper~, _v. n._ Speak under the breath, speak softly.

~Whisper~, _v. a._ Breathe, utter softly.

~Whisper~, _n._ ~1.~ Low, soft voice; gentle utterance.

~2.~ Murmur, sibilant sound (_as of the wind_).

~3.~ Hint, intimation, inkling.

~Whist~, _interj._ Hush, silence, be still, be silent, keep quiet, make no noise.

~Whistle-fish~, _n._ Rockling, sea-louch (_Motella vulgaris_).

~Whit~, _n._ Iota, jot, tittle, particle, bit, atom, grain, scrap, mite, ace, corpuscle, scintilla.

~White~, _a._ Of a white color, snowy, frosty, hoary, hoar.

~White ant~, Termite, termes.

~White-bear~, _n._ Polar-bear (_Thalarctos maritimus_).

~White bismuth~, Sub-nitrate of bismuth.

~White-brant~, _n._ Snow-goose (_Anser hyperboreus_).

~White-cedar~, _n._ Arbor vitæ (_Thuja Occidentalis_).

~White-copper~, _n._ Packfong, German silver.

~White-copperas~, _n._ Coquimbite.

~White-ear~, _a._ Fallow-finch, wheat-ear (_Saxicola amanthe_).

~White-lead~, _n._ Ceruse, carbonate of lead.

~Whiten~, _v. a._ Bleach, blanch, etiolate, make white.

~Whiten~, _v. n._ Bleach, etiolate, become or grow white.

~White-nun~, _n._ Smew (_Mergus albellus_).

~White-poplar~, _n._ Abele-tree (_Populus alba_).

~White-smith~, _n._ Tin-smith.

~White-thorn~, _n._ Hawthorn (_Oratagus oxyacantha_).

~White-vitriol~, _n._ Sulphate of zinc.

~White-weed~, _n._ White daisy, ox-eye daisy (_leucanthemum vulgare_).

~White-wood~, _n._ Tulip-tree (_Liriodendron tulipiferos_).

~Whither~, _ad._ ~1.~ To what place.

~2.~ To which place.

~Whiting~, _n._ ~1.~ Spanish white.

~2.~ (_Ich._) Merling (_Gadus merlangus_).

~Whitish~, _a._ Somewhat white.

~Whitlow~, _n._ (_Med._) Felon.

~Whit-Sunday~, _n._ WHITSUNTIDE.

~Whitsuntide~, _n._ Whit-Sunday, Pentecost.

~Whiz~, _v. n._ BUZZ.

~Whiz~, _n._ Whirring, buzzing noise.

~Whole~, _a._ ~1.~ All, total.

~2.~ Entire, undivided, integral, complete, not fractional.

~3.~ Uninjured, unimpaired, unbroken, perfect, faultless, good, firm, strong.

~4.~ Sound, well, healthy.

~Whole~, _n._ All, totality, aggregate, gross, amount, sum, sum total.

~Wholesome~, _a._ ~1.~ Healthy, healthful, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, helpful, nourishing, nutritious, strengthening, invigorating, roborant.

~2.~ Beneficial, good.

~Wholly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Totally, altogether.

~2.~ Entirely, completely, fully, perfectly.

~Whoop~, _n._ Shout, halloo, hoot, yell.

~Whoop~, _v. n._ Shout, halloo, hollo, holla, yell, cry out.

~Whooping-cough~, _n._ [Written also _hooping-cough_.] Chin-cough.

~Whopper~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Falsehood, lie, bounce, bouncer.

~Whore~, _n._ Harlot, prostitute, strumpet, courtesan, bawd, punk, wench, drab, DEMIREE, street-walker, night-walker, cyprian, woman of the town, woman of ill-fame.

~Whore-house~, _n._ Brothel, stew, bagnio, bawdy-house, house of prostitution, house of ill-fame.

~Why~, _ad._ ~1.~ Wherefore, for what cause or reason, on what account.

~2.~ For what purpose.

~Wicked~, _a._ ~1.~ Sinful, vicious, depraved, unprincipled, immoral, impious, irreligious, unrighteous, ungodly, godless, profane, irreverent, worthless, graceless, vile, abandoned, corrupt, knavish, dishonest, roguish, trickish, TRICKY, good for nothing.

~2.~ Bad, evil, unjust, ill, atrocious, iniquitous, heinous, flagitious, nefarious, criminal, outrageous, monstrous, villanous.

~Wickedness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sin, evil, depravity, vice, immorality, unrighteousness, sinfulness, crime, criminality, villany, rascality, knavery.

~2.~ Atrocity, iniquity, enormity, flagitiousness.

~Wicker~, _n._ Twig, osier, withe.

~Wide~, _a._ ~1.~ Broad.

~2.~ Spacious, vast, large, ample, extensive, expanded.

~3.~ Remote, distant.

~Wide-awake~, _a._ Watchful, vigilant, attentive, observant, heedful, careful, wary, cautious, circumspect, on the alert, with the eyes open.

~Width~, _n._ Breadth, broadness, wideness.

~Wield~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Handle, brandish.

~2.~ Manage, use, control, make use of.

~Wife~, n. Married woman, BETTER-HALF, matron, helpmate, consort.

~Wig~, _n._ Peruke, periwig, scratch.

~Wight~, _n._ [_In irony or burlesque._] Creature, being, person.

~Wigwam~, _n._ Hut (_of an American Indian_), cabin.

~Wild~, _a._ ~1.~ Undomesticated, not tame.

~2.~ Uncultivated, native.

~3.~ Uncivilized, savage, rude, ferocious, barbarous, unrefined.

~4.~ Impetuous, turbulent, irregular, violent, ungoverned, unrestrained, disorderly, furious, frantic, frenzied, outrageous, giddy, reckless, hare-brained, HARUM-SCARUM.

~5.~ Fanciful, imaginary, extravagant, visionary, crazy, grotesque, strange, BIZARRE.

~Wild~, _n._ Desert, WILDERNESS.

~Wild-bean~, _n._ Ground-nut (_Apios tuberosa_).

~Wild-briar~, _n._ Dog-rose, hep-tree (_Rosa canina_).

~Wilderness~, n. Wild, desert, waste.

~Wild ginger~, Canada snake-root.

~Wild-goose chase~, Foolish pursuit, foolish enterprise.

~Wile~, _n._ Trick, stratagem, cheat, fraud, artifice, chouse, imposture, deceit, imposition, deception, ruse, dodge, fetch, manœuvre, cunning contrivance, crafty device.

~Wilful~, _a._ [Written also _Willful_.] Obstinate, stubborn, perverse, contumacious, refractory, headstrong, unruly, intractable, mulish, dogged, inflexible, heady, self-willed, PIG-HEADED, obdurate, cantankerous.

~Will~, _n._ ~1.~ Power of determination, power of choosing, faculty of volition.

~2.~ Wish, desire, inclination, disposition, pleasure.

~3.~ Command, behest, order, direction.

~4.~ Testament, last will and testament.

~Will~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Determine, decree, enjoin, command, direct.

~2.~ Bequeath, devise, demise, leave, give by will.

~Will~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Exercise volition.

~2.~ Devise, choose, elect, be disposed, be inclined, be pleased, have a mind.

~Willing~, _a._ Inclined, disposed, desirous, minded, ready, of a mind, nothing loath, not averse.

~Willing~, _n._ Volition.

~Willingly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Cheerfully, readily, with all one's heart.

~2.~ Voluntarily, of one's own accord, spontaneously.

~Will-o'-the-wisp~, _n._ Friar's lantern, Jack-with-a-lantern, Jack-o'- lantern, IGNIS FATUUS.

~Willow~, _n._ Osier.

~Wilt~, _v. n._ [_Common in U. S., local in Eng._] Droop, wither.

~Wily~, _a._ Insidious, artful, cunning, sly, crafty, subtle, arch, designing, deceitful, treacherous, trickish, TRICKY, intriguing, politic, foxy, snaky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.

~Win~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Get (_by mastery or in competition_), gain, obtain, procure, acquire, earn, achieve, catch.

~2.~ Bring over, gain over, get the compliance of.

~Win~, _v. n._ Succeed, be successful, gain the victory.

~Wince~, _v. n._ Flinch, shrink, startle, start back.

~Wind~, _n._ ~1.~ Air (_in motion_), draught, breeze, zephyr, puff of air, breath of air.

~2.~ Breath, respiration.

~3.~ Flatulence.

~Wind~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Coil, twine, twist, wreathe.

~2.~ Turn in and out.

~Wind~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Twine, coil, twist, turn and twist, take a spiral course.

~2.~ Meander, turn in and out.

~Windfall~, _n._ Godsend, unexpected gift, good luck, run of luck, piece of good fortune, piece of good luck.

~Wind-flower~, _n._ Anemone.

~Windhover~, _n._ Castrel, kestrel, stannel (_Falco tunnunculus_).

~Winding~, _n._ Flexure, turning, meandering, twisting, twist, convolution, contortion, sinuosity, curvature, tortuosity, bend, crook, kink, crookedness.

~Winding~, _a._ Flexuous, sinuous, meandering, serpentine.

~Wind off~, Unwind, uncoil.

~Wind-thrush~, _n._ Redwing, swine-pipe, red-sided thrush (_Turdus iliacus_).

~Wind up~, ~1.~ Wind into a ball.

~2.~ Settle, close, close up.

~Winding up~, End, conclusion, DÉNOUEMENT, ISSUE.

~Windpipe~, _n._ Trachea, weasand, throttle, throat.

~Windy~, _a._ ~1.~ Breezy, gusty, squally, stormy, tempestuous, blustering, boisterous.

~2.~ Empty, airy.

~3.~ Flatulent.

~Wine-bibber~, _n._ Toper, tippler, drunkard, dram-drinker.

~Wine-stone~, _n._ Argol, tartar (_crude_), bi-tartrate of potash.

~Wing~, _n._ ~1.~ Pennon, pinion.

~2.~ Side-piece.

~3.~ (_Mil._) Flank.

~Wing-case~, _n._ (_Ent._) Sheath.

~Winged~, _a._ ~1.~ With wings.

~2.~ Swift, rapid, fleet, fast, speedy, nimble, agile, flying.

~Win golden opinions~, Be liked, be in favor.

~Wink~, _v. n._ Blink, nictate.

~Wink at~, Connive at, pretend not to see, shut one's eyes to.