Part 36

To dream that you are a widow, foretells that you will have many troubles through malicious persons.

For a man to dream that he marries a widow, denotes he will see some cherished undertaking crumble down in disappointment.

_Wife_.

To dream of your wife, denotes unsettled affairs and discord in the home.

To dream that your wife is unusually affable, denotes that you will receive profit from some important venture in trade.

For a wife to dream her husband whips her, foretells unlucky influences will cause harsh criticism in the home and a general turmoil will ensue.

_Wig_.

To dream you wear a wig, indicates that you will soon make an unpropitious change.

To lose a wig, you will incur the derision and contempt of enemies. To see others wearing wigs, is a sign of treachery entangling you.

_Wild_.

To dream that you are running about wild, foretells that you will sustain a serious fall or accident.

To see others doing so, denotes unfavorable prospects will cause you worry and excitement.

_Wild Man_.

To see a wild man in your dream, denotes that enemies will openly oppose you in your enterprises. To think you are one foretells you will be unlucky in following out your designs.

_Will_.

To dream you are making your will, is significant of momentous trials and speculations.

For a wife or any one to think a will is against them, portends that they will have disputes and disorderly proceedings to combat in some event soon to transpire.

If you fail to prove a will, you are in danger of libelous slander. To lose one is unfortunate for your business.

To destroy one, warns you that you are about to be a party to treachery and deceit.

_Willow_.

To dream of willows, foretells that you will soon make a sad journey, but you will be consoled in your grief by faithful friends.

_Wind_.

To dream of the wind blowing softly and sadly upon you, signifies that great fortune will come to you through bereavement.

If you hear the wind soughing, denotes that you will wander in estrangement from one whose life is empty without you.

To walk briskly against a brisk wind, foretells that you will courageously resist temptation and pursue fortune with a determination not easily put aside. For the wind to blow you along against your wishes, portends failure in business undertakings and disappointments in love. If the wind blows you in the direction you wish to go you will find unexpected and helpful allies, or that you have natural advantages over a rival or competitor.

_Windmill_.

To see a windmill in operation in your dreams, foretells abundant accumulation of fortune and marked contentment

To see one broken or idle, signifies adversity coming unawares.

_Window_.

To see windows in your dreams, is an augury of fateful culmination to bright hopes. You will see your fairest wish go down in despair. Fruitless endeavors will be your portion.

To see closed windows is a representation of desertion. If they are broken, you will be hounded by miserable suspicions of disloyalty from those you love.

To sit in a window, denotes that you will be the victim of folly. To enter a house through a window, denotes that you will be found out while using dishonorable means to consummate a seemingly honorable purpose.

To escape by one, indicates that you will fall into a trouble whose toils will hold you unmercifully close.

To look through a window when passing and strange objects appear, foretells that you will fail in your chosen avocation and lose the respect for which you risked health and contentment.

_Wine_.

To dream of drinking wine, forebodes joy and consequent friendships.

To dream of breaking bottles of wine, foretells that your love and passion will border on excess.

To see barrels of wine, prognosticates great luxury. To pour it from one vessel into another, signifies that your enjoyments will be varied and you will journey to many notable places.

To dream of dealing in wine denotes that your occupation will be remunerative.

For a young woman to dream of drinking wine, indicates she will marry a wealthy gentleman, but withal honorable.

_Wine-cellar_.

To dream of a wine-cellar, foretells superior amusements or pleasure will come in your way, to be disposed of at your bidding.

_Wine-glass_.

To dream of a wine-glass, foretells that a disappointment will affect you seriously, as you will fail to see anything pleasing until shocked into the realization of trouble.

_Wings_.

To dream that you have wings, foretells that you will experience grave fears for the safety of some one gone on a long journey away from you.

To see the wings of fowls or birds, denotes that you will finally overcome adversity and rise to wealthy degrees and honor.

_Winter_.

To dream of winter, is a prognostication of ill-health and dreary prospects for the favorable progress of fortune. After this dream your efforts will not yield satisfactory results.

_Wire_.

To dream of wire, denotes that you will make frequent but short journeys which will be to your disparagement.

Old or rusty wire, signifies that you will be possessed of a bad temper, which will give troubles to your kindred.

To see a wire fence in your dreams, foretells that you will be cheated in some trade you have in view.

_Wisdom_.

To dream you are possessed of wisdom, signifies your spirit will be brave under trying circumstances, and you will be able to overcome these trials and rise to prosperous living. If you think you lack wisdom, it implies you are wasting your native talents.

_Witch_.

To dream of witches, denotes that you, with others, will seek adventures which will afford hilarious enjoyment, but it will eventually rebound to your mortification. Business will suffer prostration if witches advance upon you, home affairs may be disappointing.

_Witness_.

To dream that you bear witness against others, signifies you will have great oppression through slight causes. If others bear witness against you, you will be compelled to refuse favors to friends in order to protect your own interest. If you are a witness for a guilty person, you will be implicated in a shameful affair.

_Wizard_.

To dream of a wizard, denotes you are going to have a big family, which will cause you much inconvenience as well as displeasure. For young people, this dream implies loss and broken engagements.

_Wolf_.

To dream of a wolf, shows that you have a thieving person in your employ, who will also betray secrets.

To kill one, denotes that you will defeat sly enemies who seek to overshadow you with disgrace. To hear the howl of a wolf, discovers to you a secret alliance to defeat you in honest competition.

_Women_.

To dream of women, foreshadows intrigue.

To argue with one, foretells that you will be outwitted and foiled.

To see a dark-haired woman with blue eyes and a pug nose, definitely determines your withdrawal from a race in which you stood a showing for victory. If she has brown eyes and a Roman nose, you will be cajoled into a dangerous speculation. If she has auburn hair with this combination, it adds to your perplexity and anxiety. If she is a blonde, you will find that all your engagements will be pleasant and favorable to your inclinations.

_Wooden Shoe_.

To dream of a wooden shoe, is significant of lonely wanderings and penniless circumstances. Those in love will suffer from unfaithfulness.

_Woods_.

To dream of woods, brings a natural change in your affairs. If the woods appear green, the change will be lucky. If stripped of verdure, it will prove calamitous.

To see woods on fire, denotes that your plans will reach satisfactory maturity. Prosperity will beam with favor upon you.

To dream that you deal in firewood, denotes that you will win fortune by determined struggle.

_Wood-pile_.

To dream of a wood-pile, denotes unsatisfactory business and misunderstandings in love.

_Wool_.

To dream of wool, is a pleasing sign of prosperous opportunities to expand your interests.

To see soiled, or dirty wool, foretells that you will seek employment with those who detest your principles.

_Work_.

To dream that you are hard at work, denotes that you will win merited success by concentration of energy.

To see others at work, denotes that hopeful conditions will surround you.

To look for work, means that you will be benefited by some unaccountable occurrence.

_Work house_.[244]

To dream that you are in a workhouse denotes that some event will work you harm and loss.

[244] See Prison.

_Workshop_.

To see workshops in your dreams, foretells that you will use extraordinary schemes to undermine your enemies.

_Worms_.

To dream of worms, denotes that you will be oppressed by the low intriguing of disreputable persons.

For a young woman to dream they crawl on her, foretells that her aspirations will always tend to the material. If she kills or throws them off, she will shake loose from the material lethargy and seek to live in morality and spirituality.

To use them in your dreams as fish bait, foretells that by your ingenuity you will use your enemies to good advantage.

_Wound_.

To dream that you are wounded, signals distress and an unfavorable turn in business.

To see others wounded, denotes that injustice will be accorded you by your friends.

To relieve or dress a wound, signifies that you will have occasion to congratulate yourself on your good fortune.

_Wreath_.

To dream that you see a wreath of fresh flowers, denotes that great opportunities for enriching yourself will soon present themselves before you.

A withered wreath bears sickness and wounded love.

To see a bridal wreath, foretells a happy ending to uncertain engagements.

_Wrecks_.[245]

To see a wreck in your dream, foretells that you will be harassed with fears of destitution or sudden failure in business.

[245] See other like words.

_Writing_.[246]

To dream that you are writing, foretells that you will make a mistake which will almost prove your undoing.

To see writing, denotes that you will be upbraided for your careless conduct and a lawsuit may cause you embarrassment.

To try to read strange writing, signifies that you will escape enemies only by making no new speculation after this dream.

[246] See Letters.

Y.

``_The Prophet that hath a dream let him tell a dream_.''--Jer. XXIII., 28.

_Yacht_.

To see a yacht in a dream, denotes happy recreation away from business and troublesome encumbrances. A stranded one, represents miscarriage of entertaining engagements.

_Yankee_.

To dream of a Yankee, foretells that you will remain loyal and true to your promise and duty, but if you are not careful you will be outwitted in some transaction.

_Yard Stick_.

To dream of a yard stick, foretells much anxiety will possess you, though your affairs assume unusual activity.

_Yarn_.

To dream of yarn, denotes success in your business and an industrious companion in your home.

For a young woman to dream that she works with yarn, foretells that she will be proudly recognized by a worthy man as his wife.

_Yawning_.

If you yawn in your dreams, you will search in vain for health and contentment.

To see others yawning, foretells that you will see some of your friends in a miserable state. Sickness will prevent them from their usual labors.

_Yearn_.

To feel in a dream that you are yearning for the presence of anyone, denotes that you will soon hear comforting tidings from your absent friends.

For a young woman to think her lover is yearning for her, she will have the pleasure of soon hearing some one making a long-wished-for proposal. If she lets him know that she is yearning for him, she will be left alone and her longings will grow apace.

_Yellow Bird_.

To see a yellow bird flitting about in your dreams, foretells that some great event will cast a sickening fear of the future around you. To see it sick or dead, foretells that you will suffer for another's wild folly.

_Yew Tree_.

To dream of a yew tree, is a forerunner of illness and disappointment. If a young woman sits under one, she will have many fears to rend her over her fortune and the faithfulness of her lover. If she sees her lover standing by one, she may expect to hear of his illness, or misfortune. To admire one, she will estrange herself from her relatives by a mesalliance.

To visit a yew tree and find it dead and stripped of its foliage, predicts a sad death in your family. Property will not console for this loss.

_Yield_.

To dream you yield to another's wishes, denotes that you will throw away by weak indecision a great opportunity to elevate yourself.

If others yield to you, exclusive privileges will be accorded you and you will be elevated above your associates.

To receive poor yield for your labors, you may expect cares and worries.

_Yoke_.

To dream of seeing a yoke, denotes that you will unwillingly conform to the customs and wishes of others.

To yoke oxen in your dreams, signifies that your judgment and counsels will be accepted submissively by those dependent upon you. To fail to yoke them, you will be anxious over some prodigal friend.

_Young_.

To dream of seeing young people, is a prognostication of reconciliation of family disagreements and favorable times for planning new enterprises.

To dream that you are young again, foretells that you will make mighty efforts to recall lost opportunities, but will nevertheless fail.

For a mother to see her son an infant or small child again, foretells that old wounds will be healed and she will take on her youthful hopes and cheerfulness. If the child seems to be dying, she will fall into ill fortune and misery will attend her.

To see the young in school, foretells that prosperity and usefulness will envelope you with favors. _Yule Log_.

To dream of a yule log, foretells that your joyous anticipations will be realized by your attendance at great festivities.

Z.

``_Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifying me through visions; so that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life_.''-- Job xvii.,14-15.

_Zebra_.

To dream of a zebra, denotes that you will be interested in varying and fleeting enterprises.

To see one wild in his native country, foretells that you will pursue a chimerical fancy which will return you unsatisfactory pleasure upon possession.

_Zenith_.

To dream of the zenith, foretells elaborate prosperity, and your choice of suitors will be successful.

_Zephyr_.

To dream of soft zephyrs, denotes that you will sacrifice fortune to obtain the object of your affection and will find reciprocal affection in your wooing.

If a young woman dreams that she is saddened by the whisperings of the zephyrs, she will have a season of disquietude by the compelled absence of her lover.

_Zinc_.

To work with or to see zinc in your dreams, indicates substantial and energetic progress. Business will assume a brisk tone in its varying departments.

To dream of zinc ore promises the approach of eventful success.

_Zodiac_.

To dream of the zodiac is a prognostication of unparalleled rise in material worth, but also indicates alloyed peace and happiness.

To see it appearing weird, denotes that some untoward grief is hovering over you and it will take strenuous efforts to dispell it.

To study the zodiac in your dreams, denotes that you will gain distinction and favor by your intercourse with strangers.

If you approach it or it approaches you, foretells that you will succeed in your speculations to the wonderment of others and beyond your wildest imagination.

To draw a map of it, signifies future gain.

_Zoological Garden_.

To dream of visiting zoological gardens, denotes that you will have a varied fortune. Sometimes it seems that enemies will overpower you and again you stand in the front rank of success. You will also gain knowledge by travel and sojourn in foreign countries.

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DREAMS

Abandon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Abbey, Abbess, Abbot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Abdomen, Abhor, Abject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Abode, Abortion, Above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Abroad, Absalom, Abscess, Absence, Absinthe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Abundance, Abuse, Abyss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Academy, Accepted, Accident. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Accordion, Accounts, Accuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Aches, Acid, Acorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Acquaintance, Acquit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Acrobat, Actor and Actress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Adam and Eve, Adamant, Adder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Addition, Adieu, Admire, Admonish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Adopted, Adultery, Adulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Advancement, Adversary, Adventurer, Adversity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Advertisement, Advice, Advocate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Afraid, Africa, Afternoon, Affliction, Affrighted. . . . . . . . . . . 57 Affront, Affluence, Agate, Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Agony, Ague, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Alabaster, Alarm Bell, Album, Ale-house, Alien, Alley. . . . . . . . . 60 Alligator, Alloy, Almanac, Almonds, Alms, Alms-house . . . . . . . . . 61 PAGE Altar, Alum, Aluminum, Amateur, Ambush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 America, Amethyst, Ammonia, Ammunition, Amorous. . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Amputation, Anchor, Andirons, Anecdote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Angels, Anger, Angling, Annoy, Antelope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Ants, Anvil, Anxiety, Apes, Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Apparition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Apples, Apprentice, Apricot, April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Apron, Arch, Archbishop, Architect, Arm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Aroma, Arrested, Arrow, Art Gallery, Ascend, Asceticism. . . . . . . . 71 Ashes, Asia, Asp, Asparagus, Ass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Assassin, Assistance, Asylum, Astral, Atlas, Atonement . . . . . . . . 73 Attic, Attorney, Auction, August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Augur, Aunt, Aura, Autumn, Automobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Author, Awake, Axe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

B. Baby, Baby Carriages, Bachelor, Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Back-bite, Backgammon, Bacon, Badger, Bagpipe, Baghavad Ghitta, Bail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Bailiff, Bake-house, Baking, Balcony, Bald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Ball, Ballet, Balloon, Banishment, Banjo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Bank, Bankrupt, Banana, Banner, Banquet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Bantam, Baptism, Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Barber, Barefoot, Barley-field, Barmaid, Barn, Barrel, Barometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Baseball, Basement, Basin, Basket, Baste, Bass Voice . . . . . . . . . 84 Bath, Bathroom, Bats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Battle, Bayonet, Bay Tree, Beacon-light, Beads . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Beans, Bear, Beard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Beat, Beauty, Beaver, Bed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Bedbugs, Bed Fellow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Bed-chamber, Beef, Beer, Bees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Beetles, Beets, Beggar, Beheading, Bier, Belladonna. . . . . . . . . . 91 Bell-man, Bellows, Bells, Belly, Belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Bench, Bequest, Bereavement, Bet, Bible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Bigamy, Bicycle, Billiards, Birds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Bird's Nest, Birth, Birthday, Birthday Presents, Biscuits, Bishop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Bite, Blackberries, Blackboard, Blacksmith, Bladder, Blanket,. . . . . 96 PAGE Blasphemy, Bleating, Bleeding, Blind, Blindfold, Blind Man's Buff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Blood, Blood Stone, Blossoms, Blows, Blotting Paper. . . . . . . . . . 98 Blushing, Boarding House, Boasting, Boa-Constrictor, Boat, Bobbin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Bog, Boiler, Boils, Bolts, Bomb Shell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Bones, Bonnet, Books, Bookcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Book Store, Boots, Borrowing, Bosom, Bottles . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Bouquet, Bow and Arrow, Box, Bracelet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Brain, Brambles, Brandy, Branch, Brass, Bray, Bread. . . . . . . . . .104 Break, Breakfast, Breath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Brewing, Briars, Brick, Bride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Bridge, Bridle, Bridle Bits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Brimstone, Bronchitis, Bronze, Brood, Broom. . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Broth, Brothel, Brothers, Brush, Buckle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Buffalo, Bugle, Bugs, Buildings, Bull. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Bulldog, Bullock, Burden, Burr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Burglars, Burial, Buried Alive, Burns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Butcher, Butter, Butterfly, Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Buttermilk, Buzzard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114