Chapter 1862

Wal"nut (?) , n. [OE. walnot , AS. wealh-hnutu a Welsh or foreign nut, a walnut; wealh foreign, strange, n., a Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG. Walh , properly, a Celt, from the name of a Celtic tribe, in L. Volcae ) + hnutu a nut; akin to D. walnoot , G. walnuss , Icel. valhnot , Sw. valn\'94t , Dan valn\'94d . See Nut , and cf. Welsh .] (Bot.) The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans ; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone.

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&hand; In some parts of America, especially in New England, the name walnut is given to several species of hickory ( Carya ), and their fruit.

Ash-leaved walnut , a tree ( Juglans fraxinifolia ), native in Transcaucasia. -- Black walnut , a North American tree ( J. nigra ) valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are thick-shelled, and nearly globular. -- English , &or; European , walnut , a tree ( J. regia ), native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan, valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which are also called Madeira nuts . -- Walnut brown , a deep warm brown color, like that of the heartwood of the black walnut. -- Walnut oil , oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in cooking, making soap, etc. -- White walnut , a North American tree ( J. cinerea ), bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called butternuts . See Butternut .

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Wal"rus (?) , n. [D. walrus ; of Scand. origin; cf. Dan valros , Sw. vallross , Norw. hvalros ; literally, whale horse; akin to Icel. hrosshvalr , AS. horshw\'91l . See Whale , and Horse .] (Zo\'94l.) A very large marine mammal ( Trichecus rosmarus ) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse .

&hand; The walrus of the North Pacific and Behring Strait ( Trichecus obesus ) is regarded by some as a distinct species, by others as a variety of the common walrus.

Walter <Xpage=1625>

Wal"ter (?) , v. i. [See Welter .] To roll or wallow; to welter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Waltron <Xpage=1625>

Wal"tron (?) , n. A walrus. [Obs.] Woodward .

Walty <Xpage=1625>

Wal"ty (?) , a. [Cf. Walter to roll.] Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship . [R.]

Longfellow.

Waltz <Xpage=1625>

Waltz (?) , n. [G. walzer , from walzen to roll, revolve, dance, OHG. walzan to roll; akin to AS. wealtan . See Welter .] A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance.

Waltz <Xpage=1625>

Waltz , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Waltzed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Waltzing .] To dance a waltz.

Waltzer <Xpage=1625>

Waltz"er (?) , n. A person who waltzes.

Walwe <Xpage=1625>

Wal"we (?) , v. To wallow. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Waly <Xpage=1625>

Wa"ly (?) , interj. [Cf. Welaway .] An exclamation of grief. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Wamble <Xpage=1625>

Wam"ble (?) , v. i. [Cf. Dan. vamle , and vammel squeamish, ready to vomit, Icel. v\'91ma to feel nausea, v\'91minn nauseous.] 1. To heave; to be disturbed by nausea; -- said of the stomach.

L'Estrange.

2. To move irregularly to and fro; to roll.

Wamble <Xpage=1625>

Wam"ble , n. Disturbance of the stomach; a feeling of nausea.

Holland.

Wamble-cropped <Xpage=1625>

Wam"ble-cropped` (?) , a. Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected. [Slang]

Wammel <Xpage=1625>

Wam"mel (?) , v. i. To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble. [Prov. Eng.]

Wamp <Xpage=1625>

Wamp (?) , n. [From the North American Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) The common American eider.

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Wam*pee" (?) , n. (Bot.) (a) A tree ( Cookia punctata ) of the Orange family, growing in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a peculiar flavor. (b) The pickerel weed. [Southern U.S.]

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Wam"pum (?) , n. [North American Indian wampum , wompam , from the Mass. w\'a2mpi , Del. w\'bepe , white.] Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.

Round his waist his belt of wampum . Longfellow.

Girded with his wampum braid. Whittier.

&hand; These beads were of two kinds, one white, and the other black or dark purple. The term wampum is properly applied only to the white; the dark purple ones are called suckanhock . See Seawan . "It [wampum] consisted of cylindrical pieces of the shells of testaceous fishes, a quarter of an inch long, and in diameter less than a pipestem, drilled . . . so as to be strung upon a thread. The beads of a white color, rated at half the value of the black or violet, passed each as the equivalent of a farthing in transactions between the natives and the planters."

Palfrey.

Wan <Xpage=1625>

Wan (?) , obs. imp. of Win . Won.

Chaucer.

Wan <Xpage=1625>

Wan (<?/) , a. [AS. wann , wonn , wan , won , dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See Win .] Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. "Sad to view, his visage pale and wan ."

Spenser.

My color . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue. Chaucer.

Why so pale and wan , fond lover? Suckling.

With the wan moon overhead. Longfellow.

Wan <Xpage=1625>

Wan , n. The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.]

Tinged with wan from lack of sleep. Tennyson.

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Wan (?) , v. i. To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. "All his visage wanned ."

Shak.

And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair. Tennyson.

Wand <Xpage=1625>

Wand (?) , n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v\'94ndr , akin to Dan. vaand , Goth. wandus ; perhaps originally, a pliant twig, and akin to E. wind to turn.] 1. A small stick; a rod; a verge.

With good smart blows of a wand on his back. Locke.

2. Specifically: (a) A staff of authority.

Though he had both spurs and wand , they seemed rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of punishment. Sir P. Sidney.

(b) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.

Picus bore a buckler in his hand; His other waved a long divining wand . Dryden.

Wand of peace (Scots Law) , a wand, or staff, carried by the messenger of a court, which he breaks when deforced (that is, hindered from executing process), as a symbol of the deforcement, and protest for remedy of law.

Burrill.

Wander <Xpage=1625>

Wan"der (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wandered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wandering .] [OE. wandren , wandrien , AS. wandrian ; akin to G. wandern to wander; fr. AS. windan to turn. See Wind to turn.]

1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields .

They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins. Heb. xi. 37.

He wandereth abroad for bread. Job xv. 23.

2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject .

When God caused me to wander from my father's house. Gen. xx. 13.

O, let me not wander from thy commandments. Ps. cxix. 10.

3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders .

Syn. -- To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err; swerve; deviate; depart.

Wander <Xpage=1625>

Wan"der , v. t. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through. [R.] "[Elijah] wandered this barren waste."

Milton.

Wanderer <Xpage=1625>

Wan"der*er (?) , n. One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.

Wandering <Xpage=1625>

Wan"der*ing , a. & n. from Wander , v.

Wandering albatross (Zo\'94l.) , the great white albatross. See Illust . of Albatross . -- Wandering cell (Physiol.) , an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. -- Wandering Jew (Bot.) , any one of several creeping species of Tradescantia , which have alternate, pointed leaves, and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets, window boxes, etc. -- Wandering kidney (Med.) , a morbid condition in which one kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain directions; -- called also floating kidney , movable kidney . -- Wandering liver (Med.) , a morbid condition of the liver, similar to wandering kidney. -- Wandering mouse (Zo\'94l.) , the whitefooted, or deer, mouse. See Illust . of Mouse . -- Wandering spider (Zo\'94l.) , any one of a tribe of spiders that wander about in search of their prey.

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Wan"der*ing*ly , adv. In a wandering manner.

Wanderment <Xpage=1625>

Wan"der*ment (?) , n. The act of wandering, or roaming. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Wanderoo <Xpage=1625>

Wan`der*oo" (?) , n. [Cingalese wanderu a monkey.] (Zo\'94l.) A large monkey ( Macacus silenus ) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha , silenus , neelbhunder , lion-tailed baboon , and great wanderoo . [Written also ouanderoo .]

&hand; The name is sometimes applied also to other allied species.

Wandy <Xpage=1625>

Wand"y (?) , a. Long and flexible, like a wand. [Prov. Eng.]

Brockett.

Wane <Xpage=1625>

Wane (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Waned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Waning .] [OE. wanien , AS. wanian , wonian , from wan , won , deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan- , G. wahn sinn, insanity, OHG. wan , wana- , lacking, wan<?/n to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth. vans ; cf. Gr. <?/ bereaved, Skr. <?/na wanting, inferior. <?/<?/<?/<?/. Cf. Want lack, and Wanton .]

1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax , and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.

Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane . Waning moons their settled periods keep. Addison.

2. To decline; to fail; to sink.

You saw but sorrow in its waning form. Dryden.

Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. Sir J. Child.

Wane <Xpage=1625>

Wane , v. t. To cause to decrease. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Wane <Xpage=1625>

Wane , n. 1. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.

2. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.

An age in which the church is in its wane . South.

Though the year be on the wane . Keble.

3. An inequality in a board. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Waney <Xpage=1625>

Wan"ey (?) , n. A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany , a.

Wang <Xpage=1625>

Wang (?) , n. [OE. wange , AS. wange , wonge , cheek, jaw; akin to D. wang , OS. & OHG. wanga , G. wange .]

1. The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

So work aye the wangs in his head. Chaucer.

2. A slap; a blow. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Wang tooth , a cheek tooth; a molar. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Wang <Xpage=1625>

Wang (?) , n. See Whang . [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Wangan <Xpage=1625>

Wan"gan (?) , n. [American Indian.] A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen. [Written also wangun .]

Bartlett.

Wanger <Xpage=1625>

Wang"er (?) , n. [AS. wangere . See 1st Wang .] A pillow for the cheek; a pillow. [Obs. & R.]

His bright helm was his wanger . Chaucer.

Wanghee <Xpage=1625>

Wang*hee" (?) , n. [Chin. wang yellow + he<?/ a root.] (Bot.) The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys . The slender stems are much used for walking sticks. [Written also whanghee .]

Wango <Xpage=1625>

Wang"o (?) , n. A boomerang.

Wanhope <Xpage=1625>

Wan"hope` (?) , n. [AS. wan , won , deficient, wanting + hopa hope: cf. D. wanhoop . <?/<?/<?/<?/ . See Wane , and Hope .] Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman . " Wanhope and distress."

Chaucer.

Wanhorn <Xpage=1625>

Wan"horn` (?) n. [Corruption fr. Siamese wanhom .] (Bot.) An East Indian plant ( K\'91mpferia Galanga ) of the Ginger family. See Galanga .

Waniand <Xpage=1625>

Wan"i*and (?) , n. [See Wanion .] The wane of the moon. [Obs.]

Halliwell.

Waning <Xpage=1625>

Wan"ing (?) , n. The act or process of waning, or decreasing.

This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings , and sometimes her eclipses. Bp. Hall.

Wanion <Xpage=1625>

Wan"ion (?) , n. [Probably for OE. waniand waning, p. pr. of wanien ; hence, used of the waning of the moon, supposed to be an unlucky time. See Wane .] A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase with a wanion , apparently equivalent to with a vengeance , with a plague , or with misfortune . [Obs.]

B. Jonson. Latimer.

Wankle <Xpage=1625>

Wan"kle (?) , a. [AS. wancol .] Not to be depended on; weak; unstable. [Prov. Eng.]

Grose.

Wanly <Xpage=1625>

Wan"ly (?) , adv. In a wan, or pale, manner.

Wanned <Xpage=1625>

Wanned (?) , a. Made wan, or pale.

Wanness <Xpage=1625>

Wan"ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever .

Wannish <Xpage=1625>

Wan"nish , a. Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.

No sun, but a wannish glare, In fold upon fold of hueless cloud. Tennyson.

Want <Xpage=1625>

Want (277) , n. [Originally an adj., from Icel. vant , neuter of vanr lacking, deficient. &root;139. See Wane , v. i. ]

1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.

And me, his parent, would full soon devour For want of other prey. Milton.

From having wishes in consequence of our wants , we often feel wants in consequence of our wishes. Rambler.

Pride is as loud a beggar as want , and more saucy. Franklin.

2. Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want . Swift.

3. That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.

Habitual superfluities become actual wants . Paley.

4. (Mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. [Eng.]

Syn. -- Indigence; deficiency; defect; destitution; lack; failure; dearth; scarceness.

Want <Xpage=1625>

Want , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wanted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wanting .]

1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.

They that want honesty, want anything. Beau. & Fl.

Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Milton.

The unhappy never want enemies. Richardson.

2. To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes .

3. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave. " What wants my son?"

Addison.

I want to speak to you about something. A. Trollope.

Want <Xpage=1625>

Want , v. i. [Icel. vanta to be wanting. See Want to lack.]

1. To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of ; as, it wants ten minutes of four .

The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life. Dryden.

2. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

You have a gift, sir (thank your education), Will never let you want . B. Jonson.

For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swelled with wind. Pope.

&hand; Want was formerly used impersonally with an indirect object. "Him wanted audience."

Chaucer.

Wa'n't <Xpage=1625>

Wa'n't (?) . A colloquial contraction of was not .

Wantage <Xpage=1625>

Want"age (?) , n. That which is wanting; deficiency.

Wanting <Xpage=1625>