Chapter 1900

Wiz"en (?) , v. i. [OE. wisenen , AS. wisnian akin to weornian to decay, OHG. wesan<?/n to grow dry, G. ver wesen to rot, Icel. visna to wither, Sw. vissna , Dan. visne , and probably to L. virus an offensive odor, poison. Cf. Virus .] To wither; to dry. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Wizen <Xpage=1660>

Wiz"en , a. Wizened; thin; weazen; withered.

A little lonely, wizen , strangely clad boy. Dickens.

Wizen <Xpage=1660>

Wiz"en , n. The weasand. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Wizened <Xpage=1660>

Wiz"ened (?) , a. Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man .

Wizen-faced <Xpage=1660>

Wiz"en-faced` (?) , a. Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.

Wlatsome <Xpage=1660>

Wlat"some (?) , a. [AS. wlatian to disgust, irk, wl<?/tta loathing.] Loathsome; disgusting; hateful. [Obs.]

Murder is . . . wlatsom and abhominable to God. Chaucer.

Wo <Xpage=1660>

Wo (?) , n. & a. See Woe . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Woad <Xpage=1660>

Woad (?) , n. [OE. wod , AS. w\'bed ; akin to D. weede , G. waid , OHG. weit , Dan. vaid , veid , Sw. veide , L. vitrum .] [Written also wad , and wade .]

1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant ( Isatis tinctoria ). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves.

2. A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria . It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing.

Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry figures. Milton.

Wild woad (Bot.) , the weld ( Reseda luteola ). See Weld . -- Woad mill , a mill grinding and preparing woad.

Woaded <Xpage=1660>

Woad"ed , a. Colored or stained with woad. "Man tattoed or woaded , winter-clad in skins."

Tennyson.

Woad-waxen <Xpage=1660>

Woad"-wax`en (?) , n. [Cf. Wood-wax .] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ( Genista tinctoria ) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also greenwood , greenweed , dyer's greenweed , and whin , wood-wash , wood-wax , and wood-waxen .

Woald <Xpage=1660>

Woald (?) , n. See Weld .

Wobble <Xpage=1660>

Wob"ble (?) , v. i. See Wabble .

Wode <Xpage=1660>

Wode (?) , a. [AS. w&omac;d .] Mad. See Wood , a. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Chaucer.

Wode <Xpage=1660>

Wode , n. Wood.

Chaucer.

Wodegeld <Xpage=1660>

Wode"geld` (?) , n. [See Wood , and Geld .] (O. Eng. Law) A geld, or payment, for wood.

Burrill.

Woden <Xpage=1660>

Wo"den (?) , n. [AS. W\'d3den ; akin to OS. W\'d3dan , OHG. Wuotan , Icel. O\'ebinn , and probably to E. wood , a. Cf. Wednesday .] (Northern Myth.) A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin .

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Woe (?) , n. [OE. wo , wa , woo, AS. w\'be , interj.; akin to D. wee , OS. & OHG. w&emac; , G. weh , Icel. vei , Dan. vee , Sw. ve , Goth. wai ; cf. L. vae , Gr. <?/. &root;128. Cf. Wail .] [Formerly written also wo .]

1. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.

Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, Sad instrument of all our woe , she took. Milton.

[They] weep each other's woe . Pope.

2. A curse; a malediction.

Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice? South.

&hand; Woe is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of sorrow. " Woe is me! for I am undone."

Isa. vi. 5.

O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life]. Chaucer.

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Isa. xlv. 9.

Woe worth , Woe be to. See Worth , v. i.

Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant gray! Sir W. Scott.

Woe <Xpage=1661>

Woe , a. Woeful; sorrowful. [Obs.]

His clerk was woe to do that deed. Robert of Brunne.

Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed. Chaucer.

And looking up he waxed wondrous woe . Spenser.

Woe-begone <Xpage=1661>

Woe"-be*gone` (?) , a. [OE. wo begon . See Woe , and Begone , p. p. ] Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.

Chaucer.

So woe-begone was he with pains of love. Fairfax.

Woeful, Woful <Xpage=1661>

Woe"ful , Wo"ful (?) , a. 1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.

How many woeful widows left to bow To sad disgrace! Daniel.

2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want .

O woeful day! O day of woe! Philips.

3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.

What woeful stuff this madrigal would be! Pope.

Woefully, Wofully <Xpage=1661>

Woe"ful*ly , Wo"ful*ly , adv. In a woeful manner; sorrowfully; mournfully; miserably; dolefully.

Woefulness, Wofulness <Xpage=1661>

Woe"ful*ness , Wo"ful*ness , n. The quality or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness.

Woesome <Xpage=1661>

Woe"some (?) , a. Woeful. [Obs.]

Langhorne.

Woke <Xpage=1661>

Woke (?) , imp. & p. p. Wake .

Wol <Xpage=1661>

Wol (?) , v. t. & i. See 2d Will . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Wold <Xpage=1661>

Wold (?) , n. [OE. wold , wald , AS. weald , wald , a wood, forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald , D. woud , G. wald , Icel. v\'94llr , a field, and probably to Gr. <?/ a grove, Skr. v\'be<?/a a garden, inclosure. Cf. Weald .]

1. A wood; a forest.

2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether hilly or not.

And from his further bank \'92tolia's wolds espied.

Byron.

The wind that beats the mountain, blows More softly round the open wold . Tennyson.

Wold <Xpage=1661>

Wold , n. See Weld .

Wolde <Xpage=1661>

Wolde (?) , obs. imp. of Will . See Would .

Wolf <Xpage=1661>

Wolf (?) , n. ; pl. Wolves (#) . [OE. wolf , wulf , AS. wulf ; akin to OS. wulf , D. & G. wolf , Icel. &umac;lfr , Sw. ulf , Dan. ulv , Goth. wulfs , Lith. vilkas , Russ. volk' , L. lupus , Gr. ly`kos , Skr. v&rsdot;ka ; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in pieces. &root;286. Cf. Lupine , a. , Lyceum .]

1. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf ( Canis lupus ), the American gray, or timber, wolf ( C. occidentalis ), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.

2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larv\'91 of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf .

3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door .

4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus . [Obs.]

If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side. Jer. Taylor.

6. (Mus.) (a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament. (b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale.

7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine.

Knight.

Black wolf . (Zo\'94l.) (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common in the Pyrenees. (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf. -- Golden wolf (Zo\'94l.) , the Thibetan wolf ( Canis laniger ); -- called also chanco . -- Indian wolf (Zo\'94l.) , an Asiatic wolf ( Canis pallipes ) which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also landgak . -- Prairie wolf (Zo\'94l.) , the coyote. -- Sea wolf . (Zo\'94l.) See in the Vocabulary. -- Strand wolf (Zo\'94l.) the striped hyena. -- Tasmanian wolf (Zo\'94l.) , the zebra wolf. -- Tiger wolf (Zo\'94l.) , the spotted hyena. -- To keep the wolf from the door , to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See Wolf , 3, above. Tennyson . -- Wolf dog . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St. Bernard dog. (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves. (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog. -- Wolf eel (Zo\'94l.) , a wolf fish. -- Wolf fish (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of large, voracious marine fishes of the genus Anarrhichas , especially the common species ( A. lupus ) of Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful jaws. Called also catfish , sea cat , sea wolf , stone biter , and swinefish . -- Wolf net , a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish. -- Wolf's peach (Bot.) , the tomato, or love apple ( Lycopersicum esculentum ). -- Wolf spider (Zo\'94l.) , any one of numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus Lycosa , or family Lycosid\'91 . These spiders run about rapidly in search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color. See Illust . in App. -- Zebra wolf (Zo\'94l.) , a savage carnivorous marsupial ( Thylacinus cynocephalus ) native of Tasmania; -- called also Tasmanian wolf .

Wolfberry <Xpage=1661>

Wolf"ber`ry (?) , n. (Bot.) An American shrub ( Symphoricarpus occidentalis ) which bears soft white berries.

Wolffian <Xpage=1661>

Wolff"i*an (?) , a (Anat.) Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology.

Wolffian body , the mesonephros. -- Wolffian duct , the duct from the Wolffian body.

Wolfish <Xpage=1661>

Wolf"ish (?) , a. Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs.

-- Wolf"ish*ly , adv. -- Wolf"ish*ness , n.

Wolfkin <Xpage=1661>

Wolf"kin (?) , n. A little or young wolf.

Tennyson.

Wolfling <Xpage=1661>

Wolf"ling (?) , n. A young wolf.

Carlyle.

Wolfram <Xpage=1661>

Wol"fram (?) , n. [G.] (Min.) Same as Wolframite . <-- Tungsten. from the German -->

Wolframate <Xpage=1661>

Wol"fram*ate (?) , n. (Chem.) A salt of wolframic acid; a tungstate.

Wolframic <Xpage=1661>

Wol*fram"ic (?) , a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to wolframium. See Tungstic .

Wolframite <Xpage=1661>

Wol"fram*ite (?) , n. [G., wolframit , wolfram ; wolf wolf + rahm cream, soot; cf. G. wolfsruss wolfram, lit., wolf's soot.] (Min.) Tungstate of iron and manganese, generally of a brownish or grayish black color, submetallic luster, and high specific gravity. It occurs in cleavable masses, and also crystallized. Called also wolfram .

Wolframium <Xpage=1661>

Wol*fra"mi*um (?) , n. [NL. See Wolfram .] (Chem.) The technical name of the element tungsten. See Tungsten . <-- also, Wolfram. -->

Wolfsbane <Xpage=1661>

Wolfs"bane` (?) , n. (Bot.) A poisonous plant ( Aconitum Lycoctonum ), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum . See Aconite .

Wolf's-claw <Xpage=1661>

Wolf's"-claw` (?) , n. (Bot.) A kind of club moss. See Lycopodium .

Wolf's-foot <Xpage=1661>

Wolf's"-foot` (?) , n. (Bot.) Club moss. See Lycopodium .

Wolf's-milk <Xpage=1661>

Wolf's"-milk` (?) , n. (Bot.) Any kind of spurge ( Euphorbia ); -- so called from its acrid milky juice.

Woll <Xpage=1661>

Woll (?) , v. t. & i. See 2d Will . [Obs.]

Wollastonite <Xpage=1661>

Wol"las*ton*ite (?) , n. [After Dr. W. H. Wollaston , an English chemist, who died in 1828.] (Min.) A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color, occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals; tabular spar.

Wolle <Xpage=1661>

Wolle (?) , n. Wool. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Wolverene, Wolverine <Xpage=1661>

Wol`ver*ene" , Wol`ver*ine" (?) , n. [From Wolf , with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed wolfish qualities.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) The glutton.

2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.]

Wolves <Xpage=1661>

Wolves (?) , n. , pl. of Wolf .

Wolvish <Xpage=1661>

Wolv"ish (?) , a. Wolfish.

Shak.

Woman <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an (?) n. ; pl. Women (#) . [OE. woman , womman , wumman , wimman , wifmon , AS. w\'c6fmann , w\'c6mmann ; w\'c6f woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife , and Man .]

1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. Shak.

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman . Gen. ii. 22.

I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. J. Ledyard.

2. The female part of the human race; womankind.

Man is destined to be a prey to woman . Thackeray.

3. A female attendant or servant. " By her woman I sent your message."

Shak.

Woman hater , one who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist.

Swift.

Woman <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an , v. t. 1. To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it .

Daniel.

2. To make effeminate or womanish. [R.]

Shak.

3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. [R.] "To have him see me woman'd ."

Shak.

Womanhead, Womanhede <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an*head (?) , Wom"an*hede (?) , n. Womanhood. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Womanhood <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an*hood (?) , n. 1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.

Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood . Spenser.

Perhaps the smile and the tender tone Came out of her pitying womanhood . Tennyson.

2. Women, collectively; womankind.

Womanish <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an*ish (?) , a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate . " Thy tears are womanish ." Shak . " Womanish entreaties."

Macaulay.

A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish , but audible, strong, and manlike. Ascham.

-- Wom"an*ish*ly , adv. -- Wom"an*ish*ness , n.

Womanize <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an*ize (?) , v. t. To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [Obs.]

V. Knox.

Womankind <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an*kind` (?) , n. The females of the human race; women, collectively.

A sanctuary into which womankind , with her tools of magic, the broom and mop, has very infrequent access. Hawthorne.

Womanless <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an*less , a. Without a woman or women.

Womanlike <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an*like (?) , a. Like a woman; womanly.

Womanlike , taking revenge too deep. Tennyson.

Womanliness <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an*li*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being womanly.

There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence. Udall.

Womanly <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an*ly , a. Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior .

Arbuthnot.

A blushing, womanly discovering grace. Donne.

Womanly <Xpage=1661>

Wom"an*ly , adv. In the manner of a woman; with the grace, tenderness, or affection of a woman.

Gascoigne.

Womb <Xpage=1661>

Womb (?) , n. [OE. wombe , wambe , AS. wamb , womb ; akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba , G. wamme , wampe , Icel. v\'94mb , Sw. v & mb , Dan. vom , Goth. wamba .]

1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no man gave him. Wyclif (Luke xv. 16).

An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb , my womb , my womb undoes me. Shak.

2. (Anat.) The uterus. See Uterus .

3. The place where anything is generated or produced.

The womb of earth the genial seed receives. Dryden.

4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.

The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb . R. Browning.

Womb <Xpage=1661>