Chapter 1902

-- Wood oil (Bot.) , a resinous oil obtained from several East Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus , having properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See Gurjun . -- Wood opal (Min.) , a striped variety of coarse opal, having some resemblance to wood. -- Wood paper , paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp , below. -- Wood pewee (Zo\'94l.) , a North American tyrant flycatcher ( Contopus virens ). It closely resembles the pewee, but is smaller. -- Wood pie (Zo\'94l.) , any black and white woodpecker, especially the European great spotted woodpecker. -- Wood pigeon . (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the family Columbid\'91 . (b) The ringdove. -- Wood puceron (Zo\'94l.) , a plant louse. -- Wood pulp (Technol.) , vegetable fiber obtained from the poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale. -- Wood quail (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of East Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied genera, as the red-crested wood quail ( R. roulroul ), the male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red hairlike feathers. -- Wood rabbit (Zo\'94l.) , the cottontail. -- Wood rat (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of American wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern United States; -- called also bush rat . The Florida wood rat ( Neotoma Floridana ) is the best-known species. -- Wood reed grass (Bot.) , a tall grass ( Cinna arundinacea ) growing in moist woods. -- Wood reeve , the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.] -- Wood rush (Bot.) , any plant of the genus Luzula , differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule. -- Wood sage (Bot.) , a name given to several labiate plants of the genus Teucrium . See Germander . -- Wood screw , a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood. -- Wood sheldrake (Zo\'94l.) , the hooded merganser. -- Wood shock (Zo\'94l.) , the fisher. See Fisher , 2. -- Wood shrike (Zo\'94l.) , any one of numerous species of Old World singing birds belonging to Grallina , Collyricincla , Prionops , and allied genera, common in India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes, but feed upon both insects and berries. -- Wood snipe . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The American woodcock. (b) An Asiatic snipe ( Gallinago nemoricola ). -- Wood soot , soot from burnt wood. -- Wood sore . (Zo\'94l.) See Cuckoo spit , under Cuckoo . -- Wood sorrel (Bot.) , a plant of the genus Oxalis ( Oxalis Acetosella ), having an acid taste. See Illust . ( a ) of Shamrock . -- Wood spirit . (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol , under Methyl . -- Wood stamp , a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood, for impressing figures or colors on fabrics. -- Wood star (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of small South American humming birds belonging to the genus Calothorax . The male has a brilliant gorget of blue, purple, and other colors. -- Wood sucker (Zo\'94l.) , the yaffle. -- Wood swallow (Zo\'94l.) , any one of numerous species of Old World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and allied genera of the family Artamid\'91 . They are common in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white beneath. -- Wood tapper (Zo\'94l.) , any woodpecker. -- Wood tar . See under Tar . -- Wood thrush , (Zo\'94l.) (a) An American thrush ( Turdus mustelinus ) noted for the sweetness of its song. See under Thrush . (b) The missel thrush. -- Wood tick . See in Vocabulary. -- Wood tin . (Min.) . See Cassiterite . -- Wood titmouse (Zo\'94l.) , the goldcgest. -- Wood tortoise (Zo\'94l.) , the sculptured tortoise. See under Sculptured . -- Wood vine (Bot.) , the white bryony. -- Wood vinegar . See Wood acid , above. -- Wood warbler . (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of the genus Dendroica . See Warbler . (b) A European warbler ( Phylloscopus sibilatrix ); -- called also green wren , wood wren , and yellow wren . -- Wood worm (Zo\'94l.) , a larva that bores in wood; a wood borer. -- Wood wren . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The wood warbler. (b) The willow warbler.

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Wood (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wooded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wooding .] To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive .

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Wood <Xpage=1663>

Wood (?) , v. i. To take or get a supply of wood.

Woodbind <Xpage=1663>

Wood"bind` (?) , n. Woodbine.

Dryden.

A garland . . . of woodbind or hawthorn leaves. Chaucer.

Woodbine <Xpage=1663>

Wood"bine` (?) , n. [AS. wudubind black ivy; -- so named as binding about trees. See Wood , and Bind , v. t. ] (Bot.) (a) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance ( Lonicera Periclymenum ); the honeysuckle. (b) The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper , under Virginia . [Local, U. S.]

Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak.

Wood-bound <Xpage=1663>

Wood"-bound` (?) , a. Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.

Woodbury-type <Xpage=1663>

Wood"bur*y-type` (?) , n. [After the name of the inventor, W. Woodbury .]

1. A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing.

2. A print from such a plate.

Woodchat <Xpage=1663>

Wood"chat` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora . They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath. (b) A European shrike ( Enneoctonus rufus ). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white.

Woodchuck <Xpage=1663>

Wood"chuck` (?) , n. 1. (Zo\'94l.) A common large North American marmot ( Arctomys monax ). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also ground hog .

2. (Zo\'94l.) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]

Woodcock <Xpage=1663>

Wood"cock` (?) , n. [AS. wuducoc .]

1. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela . They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds.

&hand; The most important species are the European ( Scolopax rusticola ) and the American woodcock ( Philohela minor ), which agree very closely in appearance and habits.

2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]

If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock !" Beau. & Fl.

Little woodcock . (a) The common American snipe. (b) The European snipe. -- Sea woodcock fish , the bellows fish. -- Woodcock owl , the short-eared owl ( Asio brachyotus ). -- Woodcock shell , the shell of certain mollusks of the genus Murex , having a very long canal, with or without spines. -- Woodcock snipe . See under Snipe .

Woodcracker <Xpage=1663>

Wood"crack`er (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The nuthatch. [Prov. Eng.]

Woodcraft <Xpage=1663>

Wood"craft` (?) , n. Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods.

Men of the glade and forest! leave Your woodcraft for the field of fight. Bryant.

Woodcut <Xpage=1663>

Wood"cut` (?) , n. An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut , under Wood .

Woodcutter <Xpage=1663>

Wood"cut`ter (?) , n. 1. A person who cuts wood.

2. An engraver on wood. [R.]

Woodcutting <Xpage=1663>

Wood"cut`ting , n. 1. The act or employment of cutting wood or timber.

2. The act or art of engraving on wood. [R.]

Wooded <Xpage=1663>

Wood"ed , a. Supplied or covered with wood, or trees; as, land wooded and watered .

The brook escaped from the eye down a deep and wooded dell. Sir W. Scott.

Wooden <Xpage=1663>

Wood"en (?) , a. 1. Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding .

2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.

When a bold man is out of countenance, he makes a very wooden figure on it. Collier.

His singing was, I confess, a little wooden . G. MacDonald.

Wooden spoon . (a) (Cambridge University, Eng.) The last junior optime who takes a university degree, -- denoting one who is only fit to stay at home and stir porridge. "We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus." Macaulay . (b) In some American colleges, the lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies. -- Wooden ware , a general name for buckets, bowls, and other articles of domestic use, made of wood. -- Wooden wedding . See under Wedding .

Woodenly <Xpage=1663>

Wood"en*ly (?) , adv. Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly.

R. North.

Woodenness <Xpage=1663>

Wood"en*ness , n. Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.

We set our faces against the woodenness which then characterized German philology. Sweet.

Woodhack, Woodhacker <Xpage=1663>

Wood"hack` (?) , Wood"hack`er (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]

Woodnewer <Xpage=1663>

Wood"new`er (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A woodpecker.

Woodhole <Xpage=1663>

Wood"hole` (?) , n. A place where wood is stored.

Woodhouse <Xpage=1663>

Wood"house` (?) , n. A house or shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from the weather.

Woodiness <Xpage=1663>

Wood"i*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being woody.

Evelyn.

Woodknacker <Xpage=1663>

Wood"knack`er (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The yaffle.

Woodland <Xpage=1663>

Wood"land (?) , n. Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.

Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again. Pope.

Woodlands and cultivated fields are harmoniously blended. Bancroft.

Woodland <Xpage=1663>

Wood"land (?) , a. Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.

She had a rustic, woodland air. Wordsworth.

Like summer breeze by woodland stream. Keble.

Woodland caribou . (Zo\'94l.) See under Caribou .

Woodlander <Xpage=1663>

Wood"land*er (?) , n. A dweller in a woodland.

Wood-layer <Xpage=1663>

Wood"-lay`er (?) , n. (Bot.) A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants used in hedges.

Woodless <Xpage=1663>

Wood"less , a. Having no wood; destitute of wood. Mitford . -- Wood"less*ness , n.

Woodly <Xpage=1663>

Wood"ly , adv. In a wood, mad, or raving manner; madly; furiously. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Woodman <Xpage=1663>

Wood"man (?) , n. ; pl. Woodmen (<?/) . [Written also woodsman .]

1. A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester. [Eng.]

2. A sportsman; a hunter.

[The duke] is a better woodman than thou takest him for. Shak.

3. One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter.

Woodman , spare that tree. G. P. Morris.

4. One who dwells in the woods or forest; a bushman.

Woodmeil <Xpage=1663>

Wood"meil (?) , n. See Wadmol .

Woodmonger <Xpage=1663>

Wood"mon`ger (?) , n. A wood seller. [Obs.]

Woodness <Xpage=1663>

Wood"ness , n. [From Wood mad.] Anger; madness; insanity; rage. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Woodness laughing in his rage. Chaucer.

Wood-note <Xpage=1663>

Wood"-note` (?) , n. [ Wood , n. + note .] A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird. [R.]

Or sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. Milton.

Woodpeck <Xpage=1663>

Wood"peck` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A woodpecker. [Obs.]

Woodpecker <Xpage=1663>

Wood"peck`er (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picid\'91 .

&hand; These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike bill with which they are able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insect larv\'91 upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed partly upon the sap of trees (see Sap sucker , under Sap ), others spend a portion of their time on the ground in search of ants and other insects.

The most common European species are the greater spotted woodpecker ( Dendrocopus major ), the lesser spotted woodpecker ( D. minor ), and the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see Yaffle ).

The best-known American species are the pileated woodpecker (see under Pileated ), the ivory-billed woodpecker ( Campephilus principalis ), which is one of the largest known species, the red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ( Melanerpes erythrocephalus ), the red-bellied woodpecker ( M. Carolinus ) (see Chab ), the superciliary woodpecker ( M. superciliaris ), the hairy woodpecker ( Dryobates villosus ), the downy woodpecker ( D. pubescens ), the three-toed, woodpecker ( Picoides Americanus ), the golden-winged woodpecker (see Flicker ), and the sap suckers. See also Carpintero .

Woodpecker hornbill (Zo\'94l.) , a black and white Asiatic hornbill ( Buceros pica ) which resembles a woodpecker in color.

Woodrock <Xpage=1663>

Wood"rock` (?) , n. (Min.) A compact woodlike variety of asbestus.

Woodruff, Woodroof <Xpage=1663>

Wood"ruff` (?) , Wood"roof` (?) , n. [AS. wudurofe . See Wood , n. , and cf. Ruff a plaited collar.] (Bot.) A little European herb ( Asperula odorata ) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust . of Whorl .

Wood-sare <Xpage=1663>

Wood"-sare` (?) , n. [ Wood + Prov. E. sare for sore .] (Bot.) A kind of froth seen on herbs. [Obs.]

Wood-sere <Xpage=1663>

Wood"-sere` (?) , n. The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season. [Written also wood-seer .] [Obs.]

Tusser.

Woodsman <Xpage=1663>

Woods"man (?) , n. ; pl. Woodsmen (<?/) . A woodman; especially, one who lives in the forest.

Wood's metal <Xpage=1663>

Wood's" met"al (?) . A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66&deg; to 71&deg; C. See Fusible metal , under Fusible .

Woodstone <Xpage=1663>

Wood"stone` (?) , n. (Min.) A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance.

Woodsy <Xpage=1663>

Woods"y (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the woods or forest. [Colloq. U. S.]

It [sugar making] is woodsy , and savors of trees. J. Burroughs.

Wood tick <Xpage=1663>

Wood" tick` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact. When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores. The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes unipunctata .

Woodwall <Xpage=1663>

Wood"wall` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The yaffle. [Written also woodwale , and woodwele .]

Woodward <Xpage=1663>

Wood"ward` (?) , n. (Eng. Forest Law) An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods.

Woodwardia <Xpage=1663>

Wood*war"di*a (?) , n. [NL. After Thomas J. Woodward , an English botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of ferns, one species of which ( Woodwardia radicans ) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc.

Wood-wash, Wood-wax, Wood-waxen <Xpage=1663>

Wood"-wash` (?) , Wood"-wax` (?) , Wood"-wax`en (?) , n. [AS. wuduweaxe .] (Bot.) Same as Woadwaxen .

Woodwork <Xpage=1663>

Wood"work` (?) , n. Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood.

<-- Fig. the hidden parts of a building, as between the walls.

Out of the woodwork. Appearing suddenly, as if from within the walls. -->

Woodworm <Xpage=1663>

Wood"worm` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Wood worm , under Wood .

Woody <Xpage=1663>

Wood"y (?) , a. 1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land . "The woody wilderness."

Bryant.

Secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove. Milton.

2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants .

3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. [R.] " Woody nymphs, fair Hamadryades."

Spenser.