Wicke
Wick´e, a. Wicked. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. "With full wikke intent." Chaucer.

Wicked, a. Having a wick; — used chiefly in composition; as a two- wicked lamp.

Wicked
Wick´ed, a. [OE. wicked, fr. wicke wicked; probably originally the same word as wicche wizard, witch. See Witch.]
1. Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; — said of persons and things; as a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.
"Hence, then, and evil go with thee along, Thy offspring, to the place of evil, hell, Thou and thy wicked crew!" Milton.
"Never, never, wicked man was wise." Pope.
2. Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous. [Obs.] "Wicked dew." Shak.
"This were a wicked way, but whoso had a guide." P. Plowman.
3. Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish. [Colloq.]
"Pen looked uncommonly wicked." Thackeray.
Syn. — Iniquitous; sinful; criminal; guilty; immoral; unjust; unrighteous; unholy; irreligious; ungodly; profane; vicious; pernicious; atrocious; nefarious; heinous; flagrant; flagitious; abandoned. See Iniquitous.

Wickedness
Wick´ed•ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.
"God saw that the wickedness of man was great." Gen. vi. 5.
"Their inward part is very wickedness." Ps. v. 9.
2. A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.
"I’ll never care what wickedness I do, If this man comes to good." Shak.

Wicken tree
Wick"en tree Same as Quicken tree.

Wickered
Wick´ered, a. Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork.
"Ships of light timber, wickered with osier between, and covered over with leather." Milton.

Wickerwork
Wick´er•work, n. A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.

Wicket
Wick´et, n. [OE. wiket, OF. wiket, guichet, F. quichet; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v. a small creek, inlet, bay, vik a corner.]
1. A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman. "Heaven’s wicket." Milton.
"And so went to the high street, … and came to the great tower, but the gate and wicket was fast closed." Ld. Berners.
"The wicket, often opened, knew the key." Dryden.
2. A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated.
3. (Cricket) (a) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top. (b) The ground on which the wickets are set.
4. A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, — used by lumbermen, etc. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.
5. (Mining) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working. Raymond. Wicket door, Wicket gate, a small door or gate; a wicket. See def. 1, above. Bunyan. — Wicket keeper (Cricket), the player who stands behind the wicket to catch the balls and endeavor to put the batsman out.

Wicking
Wick´ing, n. the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton. { Wic´lif•ite, Wick´liff•ite }, n. See Wyclifite.

Wide-angle
Wide´-an•gle, a. (Photog. & Optics) Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; — applied to certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50° or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100° and are useful for photographing at short range, but the pictures appear distorted.

Wide-awake
Wide•-a•wake´ (wid•a•wak"), a. Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert. Dickens.

Wide-awake
Wide•-a•wake´, n. A broad-brimmed, low- crowned felt hat.

Widegap
Wide´gap, n. (Zoöl.) The angler; — called also widegab, and widegut.

Widely
Wide´ly, adv.
1. In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.
2. Very much; to a great degree or extent; as to differ widely in opinion.

Widen
Wid´en, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Widened p. pr. & vb. n. Widening.] To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.

Widen
Wid´en, v. i. To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
"Arches widen, and long aisles extend." Pope.

Wideness
Wide´ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as the wideness of a room. "I landed in a small creek about the wideness of my canoe." Swift.
2. Large extent in all directions; broadness; greatness; as the wideness of the sea or ocean.

Widespread
Wide´spread, a. Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as widespread wings; a widespread movement.

Widewhere
Wide´where, adv. [See Wide, and Where.] Widely; far and wide. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Widish
Wid´ish, a. Moderately wide. Tyndall.

Widmanstätten figures
Wid"man•stät•ten fig"ures (Min.) Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; — so called after A. B. Widmanstätten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite.

Widow bird
Wid"ow bird (Zoöl.) See Whidan bird.

Widowerhood
Wid´ow•er•hood, n. The state of being a widower.

Widowhood
Wid´ow•hood, n.
1. The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also rarely, the state of being a widower.
"Johnson clung to her memory during a widowhood of more than thirty years." Leslie Stephen.
2. Estate settled on a widow. [Obs.] "I ’ll assure her of her widowhood … in all my lands." Shak.

Widow-hunter
Wid´ow-hunt•er, n. One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune. Addison.

Widowly
Wid´ow•ly, a. Becoming or like a widow.

Widow-maker
Wid´ow-mak•er, n. One who makes widows by destroying husbands. [R.] Shak.

Widow-wail
Wid´ow-wail, n. (Bot.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub ( Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe.

Width, n. [From Wide.] The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as the width of cloth; the width of a door.

Widwe
Wid´we, n. A widow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wield, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wielding.] [OE. welden to govern, to have power over, to possess, AS. geweldan, gewyldan, from wealdan; akin to OS. waldan, OFries. walda, G. walten, OHG. waltan, Icel. valda, Sw. vålla to occasion, to cause, Dan. volde, Goth. waldan to govern, rule, L. valere to be strong. Cf. Herald, Valiant.]
1. To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also to possess. [Obs.]
"When a strong armed man keepeth his house, all things that he wieldeth ben in peace." Wyclif (Luke xi. 21).
"Wile [ne will] ye wield gold neither silver ne money in your girdles." Wyclif (Matt. x. 9.)
2. To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
"The famous orators … whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democraty." Milton.
"Her newborn power was wielded from the first by unprincipled and ambitions men." De Quincey.
3. To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.
"Base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield!" Shak.
"Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed." Milton.
"Nothing but the influence of a civilized power could induce a savage to wield a spade." S. S. Smith.To wield the scepter, to govern with supreme command.

Wieldance
Wield´ance, n. The act or power of wielding. [Obs.] "Our weak wieldance." Bp. Hall.

Wielder
Wield´er, n. One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller.
"A wielder of the great arm of the war." Milton.

Wielding
Wield´ing, n. Power; authority; rule. [Obs.]
"To have them in your might and in your wielding." Chaucer.

Wieldless
Wield´less, a. Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy. [R.] "Wieldless might." Spenser.

Wieldsome
Wield´some, a. Admitting of being easily wielded or managed. [Obs.] Golding.

Wieldy
Wield´y, a. Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; — opposed to unwieldy. [R.] Johnson.

Wiener Schnitzel
Wie"ner Schnit"zel [G., Vienna cutlet.] A veal cutlet variously seasoned garnished, often with lemon, sardines, and capers.

Wier, n. Same as Weir.

Wifeless
Wife´less, a. Without a wife; unmarried. Chaucer.

Wifelike
Wife´like, a. Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman. " Wifelike government." Shak.

Wifely
Wife´ly, a. [AS. wiflic.] Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife. "Wifely patience." Chaucer.
"With all the tenderness of wifely love." Dryden.

Wig, n. [Abbreviation from periwig.]
1. A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.
2. An old seal; — so called by fishermen. Wig tree. (Bot.) See Smoke tree, under Smoke.

Wig, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wigged p. pr. & vb. n. Wigging ] To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold. [Slang]

Wigeon
Wi´geon, n. (Zoöl.) A widgeon. [R.] { Wigg, Wig }, n. [Cf. D. wegge a sort of bread, G. weck, orig., a wedge-shaped loaf or cake. See Wedge.] A kind of raised seedcake. "Wiggs and ale." Pepys.

Wiggery
Wig´ger•y, n.
1. A wig or wigs; false hair. [R.] A. Trollope.
2. Any cover or screen, as red-tapism. [R.]
"Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts.]" Carlyle.

Wiggle
Wig´gle, v. t. & i. [Cf. Wag, v. t., Waggle.] To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

Wiggle
Wig´gle, n. Act of wiggling; a wriggle. [Colloq.]

Wiggler
Wig´gler, n. (Zoöl.) The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; — called also wiggletail.

Wigher
Wig´her, v. i. [Cf. G. wiehern, E. whine.] To neigh; to whinny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Wight, n. Weight. [Obs.]

Wight, n. [OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht, wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. & OHG. wiht a creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel. vaett a wight, vaett a whit, Goth. waíhts, waíht, thing; cf. Russ. veshche a thing. . Cf. Whit.]
1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.]
"She was fallen asleep a little wight." Chaucer.
2. A supernatural being. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. A human being; a person, either male or female; — now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. "Worst of all wightes." Chaucer.
"Every wight that hath discretion." Chaucer.
"Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight." Milton.

Wight, a. [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vigr in fighting condition, neut. vigh vig war, akin to AS. wig See Vanquish.] Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. [Obs. or Poetic]
"’T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe." Chaucer.
"He was so wimble and so wight." Spenser.
"They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Pilgrims wight with steps forthright." Emerson.

Wigless
Wig´less, a. Having or wearing no wig.

Wigwag
Wig´wag, v. i. [See Wag, v. t.] (Naut.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose. [Colloq.]

Wigwag
Wig´wag, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Wigwagged p. pr. & vb. n. Wigwagging ] To move to and fro, to wag.

Wigwag
Wig´wag, n. [See Wigwag, v. t. & i.] Act or art of wigwagging; a message wigwagged; — chiefly attributive; as the wigwag code. - - Wig´wag•er (#), n.

Wike, n. A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; — called also wicker. [Prov. Eng.]

Wike, n. [AS. wic. See Wick a village.] A home; a dwelling. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Wikke
Wik´ke, a. Wicked. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wild, a. [ Compar. Wilder superl. Wildest.] [OE. wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of uncertain origin.]
1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
"Winter’s not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way." Shak.
2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.
"The woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and gadding vine o’ergrown." Milton.
3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as wild land. "To trace the forests wild." Shak.
4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as wild natives of Africa or America.
5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by pride." Prior. "A wild, speculative project." Swift.
"What are these So withered and so wild in their attire ?" Shak.
"With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes Wild work in heaven." Milton.
"The wild winds howl." Addison.
"Search then the ruling passion, there, alone The wild are constant, and the cunning known." Pope.
6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as a wild roadstead.
7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or ewilderment; as a wild look.
8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; — said of a vessel. Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of other better known or cultivated plants to which they a bear a real or fancied resemblance; as wild allspice, wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below. To run wild, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or untamed; to live or grow without culture or training. — To sow one’s wild oats. See under Oat. Wild allspice. (Bot.), spicewood. — Wild balsam apple (Bot.), an American climbing cucurbitaceous plant ( Echinocystis lobata). — Wild basil (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ( Calamintha Clinopodium) common in Europe and America. — Wild bean (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants, mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios. — Wild bee (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest in a hollow tree or among rocks. — Wild bergamot. (Bot.) See under Bergamot. — Wild boar (Zoöl.), the European wild hog ( Sus scrofa), from which the common domesticated swine is descended. — Wild brier (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See Brier. — Wild bugloss (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant ( Lycopsis arvensis) with small blue flowers. — Wild camomile (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite genus Matricaria, much resembling camomile. — Wild cat. (Zoöl.) (a) A European carnivore ( Felis catus) somewhat resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and the like. (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx. (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. Luce. — Wild celery. (Bot.) See Tape grass, under Tape. — Wild cherry. (Bot.) (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black cherry is P. serotina, the wood of which is much used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a compact texture. (b) The fruit of various species of Prunus. — Wild cinnamon. See the Note under Canella. — Wild comfrey (Bot.), an American plant ( Cynoglossum Virginicum) of the Borage family. It has large bristly leaves and small blue flowers. — Wild cumin (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant ( Lagœcia cuminoides) native in the countries about the Mediterranean. — Wild drake (Zoöl.) the mallard. — Wild elder (Bot.), an American plant ( Aralia hispida) of the Ginseng family. — Wild fowl (Zoöl.) any wild bird, especially any of those considered as game birds. — Wild goose (Zoöl.), any one of several species of undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ( Branta Canadensis), the European bean goose, and the graylag. See Graylag, and Bean goose, under Bean. — Wild goose chase, the pursuit of something unattainable, or of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose. Shak. — Wild honey, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in trees, rocks, the like. — Wild hyacinth. (Bot.) See Hyacinth, 1 (b). — Wild Irishman (Bot.), a thorny bush ( Discaria Toumatou) of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the natives use the spines in tattooing. — Wild land. (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it unfit for cultivation. (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated. — Wild licorice. (Bot.) See under Licorice. — Wild mammee (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a tropical American tree ( Rheedia lateriflora); — so called in the West Indies. — Wild marjoram (Bot.), a labiate plant ( Origanum vulgare) much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic. — Wild oat. (Bot.) (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ( Arrhenatherum avenaceum). (b) See Wild oats, under Oat. — Wild pieplant (Bot.), a species of dock ( Rumex hymenosepalus) found from Texas to California. Its acid, juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden rhubarb. — Wild pigeon. (Zoöl.) (a) The rock dove. (b) The passenger pigeon. — Wild pink (Bot.), an American plant ( Silene Pennsylvanica) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of catchfly. — Wild plantain (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb ( Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies as coverings for packages of merchandise. — Wild plum. (Bot.) (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation. (b) The South African prune. See under Prune. — Wild rice. (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice. — Wild rosemary (Bot.), the evergreen shrub Andromeda polifolia. See Marsh rosemary, under Rosemary. — Wild sage. (Bot.) See Sagebrush. - - Wild sarsaparilla (Bot.), a species of ginseng ( Aralia nudicaulis) bearing a single long-stalked leaf. — Wild sensitive plant (Bot.), either one of two annual leguminous herbs ( Cassia Chamaecrista, and C. nictitans), in both of which the leaflets close quickly when the plant is disturbed. — Wild service. (Bot.) See Sorb. — Wild Spaniard (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand. The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the plants form an impenetrable thicket. — Wild turkey. (Zoöl.) See 2d Turkey.

Wild, n. An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.
"then Libya first, of all her moisture drained, Became a barren waste, a wild of sand." Addison.

Wild, adv. Wildly; as to talk wild. Shak.

Wild-cat
Wild´-cat, a.
1. Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; — said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
2. (Railroad) Running without control; running along the line without a train; as a wild-cat locomotive.

Wildebeest
Wilde´beest, n. [D. wild wild + beeste beast.] (Zoöl.) The gnu.

Wilded
Wild´ed, a. Become wild. [R.]
"An old garden plant escaped and wilded." J. Earle.

Wilder
Wil´der, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wildered p. pr. & vb. n. Wildering.] [Akin to E. wild, Dan. for vilde to bewilder, Icel. villr bewildered, villa to bewilder; cf. AS. wildor a wild animal. See Wild, a. , and cf. Wilderness.] To bewilder; to perplex.
"Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate." Pope.
"Again the wildered fancy dreams Of spouting fountains, frozen as they rose." Bryant.

Wilderment
Wil´der•ment, n. The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
"And snatched her breathless from beneath This wilderment of wreck and death." Moore.

Wilderness
Wil´der•ness, n. [OE. wildernesse, wilderne,probably from AS. wildor a wild beast; cf. D. wildernis wilderness. See Wilder, v. t.]
1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.
"The wat’ry wilderness yields no supply." Waller.
2. A disorderly or neglected place. Cowper.
3. Quality or state of being wild; wildness. [Obs.]
"These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands. Will keep from wilderness with ease." Milton.

Wildgrave
Wild´grave, n. [G. wildgraf or D. wildgraaf. See Wild, and cf. Margrave.] A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave.
"The wildgrave winds his bugle horn." Sir W. Scott.

Wildish
Wild´ish, a. Somewhat wild; rather wild. "A wildish destiny." Wordsworth.

Wildly
Wild´ly, adv. In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.

Wildness
Wild´ness, n. The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.

Wildwood
Wild´wood, n. A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes. Burns.

Wile, n. [OE. wile, AS. wil; cf. Icel. v. , vael. Cf. Guile.] A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.
"Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." Eph. vi. 11.
"Not more almighty to resist our might, Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles." Milton.

Wile, v. t.
1. To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure. [R.] Spenser.
2. To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly. Tennyson.

Wileful
Wile´ful, a. Full of wiles; trickish; deceitful.

Wilfley table
Wil"fley ta•ble (Ore Dressing) An inclined percussion table, usually with longitudinal grooves in its surface, agitated by side blows at right angles to the flow of the pulp; — so called after the inventor.

Wilful
Wil´ful, a. , Wil´ful•ly, adv. , Wil´ful•ness, n. See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness.

Wilk, n. (Zoöl.) See Whelk. [Obs.]

Willemite
Wil´lem•ite, n. [From Willem I., king of the Netherlands.] (Min.) A silicate of zinc, usually occurring massive and of a greenish yellow color, also in reddish crystals (troostite) containing manganese.

Willer
Will´er, n. One who wills.

Willet
Wil´let, n. (Zoöl.) A large North American snipe ( Symphemia semipalmata); — called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew. Carolina willet, the Hudsonian godwit.

Willful
Will´ful, a. [ Will + full.] [Written also wilful.]
1. Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as willful murder. Foxe.
"In willful poverty chose to lead his life." Chaucer.
"Thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who, for my willful crime, art banished hence." Milton.
2. Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as a willful man or horse. — Will´ful•ly, adv. — Will´ful•ness, n.

Willier
Wil´li•er, n. One who works at a willying machine.

Willing
Will´ing, a. [From Will, v. t.]
1. Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
"Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound." Acts xxiv. 27.
"With wearied wings and willing feet." Milton.
"[Fruit] shaken in August from the willing boughs." Bryant.
2. Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
"[They] are held, with his melodious harmony, In willing chains and sweet captivity." Milton.
3. Spontaneous; self-moved. [R.]
"No spouts of blood run willing from a tree." Dryden.

Willingness
Will´ing•ness, n. The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.
"Sweet is the love which comes with willingness." Dryden. { Wil´li•waw, Wil´ly•waw }, n. (Naut.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan. W. C. Russell.

Will-o’-the-wisp
Will´-o’-the-wisp, n. See Ignis fatuus.

Willow
Wil´low, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. Willy.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
"And I must wear the willow garland For him that’s dead or false to me." Campbell.
2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; — probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil. Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping. — Willow biter (Zoöl.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] — Willow fly (Zoöl.), a greenish European stone fly ( Chloroperla viridis); — called also yellow Sally. — Willow gall (Zoöl.), a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ( Cecidomyia strobiloides). — Willow grouse (Zoöl.), the white ptarmigan. See ptarmigan. — Willow lark (Zoöl.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] — Willow ptarmigan (Zoöl.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under Reed. (b) A sparrow ( Passer salicicolus) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe. — Willow tea, the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. McElrath. — Willow thrush (Zoöl.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson’s thrush. See Veery. — Willow warbler (Zoöl.), a very small European warbler ( Phylloscopus trochilus); — called also bee bird, haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William, Tom Thumb, and willow wren.

Willow
Wil´low, v. t. To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n. , 2.

Willower
Wil´low•er, n. A willow. See Willow, n. , 2.

Willowish
Wil´low•ish, a. Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy. Walton.

Willow-thorn
Wil´low-thorn, n. (Bot.) A thorny European shrub ( Hippophaë rhamnoides) resembling a willow.

Willow-weed
Wil´low-weed, n. (Bot.) (a) A European species of loosestrife ( Lysimachia vulgaris). (b) Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.

Willow-wort
Wil´low-wort, n. (Bot.) (a) Same as Willow-weed. (b) Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family.

Willsome
Will´some, a. [Written also wilsome.]
1. Willful; obstinate. [Obs.]
2. Fat; indolent. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
3. Doubtful; uncertain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. — Will´some•ness, n. [Obs.]

Willy
Wil´ly, n. [Cf. Willow.]
1. A large wicker basket. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. (Textile Manuf.) Same as 1st Willow, 2.

Wilt, 2d pers. sing. of Will.

Wilt, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wilting.] [Written also welt, a modification of welk.] To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]

Wilt, v. t.
1. To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant. [Prov. Eng. U. S.]
2. Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
"Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility." Dr. T. Dwight.

Wilton carpet
Wil"ton car•pet A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; — so called because made originally at Wilton, England.

Wilwe
Wil´we, n. Willow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wily
Wil´y, a. [ Compar. Wilier superl. Wiliest.] [From Wile.] Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle. "Wily and wise." Chaucer. "The wily snake." Milton.
"This false, wily, doubling disposition of mind." South.
Syn. — Cunning; artful; sly; crafty. See Cunning.

Wimbrel
Wim´brel, n. (Zoöl.) The whimbrel.

Wimple
Wim´ple, n. [OE. wimpel, AS. winpel; akin to D. & G. wimpel a pennant, streamer, OHG. wimpal a veil, Icel. vimpill, Dan. & Sw. vimpel a pennant, streamer; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gimp.]
1. A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns.
"Full seemly her wympel ipinched is." Chaucer.
"For she had laid her mournful stole aside, And widowlike sad wimple thrown away." Spenser.
"Then Vivian rose, And from her brown-locked head the wimple throws." M. Arnold.
2. A flag or streamer. Weale.

Wimple
Wim´ple, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wimpled p. pr. & vb. n. Wimpling ]
1. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink. "She sat ywympled well." Chaucer.
"This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy." Shak.
2. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.
3. To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as the wind wimples the surface of water.

Wimple
Wim´ple, v. i. To lie in folds; also to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate. "Wimpling waves." Longfellow.
"For with a veil, that wimpled everywhere, Her head and face was hid." Spenser.
"With me through … meadows stray, Where wimpling waters make their way." Ramsay.

Win, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Won, Obs. Wan ; p. pr. & vb. n. Winning.] [OE. winnen, AS. winnan to strive, labor, fight, endure; akin to OFries. winna, OS. winnan, D. winnen to win, gain, G. ge winnen, OHG. winnan to strive, struggle, Icel. vinna to labor, suffer, win, Dan. vinde to win, Sw. vinna, Goth. winnan to suffer, Skr. van to wish, get, gain, conquer. rad.138. Cf. Venerate, Winsome, Wish, Wont, a. ]
1. To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country. "This city for to win." Chaucer. "Who thus shall Canaan win." Milton.
"Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and wins the course." Dryden.
2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
"Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me." Sir P. Sidney.
"She is a woman; therefore to be won." Shak.
3. To gain over to one’s side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as to win an enemy; to win a jury.
4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. [Archaic]
"Even in the porch he him did win." Spenser.
"And when the stony path began, By which the naked peak they wan, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan." Sir W. Scott.
5. (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. Raymond.
Syn. — To gain; get; procure; earn. See Gain.

Win, v. i. To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
"Nor is it aught but just That he, who in debate of truth hath won, should win in arms." Milton. To win of, to be conqueror over. [Obs.] Shak. — To win on or upon. (a) To gain favor or influence with. "You have a softness and beneficence winning on the hearts of others." Dryden. (b) To gain ground on. "The rabble … will in time win upon power." Shak.

Wince, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Winced p. pr. & vb. n. Wincing ] [OE. wincen, winchen, OF. quencir, guenchir, guenchier, giencier, guinchier, and (assumed) winchier, winchir, to give way, to turn aside, fr. OHG. wankjan, wenken, to give way, to waver, fr. winchan to turn aside, to nod, akin to E. wink. See Wink.]
1. To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
"I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word." Shak.
2. To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as a horse winces.

Wince, n. The act of one who winces.

Wince, n. [See Winch.] (Dyeing & Calico Printing) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will. Wince pit, Wince pot, a tank or a pit where cloth in the process of dyeing or manufacture is washed, dipped in a mordant, or the like.

Wincey
Win´cey, n. Linsey- woolsey.

Winch, v. i. [See Wince.] To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.

Winch, n. A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness. Shelton.

Winch, n. [OE. winche, AS. wince a winch, a reel to wind thread upon. Cf. Wink.]
1. A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
2. An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
3. An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.
4. A wince.

Wind signal. In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and esp. the expected approach of winds whose direction and force are dangerous to shipping, etc. The wind- signal system of the United States Weather Bureau consists of storm, information, hurricane, hot wind, and inland storm signals.

Windage
Wind´age, n. [From Wind air in motion.]
1. (Gun.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.
2. The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.

Windbound
Wind´bound, a. (Naut.) prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound.

Wind-broken
Wind´-bro•ken, a. Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; — said of a horse. Youatt.

Winder
Wind´er, n. [From Wind to turn.]
1. One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
2. An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.
3. (Arch.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; — distinguished from flyer.

Winder
Wind´er, v. t. & i. [Prov. E. winder a fan, and to winnow. . Cf. Winnow.] To fan; to clean grain with a fan. [Prov. Eng.]

Winder
Wind´er, n. A blow taking away the breath. [Slang]

Winder
Wind´er, v. i. To wither; to fail. [Obs.] Holland.

Windfall
Wind´fall, n.
1. Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc. "They became a windfall upon the sudden." Bacon.
2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
"He had a mighty windfall out of doubt." B. Jonson.

Windfallen
Wind´fall•en, a. Blown down by the wind.

Wind-fertilized
Wind´-fer•ti•lized, a. (Bot.) Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.

Windflower
Wind´flow•er, n. (Bot.) The anemone; — so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.

Windhover
Wind´hov•er, n. [From its habit of hovering over one spot.] (Zoöl.) The kestrel; — called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner. [Prov. Eng.]

Windiness
Wind´i•ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as the windiness of the weather or the season.
2. Fullness of wind; flatulence.
3. Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence; as the windiness of vegetables.
4. Tumor; puffiness.
"The swelling windiness of much knowledge." Brerewood.

Winding
Wind´ing, n. [From Wind to blow.] (Naut.) A call by the boatswain’s whistle.

Winding
Wind´ing, a. [From Wind to twist.] Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous. Keble.

Winding
Wind´ing, n. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as the windings of a road or stream.
"To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove." Milton. Winding engine, an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine. — Winding sheet, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped. — Winding tackle (Naut.), a tackle consisting of a fixed triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel. Totten.

Winding
Wind´ing, n. The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or turn of the material; as (Elec.), a series winding, or one in which the armature coil, the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a character that the armature current is divided, a portion of the current being led around the field-magnet coils.

Windingly
Wind´ing•ly, adv. In a winding manner.

Windjammer
Wind´jam•mer, n.
1. (Naut.) A sailing vessel or one of its crew; — orig. so called contemptuously by sailors on steam vessels. [Colloq.]
2. An army bugler or trumpeter; any performer on a wind instrument. [Slang]

Windlace
Wind´lace, n. & v. See Windlass. [Obs.]
"Two arblasts, … with windlaces and quarrels." Sir W. Scott.

Windle
Win´dle, n. [From Wind to turn.]
1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
2. (Zoöl.) The redwing. [Prov. Eng.]

Windmill
Wind´mill, n. A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft. Chaucer.

Windore
Win´dore, n. [A corrupt. of window; or perh. coined on the wrong assumption that window is from wind + door.] A window. [Obs.] Hudibras.

Window
Win´dow, n. [OE. windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue. . See Wind, n. , and Eye.]
1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.
"I leaped from the window of the citadel." Shak.
" Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow." Milton.
2. (Arch.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
3. A figure formed of lines crossing each other. [R.]
"Till he has windows on his bread and butter." King. French window (Arch.), a casement window in two folds, usually reaching to the floor; — called also French casement. — Window back (Arch.), the inside face of the low, and usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and the floor below. — Window blind, a blind or shade for a window. — Window bole, part of a window closed by a shutter which can be opened at will. [Scot.] — Window box, one of the hollows in the sides of a window frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash. — Window frame, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. — Window glass, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. — Window martin (Zoöl.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] — Window oyster (Zoöl.), a marine bivalve shell ( Placuna placenta) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. — Window pane. (a) (Arch.) See Pane, n. , 3 (b). (b) (Zoöl.) See Windowpane, in the Vocabulary. — Window sash, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. — Window seat, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See Window stool, under Stool. — Window shade, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. — Window shell (Zoöl.), the window oyster. — Window shutter, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. — Window sill (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. — Window swallow (Zoöl.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] — Window tax, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.]

Window
Win´dow, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Windowed p. pr. & vb. n. Windowing.]
1. To furnish with windows.
2. To place at or in a window. [R.]
"Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see Thy master thus with pleach’d arms, bending down His corrigible neck?" Shak.

Windowless
Win´dow•less, a. Destitute of a window. Carlyle.

Windowpane
Win´dow•pane, n.
1. (Arch.) See Pane, n. , (3) b. [In this sense, written also window pane.]
2. (Zoöl.) A thin, spotted American turbot ( Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.

Windpipe
Wind´pipe, n. (Anat.) The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.

Wind-rode
Wind´-rode, a. (Naut.) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; — said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other. Totten.

Windrow
Wind´row, n. [ Wind + row.]
1. A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.
2. Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them. [Eng.]
3. The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it. [Eng.]

Windrow
Wind´row, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Windrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Windrowing.] To arrange in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made. Forby.

Windsor
Wind´sor, n. A town in Berkshire, England. Windsor bean. (Bot.) See under Bean. — Windsor chair, a kind of strong, plain, polished, wooden chair. Simmonds. — Windsor soap, a scented soap well known for its excellence.

Wind-sucker
Wind´-suck•er, n.
1. (Far.) A horse given to wind-sucking Law.
2. (Zoöl.) The kestrel. B. Jonson.

Wind-sucking
Wind´-suck•ing, n. (Far.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; — usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4.

Wind-up
Wind´-up, n. Act of winding up, or closing; a concluding act or part; the end.

Windward
Wind´ward, n. The point or side from which the wind blows; as to ply to the windward; — opposed to leeward. To lay an anchor to the windward, a figurative expression, signifying to adopt precautionary or anticipatory measures for success or security.

Windward
Wind´ward, a. Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as the Windward Islands.

Windward
Wind´ward, adv. Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.

Windy
Wind´y, a. [ Compar. Windier superl. Windiest.] [AS. windig.]
1. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind. "The windy hill." M. Arnold.
"Blown with the windy tempest of my heart." Shak.
2. Next the wind; windward.
"It keeps on the windy side of care." Shak.
3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as windy weather.
4. Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as windy food.
5. Attended or caused by wind, or gas in the intestines. "A windy colic." Arbuthnot.
6. Fig.: Empty; airy. "Windy joy." Milton.
"Here’s that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored." South.

Winebibber
Wine´bib•ber, n. One who drinks much wine. Prov. xxiii. 20. — Wine´bib•bing (#), n.

Wineglass
Wine´glass, n. A small glass from which to drink wine.

Wineglassful
Wine´glass•ful, n. pl. Wineglassfuls . As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls.

Wineless
Wine´less, a. destitute of wine; as wineless life.

Winery
Win´er•y, n. [Cf. F. vinerie.] A place where grapes are converted into wine.

Winesap
Wine´sap, n. [ Wine + sap for sop.] A variety of winter apple of medium size, deep red color, and yellowish flesh of a rich, rather subacid flavor.

Wing, n. [OE. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. vinge, Icel. vaengr.]
1. One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.
"As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings." Deut. xxxii. 11. In the wing of a bird the long quill feathers are in series. The primaries are those attached to the ulnar side of the hand; the secondaries, or wing coverts, those of the forearm: the scapulars, those that lie over the humerus; and the bastard feathers, those of the short outer digit. See Illust. of Bird, and Plumage.
2. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures. (b) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
3. Passage by flying; flight; as to take wing.
"Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood." Shak.
4. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
"Fiery expedition be my wing." Shak.
5. Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
6. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
7. Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. Specifically: (a) (Zoöl.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. (b) (Bot.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. (c) (Bot.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
8. One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece. Hence: (a) (Arch.) A side building, less than the main edifice; as one of the wings of a palace. (b) (Fort.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work. (c) (Hort.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another. [Obs.] (d) (Mil.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc. (e) (Naut.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle. Totten. (f) One of the sides of the stags in a theater. On the wing. (a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another. — On the wings of the wind, with the utmost velocity. — Under the wing, or wings, of, under the care or protection of. — Wing and wing (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either side; — said of a schooner, or her sails, when going before the wind with the foresail on one side and the mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel which has her studding sails set. Cf. Goosewinged. — Wing case (Zoöl.), one of the anterior wings of beetles, and of some other insects, when thickened and used to protect the hind wings; an elytron; — called also wing cover. — Wing covert (Zoöl.), one of the small feathers covering the bases of the wing quills. See Covert, n. , 2. — Wing gudgeon (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it from turning in the wood. See Illust. of Gudgeon. — Wing shell (Zoöl.), wing case of an insect. — Wing stroke, the stroke or sweep of a wing. — Wing transom (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern; - - called also main transom. J. Knowles.

Wing, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Winged p. pr. & vb. n. Winging.]
1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.
"Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms." Pope.
"Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours." Longfellow.
2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.
"The main battle, whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse." Shak.
3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
"I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered bough." Shak.
4. To move through in flight; to fly through.
"There’s not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns its point to him." Moore.
5. To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as to wing a bird. To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying; to fly.

Wing, n. (Aëronautics) Any surface used primarily for supporting a flying machine in flight, whether by edge-on motion, or flapping, or rotation; specif., either of a pair of supporting planes of a flying machine.

Winged, a.
1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.
2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. [R.]
"How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake." J. S. Harford.
3. Swift; rapid. "Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal." Shak.
4. Wounded or hurt in the wing.
5. (Bot.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate.
6. (Her.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body.
7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. "The winged air darked with plumes." Milton.

Winger
Wing´er, n. (Naut.) One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel’s hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships. Totten.

Wingfish
Wing´fish, n. (Zoöl.) A sea robin having large, winglike pectoral fins. See Sea robin, under Robin.

Wing-handed
Wing´-hand•ed, a. (Zoöl.) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.

Wing-leaved
Wing´-leaved, a. (Bot.) Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves.

Wingless
Wing´less, a. Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly. Wingless bird (Zoöl.), the apteryx.

Winglet
Wing´let, n.
1. A little wing; a very small wing.
2. (Zoöl.) A bastard wing, or alula.

Wingmanship
Wing´man•ship, n. [From Wing, in imitation of horsemanship.] Power or skill in flying. [R.] Duke of Argyll.

Wink, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Winked p. pr. & vb. n. Winking.] [OE. winken, AS. wincian; akin to D. wenken, G. winken to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. winchan, Sw. vinka, Dan. vinke, AS. wancol wavering, OHG. wanchal wavering, wanchn to waver, G. wanken, and perhaps to E. weak; cf. AS. wincel a corner. Cf. Wench, Wince, v. i.]
1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. [Obs.] "Although I wake or wink." Chaucer.
2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.
"He must wink, so loud he would cry." Chaucer.
"And I will wink, so shall the day seem night." Shak.
"They are not blind, but they wink." Tillotson.
3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.
"A baby of some three months old, who winked, and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day." Hawthorne.
4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.
"Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate." Swift.
5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; — generally with a. .
"The times of this ignorance God winked at." Acts xvii. 30.
"And yet, as though he knew it not, His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign." Herbert.
"Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued." Locke.
6. To be dim and flicker; as the light winks. Winking monkey (Zoöl.), the white- nosed monkey ( Cersopithecus nictitans).

Wink, v. t. To cause (the eyes) to wink.[Colloq.]

Wink, n.
1. The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.
"I have not slept one wink." Shak.
"I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink." Donne.
2. A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. Sir. P. Sidney.
"The stockjobber thus from Change Alley goes down, And tips you, the freeman, a wink." Swift.

Winker
Wink´er, n.
1. One who winks. Pope.
2. A horse’s blinder; a blinker.

Winkingly
Wink´ing•ly, adv. In a winking manner; with the eye almost closed. Peacham.

Winkle
Win´kle, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any periwinkle. Holland. (b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar ( F. canaliculata, and F. carica). These are large mollusks which often destroy large numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking their blood. Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell ( Murex erinaceus). See Illust. of Murex.

Winnard 2
Win"nard 2, n. The redwing. [Prov. Eng.]

Winnebagoes
Win•ne•ba´goes, n. ; sing. Winnebago . (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois.

Winner
Win´ner, n. One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.

Winning
Win´ning, a. Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as a winning address. "Each mild and winning note." Keble.

Winning
Win´ning, n.
1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; — usually in the plural.
"Ye seek land and sea for your winnings." Chaucer.
3. (Mining) (a) A new opening. (b) The portion of a coal field out for working. Winning headway (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. — Winning post, the post, or goal, at the end of a race.

Winningly
Win´ning•ly, adv. In a winning manner.

Winningness
Win´ning•ness, n. The quality or state of being winning. "Winningness in style." J. Morley.

Winninish
Win´nin•ish, n. (Zoöl.) The land-locked variety of the common salmon. [Canada]

Winnow
Win´now (win"no), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Winnowed (-nod); p. pr. & vb. n. Winnowing.] [OE. windewen, winewen, AS. windwian; akin to Goth. winpjan (in comp.), winpi- skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. rad.131. See Wind moving air, and cf. Fan., n. , Ventilate.]
1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as to winnow grain.
"Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor." Ruth. iii. 2.
2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as bad from good.
"Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This light as chaff that flies before the wind." Dryden.
3. To beat with wings, or as with wings.[Poetic]
"Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan Winnows the buxom air." Milton.

Winnow
Win´now, v. i. To separate chaff from grain.
"Winnow not with every wind." Ecclus. v. 9.

Winnower
Win´now•er, n. One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine.

Winnowing
Win´now•ing, n. The act of one who, or that which, winnows.

Winrow
Win´row, n. A windrow.

Winsing
Win´sing, a. Winsome. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Winsome
Win´some, a. [ Compar. Winsomer superl. Winsomest.] [AS. wynsum, fr. wynn joy; akin to OS. wunnia, OHG. wunna, wunni, G. wonne, Goth. wunan to rejoice (in un wunands sad), AS. wunian to dwell. . See Win, v. t., Wont, a. ]
1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
"Misled by ill example, and a winsome nature." Jeffrey.
2. Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.
"Still plotting how their hungry ear That winsome voice again might hear." Emerson.

Winter
Win´ter, n. [AS. winter; akin to OFries. & D. winter, OS. & OHG. wintar, G. winter, D. & Sw. vinter, Icel. vetr, Goth. wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo- white (in comp.), OIr. find white. .]
1. The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year. "Of thirty winter he was old." Chaucer.
"And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold." Shak.
"Winter lingering chills the lap of May." Goldsmith. North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to include the months of December, January, and February (see Season). Astronomically, it may be considered to begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st, and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st.
2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
"Life’s autumn past, I stand on winter’s verge." Wordsworth. Winter apple, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter. — Winter barley, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn. — Winter berry (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs ( Ilex verticillata, I. laevigata, etc.) of the Holly family, having bright red berries conspicuous in winter. — Winter bloom. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Azalea. (b) A plant of the genus Hamamelis ( H. Viginica); witch-hazel; — so called from its flowers appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are falling. — Winter bud (Zoöl.), a statoblast. — Winter cherry (Bot.), a plant ( Physalis Alkekengi) of the Nightshade family, which has a red berry inclosed in the inflated and persistent calyx. See Alkekengi. — Winter cough (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by a cough recurring each winter. — Winter cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant ( Barbarea vulgaris). — Winter crop, a crop which will bear the winter, or which may be converted into fodder during the winter. — Winter duck. (Zoöl.) (a) The pintail. (b) The old squaw. — Winter egg (Zoöl.), an egg produced in the autumn by many invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter. Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner different from that of the summer eggs. — Winter fallow, ground that is fallowed in winter. — Winter fat. (Bot.) Same as White sage, under White. — Winter fever (Med.), pneumonia. [Colloq.] — Winter flounder. (Zoöl.) See the Note under Flounder. — Winter gull (Zoöl.), the common European gull; — called also winter mew. [Prov. Eng.] — Winter itch. (Med.) See Prarie itch, under Prairie. — Winter lodge, or Winter lodgment. (Bot.) Same as Hibernaculum. — Winter mew. (Zoöl.) Same as Winter gull, above. [Prov. Eng.] — Winter moth (Zoöl.), any one of several species of geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the European species ( Cheimatobia brumata). These moths have rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago state. The female of some of the species is wingless. — Winter oil, oil prepared so as not to solidify in moderately cold weather. — Winter pear, a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter. — Winter quarters, the quarters of troops during the winter; a winter residence or station. — Winter rye, a kind of rye that is sown in autumn. — Winter shad (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. — Winter sheldrake (Zoöl.), the goosander. [Local, U. S.] — Winter sleep (Zoöl.), hibernation. - - Winter snipe (Zoöl.), the dunlin. — Winter solstice. (Astron.) See Solstice, 2. — Winter teal (Zoöl.), the green-winged teal. — Winter wagtail (Zoöl.), the gray wagtail ( Motacilla melanope). [Prov. Eng.] — Winter wheat, wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the winter, and ripens in the following summer. — Winter wren (Zoöl.), a small American wren ( Troglodytes hiemalis) closely resembling the common wren.

Winter
Win´ter, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wintered p. pr. & vb. n. Wintering.] To pass the winter; to hibernate; as to winter in Florida.
"Because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence." Acts xxvii. 12.

Winter
Win´ter, v. i. To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as to winter young cattle on straw.

Winter’s bark
Win"ter’s bark (Bot.) The aromatic bark of tree ( Drimys, or Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.

Winter-beaten
Win´ter-beat•en, a. Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter. Spenser.

Wintergreen
Win´ter•green, n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of Pyrola which in America are called English wintergreen, and shin leaf (see Shin leaf, under Shin.) In America, the name wintergreen is given to Gaultheria procumbens, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; — called also checkerberry, and sometimes, though improperly, partridge berry. Chickweed wintergreen, a low perennial primulaceous herb ( Trientalis Americana); — also called star flower. — Flowering wintergreen, a low plant ( Polygala paucifolia) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen ( Gaultheria), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms. — Spotted wintergreen, a low evergreen plant ( Chimaphila maculata) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.

Winterkill
Win´ter•kill, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Winterkilled p. pr. & vb. n. Winterkilling.] To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as the wheat was winterkilled. [U. S.]

Winterkill
Win´ter•kill, v. i. To die as the result of exposure to the cold of winter; as the tree winterkills easily.

Winterly
Win´ter•ly, a. Like winter; wintry; cold; hence, disagreeable, cheerless; as winterly news. [R.] Shak.
"The sir growing more winterly in the month of April." Camden.

Winter-proud
Win´ter-proud, a. Having too rank or forward a growth for winter.
"When either corn is winter-proud, or other plants put forth and bud too early." Holland.

Winter-rig
Win´ter-rig, v. t. [See Winter and Ridge.] To fallow or till in winter. [Prov. Eng.]

Winterweed
Win´ter•weed, n. (Bot.) A kind of speedwell ( Veronica hederifolia) which spreads chiefly in winter. Dr. Prior.

Wintery
Win´ter•y, a. Wintry.

Wintry
Win´try, a. [AS. wintrig.] Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.
"Touch our chilled hearts with vernal smile, Our wintry course do thou beguile." Keble.

Winy
Win´y, a. Having the taste or qualities of wine; vinous; as grapes of a winy taste. Dampier.

Winze, n. (Mining.) A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation.

Wipe, n. [Cf. Sw. vipa, Dan. vibe, the lapwing.] (Zoöl.) The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]

Wipe, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wiped p. pr. & vb. n. Wiping.] [OE. vipen, AS. wipian; cf. LG. wiep a wisp of straw, Sw. vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one’s self up, vepa a blanket; perhaps akin to E. whip.]
1. To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as to wipe the hands or face with a towel.
"Let me wipe thy face." Shak.
"I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down." 2 Kings xxi. 13.
2. To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; — usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively. "To wipe out our ingratitude." Shak.
"Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon." Milton.
3. To cheat; to defraud; to trick; — usually followed by out. [Obs.] Spenser.
"If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods." Robynson (More’s Utopia)To wipe a joint (Plumbing), to make a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe, by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing. — To wipe the nose of, to cheat. [Old Slang]

Wipe, n.
1. Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean.
2. A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe. [Low]
3. A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm. Swift.
4. A handkerchief. [Thieves’ Cant or Slang]
5. Stain; brand. [Obs.] "Slavish wipe." Shak.

Wiper
Wip´er, n.
1. One who, or that which, wipes.
2. Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag.
3. (Mach.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam.
4. (Firearms) A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel.

Wirble
Wir´ble, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wirbled p. pr. & vb. n. Wirbling ] [Cf. Warble, Whirl.] To whirl; to eddy. [R.]
"The waters went wirbling above and around." Owen. Meredith.

Wire, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. virr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. .]
1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel. Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square, triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in the drawplate, or between the rollers.
2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as to send a message by wire. [Colloq.] Wire bed, Wire mattress, an elastic bed bottom or mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in various ways. — Wire bridge, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made of wire. — Wire cartridge, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed in a wire cage. — Wire cloth, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, — used for strainers, and for various other purposes. — Wire edge, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it. — Wire fence, a fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between. — Wire gauge or gage. (a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal plate with a series of notches of various widths in its edge. (b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is used in describing the size or thickness. There are many different standards for wire gauges, as in different countries, or for different kinds of metal, the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge being often used and designated by the abbreviations B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively. — Wire gauze, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling gauze. — Wire grass (Bot.), either of the two common grasses Eleusine Indica, valuable for hay and pasture, and Poa compressa, or blue grass. See Blue grass. — Wire grub (Zoöl.), a wireworm. — Wire iron, wire rods of iron. — Wire lathing, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the place of wooden lathing for holding plastering. — Wire mattress. See Wire bed, above. — Wire micrometer, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine wires, across the field of the instrument. — Wire nail, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed and pointed. — Wire netting, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary wire gauze. — Wire rod, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing. — Wire rope, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of wires.

Wire, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wired p. pr. & vb. n. Wiring.]
1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as to wire corks in bottling liquors.
2. To put upon a wire; as to wire beads.
3. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.]

Wire, v. i.
1. To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream. [R.] P. Fletcher.
2. To send a telegraphic message. [Colloq.]

Wire, n.
1. Chiefly in pl. The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence (Chiefly Political Slang), the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; as to pull the wires for office.
2. One who picks women’s pockets. [Thieves’ Slang]
3. A knitting needle. [Scot.]
4. A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges’ stand, to mark the line at which the races end. [Racing Cant]

Wire, v. t. (Croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

Wire gun. = Wire-wound gun.

Wiredraw
Wire´draw, v. t. [ imp. Wiredrew p. p. Wiredrawn p. pr. & vb. n. Wiredrawing.]
1. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.
2. Hence, to draw by art or violence.
"My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy." Dryden.
3. Hence, also to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as to wiredraw an argument.
"Such twisting, such wiredrawing, was never seen in a court of justice." Macaulay.
4. (Steam Engine) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.

Wire-heel
Wire´-heel, n. (Far.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.

Wireless
Wire´less, a. Having no wire; specif. (Elec.), designating, or pertaining to, a method of telegraphy, telephony, etc., in which the messages, etc., are transmitted through space by electric waves; as a wireless message. — Wirelesstelegraphy or telegraph (Elec.), any system of telegraphy employing no connecting wire or wires between the transmitting and receiving stations. Although more or less successful researchers were made on the subject by Joseph Henry, Hertz, Oliver Lodge, and others, the first commercially successful system was that of Guglielmo Marconi, patented in March, 1897. Marconi employed electric waves of high frequency set up by an induction coil in an oscillator, these waves being launched into space through a lofty antenna. The receiving apparatus consisted of another antenna in circuit with a coherer and small battery for operating through a relay the ordinary telegraphic receiver. This apparatus contains the essential features of all the systems now in use. — Wireless telephone, an apparatus or contrivance for wireless telephony. — Wireless telephony, telephony without wires, usually employing electric waves of high frequency emitted from an oscillator or generator, as in wireless telegraphy. A telephone transmitter causes fluctuations in these waves, it being the fluctuations only which affect the receiver.

Wireless
Wire´less, n. Short for Wireless telegraphy, Wireless telephony, etc.; as to send a message by wireless.

Wire-pulling
Wire´-pull•ing, n. The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.

Wire-tailed
Wire´-tailed, a. (Zoöl.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.

Wirework
Wire´work, n. Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.

Wire-worker
Wire´-work•er, n. One who manufactures articles from wire.

Wireworm
Wire´worm, n. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; — so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub. (b) A galleyworm.

Wire-wound gun
Wire"-wound• gun. (Ordnance) A gun in the construction of which an inner tube (either entire or in segments) is wound with wire under tension to insure greater soundness and uniformity of resistance. In modern construction hoops and jackets are shrunk on over the wire.

Wiriness
Wir´i•ness, n. The quality of being wiry.

Wiring
Wir´ing, n.
1. The act of one that wires anything.
2. The wires or conductors employed in a system of electric distribution.

Wiry
Wir´y, a. [Written also wiery.]
1. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
2. Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as a wiry frame or constitution. "A little wiry sergeant of meek demeanor and strong sense." Dickens.
"He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry vigor and alertness." Hawthorne.

Wis, adv. [Aphetic form of iwis, ywis; or fr. Icel. viss certain. See Ywis.] Certainly; really; indeed. [Obs.] "As wis God helpe me." Chaucer.

Wis, v. t. [Due to mistaking OE. iwis certain, AS. gewiss, for I wis. See Ywis.] To think; to suppose; to imagine; — used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. [Obs. or Poetic] "Howe’er you wis." R. Browning.
"Nor do I know how long it is (For I have lain entranced, I wis)." Coleridge.

Wise, a. [ Compar. Wiser superl. Wisest.] [OE. wis, AS. wis; akin to OS. & OFries. wis, D. wijs, G. weise, OHG. wis, wisi, Icel. viss, Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Goth. weis; akin to wit, v. i. See Wit, v. , and cf. Righteous, Wisdom.]
1. Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
"They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge." Jer. iv. 22.
2. Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
"When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks." Shak.
"From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation." 2 Tim. iii. 15.
3. Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
"Fal. There was mine host, an old fat woman even now with me; but she’s gone. Sim. Pray you, sir, was’t not the wise woman of Brentford?" Shak.
4. Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty. [R.] "Thou art … no novice, but a governor wily and wise." Chaucer.
"Nor, on the other side, Will I be penuriously wise As to make money, that’s my slave, my idol." Beau. & Fl.
"Lords do not care for me: I am too wise to die yet." Ford.
5. Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination. "Eminent in wise deport." Milton. To make it wise, to make it a matter of deliberation. [Obs.] " We thought it was not worth to make it wise." Chaucer. — Wise in years, old enough to be wise; wise from age and experience; hence, aged; old. [Obs.]
"A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one; He’s wise in years, and of a temperate warmth." Ford.
"You are too wise in years, too full of counsel, For my green experience." Ford.

Wise, a. [OE. wise, AS. wise; akin to OS. wisa, OFries. wis, D. wijs, wijze, OHG. wisa, G. weise, Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Icel. öru vis otherwise; from the root of E. wit; hence, originally, knowledge, skill. See Wit, v. , and cf. Guise.] Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion. "All armed in complete wise." Spenser.
"To love her in my beste wyse." Chaucer.
"This song she sings in most commanding wise." Sir P. Sidney.
"Let not these blessings then, sent from above, Abused be, or spilt in profane wise." Fairfax. This word is nearly obsolete, except in such phrases as in any wise, in no wise, on this wise, etc. " Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil." Ps. xxxvii. 8. "He shall in no wise lose his reward." Matt. x. 42. " On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel." Num. vi. 23. Wise is often used as a suffix in composition, as in like wise, no wise, length wise, etc., in which words -ways is often substituted with the same sense; as no ways, length ways, etc.

Wise-like
Wise´-like, a. Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious.
"The only wise-like thing I heard anybody say." Sir W. Scott.

Wiseling
Wise´ling, n. One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling. Donne.

Wisely
Wise´ly, adv. In a wise manner; prudently; judiciously; discreetly; with wisdom.
"And wisely learn to curb thy sorrows wild." Milton.

Wiseness
Wise´ness, n. Wisdom. [Obs.] Spenser.

Wish, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wished p. pr. & vb. n. Wishing.] [OE. wischen, weschen, wuschen, AS. wscan; akin to D. wenschen, G. wünschen, Icel. aeeskja, Dan. önske, Sw. önska; from AS. wsc a wish; akin to OD. & G. wunsch, OHG. wunsc, Icel. sk, Skr. vacha a wish, vach to wish; also to Skr. van to like, to wish. . See Winsome, Win, v. t., and cf. Wistful.]
1. To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
"They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day." Acts xxvii. 29.
"This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for." Arbuthnot.

Wish, v. t.
1. To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
"I would not wish Any companion in the world but you." Shak.
"I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper." 3. John 2.
2. To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.
"I would not wish them to a fairer death." Shak.
"I wish it may not prove some ominous foretoken of misfortune to have met with such a miser as I am." Sir P. Sidney.
"Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil." Ps. xl. 14.
3. To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of. [Obs.] Shak.
"I would be glad to thrive, sir, And I was wished to your worship by a gentleman." B. Jonson.
Syn. — See Desire.

Wish, n.
1. Desire; eager desire; longing.
"Behold, I am according to thy wish in God a stead." Job xxxiii. 6.
2. Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
"Blistered be thy tongue for such a wish." Shak.
3. A thing desired; an object of desire.
"Will he, wise, let loose at once his ire … To give his enemies their wish!" Milton.

Wishable
Wish´a•ble, a. Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable. Udall.

Wishbone
Wish´bone, n. The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; — called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.

Wisher
Wish´er, n. One who wishes or desires; one who expresses a wish. Shak.

Wishful
Wish´ful, a. [Cf. Wistful.]
1. Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.
2. Showing desire; as wishful eyes.
"From Scotland am I stolen, even of pure love To greet mine own land with my wishful sight." Shak.
3. Desirable; exciting wishes. [R.] Chapman. — Wish´ful•ly, adv. — Wish´ful•ness, n.

Wishtonwish
Wish´ton•wish, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.] (Zoöl.) The prairie dog.

Wish-wash
Wish´-wash, n. Any weak, thin drink.

Wishy-washy
Wish´y-wash•y, a. [See Wash.] Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; — originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless.
"A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his own." A. Trollope.

Wishy-washy
Wish´y-wash•y, n. A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.

Wisket
Wis´ket, n. A whisket, or basket. [Prov. Eng.] Ainsworth.

Wisly
Wis´ly, adv. [See Wis, adv. ] Certainly. [Obs.] "God so wisly have mercy on me." Chaucer.

Wisse
Wis´se, v. t. [AS. wisian. See Wise, a. ] To show; to teach; to inform; to guide; to direct. [Obs.]
"Ere we depart I shall thee so well wisse That of mine house ne shalt thou never misse." Chaucer.

Wistful
Wist´ful, a. [For wishful; perhaps influenced by wistly, which is probably corrupted from OE. wisly certainly (from Icel. viss certain, akin to E. wit). See Wish.]
1. Longing; wishful; desirous.
"Lifting up one of my sashes, I cast many a wistful, melancholy look towards the sea." Swift.
2. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative.
"That he who there at such an hour hath been, Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot." Byron. — Wist´ful•ly, adv. — Wist´ful•ness, n.

Wistly
Wist´ly, adv. [See Wistful.] Attentively; observingly. [Obs.] Shak.

Witch, n. [Cf. Wick of a lamp.] A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper. [Prov. Eng.]

Witch, n. [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. witiga, witga, a soothsayer (cf. Wiseacre); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.]
1. One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; — now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.
"There was a man in that city whose name was Simon, a witch." Wyclif (Acts viii. 9).
"He can not abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she’s a witch." Shak.
2. An ugly old woman; a hag. Shak.
3. One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also one given to mischief; - - said especially of a woman or child. [Colloq.]
4. (Geom.) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
5. (Zoöl.) The stormy petrel. Witch balls, a name applied to the interwoven rolling masses of the stems of herbs, which are driven by the winds over the steppes of Tartary. Cf. Tumbleweed. Maunder (Treas. of Bot.) — Witches’ besoms (Bot.), tufted and distorted branches of the silver fir, caused by the attack of some fungus. Maunder (Treas. of Bot.) — Witches’ butter (Bot.), a name of several gelatinous cryptogamous plants, as Nostoc commune, and Exidia glandulosa. See Nostoc. — Witch grass (Bot.), a kind of grass ( Panicum capillare) with minute spikelets on long, slender pedicels forming a light, open panicle. — Witch meal (Bot.), vegetable sulphur. See under Vegetable.

Witch, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Witched p. pr. & vb. n. Witching.] [AS. wiccian.] To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.
"[I ’ll] witch sweet ladies with my words and looks." Shak.
"Whether within us or without The spell of this illusion be That witches us to hear and see." Lowell.

Witch-elm
Witch´-elm, n. (Bot.) See Wych-elm.

Witch-hazel
Witch´-ha•zel, n. [See Wych-elm, and Hazel.] (Bot.) The wych-elm. (b) An American shrub or small tree ( Hamamelis Virginica), which blossoms late in autumn.

Witch-tree
Witch´-tree, n. (Bot.) The witch-hazel.

Witchuck
Wit´chuck, n. (Zoöl.) The sand martin, or bank swallow. [Prov. Eng.]

Wit-cracker
Wit´-crack•er, n. One who breaks jests; a joker. [Obs.] Shak.

Witcraft
Wit´craft, n.
1. Art or skill of the mind; contrivance; invention; wit. [Obs.] Camden.
2. The art of reasoning; logic. [R.]

Wite, v. t. [AS. witan; akin to D. wijten, G. ver weisen, Icel. vita to mulct, and E. wit; cf. AS. witan to see, L. animad vertere to observe, to punish. . See Wit, v. ] To reproach; to blame; to censure; also to impute as blame. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser.
"Though that I be jealous, wite me not." Chaucer.
"There if that I misspeak or say, Wite it the ale of Southwark, I you pray." Chaucer.

Wite, n. [AS. wite punishment. . See Wite, v. ] Blame; reproach. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.

Witen
Wit´en, obs. pl. pres. of Wit. Chaucer.

Witfish
Wit´fish, n. (Zoöl.) The ladyfish (a).

Witful
Wit´ful, a. Wise; sensible. [R.] Chapman.

With, n. See Withe.

With, prep. [OE. with, AS. wi with, against; akin to AS. wier against, OFries. with, OS. wi, wiar, D. weder, weêr (in comp.), G. wider against, wieder gain, OHG. widar again, against, Icel. v. against, with, by, at, Sw. vid at, by, Dan. ved, Goth. wipra against, Skr. v. asunder. Cf. Withdraw, Withers, Withstand.] With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like. It is used especially: —
1. To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility; — equivalent to against.
"Thy servant will … fight with this Philistine." 1 Sam. xvii. 32. In this sense, common in Old English, it is now obsolete except in a few compounds; as withhold; withstand; and after the verbs fight, contend, struggle, and the like.
2. To denote association in respect of situation or environment; hence, among; in the company of.
"I will buy with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you." Shak.
"Pity your own, or pity our estate, Nor twist our fortunes with your sinking fate." Dryden.
"See where on earth the flowery glories lie; With her they flourished, and with her they die." Pope.
"There is no living with thee nor without thee." Tatler.
"Such arguments had invincible force with those pagan philosophers." Addison.
3. To denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance, assistance, countenance, etc.; hence, on the side of.
"Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee." Gen. xxvi. 24.
4. To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; — sometimes equivalent to by.
"That with these fowls I be all to-rent." Chaucer.
"Thou wilt be like a lover presently, And tire the hearer with a book of words." Shak.
"[He] entertained a coffeehouse with the following narrative." Addison.
"With receiving your friends within and amusing them without, you lead a good, pleasant, bustling life of it." Goldsmith.
5. To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contrast.
"Can blazing carbuncles with her compare." Sandys.
6. To denote simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
"With that she told me … that she would hide no truth from me." Sir P. Sidney.
"With her they flourished, and with her they die." Pope.
"With this he pointed to his face." Dryden.
7. To denote having as a possession or an appendage; as the firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune. "A maid with clean hands." Shak. With and by are closely allied in many of their uses, and it is not easy to lay down a rule by which to distinguish their uses. See the Note under By.

Withamite
With´am•ite (with"am•it), n. [From its discoverer, H. Witham.] (Min.) A variety of epidote, of a reddish color, found in Scotland.

Withdraw
With•draw´ (with•dra"), v. t. [ imp. Withdrew (-dru"); p. p. Withdrawn (-dran"); p. pr. & vb. n. Withdrawing.] [ With against + draw. ]
1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like.
"Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything." Hooker.
2. To take back; to recall or retract; as to withdraw false charges.

Withdraw
With•draw´, v. i. To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as he withdrew from the company. "When the sea withdrew." King Horn.
Syn. — To recede; retrograde; go back.

Withdrawal
With•draw´al, n. The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. Fielding.

Withdrawer
With•draw´er, n. One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts.

Withdrawing-room
With•draw´ing-room, n. [See Withdraw, and cf. Drawing-room.] A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room.
"A door in the middle leading to a parlor and withdrawing- room." Sir W. Scott.

Withe ( 277), n. [OE. withe. . See Withy, n. ] [Written also with.]
1. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
2. A band consisting of a twig twisted.
3. (Naut.) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe. R. H. Dana, Jr.
4. (Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney.

Withe, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Withed p. pr. & vb. n. Withing.] To bind or fasten with withes.
"You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and baited to death." Bp. Hall.

Withered
With´ered, a. Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. — With´ered•ness, n. Bp. Hall.

Withering
With´er•ing, a. Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade. — With´er•ing•ly, adv.

Witherite
With´er•ite, n. [So called after Dr. W. Withering.] (Min.) Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.

Witherling
With´er•ling, n. [ Wither + - ling.] A withered person; one who is decrepit. [Obs.] Chapman.

Withernam
With´er•nam, n. [AS. wiðernam; wiðer against + nam a seizure, fr. niman to take.] (Law) A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; — chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return. Blackstone.

Withe-rod
Withe´-rod, n. (Bot.) A North American shrub ( Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.

Withers
With´ers, n. pl. [Properly, the parts which resist the pull or strain in drawing a load; fr. OE. wither resistance, AS. wiðre, fr. wiðer against; akin to G. widerrist withers. See With, prep. ] The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.
"Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung." Shak.

Withhold
With•hold´, v. t. [ imp. Withheld p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden ; p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.] [ With again, against, back + hold.]
1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
"Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him." Spenser.
2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as to withhold assent to a proposition.
"Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer thy offered good." Milton.
3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]
"To withhold it the more easily in heart." Chaucer.

Withholdment
With•hold´ment, n. The act of withholding.

Within
With•in´, prep. [OE. withinne, withinnen, AS. wiðinnan; wið with, against, toward + innan in, inwardly, within, from in in. See With, prep. , In, prep. ]
1. In the inner or interior part of; inside of; not without; as within doors.
"O, unhappy youth! Come not within these doors; within this roof The enemy of all your graces lives." Shak.
"Till this be cured by religion, it is as impossible for a man to be happy — that is, pleased and contented within himself — as it is for a sick man to be at ease." Tillotson.
2. In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as within five miles; not longer in time than; as within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as expenses kept within one’s income. "That he repair should again within a little while." Chaucer.
"Within these five hours lived Lord Hastings, Untainted, unexamined, free, at liberty." Shak.
3. Hence, inside the limits, reach, or influence of; not going outside of; not beyond, overstepping, exceeding, or the like.
"Both he and she are still within my power." Dryden.
"Within himself The danger lies, yet lies within his power." Milton.
"Were every action concluded within itself, and drew no consequence after it, we should, undoubtedly, never err in our choice of good." Locke.

Within
With•in´, adv.
1. In the inner part; inwardly; internally. "The wound festers within." Carew.
"Ills from within thy reason must prevent." Dryden.
2. In the house; in doors; as the master is within.

Withinforth
With•in´forth, adv. Within; inside; inwardly. [Obs.] Wyclif.
"[It is much greater] labor for to withinforth call into mind, without sight of the eye withoutforth upon images, what he before knew and thought upon." Bp. Peacock.

Withinside
With•in´side, adv. In the inner parts; inside. [Obs.] Graves.

Without
With•out´, prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS. wiðtan; wið with, against, toward + tan outside, fr. t out. See With, prep. , Out.]
1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as without doors.
"Without the gate Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein." Dryden.
2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
"Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach." T. Burnet.
3. Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as without labor; without damage.
"I wolde it do withouten negligence." Chaucer.
"Wise men will do it without a law." Bacon.
"Without the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms … must end in our destruction." Addison.
"There is no living with thee nor without thee." Tatler. To do without. See under Do. — Without day [a translation of L. sine die], without the appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally; as the Fortieth Congress then adjourned without day. — Without recourse. See under Recourse.

Without
With•out´, conj. Unless; except; — introducing a clause.
"You will never live to my age without you keep yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness." Sir P. Sidney. Now rarely used by good writers or speakers.

Without
With•out´, adv.
1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally.
"Without were fightings, within were fears." 2 Cor. vii. 5.
2. Outside of the house; out of doors.
"The people came unto the house without." Chaucer.

Without-door
With•out´-door, a. Outdoor; exterior. [Obs.] "Her without-door form." Shak.

Withouten
With•out´en, prep. Without. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Withoutforth
With•out´forth, adv. Without; outside’ outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Withset
With•set´, v. t. To set against; to oppose. [Obs.] "Their way he them withset." R. of Brunne.

Withstand
With•stand´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Withstood p. pr. & vb. n. Withstanding.] [AS. wiðstandan. See With, prep. , and Stand.] To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments. Piers Plowman.
"I withstood him to the face." Gal. ii. 11.
"Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast. The little tyrant of his fields withstood." Gray.

Withstood
With•stood´, imp. & p. p. o Withstand.

Withwind
With´wind, n. [AS. wiðowinde.] (Bot.) A kind of bindweed ( Convolvulus arvensis).
"He bare a burden ybound with a broad list, In a withewyndes wise ybounden about." Piers Plowman.

Withwine
With´wine, n. (Bot.) Same as Withvine.

Witing
Wit´ing, n. [See Wit, v. ] Knowledge. [Obs.] "Withouten witing of any other wight." Chaucer.

Witling
Wit´ling, n. [ Wit + -ling; cf. G. witzling.] A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.
"A beau and witing perished in the forming." Pope.
"Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks!" Goldsmith.

Witness
Wit´ness, n. [AS. witness, ge witnes, from witan to know. rad.133. See Wit, v. i.]
1. Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
"May we with … the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge?" Shak.
"If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true." John v. 31.
2. That which furnishes evidence or proof.
"Laban said to Jacob, … This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness." Gen. xxxi. 51, 52.
3. One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as an eye witness; an ear witness. "Thyself art witness I am betrothed." Shak.
"Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret." R. Hall.
4. (Law) (a) One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as the witness in court agreed in all essential facts. (b) One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like. Privileged witnesses. (Law) See under Privileged. — With a witness, effectually; to a great degree; with great force, so as to leave some mark as a testimony. [Colloq.]
"This, I confess, is haste with a witness." South.

Witness
Wit´ness, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Witnessed p. pr. & vb. n. Witnessing.]
1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
"This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we must expect, should we ever witness the triumphs of modern infidelity." R. Hall.
"General Washington did not live to witness the restoration of peace." Marshall.
2. To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.
"Behold how many things they witness against thee." Mark xv. 4.
3. (Law) To see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as to witness a bond or a deed.

Witness
Wit´ness, v. i. To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify. Chaucer.
"The men of Belial witnessed against him." 1 Kings xxi. 13.
"The witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with this event [martyrdom] that martyrdom now signifies not only to witness, but to witness to death." South.

Witnesser
Wit´ness•er, n. One who witness.

Wit-snapper
Wit´-snap•per, n. One who affects repartee; a wit-cracker. [Obs.] Shak.

Wit-starved
Wit´-starved, a. Barren of wit; destitute of genius. Examiner.

Witted
Wit´ted, a. Having (such) a wit or understanding; as a quick- witted boy.

Witticaster
Wit´tic•as•ter, n. [Formed like criticaster.] A witling. [R.] Milton.

Witticism
Wit´ti•cism, n. [From Witty.] A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit. Milton.
"He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse." Addison.

Wittily
Wit´ti•ly, adv. In a witty manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with wit; with a delicate turn or phrase, or with an ingenious association of ideas.
"Who his own harm so wittily contrives." Dryden.

Wittiness
Wit´ti•ness, n. The quality of being witty.

Wittingly
Wit´ting•ly, adv. [See Wit, v. ] Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.

Wittolly
Wit´tol•ly, a. Like a wittol; cuckoldly. [Obs.] Shak.

Witts, n. (Mining) Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. Knight.

Witty
Wit´ty, a. [ Compar. Wittier superl. Wittiest.] [AS. witig, wittig. See Wit, n. ]
1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. [Obs.] "The deep-revolving witty Buckingham." Shak.
2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as a witty remark, poem, and the like. "Honeycomb, who was so unmercifully witty upon the women." Addison.
Syn. — Acute; smart; sharp; arch; keen; facetious; amusing; humorous; satirical; ironical; taunting. { Wit´wal•, Wit´wall• }, n. [Akin to G. wittewal, wiedewall, MHG. witewal, D. wiedewaal, wielewaal, OD. weduwael, and perhaps the same word as OE. wodewale. Cf. Wood, n. , Wittol.] (Zoöl.) (a) The golden oriole. (b) The greater spotted woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]

Wive, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wived p. pr. & vb. n. Wiving.] [AS. wifian, gewifian. See Wite.] To marry, as a man; to take a wife.
"Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive." Chaucer.

Wive, v. t.
1. To match to a wife; to provide with a wife. "An I could get me but a wife … I were manned, horsed, and wived." Shak.
2. To take for a wife; to marry.
"I have wived his sister." Sir W. Scott.

Wivehood
Wive´hood, n. Wifehood. [Obs.] Spenser.

Wiveless
Wive´less, a. Wifeless. [Obs.] Homilies.

Wively
Wive´ly, a. Wifely. [Obs.] Udall. { Wiv´er, Wiv´ern } n. [OE. wivere a serpent, OF. wivre, guivre, F. givre, guivre, wiver, from L. vipera; probably influenced by OHG. wipera, from the Latin. See Viper, and cf. Weever.]
1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. [Written also wyvern.]
"The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons." Sir W. Scott.
2. (Zoöl.) The weever.

Wizardly
Wiz´ard•ly, a. Resembling or becoming a wizard; wizardlike; weird.

Wizardry
Wiz´ard•ry, n. The character or practices o wizards; sorcery; magic. "He acquired a reputation bordering on wizardry." J. A. Symonds.

Wizen
Wiz´en, v. i. [OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian to decay, OHG. wesann 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
Wiz´en, a. Wizened; thin; weazen; withered.
"A little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy." Dickens.

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

Wizened
Wiz´ened, a. Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as a wizened old man.