Wo, n. & a. See Woe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Woad, n. [OE. wod, AS. wad; akin to D. weede, G. waid, OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written also wad, and wade.]
1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant ( Isatis tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves.
2. A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing.
"Their bodies … painted with woad in sundry figures." Milton. Wild woad (Bot.), the weld ( Reseda luteola). See Weld. — Woad mill, a mill grinding and preparing woad.
Woad-waxen
Woad´-wax•en, n. [Cf. Wood-wax.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ( Genista tinctoria) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; — called also greenwood, greenweed, dyer’s greenweed, and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood- waxen.
Wode, a. [AS. wod.] Mad. See Wood, a. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.
Wodegeld
Wode´geld, n. [See Wood, and Geld.] (O. Eng. Law) A geld, or payment, for wood. Burrill.
Woden
Wo´den, n. [AS. Woden; akin to OS. Wodan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel. Oðinn, and probably to E. wood, a. Cf. Wednesday.] (Northern Myth.) A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin.
Woe, n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. wa, interj.; akin to D. wee, OS. & OHG. we, G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. v. , Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. . rad.128. Cf. Wail.] [Formerly written also wo.]
1. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
"Thus saying, from her side the fatal key,
Sad instrument of all our woe, she took." Milton.
"[They] weep each other’s woe." Pope.
2. A curse; a malediction.
"Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?" South. Woe is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of sorrow. " Woe is me! for I am undone." Isa. vi. 5.
"O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life]." Chaucer.
"Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!" Isa. xlv. 9.Woe worth, Woe be to. See Worth, v. i.
"Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day,
That costs thy life, my gallant gray!" Sir W. Scott.
Woe-begone
Woe´-be•gone, a. [OE. wo begon. See Woe, and Begone, p. p.] Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. Chaucer.
"So woe-begone was he with pains of love." Fairfax. { Woe´ful, Wo´ful }, a.
1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
"How many woeful widows left to bow
To sad disgrace!" Daniel.
2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as a woeful event; woeful want.
"O woeful day! O day of woe!" Philips.
3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.
"What woeful stuff this madrigal would be!" Pope. { Woe´ful•ly, Wo´ful•ly } adv. In a woeful manner; sorrowfully; mournfully; miserably; dolefully. { Woe´ful•ness, Wo´ful•ness } n. The quality or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness.
Wol, v. t. & i. See 2d Will. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Wold, n. [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood, forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel. völlr, a field, and probably to Gr. a grove, Skr. vaa a garden, inclosure. Cf. Weald.]
1. A wood; a forest.
2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether hilly or not.
"And from his further bank AEtolia’s wolds espied." Byron.
"The wind that beats the mountain, blows
More softly round the open wold." Tennyson.
Wolde, obs. imp. of Will. See Would.
Wolf, n. ; pl. Wolves (#). [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. ulfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk’, L. lupus, Gr. ly•kos, Skr. vrka; also to Gr. "e•lkein to draw, drag, tear in pieces. rad.286. Cf. Lupine, a. , Lyceum.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf ( Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf ( C. occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths; as the bee wolf.
3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.
4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus. [Obs.]
"If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side." Jer. Taylor.
6. (Mus.) (a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament. (b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale.
7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. Knight. Black wolf. (Zoöl.) (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common in the Pyrenees. (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf. — Golden wolf (Zoöl.), the Thibetan wolf ( Canis laniger); — called also chanco. — Indian wolf (Zoöl.), an Asiatic wolf ( Canis pallipes) which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also landgak. — Prairie wolf (Zoöl.), the coyote. — Sea wolf. (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary. — Strand wolf (Zoöl.) the striped hyena. — Tasmanian wolf (Zoöl.), the zebra wolf. — Tiger wolf (Zoöl.), the spotted hyena. — To keep the wolf from the door, to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See Wolf, 3, above. Tennyson. — Wolf dog. (Zoöl.) (a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St. Bernard dog. (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves. (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog. — Wolf eel (Zoöl.), a wolf fish. — Wolf fish (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large, voracious marine fishes of the genus Anarrhichas, especially the common species ( A. lupus) of Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful jaws. Called also catfish, sea cat, sea wolf, stone biter, and swinefish. — Wolf net, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish. — Wolf’s peach (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple ( Lycopersicum esculentum). — Wolf spider (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus Lycosa, or family Lycosidae. These spiders run about rapidly in search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color. See Illust. in App. — Zebra wolf (Zoöl.), a savage carnivorous marsupial ( Thylacinus cynocephalus) native of Tasmania; — called also Tasmanian wolf.
Wolf’s-claw
Wolf’s´-claw, n. (Bot.) A kind of club moss. See Lycopodium.
Wolf’s-foot
Wolf’s´-foot, n. (Bot.) Club moss. See Lycopodium.
Wolframate
Wol´fram•ate, n. (Chem.) A salt of wolframic acid; a tungstate.
Wolframic
Wol•fram´ic, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to wolframium. See Tungstic.
Wolframium
Wol•fra´mi•um, n. [NL. See Wolfram.] (Chem.) The technical name of the element tungsten. See Tungsten.
Wolfsbane
Wolfs´bane, n. (Bot.) A poisonous plant ( Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood; also by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. See Aconite.
Woll, v. t. & i. See 2d Will. [Obs.]
Wolle, n. Wool. [Obs.] Chaucer. { Wol•ver•ene´, Wol•ver•ine´ }, n. [From Wolf, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed wolfish qualities.]
1. (Zoöl.) The glutton.
2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.]
Woman
Wom´an, n. ; pl. Women (#). [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. wifmann, wimmann; wif woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.]
1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.
"Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible." Shak.
"And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman." Gen. ii. 22.
"I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest." J. Ledyard.
2. The female part of the human race; womankind.
"Man is destined to be a prey to woman." Thackeray.
3. A female attendant or servant. " By her woman I sent your message." Shak. Woman hater, one who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist. Swift.
Womanish
Wom´an•ish, a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; — usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate. " Thy tears are womanish." Shak. " Womanish entreaties." Macaulay.
"A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike." Ascham. — Wom´an•ish•ly, adv. — Wom´an•ish•ness, n.
Womanize
Wom´an•ize, v. t. To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [Obs.] V. Knox.
Womanlike
Wom´an•like, a. Like a woman; womanly.
"Womanlike, taking revenge too deep." Tennyson.
Womb (woom), n. [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb; akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe, Icel. vömb, Sw. våmb, Dan. vom, Goth. wamba.]
1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] Chaucer.
"And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no man gave him." Wyclif (Luke xv. 16).
"An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my womb, my womb undoes me." Shak.
2. (Anat.) The uterus. See Uterus.
3. The place where anything is generated or produced.
"The womb of earth the genial seed receives." Dryden.
4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
"The center spike of gold
Which burns deep in the bluebell’s womb." R. Browning.
Womb, v. t. To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. [Obs.] Shak.
Won, v. i. [See 1st Wone.] To dwell or abide. [Obs. or Scot.] " Where he wans in forest wild." Milton.
"This land where I have woned thus long." Spenser.
Won’t A colloquial contraction of woll not. Will not. See Will. Often pronounced wunt in New England.
Wonder
Won´der, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wondered p. pr. & vb. n. Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.]
1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
"I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals." Swift.
"We cease to wonder at what we understand." Johnson.
2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as he wondered why they came.
"I wonder, in my soul,
What you would ask me, that I should deny." Shak.
Wonder
Won´der, a. Wonderful. [Obs.] Gower.
"After that he said a wonder thing." Chaucer.
Wondered
Won´dered, a. Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things. [Obs.] Shak.
Wonderful
Won´der•ful, a. Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing.
Syn. — Marvelous; amazing. See Marvelous. — Won´der•ful•ly, adv. — Won´der•ful•ness, n.
Wonderland
Won´der•land, n. A land full of wonders, or marvels. M. Arnold.
Wonderly
Won´der•ly, adv. [AS. wundorlice.] Wonderfully; wondrously. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Wonders
Won´ders, adv. See Wondrous. [Obs.]
"They be wonders glad thereof." Sir T. More.
Wonderstruck
Won´der•struck, a. Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. Dryden.
Wonder-worker
Won´der-work•er, n. One who performs wonders, or miracles.
Wonder-working
Won´der-work•ing, a. Doing wonders or surprising things.
Wondrous
Won´drous, adv. [OE. wonders, adv. (later also adj.). See Wonder, n. , and cf. - wards.] In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully.
"For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race,
Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place." Pope.
"And now there came both mist and snow,
And it grew wondrous cold." Coleridge.
Wone, v. i. [OE. wonen, wunen, wonien, wunien, AS. wunian. . See Wont, a. ] To dwell; to abide. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
"Their habitation in which they woned." Chaucer.
Wone, n. [OE. See Wone, v. i., Wont, a. ]
1. Dwelling; habitation; abode. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Custom; habit; wont; use; usage. [Obs.]
"To liven in delight was all his wone." Chaucer.
Wong, n. [AS. wang, wong.] A field. [Obs.] Spelman. "Woods and wonges." Havelok the Dane.
Wonger
Wong´er, n. See Wanger. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Wont, a. [For woned, p. p. of won, wone, to dwell, AS. wunian; akin to D. wonen, OS. wunn, OHG, wonn, G. wohnen, and AS. wund, ge wuna, custom, habit; orig. probably, to take pleasure; cf. Icel. una to dwell, to enjoy, Goth. wunan to rejoice (in un wunands sad); and akin to Skr. van to like, to wish. . Cf. Wean, Win.] Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used. "As he was wont to go." Chaucer.
"If the ox were wont to push with his horn." Ex. xxi. 29.
Wont, v. i. [ imp. Wont, p. p. Wont, or Wonted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wonting.] To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
"A yearly solemn feast she wont to make." Spenser.
Wontedness
Wont´ed•ness, n. The quality or state of being accustomed. [R.] Eikon Basilike.
Woo, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wooed p. pr. & vb. n. Wooing.] [OE. wowen, woen, AS. wgian, fr. wh bent, crooked, bad; akin to OS. wah evil, Goth. un wahs blameless, Skr. vac to waver, and perhaps to E. vaccilate.]
1. To solicit in love; to court.
"Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes
The image he himself has wrought." Prior.
2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
"Thee, chantress, oft the woods among
I woo, to hear thy even song." Milton.
"I woo the wind
That still delays his coming." Bryant.
Wood (wood), a. [OE. wod, AS. wod; akin to OHG. wuot, Icel. oðr, Goth. wods, D. woede madness, G. wuth, wut, also to AS. woð song, Icel. oðr, L. vates a seer, a poet. Cf. Wednesday.] Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic. [Obs.] [Written also wode.]
"Our hoste gan to swear as [if] he were wood." Chaucer.
Wood, v. i. To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad. Chaucer.
Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vir, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; — frequently used in the plural.
"Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood." Shak.
2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To worship their own work in wood and stone for gods." Milton.
3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain. Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses. Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically, acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid. - - Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower ( Anemone nemorosa) of early spring; — also called windflower. See Illust. of Anemone. — Wood ant (Zoöl.), a large ant ( Formica rufa) which lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests. — Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant. — Wood baboon (Zoöl.), the drill. — Wood betony. (Bot.) (a) Same as Betony. (b) The common American lousewort ( Pedicularis Canadensis), a low perennial herb with yellowish or purplish flowers. — Wood borer. (Zoöl.) (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles, buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine. (b) The larva of any one of various species of lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach), and of the goat moths. (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the tribe Urocerata. See Tremex. (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood, as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga. (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ( Chelura terebrans). — Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth. Knight. — Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the principal constituent of woody fiber. — Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods. [Poetic] Coleridge. — Wood coal, charcoal; also lignite, or brown coal. — Wood cricket (Zoöl.), a small European cricket ( Nemobius sylvestris). — Wood culver (Zoöl.), the wood pigeon. — Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also a print from such an engraving. — Wood dove (Zoöl.), the stockdove. — Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods. — Wood duck (Zoöl.) (a) A very beautiful American duck ( Aix sponsa). The male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its nest in trees, whence the name. Called also bridal duck, summer duck, and wood widgeon. (b) The hooded merganser. (c) The Australian maned goose ( Chlamydochen jubata). — Wood echo, an echo from the wood. — Wood engraver. (a) An engraver on wood. (b) (Zoöl.) Any of several species of small beetles whose larvae bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate furrows in the wood often more or less resembling coarse engravings; especially, Xyleborus xylographus. — Wood engraving. (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography. (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also a print from such an engraving. — Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield. — Wood fiber. (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue. (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty mass. — Wood fretter (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of beetles whose larvae bore in the wood, or beneath the bark, of trees. — Wood frog (Zoöl.), a common North American frog ( Rana sylvatica) which lives chiefly in the woods, except during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown, with a black stripe on each side of the head. — Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander. — Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity. — Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass. — Wood grouse. (Zoöl.) (a) The capercailzie. (b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce. — Wood guest (Zoöl.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.] — Wood hen. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and allied species. (b) The American woodcock. — Wood hoopoe (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Old World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but have a curved beak, and a longer tail. — Wood ibis (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large, long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ( Tantalus loculator) is common in Florida. — Wood lark (Zoöl.), a small European lark ( Alauda arborea), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on trees. — Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ( Daphne Laureola). — Wood leopard (Zoöl.), a European spotted moth ( Zeuzera aesculi) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. — Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley. — Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising. — Wood louse (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and Pill bug, under Pill. (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless, pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidae, which live in the crevices of walls and among old books and papers. Some of the species are called also book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches. — Wood mite (Zoöl.), any one of numerous small mites of the family Oribatidae. They are found chiefly in woods, on tree trunks and stones. — Wood mote. (Eng. Law) (a) Formerly, the forest court. (b) The court of attachment. — Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle. — Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade. — Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert. — Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked with daisies trim." Milton. (b) (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The larvae are bright- colored, and some of the species, as Eudryas grata, and E. unio, feed on the leaves of the grapevine. (c) (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored South American humming birds belonging to the genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or green and blue. — Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
"We cast the lots … for the wood offering." Neh. x. 34. — Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See Gurjun. — Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having some resemblance to wood. — Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp, below. — Wood pewee (Zoöl.), a North American tyrant flycatcher ( Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but is smaller. — Wood pie (Zoöl.), any black and white woodpecker, especially the European great spotted woodpecker. — Wood pigeon. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the family Columbidae. (b) The ringdove. — Wood puceron (Zoöl.), a plant louse. — Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale. — Wood quail (Zoöl.), any one of several species of East Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied genera, as the red-crested wood quail ( R. roulroul), the male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red hairlike feathers. — Wood rabbit (Zoöl.), the cottontail. — Wood rat (Zoöl.), any one of several species of American wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern United States; — called also bush rat. The Florida wood rat ( Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species. — Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass ( Cinna arundinacea) growing in moist woods. — Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.] — Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula, differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule. — Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of the genus Teucrium. See Germander. — Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood. — Wood sheldrake (Zoöl.), the hooded merganser. — Wood shock (Zoöl.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2. — Wood shrike (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Old World singing birds belonging to Grallina, Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes, but feed upon both insects and berries. — Wood snipe. (Zoöl.) (a) The American woodcock. (b) An Asiatic snipe ( Gallinago nemoricola). — Wood soot, soot from burnt wood. — Wood sore. (Zoöl.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. — Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ( Oxalis Acetosella), having an acid taste. See Illust. ( a) of Shamrock. — Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl. — Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood, for impressing figures or colors on fabrics. — Wood star (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small South American humming birds belonging to the genus Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue, purple, and other colors. — Wood sucker (Zoöl.), the yaffle. — Wood swallow (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Old World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and allied genera of the family Artamidae. They are common in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white beneath. — Wood tapper (Zoöl.), any woodpecker. — Wood tar. See under Tar. — Wood thrush, (Zoöl.) (a) An American thrush ( Turdus mustelinus) noted for the sweetness of its song. See under Thrush. (b) The missel thrush. - - Wood tick. See in Vocabulary. — Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite. — Wood titmouse (Zoöl.), the goldcgest. — Wood tortoise (Zoöl.), the sculptured tortoise. See under Sculptured. — Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony. — Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above. — Wood warbler. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of the genus Dendroica. See Warbler. (b) A European warbler ( Phylloscopus sibilatrix); — called also green wren, wood wren, and yellow wren. — Wood worm (Zoöl.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood borer. — Wood wren. (Zoöl.) (a) The wood warbler. (b) The willow warbler.
Wood, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wooding.] To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.
Wood’s metal
Wood’s" met"al A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66° to 71° C. See Fusible metal, under Fusible.
Woodbind
Wood´bind, n. Woodbine. Dryden.
"A garland … of woodbind or hawthorn leaves." Chaucer.
Woodbine
Wood´bine, n. [AS. wudubind black ivy; — so named as binding about trees. See Wood, and Bind, v. t.] (Bot.) (a) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance ( Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle. (b) The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia. [Local, U. S.]
"Beatrice, who even now
Is couched in the woodbine coverture." Shak.
Wood-bound
Wood´-bound, a. Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.
Woodcock
Wood´cock, n. [AS. wuducoc.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds. The most important species are the European ( Scolopax rusticola) and the American woodcock ( Philohela minor), which agree very closely in appearance and habits.
2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
"If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you
Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"" Beau. & Fl.Little woodcock. (a) The common American snipe. (b) The European snipe. — Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish. — Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl ( Asio brachyotus). — Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines. — Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.
Woodcracker
Wood´crack•er, n. (Zoöl.) The nuthatch. [Prov. Eng.]
Woodcut
Wood´cut, n. An engraving on wood; also a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.
Woodcutter
Wood´cut•ter, n.
1. A person who cuts wood.
2. An engraver on wood. [R.]
Wooden
Wood´en, a.
1. Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.
2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.
"When a bold man is out of countenance, he makes a very wooden figure on it." Collier.
"His singing was I confess, a little wooden." G. MacDonald.Wooden spoon. (a) (Cambridge University, Eng.) The last junior optime who takes a university degree, — denoting one who is only fit to stay at home and stir porridge. "We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus." Macaulay. (b) In some American colleges, the lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies. — Wooden ware, a general name for buckets, bowls, and other articles of domestic use, made of wood. — Wooden wedding. See under Wedding.
Woodenly
Wood´en•ly, adv. Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly. R. North.
Woodhouse
Wood´house, n. A house or shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from the weather.
Woodiness
Wood´i•ness, n. The quality or state of being woody. Evelyn.
Woodland
Wood´land, a. Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.
"She had a rustic, woodland air." Wordsworth.
"Like summer breeze by woodland stream." Keble. Woodland caribou. (Zoöl.) See under Caribou.
Woodless
Wood´less, a. Having no wood; destitute of wood. Mitford. — Wood´less•ness, n.
Woodly
Wood´ly, adv. In a wood, mad, or raving manner; madly; furiously. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Woodness
Wood´ness, n. [From Wood mad.] Anger; madness; insanity; rage. [Obs.] Spenser.
"Woodness laughing in his rage." Chaucer.
Woodpecker
Wood´peck•er, n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae. These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike bill with which they are able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insect larvae upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed partly upon the sap of trees (see Sap sucker, under Sap), others spend a portion of their time on the ground in search of ants and other insects. The most common European species are the greater spotted woodpecker ( Dendrocopus major), the lesser spotted woodpecker ( D. minor), and the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see Yaffle). The best-known American species are the pileated woodpecker (see under Pileated), the ivory-billed woodpecker ( Campephilus principalis), which is one of the largest known species, the red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ( Melanerpes erythrocephalus), the red- bellied woodpecker ( M. Carolinus) (see Chab), the superciliary woodpecker ( M. superciliaris), the hairy woodpecker ( Dryobates villosus), the downy woodpecker ( D. pubescens), the three-toed, woodpecker ( Picoides Americanus), the golden-winged woodpecker (see Flicker), and the sap suckers. See also Carpintero. Woodpecker hornbill (Zoöl.), a black and white Asiatic hornbill ( Buceros pica) which resembles a woodpecker in color.
Woodrock
Wood´rock, n. (Min.) A compact woodlike variety of asbestus. { Wood´ruff•, Wood´roof• } n. [AS. wudurofe. See Wood, n. , and cf. Ruff a plaited collar.] (Bot.) A little European herb ( Asperula odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust. of Whorl.
Woodsman
Woods´man, n. ; pl. Woodsmen . A woodman; especially, one who lives in the forest.
Woodstone
Wood´stone, n. (Min.) A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance.
Woodwall
Wood´wall, n. (Zoöl.) The yaffle. [Written also woodwale, and woodwele.]
Woodwardia
Wood•war´di•a, n. [NL. After Thomas J. Woodward, an English botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of ferns, one species of which ( Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc. { Wood´-wash•, Wood´-wax•, Wood"- wax•en } n. [AS. wuduweaxe.] (Bot.) Same as Woadwaxen.
Woodwork
Wood´work, n. Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood.
Woody
Wood´y, a.
1. Abounding with wood or woods; as woody land. "The woody wilderness." Bryant.
"Secret shades
Of woody Ida’s inmost grove." Milton.
2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as the woody parts of plants.
3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan. [R.] "Woody nymphs, fair Hamadryades." Spenser. Woody fiber. (Bot.) (a) Fiber or tissue consisting of slender, membranous tubes tapering at each end. (b) A single wood cell. See under Wood. Goodale. — Woody nightshade. (Bot.). See Bittersweet, 3 (a). — Woody pear (Bot.), the inedible, woody, pear- shaped fruit of several Australian proteaceous trees of the genus Xylomelum; — called also wooden pear.
Wooer
Woo´er, n. [AS. wogere. See Woo, v. t.] One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor. "A thriving wooer." Gibber.
Woof (woof), n. [OE. oof, AS. owef, oweb, aweb; on, a. , on + wef, web, fr. wefan to weave. The initial w is due to the influence of E. weave. See On, Weave, and cf. Abb.]
1. The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.
2. Texture; cloth; as a pall of softest woof. Pope.
Woofy
Woof´y, a. Having a close texture; dense; as a woofy cloud. J. Baillie.
Wooingly
Woo´ing•ly, adv. In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness. Shak.
Wook
Wook´ (wok), obs. imp. of Wake. Woke. Chaucer.
Wool (wool), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld, Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr. urna wool, v. to cover. rad.146, 287. Cf. Flannel, Velvet.]
1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; — chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates. Wool consists essentially of keratin.
2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
"Wool of bat and tongue of dog." Shak.
3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants. Dead pulled wool, wool pulled from a carcass. — Mineral wool. See under Mineral. — Philosopher’s wool. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, under Zinc. — Pulled wool, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide. — Slag wool. Same as Mineral wool, under Mineral. — Wool ball, a ball or mass of wool. — Wool burler, one who removes little burs, knots, or extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth. — Wool comber. (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool. (b) A machine for combing wool. — Wool grass (Bot.), a kind of bulrush ( Scirpus Eriophorum) with numerous clustered woolly spikes. — Wool scribbler. See Woolen scribbler, under Woolen, a. — Wool sorter’s disease (Med.), a disease, resembling malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats and sheep. — Wool staple, a city or town where wool used to be brought to the king’s staple for sale. [Eng.] — Wool stapler. (a) One who deals in wool. (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its adaptation to different manufacturing purposes. — Wool winder, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool into bundles to be packed for sale.
Woold, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Woolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Woolding.] [D. woelen, be woelen; akin to G. wuhlen, be wuhlen. rad.146.] (Naut.) To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it.
Woolder
Woold´er, n.
1. (Naut.) A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.
2. (Rope Making) One of the handles of the top, formed by a wooden pin passing through it. See 1st Top, 2.
Wool-dyed
Wool´-dyed, a. Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain.
Woolen
Wool´en, a. [OE. wollen; cf. AS. wyllen. See Wool.] [Written also woollen.]
1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as woolen goods.
2. Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper. Woolen scribbler, a machine for combing or preparing wool in thin, downy, translucent layers.
Woolen
Wool´en, n. [Written also woollen.] Cloth made of wool; woollen goods.
Woolert
Woo´lert, n. (Zoöl.) The barn owl. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also oolert, and owlerd.]
Woolgrower
Wool´grow•er, n. One who raises sheep for the production of wool. — Wool´grow•ing, n.
Wool-hall
Wool´-hall, n. A trade market in the woolen districts. [Eng.]
Woolliness
Wool´li•ness, n. The quality or state of being woolly.
Woolly
Wool´ly, a.
1. Consisting of wool; as a woolly covering; a woolly fleece.
2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. "My fleece of woolly hair." Shak.
3. Clothed with wool. "Woolly breeders." Shak.
4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. Woolly bear (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under Salt), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust. , under Isabella Moth), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth ( Spilosoma Virginica). — Woolly butt (Bot.), an Australian tree ( Eucalyptus longifolia), so named because of its fibrous bark. — Woolly louse (Zoöl.), a plant louse ( Schizoneura, or Erisoma, lanigera) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under Blight. — Woolly macaco (Zoöl.), the mongoose lemur. — Woolly maki (Zoöl.), a long-tailed lemur ( Indris laniger) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; — called also avahi, and woolly lemur. — Woolly monkey (Zoöl.), any South American monkey of the genus Lagothrix, as the caparro. — Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.
Woolpack
Wool´pack, n. A pack or bag of wool weighing two hundred and forty pounds.
Woolsey
Wool´sey, n. [From Wool.] Linsey-woolsey.
Woolstock
Wool´stock, n. A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth.
Woolward
Wool´ward, adv. [ Wool + - ward.] In wool; with woolen raiment next the skin. [Obs.]
Woon, n. Dwelling. See Wone. [Obs.]
Wopen
Wo´pen, obs. p. p. of Weep. Wept. Chaucer.
Word, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. orð, Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. waúrd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. "rh•twr an orator. Cf. Verb.]
1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable. "A glutton of words." Piers Plowman.
"You cram these words into mine ears, against
The stomach of my sense." Shak.
"Amongst men who confound their ideas with words, there must be endless disputes." Locke.
2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as the words on a page.
3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language.
"Why should calamity be full of words?" Shak.
"Be thy words severe;
Sharp as he merits, but the sword forbear." Dryden.
4. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; — used only in the singular.
"I pray you … bring me word thither
How the world goes." Shak.
5. Signal; order; command; direction.
"Give the word through." Shak.
6. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.
"Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly." Shak.
"I know you brave, and take you at your word." Dryden.
"I desire not the reader should take my word." Dryden.
7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute.
"Some words there grew ’twixt Somerset and me." Shak.
8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.
"All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Gal. v. 14.
"She said; but at the happy word "he lives,"
My father stooped, re-fathered, o’er my wound." Tennyson.
"There is only one other point on which I offer a word of remark." Dickens. By word of mouth, orally; by actual speaking. Boyle. — Compound word. See under Compound, a. — Good word, commendation; favorable account. "And gave the harmless fellow a good word." Pope. — In a word, briefly; to sum up. — In word, in declaration; in profession. "Let us not love in word, … but in deed and in truth." 1 John iii. 8. — Nuns of the Word Incarnate (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The order, which also exists in the United States, was instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the "Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God." — The word, orThe Word. (Theol.) (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a revelation of God. "Bold to speak the word without fear." Phil. i. 14. (b) The second person in the Trinity before his manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of the divine attributes personified. John i. 1. — To eat one’s words, to retract what has been said. — To have the words for, to speak for; to act as spokesman. [Obs.] "Our host hadde the wordes for us all." Chaucer. — Word blindness (Physiol.), inability to understand printed or written words or symbols, although the person affected may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write correctly. Landois & Stirling. — Word deafness (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken words, though the person affected may hear them and other sounds, and hence is not deaf. — Word dumbness (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired. — Word for word, in the exact words; verbatim; literally; exactly; as to repeat anything word for word. — Word painting, the act of describing an object fully and vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. — Word picture, an accurate and vivid description, which presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. — Word square, a series of words so arranged that they can be read vertically and horizontally with like results.
Word, v. i. To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute. [R.]
Word, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Worded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wording.]
1. To express in words; to phrase.
"The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince." Addison.
2. To ply with words; also to cause to be by the use of a word or words. [Obs.] Howell.
3. To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] Shak. To word it, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] "To word it with a shrew." L’Estrange.
Wordless
Word´less, a. Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless. Shak.
Wordplay
Word´play, n. A more or less subtle playing upon the meaning of words.
Wordy
Word´y, a. [ Compar. Wordier superl. Wordiest.]
1. Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as a wordy war. Cowper.
2. Using many words; verbose; as a wordy speaker.
3. Containing many words; full of words.
"We need not lavish hours in wordy periods." Philips.
Work (wûrk), n. [OE. work, werk, weorc, AS. weorc, worc; akin to OFries. werk, wirk, OS., D., & G. werk, OHG. werc, werah, Icel. & Sw. verk, Dan. vaerk, Goth. ga waúrki, Gr. ’e•rgon, ϝe•rgon, work, "re•zein to do, ’o•rganon an instrument, ’o•rgia secret rites, Zend verez to work. rad.145. Cf. Bulwark, Energy, Erg, Georgic, Liturgy, Metallurgy, Organ, Orgy, Surgeon, Wright.]
1. Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physical labor.
"Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed." Milton.
2. The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as to take up one’s work; to drop one’s work.
"Come on, Nerissa; I have work in hand
That you yet know not of." Shak.
"In every work that he began … he did it with all his heart, and prospered." 2 Chron. xxxi. 21.
3. That which is produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed, service, effect, result, achievement, feat.
"To leave no rubs or blotches in the work." Shak.
"The work some praise,
And some the architect." Milton.
"Fancy …
Wild work produces oft, and most in dreams." Milton.
"The composition or dissolution of mixed bodies … is the chief work of elements." Sir K. Digby.
4. Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery.
"I am glad I have found this napkin; …
I’ll have the work ta’en out,
And give ’t Iago." Shak. (c) pl. Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as iron works; locomotive works; gas works. (d) pl. The moving parts of a mechanism; as the works of a watch.
5. Manner of working; management; treatment; as unskillful work spoiled the effect. Bp. Stillingfleet.
6. (Mech.) The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg.
"Energy is the capacity of doing work … Work is the transference of energy from one system to another." Clerk Maxwell.
7. (Mining) Ore before it is dressed. Raymond.
8. pl. (Script.) Performance of moral duties; righteous conduct.
"He shall reward every man according to his works." Matt. xvi. 27.
"Faith, if it hath not works, is dead." James ii. 17.Muscular work (Physiol.), the work done by a muscle through the power of contraction. — To go to work, to begin laboring; to commence operations; to contrive; to manage. "I ’ll go another way to work with him." Shak. — To set on work, to cause to begin laboring; to set to work. [Obs.] Hooker. — To set to work, to employ; to cause to engage in any business or labor.
Work (wûrk), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Worked (wûrkt), or Wrought (rat); p. pr. & vb. n. Working.] [AS. wyrcean (imp. worthe, wrohte, p. p. geworht, gewroht); akin to OFries. werka, wirka, OS. wirkian, D. werken, G. wirken, Icel. verka, yrkja, orka, Goth. waúrkjan. rad.145. See Work, n. ]
1. To exert one’s self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.
"O thou good Kent, how shall I live and work,
To match thy goodness?" Shak.
"Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you." Ex. v. 18.
"Whether we work or play, or sleep or wake,
Our life doth pass." Sir J. Davies.
2. Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as a machine works well.
"We bend to that the working of the heart." Shak.
3. Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce.
"We know that all things work together for good to them that love God." Rom. viii. 28.
"This so wrought upon the child, that afterwards he desired to be taught." Locke.
"She marveled how she could ever have been wrought upon to marry him." Hawthorne.
4. To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.
"They that work in fine flax … shall be confounded." Isa. xix. 9.
5. To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as a ship works in a heavy sea.
"Confused with working sands and rolling waves." Addison.
6. To make one’s way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; — with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.
"Till body up to spirit work, in bounds
Proportioned to each kind." Milton.
7. To ferment, as a liquid.
"The working of beer when the barm is put in." Bacon.
8. To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.
"Purges … work best, that is, cause the blood so to do, … in warm weather or in a warm room." Grew. To work at, to be engaged in or upon; to be employed in. — To work to windward (Naut.), to sail or ply against the wind; to tack to windward. Mar. Dict.
Workable
Work´a•ble, a. Capable of being worked, or worth working; as a workable mine; workable clay.
Workbasket
Work´bas•ket, n. A basket for holding materials for needlework, or the like.
Workbench
Work´bench, n. A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter’s shop.
Workbox
Work´box, n. A box for holding instruments or materials for work.
Worker
Work´er, n.
1. One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as a worker in brass.
"Professors of holiness, but workers of iniquity." Shak.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social ants, bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under White.
Workfellow
Work´fel•low, n. One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.
Working
Work´ing, a & n. from Work.
"The word must cousin be to the working." Chaucer. Working beam. See Beam, n. 10. — Working class, the class of people who are engaged in manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives; — chiefly used in the plural. — Working day. See under Day, n. — Working drawing, a drawing, as of the whole or part of a structure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to be followed by the workmen. Working drawings are either general or detail drawings. — Working house, a house where work is performed; a workhouse. — Working point (Mach.), that part of a machine at which the effect required; the point where the useful work is done.
Workmanly
Work´man•ly, a. Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike.
Workmanly
Work´man•ly, adv. In a skillful manner; in a manner becoming a skillful workman. Shak.
Workmaster
Work´mas•ter, n. The performer of any work; a master workman. [R.] Spenser.
Workroom
Work´room, n. Any room or apartment used especially for labor.
Workshop
Work´shop, n. A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on.
Workyday
Work´y•day, n. [See Workday, Workingday.] A week day or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or a holiday. Also used adjectively. [Written also workiday, and workaday.] [Obs. or Colloq.]
"Prithee, tell her but a workyday fortune." Shak.
World, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS. weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt, worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. veröld, Sw. verld, Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity; AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; cf. AS. yld lifetime, age, ylde men, humanity. Cf. Werewolf, Old.]
1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.
"The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen." Rom. 1. 20.
"With desire to know,
What nearer might concern him, how this world
Of heaven and earth conspicuous first began." Milton.
2. Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as a plurality of worlds. "Lord of the worlds above." I. Watts.
"Amongst innumerable stars, that shone
Star distant, but high-hand seemed other worlds." Milton.
"There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants have never violated their allegiance to their almighty Sovereign." W. B. Sprague.
3. The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests.
"That forbidden tree, whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world, and all our woe." Milton.
4. In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also state of existence; scene of life and action; as the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world.
"One of the greatest in the Christian world
Shall be my surety." Shak.
"Murmuring that now they must be put to make war beyond the world’s end — for so they counted Britain." Milton.
5. The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as a knowledge of the world.
"Happy is she that from the world retires." Waller.
"If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious,
May Juba ever live in ignorance." Addison.
6. Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew.
7. The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind.
"Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it." Shak.
"Tell me, wench, how will the world repute me
For undertaking so unstaid a journey?" Shak.
8. The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind.
"I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine." John xvii. 9.
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world." 1 John ii. 15, 16.
9. As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number. "A world of men." Chapman. "A world of blossoms for the bee." Bryant.
"Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company." Shak.
"A world of woes dispatched in little space." Dryden. All … in the world, all that exists; all that is possible; as all the precaution in the world would not save him. — A world to see, a wonder to see; something admirable or surprising to see. [Obs.]
"O, you are novices; ’t is a world to see
How tame, when men and women are alone,
A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew." Shak. — For all the world. (a) Precisely; exactly. (b) For any consideration. — Seven wonders of the world. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. — To go to the world, to be married. [Obs.] "Thus goes every one to the world but I … ; I may sit in a corner and cry heighho for a husband!" Shak. — World’s end, the end, or most distant part, of the world; the remotest regions. — World without end, eternally; forever; everlastingly; as if in a state of existence having no end.
"Throughout all ages, world without end." Eph. iii. 21.
Worldly-wise
World´ly-wise, a. Wise in regard to things of this world. Bunyan.
World-wide
World´-wide, a. Extended throughout the world; as world-wide fame. Tennyson.
Worm (wûrm), n. [OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D. worm, OS. & G. wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth. waúrms, L. vermis, Gr. a wood worm. Cf. Vermicelli, Vermilion, Vermin.]
1. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like. [Archaic]
"There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a murderer." Tyndale (Acts xxviii. 3, 4).
"’T is slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile." Shak.
"When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm,
His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks." Longfellow.
2. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as an earth worm; the blind worm. Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a) Any helminth; an entozoön. (b) Any annelid. (c) An insect larva. (d) pl. Same as Vermes.
3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
"The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!" Shak.
4. A being debased and despised.
"I am a worm, and no man." Ps. xxii. 6.
5. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm; as: (a) The thread of a screw.
"The threads of screws, when bigger than can be made in screw plates, are called worms." Moxon. (b) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms. (c) (Anat.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta. (d) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still. (e) (Mach.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below. Worm abscess (Med.), an abscess produced by the irritation resulting from the lodgment of a worm in some part of the body. — Worm fence. See under Fence. — Worm gear. (Mach.) (a) A worm wheel. (b) Worm gearing. — Worm gearing, gearing consisting of a worm and worm wheel working together. — Worm grass. (Bot.) (a) See Pinkroot, 2 (a). (b) The white stonecrop ( Sedum album) reputed to have qualities as a vermifuge. Dr. Prior. — Worm oil (Med.), an anthelmintic consisting of oil obtained from the seeds of Chenopodium anthelminticum. — Worm powder (Med.), an anthelmintic powder. — Worm snake. (Zoöl.) See Thunder snake (b), under Thunder. — Worm tea (Med.), an anthelmintic tea or tisane. — Worm tincture (Med.), a tincture prepared from dried earthworms, oil of tartar, spirit of wine, etc. [Obs.] — Worm wheel, a cogwheel having teeth formed to fit into the spiral spaces of a screw called a worm, so that the wheel may be turned by, or may turn, the worm; — called also worm gear, and sometimes tangent wheel. See Illust. of Worm gearing, above.
Worm, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wormed p. pr. & vb. n. Worming.] To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
"When debates and fretting jealousy
Did worm and work within you more and more,
Your color faded." Herbert.
Worm, v. t.
1. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; — often followed by out.
"They find themselves wormed out of all power." Swift.
"They … wormed things out of me that I had no desire to tell." Dickens.
2. To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b).
3. To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
"The men assisted the laird in his sporting parties, wormed his dogs, and cut the ears of his terrier puppies." Sir W. Scott.
4. (Naut.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.
"Ropes … are generally wormed before they are served." Totten. To worm one’s self into, to enter into gradually by arts and insinuations; as to worm one’s self into favor.
Wormed, a. Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as wormed timber.
Wormil
Wor´mil, n. [Cf. 1st Warble.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble. [Written also wormal, wormul, and wornil.]
2. (Far.) See 1st Warble, 1 (b).
Wormy
Worm´y, a. [ Compar. Wormier superl. Wormiest.]
1. Containing a worm; abounding with worms. "Wormy beds." Shak.
2. Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.
Worn, p. p. of Wear. Worn land, land that has become exhausted by tillage, or which for any reason has lost its fertility.
Worriment
Wor´ri•ment, n. [See Worry.] Trouble; anxiety; worry. [Colloq. U. S.]
Worrisome
Wor´ri•some, a. Inclined to worry or fret; also causing worry or annoyance.
Worry
Wor´ry, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Worried p. pr. & vb. n. Worrying.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in awyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. würgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.]
1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also to tear or mangle with the teeth.
"A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death;
That dog that had his teeth before his eyes,
To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood." Shak.
2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague. "A church worried with reformation." South.
"Let them rail,
And worry one another at their pleasure." Rowe.
"Worry him out till he gives consent." Swift.
3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]
Worse, a. , compar. of Bad. [OE. werse, worse, wurse, AS. wiersa, wyrsa, a comparative with no corresponding positive; akin to OS. wirsa, OFries. wirra, OHG. wirsiro, Icel. verri, Sw. värre, Dan. värre, Goth. waírsiza, and probably to OHG. werran to bring into confusion, E. war, and L. verrere to sweep, sweep along. As bad has no comparative and superlative, worse and worst are used in lieu of them, although etymologically they have no relation to bad.] Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; — used both in a physical and moral sense.
"Or worse, if men worse can devise." Chaucer.
"[She] was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse." Mark v. 26.
"Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse." 2 Tim. iii. 13.
"There are men who seem to believe they are not bad while another can be found worse." Rambler.
""But I love him." "Love him? Worse and worse."" Gay.
Worse, adv. [AS. wiers, wyrs; akin to OS. & OHG. wirs, Icel. verr, Goth, waírs; a comparative adverb with no corresponding positive. See Worse, a. ] In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.
"Now will we deal worse with thee than with them." Gen. xix. 9.
Worse, v. t. [OE. wursien, AS. wyrsian to become worse.] To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.
"Weapons more violent, when next we meet,
May serve to better us and worse our foes." Milton.
Worser
Wors´er, a. Worse. [R.]
"Thou dost deserve a worser end." Beau. & Fl.
"From worser thoughts which make me do amiss." Bunyan.
"A dreadful quiet felt, and, worser far
Than arms, a sullen interval of war." Dryden. This old and redundant form of the comparative occurs occasionally in the best authors, although commonly accounted a vulgarism. It has at least, the analogy of lesser to sanction its issue. See Lesser. "The experience of man’s worser nature, which intercourse with ill-chosen associates, by choice or circumstance, peculiarly teaches." Hallam.
Worship
Wor´ship, n. [OE. worshipe, wurðscipe, AS. weorðscipe; weorð worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a. , and - ship.]
1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] Shak.
"A man of worship and honour." Chaucer.
"Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle worship in his native land." Spenser.
2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
"Of which great worth and worship may be won." Spenser.
"Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee." Luke xiv. 10.
3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station.
"My father desires your worships’ company." Shak.
4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. "God with idols in their worship joined." Milton.
"The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship." Tillotson.
5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.
"’T is your inky brows, your black silk hair,
Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream,
That can my spirits to your worship." Shak.
6. An object of worship.
"In attitude and aspect formed to be
At once the artist’s worship and despair." Longfellow. Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.
Worship
Wor´ship, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Worshiped or Worshipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]
1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [Obsoles.] Chaucer.
"Our grave … shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph." Shak.
"This holy image that is man God worshipeth." Foxe.
2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.
"But God is to be worshiped." Shak.
"When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones." Milton.
3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
"With bended knees I daily worship her." Carew.
Syn. — To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
Worshipability
Wor•ship•a•bil´i•ty, n. The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [R.] Coleridge.
Worshipable
Wor´ship•a•ble, a. Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [R.] Carlyle.
Worst, a. , superl. of Bad. [OE. werst, worste, wurste, AS. wyrst, wierst, wierrest. See Worse, a. ] Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse. "Heard so oft in worst extremes." Milton.
" I have a wife, the worst that may be." Chaucer.
"If thou hadst not been born the worst of men,
Thou hadst been a knave and flatterer." Shak.
Worst, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Worsted; p. pr. & vb. n. Worsting.] [See Worse, v. t. & a. ] To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
"The … Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark." South.
Worst, v. i. To grow worse; to deteriorate. [R.] "Every face … worsting." Jane Austen.
Worsted
Worst´ed ( 277), n. [From Worsted, now spelled Worstead, a town in Norfolk, England; for Worthstead. See Worth, n. , and Stead.]
1. Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.
2. Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.
Wort, n. [OE. wort, wurt, AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to OS. wurt, G. wurz, Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw. ört, Goth. waúrts a root, L. radix, Gr. a root, a branch, young shoot, a branch, and E. root, n. Cf. Licorice, Orchard, Radish, Root, n. , Whortleberry, Wort an infusion of malt.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind. This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in cole wort, fig wort, St. John’s- wort, wound wort, etc.
2. pl. Cabbages.
Wort, n. [OE. worte, wurte, AS. wyrte; akin to OD. wort, G. würze, bier würze, Icel. virtr, Sw. vört. See Wort an herb.] An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation. Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and carbon dioxide.
Worth, v. i. [OE. worthen, wurþen, to become, AS. weorðan; akin to OS. werðan, D. worden, G. werden, OHG. werdan, Icel. verða, Sw. varda, Goth. waírpan, L. vertere to turn, Skr. vr.t, v. i., to turn, to roll, to become. rad.143. Cf. Verse, -ward, Weird.] To be; to become; to betide; — now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.
"I counsel … to let the cat worthe." Piers Plowman.
"He worth upon [got upon] his steed gray." Chaucer.
Worth, a. [OE. worth, wurþ, AS. weorð, wurE; akin to OFries. werth, OS. werð, D. waard, OHG. werd, G. wert, werth, Icel. verðr, Sw. värd, Dan. vaerd, Goth. waírps, and perhaps to E. wary. Cf. Stalwart, Ware an article of merchandise, Worship.]
1. Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also worth while. [Obs.]
"It was not worth to make it wise." Chaucer.
2. Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.
"A ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats." Shak.
"All our doings without charity are nothing worth." Bk. of Com. Prayer.
"If your arguments produce no conviction, they are worth nothing to me." Beattie.
3. Deserving of; — in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.
"To reign is worth ambition, though in hell." Milton.
"This is life indeed, life worth preserving." Addison.
4. Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.
"At Geneva are merchants reckoned worth twenty hundred crowns." Addison. Worth while, or Worth the while. See under While, n.
Worth, n. [OE. worth, wurþ, AS. weorð, wurð; weorð, wurð, adj. See Worth, a. ]
1. That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price.
"What ’s worth in anything
But so much money as ’t will bring?" Hudibras.
2. Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as a man or magistrate of great worth.
"To be of worth, and worthy estimation." Shak.
"As none but she, who in that court did dwell,
Could know such worth, or worth describe so well." Waller.
"To think how modest worth neglected lies." Shenstone.
Syn. — Desert; merit; excellence; price; rate.
Worthful
Worth´ful, a. Full of worth; worthy; deserving. Marston.
Worthy
Wor´thy, a. [ Compar. Worthier ; superl. Worthiest.] [OE. worthi, wurþi, from worth, wurþ, n.; cf. Icel. verðugr, D. waardig, G. würdig, OHG. wirdig. See Worth, n. ]
1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
"Full worthy was he in his lordes war." Chaucer.
"These banished men that I have kept withal
Are men endued with worthy qualities." Shak.
"Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be." Milton.
"This worthy mind should worthy things embrace." Sir J. Davies.
2. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; — usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; — usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.
"No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway." Shak.
"The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel." Shak.
"Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear." Matt. iii. 11.
"And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know
More happiness." Milton.
"The lodging is well worthy of the guest." Dryden.
3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.]
"Worthy women of the town." Chaucer. Worthiest of blood (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; — applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females. Burrill.
Worthy
Wor´thy, v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. [Obs.] Shak.
Wost, 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. [Obs.] Spenser.
Wot, 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. See the Note under Wit, v. [Obs.]
"Brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it." Acts iii. 17. { Wot´est, Wot´test } 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. [Obs.] { Wot´eth, Wot´teth } 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. [Obs.] "He wotteth neither what he babbleth, nor what he meaneth." Tyndale.
Would, imp. of Will. [OE. & AS. wolde. See Will, v. t.] Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will. Would was formerly used also as the past participle of Will.
"Right as our Lord hath would." Chaucer.
Would-be
Would´-be, a. Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as a would-be poet.
Woulding
Would´ing, n. Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity. [Obs.] Hammond.
Wound, imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing.
Wound, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wounding.] [AS. wundian. rad.140. See Wound, n. ]
1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
"The archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers." 1 Sam. xxxi. 3.
2. To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.
"When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ." 1 Cor. viii. 12.
Woundable
Wound´a•ble, a. Capable of being wounded; vulnerable. [R.] Fuller.
Woundily
Wound´i•ly, adv. In a woundy manner; excessively; woundy. [Obs.]
Woundy
Wound´y, adv. Excessively; extremely. [Obs.]
"A am woundy cold." Ford.
Wou-wou
Wou´-wou, n. [So called from its cry.] (Zoöl.) The agile, or silvery, gibbon; — called also camper. See Gibbon. [Written also wow-wow.]
Woven
Wov´en, p. p. of Weave. Woven paper, or Wove paper, writing paper having an even, uniform surface, without watermarks.
Wowf, a. Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Wox, obs. imp. of Wax. Gower.
Woxen
Wox´en, obs. p. p. of Wax. Chaucer.