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Wainbote
See . See also the Note under .
Waiter
One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table.
Wall
A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
Waller
The wels.
Walrus
A very large marine mammal () of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also .
Wanderment
The act of wandering, or roaming.
Warmer
One who, or that which, warms.
Warriangle
See .
Washingtonian
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, ; .
Wasting
Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing;
Water monkey
A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water is cooled by evaporation.
Water murrain
A kind of murrain affecting cattle.
Water rocket
A cruciferous plant () with small yellow flowers.
Waur
Worse.
Waygate
The tailrace of a mill.
Waywiser
An instrument for measuring the distance which one has traveled on the road; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.
Weakfish
Any fish of the genus ; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. See .
Weathercock
A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction.
Weekly
Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; .
Weekly
A publication issued once in seven days, or appearing once a week.
Weekly
Once a week; by hebdomadal periods; .
Weird
To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.
Welte
of , to wield.
Wemless
Having no wem, or blemish; spotless.
West
Westward.
Whale
Any aquatic mammal of the order , especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
Whaup
See .
Whenceever
Whencesoever.
Whilst
While.
Whitebelly
The American widgeon, or baldpate.
Whitlow-wort
Same as , under .
Whitterick
The curlew.
Widow-hunter
One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune.
Widual
Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual.
Willowy
Abounding with willows.
Wilt
To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant.
Winder
A blow taking away the breath.
Winebibber
One who drinks much wine.
Wing-footed
Having wings attached to the feet; ; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet.
Withdrawal
The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
Wittolly
Like a wittol; cuckoldly.
Wo
See .
Woad-waxen
A leguminous plant () of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also , , , and , , , and .
Woodenness
Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.
Woodmonger
A wood seller.
Workbench
A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop.
Workmen's compensation act
A statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover from an employer in case of accident, esp. the British act of 6 Edw. VII. c. 58 (1906) giving to a workman, except in certain cases of serious and willful misconduct, a right against his employer to a certain compensation on the mere occurrence of an accident where the common law gives the right only for negligence of the employer.
Worm
To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by .
Worm-shaped
Shaped like a worm;hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; .
Wornil
See .
Worshipful
Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically.
Wrangle
To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
Wrap
To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. .
Wrestler
One who wrestles; one who is skillful in wrestling.
Wrizzle
To wrinkle.