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Wagon-roofed
Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted ; wagon-headed.

Warble
To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.

Warence
Madder.

Warfare
To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.

Wariness
The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness.

Warming
from ,

Wasteful
Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; .

Watch meeting
A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.

Water adder
The water moccasin.

Water canker
See , , 1.

Water lettuce
A plant () which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves.

Water mite
Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to and allied genera of the family , usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also , and .

Water plantain
A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d .

Wednesday
The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.

Weld
To wield.

Well-meaning
Having a good intention.

Wepen
Weapon.

Westering
Passing to the west.

Westling
A westerner.

Whatsoever
Whatever.

Wheat sawfly
A small European sawfly () whose larva does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks.

Wheelhouse
A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.

Whinger
A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.

Whisk
A game at cards; whist.

Whisperously
Whisperingly.

Whitetop
Fiorin.

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

Windowpane
See , , (3) .

Wing
To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.

Winnower
One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine.

Winter
To pass the winter; to hibernate; .

Wishedly
According to wish; conformably to desire.

Withdraw
To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; .

Wood hyacinth
A European squill () having a scape bearing a raceme of drooping blue, purple, white, or sometimes pink, bell-shaped flowers.

Worth
To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe the day, woe the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns , , etc., are in the dative. Woe the day, woe the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.

Wreche
Wreak.

Wring
A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.