W
W is the twenty third letter of the English Alphabet. It takes its written form and its name from the union of two Vs, this being the form of the Roman capital letter which we c...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WABBLE
WABBLE, verb intransitive To move from one side to the other; to vacillate; as a turning or whirling body. So it is said a top wabbles, when it is in motion, and deviates from a...
WACKE
WACKE,
WACKY
WACKY, noun A rock nearly allied to basalt, of which it may be regarded as a more soft and earthy variety. Its color is a greenish gray, brown or black. It is opake, yields easi...
WAD
WAD, noun1. A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old ropeyarn, used for stopping the charge of powder in a gun and pressing it clo...
WADD
WADD, noun In mineralogy, a black wadd is a species of ore of manganese, of which there are four kinds; fibrous, ochery, pulverulent ochery, and dendritic. In some places, plumb...
WADDED
WADDED, adjective Formed into a wad or mass.
WADDING
WADDING, noun1. A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.2. A kind of soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing garments.
WADDLE
WADDLE, verb intransitive1. To move one way and the other in walking; to deviate to one side and the other; to vacillate; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; very fat pe...
WADDLING
WADDLING, participle present tense Moving from side to side in walking.
WADDLINGLY
WADDLINGLY, adverb With a vacillating gait.
WADE
WADE, verb intransitive1. To walk through any substance that yields to the feet; as, to wade through water; to wade through sand or snow;. To wade over a river, is to walk throu...
WADING
WADING, participle present tense Walking through a substance that yields to the feet, as through water or sand.
WADSETT
WADSETT, noun An ancient tenure or lease of land in the highlands of Scotland, which seems to have been a kind of mortgage.
WADSETTER
WADSETTER, noun One who holds by wadsett.
WAFER
WAFER, noun1. A thin cake or leaf; as a wafer of bread given by the Romanists in the Eucharist.2. A thin leaf of paste, or a composition of flour, the white of eggs, isinglass a...
WAFT
WAFT, verb transitive1. To bear through a fluid or bouyant medium; to convey through water or air; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.Speed the soft intercourse from soul...
WAFTAGE
WAFTAGE, noun Conveyance or transportation through a bouyant medium, as air or water. [Not in use.]
WAFTED
WAFTED, participle passive Borne or conveyed through air or water.
WAFTER
WAFTER, noun1. He or that which wafts; a passage boat.2. The conductor of vessels at sea; an old word.
WAFTING
WAFTING, participle present tense Carrying through a bouyant medium.
WAFTURE
WAFTURE, noun The act of waving. [Not in use.]
WAG
WAG, verb transitive To move one way and the other with quick turns; to move a little way, and then turn the other way; as, to wag the head.Every one that passeth thereby shall ...
WAGE
WAGE, verb transitive1. To lay; to bet; to throw down as a pledge; to stake; to put at hazard on the event of a contest. Thisis the common popular sense of the word in New Engla...
WAGED
WAGED, participle passive laid; deposited; as a pledge; made or gegun, as war.
WAGEL
WAGEL, noun1. A name given in Cornwall to the martinazzo, dunghunter, or dungbird, a species of Larus or seagull.+, noun Mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; sarcasm...
WAGER
WAGER, noun1. Something deposited, laid or hazarded on the event of a contest or some unsettled question; a bet.Besides these plates for horseraces, the wagers may be as the per...