WHOREMONGER
WHOREMONGER, noun The same as whoremaster.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WHORESON
WHORESON, noun A bastard; a word used generally in contempt.
WHORISH
WHORISH, adjective Lewd; unchaste; addicted to unlawful sexual pleasures; incontinent.
WHORISHLY
WHORISHLY, adverb In a lewd manner.
WHORISHNESS
WHORISHNESS, noun The practice of lewdness; the character of a lewd woman.
WHORL
WHORL, WHORLE. [See Whirl.]
WHORLE
WHORL, WHORLE [See Whirl.]
WHORT
WHORT, noun The fruit of the whortleberry; or the shrub.
WHORTLEBERRY
WHORTLEBERRY, noun A plant or shrub and its fruit, of the genus Vaccinium.
WHOSE
WHOSE, hooz. The possessive or genitive case of who or which; applied to persons or things. We say, the person whose merits are known; the garment whose color is admired.
WHOSESOEVER
WHOSESOEVER, pronoun [whose and soever.] Of any person whatever. John 20:1.
WHOSO
WHOSO, pronoun Hooso. Any person whatever.
WHOSOEVER
WHOSOEVER, pronoun [who, so, and ever.] Any one; any person whatever.WHOSOEVER will, let him take of the water of life freely. Revelations 22.
WHUR
WHUR, verb intransitive To pronounce the letter r with too much force.WHUR, noun The sound of a body moving through the air with velocity. [See Whir.]
WHURT
WHURT, noun A whortleberry or bilberry. [See Whort.]
WHY
WHY, adverb [Latin, for what. The original phrase is for what, for why]1. For what cause or reason, interrogatively.Turn ye, turn ye, for why will ye die? Jeremiah 27:13.2. For ...
WI
WI, from the Gothic weiha, signifies holy. It is found in some names, as in Wibert, holy-bright, or bright-holy, eminent for sanctity.
WIC
WIC, WICK, a termination, denotes jurisdiction, as in bailiwick. Its primary sense is a village or mansion, Latin; hence it occurs in Berwick, Harwich, Norwich, etc. It signifie...
WICK
WICK, noun A number of threads of cotton or some similar substance, loosely twisted into a string, round which wax or tallow is applied by means of melting and running in a mold...
WICKED
WICKED, adjective [The primary sense is to wind and turn, or to depart, to fall away.]1. Evil in principle or practice; deviating from the divine law; addicted to vice; sinful; ...
WICKEDLY
WICKEDLY, adverb IN a manner or with motives and designs contrary to the divine law; viciously; corruptly; immorally.All that do wickedly shall be stubble. Malachi 4:1.I have si...
WICKEDNESS
WICKEDNESS, noun Departure from the rules of the divine law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; crime; sin; sinfulness; corrupt manners wickedness generally signifies ev...
WICKEN
WICKEN, WICKEN-TREE, noun The Sorbus aucuparia, mountain ash, or roan-tree.
WICKEN-TREE
WICKEN, WICKEN-TREE noun The Sorbus aucuparia, mountain ash, or roan-tree.
WICKER
WICKER, adjective [Latin, to grow. The word signifies a shoot.] Made of twigs or oziers; as a wicker basket; a wicker chair.
WICKET
WICKET, noun A small gate.The wicket often opend, knew the key.
WICKLIFFITE
WICKLIFFITE, noun A follower of Wickliffe, the English reformer.