Webster's Dictionary 1828

973

WIGHTLY

WIGHTLY, adverb Swiftly; nimbly.

974

WIGWAM

WIGWAM, noun An Indian cabin or hut, so called in America. It is sometimes written weekwam.

975

WILD

WILD, adjective [G.]1. Roving; wandering; inhabiting the forest or open field; hence, not tamed or domesticated; as a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat; a wild bee.2. Growing wit...

976

WILD-FOWL

WILD-FOWL, noun [wild and fowl.] Fowls of the forest, or untamed.

977

WILD-GOOSE

WILD-GOOSE, noun [wild and goose.] An aquatic fowl of the genus Anas, the Anas anser, a fowl of passage. These geese fly to the south in autumn, and return to the north in the s...

978

WILD-HONEY

WILD-HONEY, noun [wild and honey.] Honey that is found int he forest, in hollow trees or among rocks.

979

WILD-LAND

WILD-LAND, noun [wild and land.]1. Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it unfit for cultivation.2. In America, forest; land not settled and cultivated.

980

WILD-SERVICE

WILD-SERVICE, noun A plant. The wilder myrtle-leaved service is a tree of the genus Crataegus, [C. Torminalis.)

981

WILDER

WILDER, verb transitive To lose or cause to lose the way or track; to puzzle with mazes or difficulties; to bewilder.Long lost and wilderd in the maze of fate.

982

WILDERED

WILDERED, participle passive Lost in a pathless tract; puzzled.

983

WILDERING

WILDERING, participle present tense Puzzling.

984

WILDERNESS

WILDERNESS, noun [from wild.]1. A desert; a tract of land or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide barren plain. In the United States, ...

985

WILDFIRE

WILDFIRE, noun [wild and fire.]1. A composition of inflammable materials.Brimstone, pitch, wildfire burn easily, and are hard to quench.2. A disease of sheep, attended with infl...

986

WILDING

WILDING, noun A wild sour apple.

987

WILDLY

WILDLY, adverb1. Without cultivation.2. Without tameness.3. With disorder; with perturbation or distraction; with a fierce or roving look; as, to start wildly from ones seat; to...

988

WILDNESS

WILDNESS, noun1. Rudeness; rough uncultivated state; as the wildness of a forest or heath.2. Inordinate disposition to rove; irregularity of manners; as the wildness of youth.3....

989

WILDS

WILDS, noun Among farmers, the part of a plow by which it is drawn.

990

WILE

WILE, noun A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice.That ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6:11.WILE,...

991

WILILY

WILILY, adverb [from wily.] By stratagem; with insidious art. Joshua 9:4.

992

WILINESS

WILINESS, noun [from wily.] Cunning; guile.

993

WILK

WILK, WHILK, noun [G., to wither, or cause to wither.] A species of shell. [See Welk.]

994

WILL

WILL, noun [See the Verb.]1. That faculty of the mind by which we determine either to do or forbear an action; the faculty which is exercised in deciding, among two or more obje...

995

WILLED

WILLED, participle passive1. Determined; resolved; desired.2. Disposed of by will or testament.

996

WILLER

WILLER, noun One who wills.

997

WILLFUL

WILLFUL, adjective [will and full.]1. Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; inflexible; as a willful man.2. Stubborn; refractory; as a ...

998

WILLFULLY

WILLFULLY, adverb1. Obstinately; stubbornly.2. By design; with set purpose.If we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sa...

999

WILLFULNESS

WILLFULNESS, noun Obstinacy; stubbornness; perverseness.Sins of presumption are such as proceed from pride, arrogance, willfulness and haughtiness of mens heart.