Webster's Dictionary 1828

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WANLY

WANLY, adverb In a pale manner; palely.

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WANNED

WANNED, adjective Made wan or pale.

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WANNESS

WANNESS, noun Paleness; a sallow, dead, pale color; as the wanness of the cheeks after a fever.

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WANNISH

WANNISH, adjective Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.

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WANT

WANT, noun1. Deficiency; defect; the absence of that which is necessary or useful; as a want of power or knowledge fro any purpose; want of food and clothing. The want of money ...

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WANT-WIT

WANT-WIT, noun [want and wit.] One destitute of wit or sense; a fool. [Not in much use.]

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WANTAGE

WANTAGE, noun Deficiency; that which is wanting.

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WANTED

WANTED, participle passive Needed; desired.

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WANTING

WANTING, participle present tense1. Needing; lacking; desiring.2.adjective Absent; deficient. One of the twelve is wanting We have the means, but the application is wanting3. Sl...

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WANTLESS

WANTLESS, adjective Having no want; abundant; fruitful.

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WANTON

WANTON, adjective1. Wandering or roving in gaiety or sport; sportive; frolicsome; darting aside, or one way and the other. wanton boys kill flies for sport.Not a wild and wanton...

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WANTONING

WANTONING, participle present tense Roving; flying loosely; playing without restraint; indulging in licentiousness.

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WANTONIZE

WANTONIZE, verb intransitive To behave wantonly. [Not in use.]

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WANTONLY

WANTONLY, adverb Loosely; without regularity or restraint; sportively; gayly; playfully; lasciviously.

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WANTONNESS

WANTONNESS, noun1. Sportiveness; gaiety; frolicsomeness; waggery.- As sad as night, only for wantonness2. Licentiousness; negligence of restraint.The tumults threatened to abuse...

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WANTY

WANTY, noun A broad strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast. [Local.]

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WAPACUT

WAPACUT, noun The spotted owl of Hudsons bay.

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WAPED

WAPED, adjective [Latin, to strike, and awhap, whap, which the common people in New England use, and pronounce whop.] Dejected; cast down; crushed by misery. [Not in use.]

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WAPENTAC

WAPENTAKE, WAPENTAC noun [See Touch. This name had its origin in a custom of touching lances or spears when the hundreder or chief entered on his office.] In some northern count...

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WAPENTAKE

WAPENTAKE, WAPENTAC, noun [See Touch. This name had its origin in a custom of touching lances or spears when the hundreder or chief entered on his office.] In some northern coun...

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WAPP

WAPP, noun In a ship, the rope with which the shrouds are set taught in wale-knots.

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WAPPE

WAPPE, noun A species of cur, said to be so called from his voice. His only use is to alarm the family by barking when any person approaches the house.

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WAPPER

WAPPER, noun A fish; a name given to the smaller species of the river gudgeon.

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WAR

WAR, noun [G., to perplex, embroil, disturb. The primary sense of the root is to strive, struggle, urge, drive, or to turn, to twist.]1. A contest between nations or states, car...

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WAR-BEAT

WAR-BEAT, WAR-BEATEN, adjective [war and beat.] Worn down in war.

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WAR-BEATEN

WAR-BEAT, WAR-BEATEN adjective [war and beat.] Worn down in war.

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WAR-OFFICE

WAR-OFFICE, noun An office in which the military affairs of a country are superintended and managed.