Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Wagonwright

Wag″on‐wright′ (?), n. One who makes wagons.

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Wagtail

Wag″tail′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillidæ. They have the habit of co...

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Wah

Wah (wä), n.(Zoöl.) The panda.

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Wahabee

Wa‐ha″bee (?), n. [Ar. wahābi.] A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, t...

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Wahoo

Wa‐hoo″ (?), n. Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.: (a) A certain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-aril...

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Wahoo (2)

Wa‐hoo″, n. A dark blue scombroid food fish (Acanthocibium solandri orpetus) of Florida and the West Indies.

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Wai Wu Pu

‖Wai Wu Pu (?). [Chinese wai foreign + wu affairs + pu office.] The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Chinese government.The Tsung-li Yamen, or Foreign Office, created by a d...

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Waid

Waid (?), a. [For weighed.] Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down. Tusser.

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Waif

Waif (?), n. [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose gaive a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See Waive.]1. (Eng. Law.) Goods found of which the owner i...

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Waift

Waift (?), n. A waif. Spenser.

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Wail

Wail (?), v. t. [Cf. Icel. val choice, velja to choose, akin to Goth. waljan, G. wählen.] To choose; to select. “Wailed wine and meats.” Henryson.

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Wail (2)

Wail, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wailing.] [OE. wailen, weilen, probably fr. Icel. væla; cf. Icel. væ, vei, woe, and E. wayment, also OE. wai, wei, woe. Cf. W...

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Wail (3)

Wail, v. i. To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.Therefore I will wail and howl. Micah i. 8.

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Wail (4)

Wail, n. Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. “The wail of the forest.” Longfellow.

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Wailer

Wail″er (?), n. One who wails or laments.

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Waileress

Wail″er‐ess (?), n. A woman who wails.

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Wailful

Wail″ful (?), a. Sorrowful; mournful. “ Like wailful widows.” Spenser. “Wailful sonnets.” Shak.

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Wailingly

Wail″ing‐ly, adv. In a wailing manner.

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Wailment

Wail″ment (?), n. Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing. Bp. Hacket.

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Waiment

Wai″ment (?). v. & n. See Wayment.

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Wain

Wain (?), n. [OE. wain, AS. wægn; akin to D. & G. wagen, OHG. wagan, Icel. & Sw. vagn, Dan. vogn, and E. way. ����. See Way, Weigh, and cf. Wagon.]1. A four-wheeled vehicle for ...

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Wainable

Wain″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being plowed or cultivated; arable; tillable. Cowell.

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Wainage

Wain″age (?; 48), n. [From Wain.] A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc. Ainsworth.

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Wainage (2)

Wain″age, n.(O. Eng. Law) See Gainage, a.

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Wainbote

Wain″bote′ (?), n. [Wain + bote.] (O. Eng. Law) See Cartbote. See also the Note under Bote.

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Wainscot

Wain″scot (?), n. [OD. waeghe-schot, D. wagen-schot, a clapboard, fr. OD. waeg, weeg, a wall (akin to AS. wah; cf. Icel. veggr) + schot a covering of boards (akin to E. shot, sh...

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Wainscot (2)

Wain″scot, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wainscoted; p. pr. & vb. n.Wainscoting.] To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall.Music soundeth better in...