Wake (3)
Wake (?), v. t. 1. To rouse from sleep; to awake.The angel... came again and waked me. Zech. iv. 1.2. To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. “I shall waken all this c...
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Wake (4)
Wake, n. 1. The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep. Shak.Singing her flatteries to my morning wake. Dryd...
Wake-robin
Wake″–rob′in (?), n.(Bot.) Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).☞ In America the name is given to several species of Trillium, an...
Wakeful
Wake″ful (?), a. Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright. Dryden.— Wake″ful‐ly, adv. — Wake″ful‐ness, n.
Waken
Wak″en (?), v. i. [imp. & p. pr.Wakened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wakening.] [OE. waknen, AS. wæcnan; akin to Goth. gawaknan. See Wake, v. i.] To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awaken...
Waken (2)
Wak″en, v. t. 1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. “Go, waken Eve.” Milton.2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.Then Homer's and Tyrtæ...
Wakener
Wak″en‐er (?), n. One who wakens.
Wakening
Wak″en‐ing, n. 1. The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening.2. (Scots Law) The revival of an action. Burrill.They were too much ashamed to bring...
Waker
Wak″er (?), n. One who wakes.
Waketime
Wake″time′ (?), n. Time during which one is awake. Mrs. Browning.
Wakf
Wakf (wŭkf), n. [Ar. waqf.] (Moham. Law) The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to su...
Wakif
Wa″kif (wä″kĭf), n. [Ar. wāqif.] (Moham. Law) The person creating a wakf.
Waking
Wak″ing, n. 1. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.2. A watch; a watching. “Bodily pain... standeth in prayer, in wakings, in fastings.” Chaucer.In the four...
Walaway
Wa″la‐way (?), interj. See Welaway.
Wald
Wald (?), n. [AS. weald. See Wold.] A forest; — used as a termination of names. See Weald.
Waldenses
Wal‐den″ses (?; 277), n. pl. [So called from Petrus Waldus, or Peter Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, who founded this sect about a. d. 1170.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of dissenters from...
Waldensian
Wal‐den″sian (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Waldenses. — n. One Holding the Waldensian doctrines.
Waldgrave
Wald″grave (?), n. [See Wald, and Margrave.] In the old German empire, the head forest keeper.
Waldheimia
‖Wald‐hei″mi‐a (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea.
Wale
Wale (?), n. [AS. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. völr, Goth. walus a rod, staff. √146. Cf. Goal, Weal a wale.]1. A streak or mark mad...
Wale (2)
Wale, v. t. 1. To mark with wales, or stripes.2. To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it.
Waler
Wal″er (?), n. [From Wales, i.e., New South Wales.] A horse imported from New South Wales; also, any Australian horse. Kipling.☞ The term originated in India, whither many horse...
Walhalla
Wal‐hal″la (?), n. [Cf. G. walhalla, See Valhalla.] See Valhalla.
Waling
Wal″ing (?), n.(Naut.) Same as Wale, n., 4.
Walk
Walk (wa̤k), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Walked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Walking.] [OE. walken, probably from AS. wealcan to roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat...
Walk (2)
Walk, v. t. 1. To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets.As we walk our earthly round. Keble.2. To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or r...
Walk (3)
Walk, n. 1. The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping.2. The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; ...