Wight (2)
Wight, n. [OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht, wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. & OHG. wiht a creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel. vætt� a...
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Wight (3)
Wight, a. [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vīgr in fighting condition, neut. vīgh ��� vīg war, akin to AS. wīg See Vanquish.] Swift; nimble; agile; strong ...
Wightly
Wight″ly, adv. Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
Wigless
Wig″less (?), a. Having or wearing no wig.
Wigwag
Wig″wag′ (?), v. i. [See Wag, v. t.] (Naut.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.
Wigwag (2)
Wig″wag′ (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Wigwagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wigwagging (?).] To move to and fro, to wag.
Wigwag (3)
Wig″wag′, n. [See Wigwag, v. t. & i.] Act or art of wigwagging; a message wigwagged; — chiefly attributive; as, the wigwag code. — Wig″wag′er (#), n.
Wigwam
Wig″wam (?), n. [From the Algonquin or Massachusetts Indian word wēk, “his house,” or “dwelling place;” with possessive and locative affixes, wē-kou-om-ut, “in his (or their) ho...
Wike
Wike (?), n. A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; — called also w...
Wike (2)
Wike, n. [AS. wic. See Wick a village.] A home; a dwelling.
Wikiup
Wik″i‐up′ (?), n. [Of North American Indian origin; cf. Dakota wakeya, wokeya.] The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions of the west and southwest United St...
Wikke
Wik″ke (?), a. Wicked. Chaucer.
Wild
Wild (?), a. [Compar.Wilder (?); superl.Wildest.] [OE. wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered...
Wild (2)
Wild (?), n. An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.then Libya first, of all h...
Wild (3)
Wild, adv. Wildly; as, to talk wild. Shak.
Wild-cat
Wild″–cat′ (?), a. 1. Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; — said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the fi...
Wildebeest
Wilde″beest′ (?), n. [D. wild wild + beeste beast.] (Zoöl.) The gnu.
Wilded
Wild″ed (?), a. Become wild.An old garden plant escaped and wilded. J. Earle.
Wilder
Wil″der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wildered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wildering.] [Akin to E. wild, Dan. forvilde to bewilder, Icel. villr bewildered, villa to bewilder; cf. AS. wildor a...
Wildering
Wild″er‐ing (?), n.(Bot.) A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.
Wilderment
Wil″der‐ment (?), n. The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.And snatched her breathless from beneathThis wilderment of wreck and death. Moore.
Wilderness
Wil″der‐ness (?), n. [OE. wildernesse, wilderne,probably from AS. wildor a wild beast; cf. D. wildernis wilderness. See Wilder, v. t.]1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivat...
Wildfire
Wild″fire (?), n. 1. A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire.Brimstone, pitch, wildfire... burn cruelly, and hard to quench. B...
Wildgrave
Wild″grave′ (?), n. [G. wildgraf or D. wildgraaf. See Wild, and cf. Margrave.] A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave.The wildgrave winds his bugle horn. Sir W. Scott.
Wilding
Wild″ing, n.(Bot.) A wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple tree or crab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant. Spenser.Ten ruddy wildings in the wood I found. Dr...
Wilding (2)
Wild″ing, a. Not tame, domesticated, or cultivated; wild. “Wilding flowers.” Tennyson.The ground squirrel gayly chirps by his den,And the wilding bee hums merrily by. Bryant.
Wildish
Wild″ish, a. Somewhat wild; rather wild. “A wildish destiny.” Wordsworth.