Wineless
Wine″less, a. destitute of wine; as, wineless life.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Winery
Win″er‐y (?), n. [Cf. F. vinerie.] A place where grapes are converted into wine.
Winesap
Wine″sap′ (?), n. [Wine + sap for sop.] A variety of winter apple of medium size, deep red color, and yellowish flesh of a rich, rather subacid flavor.
Wing
Wing (?), n. [OE. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. vinge, Icel. vængr.]1. One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to...
Wing (2)
Wing (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Winged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Winging.] 1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the sto...
Wing (3)
Wing, n.(Aëronautics) Any surface used primarily for supporting a flying machine in flight, whether by edge-on motion, or flapping, or rotation; specif., either of a pair of sup...
Wing-footed
Wing″–foot′ed (?), a. 1. Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet. Drayton.2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having part or all of the ...
Wing-handed
Wing″–hand′ed (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.
Wing-leaved
Wing″–leaved′ (?), a.(Bot.) Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves.
Wing-shell
Wing″–shell′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing. (b) Any marin...
Winged
Winged (?), a. 1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime.How winged ...
Winger
Wing″er (?), n.(Naut.) One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships. Totten.
Wingfish
Wing″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A sea robin having large, winglike pectoral fins. See Sea robin, under Robin.
Wingless
Wing″less, a. Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly.Wingless bird(Zoöl.), the apteryx.
Winglet
Wing″let (?), n. 1. A little wing; a very small wing.2. (Zoöl.) A bastard wing, or alula.
Wingmanship
Wing″man‐ship (?), n. [From Wing, in imitation of horsemanship.] Power or skill in flying. Duke of Argyll.
Wingy
Wing″y, a. 1. Having wings; rapid.With wingy speed outstrip the eastern wind. Addison.2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; volatile airy.Those wingy mysteries in divinity...
Wink
Wink (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Winked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Winking.] [OE. winken, AS. wincian; akin to D. wenken, G. winken to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. winchan, Sw. vinka, Dan. vink...
Wink (2)
Wink, v. t. To cause (the eyes) to wink.
Wink (3)
Wink, n. 1. The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.I have not slept one wink. Shak.I could eclipse ...
Winker
Wink″er (?), n. 1. One who winks. Pope.2. A horse's blinder; a blinker.
Winkingly
Wink″ing‐ly, adv. In a winking manner; with the eye almost closed. Peacham.
Winkle
Win″kle (?), n. [AS. wincle.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any periwinkle. Holland. (b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (...
Winkle-hawk
Win″kle–hawk′ (?), n. [D. winkel-haak a carpenter's square.] A rectangular rent made in cloth; — called also winkle-hole. Bartlett.
Winnard 2
Win″nard 2, n. The redwing.
Winnebagoes
Win′ne‐ba″goes (?), n.; sing. Winnebago (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back ...
Winner
Win″ner (?), n. One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.