Webster's Dictionary 1913

2080

Wintery

Win″ter‐y (?), a. Wintry.

2081

Wintry

Win″try (?), a. [AS. wintrig.] Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.Touch our chilled hearts with vernal smile...

2082

Winy

Win″y (?), a. Having the taste or qualities of wine; vinous; as, grapes of a winy taste. Dampier.

2083

Winze

Winze (?), n.(Mining.) A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation.

2084

Wipe

Wipe (?), n. [Cf. Sw. vipa, Dan. vibe, the lapwing.] (Zoöl.) The lapwing.

2085

Wipe (2)

Wipe, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wiped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wiping.] [OE. vipen, AS. wīpian; cf. LG. wiep a wisp of straw, Sw. vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one's self up, vepa a blanket; p...

2086

Wipe (3)

Wipe, n. 1. Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean.2. A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe.3. A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm. Swift.4. A handkerchief.5. Stain; brand. “Slavish wip...

2087

Wiper

Wip″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, wipes.2. Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag.3. (Mach.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an ...

2088

Wirble

Wir″ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Wirbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wirbling (?).] [Cf. Warble, Whirl.] To whirl; to eddy.The waters went wirbling above and around. Owen. Meredith.

2089

Wirche

Wirche (?), v. i. & t. To work Chaucer.

2090

Wire

Wire (?), n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. vīrr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. ����.]1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a me...

2091

Wire (2)

Wire (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wired (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wiring.] 1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.2. To put upo...

2092

Wire (3)

Wire, v. i. 1. To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream. P. Fletcher.2. To send a telegraphic message.

2093

Wire (4)

Wire (?), n. 1. Chiefly in pl. The system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence (Chiefly Political Slang), the network of hidden influences controlling th...

2094

Wire (5)

Wire, v. t.(Croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

2095

Wire gun

Wire gun. = Wire-wound gun.

2096

Wire tapper

Wire tapper. One that taps, or cuts in on, telegraph wires and intercepts messages; hence (Slang), a swindler who pretends to tap wires or otherwise intercept advance telegraphi...

2097

Wire-drawer

Wire″–draw′er (?), n. One who draws metal into wire.

2098

Wire-heel

Wire″–heel′ (?), n.(Far.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.

2099

Wire-puller

Wire″–pull′er (?), n. One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer.Political wire-pullers and convention packers. Lowell.

2100

Wire-pulling

Wire″–pull′ing, n. The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.

2101

Wire-tailed

Wire″–tailed′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.

2102

Wire-worker

Wire″–work′er (?), n. One who manufactures articles from wire.

2103

Wire-wound gun

Wire″–wound′ gun. (Ordnance) A gun in the construction of which an inner tube (either entire or in segments) is wound with wire under tension to insure greater soundness and uni...

2104

Wiredraw

Wire″draw′ (?), v. t. [imp.Wiredrew (?); p. p.Wiredrawn (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wiredrawing.]1. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of stee...

2105

Wireless

Wire″less, a. Having no wire; specif. (Elec.), designating, or pertaining to, a method of telegraphy, telephony, etc., in which the messages, etc., are transmitted through space...

2106

Wireless (2)

Wire″less, n. Short for Wireless telegraphy, Wireless telephony, etc.; as, to send a message by wireless.