Webster's Dictionary 1913

2269

Woe

Woe (?), n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. wā, interj.; akin to D. wee, OS. & OHG. wē, G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve, Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. �. √128. Cf. Wail.] [Formerly writt...

2270

Woe (2)

Woe, a. Woeful; sorrowful.His clerk was woe to do that deed. Robert of Brunne.Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed. Chaucer.And looking up he waxed wondrous woe. Spenser.

2271

Woe-begone

Woe″–be‐gone′ (?), a. [OE. wo begon. See Woe, and Begone, p. p.] Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. Chaucer.So woe-begone was he with pains of l...

2272

Woeful

{ Woe″ful, Wo″ful } (?), a. 1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.How many woeful widows left to bowTo sad disgrace! Da...

2273

Woefully

{ Woe″ful‐ly, Wo″ful‐ly, } adv. In a woeful manner; sorrowfully; mournfully; miserably; dolefully.

2274

Woefulness

{ Woe″ful‐ness, Wo″ful‐ness, } n. The quality or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness.

2275

Woesome

Woe″some (?), a. Woeful. Langhorne.

2276

Woke

Woke (?), imp. & p. p.Wake.

2277

Wol

Wol (?), v. t. & i. See 2d Will. Chaucer.

2278

Wold

Wold (?), n. [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood, forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel. völlr, a field, and probably to Gr. � a grove, Skr. vā�a a gar...

2279

Wold (2)

Wold, n. See Weld.

2280

Wolde

Wolde (?), obs.imp. of Will. See Would.

2281

Wolf

Wolf (?), n.; pl.Wolves (#). [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. ūlfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. λύκο...

2282

Wolf's-claw

Wolf's″–claw′ (?), n.(Bot.) A kind of club moss. See Lycopodium.

2283

Wolf's-foot

Wolf's″–foot′ (?), n.(Bot.) Club moss. See Lycopodium.

2284

Wolf's-milk

Wolf's″–milk′ (?), n.(Bot.) Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); — so called from its acrid milky juice.

2285

Wolfberry

Wolf″ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.

2286

Wolffian

Wolff″i‐an (?), a.(Anat.) Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology.Wolffian body, the mesonephros. — Wolffian duct...

2287

Wolfhound

Wolf″hound′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Originally, a large hound used in hunting wolves; now, any one of certain breeds of large dogs, some of which are nearly identical with the great Danes.

2288

Wolfish

Wolf″ish (?), a. Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs.— Wolf″ish‐ly, adv. — Wolf″ish‐ness, n.

2289

Wolfkin

Wolf″kin (?), n. A little or young wolf. Tennyson.

2290

Wolfling

Wolf″ling (?), n. A young wolf. Carlyle.

2291

Wolfram

Wol″fram (?), n.(Min.) Same as Wolframite.

2292

Wolfram steel

Wol″fram steel. Same as Tungsten steel.

2293

Wolframate

Wol″fram‐ate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of wolframic acid; a tungstate.

2294

Wolframic

Wol‐fram″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to wolframium. See Tungstic.

2295

Wolframite

Wol″fram‐ite (?), n. [G., wolframit, wolfram; wolf wolf + rahm cream, soot; cf. G. wolfsruss wolfram, lit., wolf's soot.] (Min.) Tungstate of iron and manganese, generally of a ...