Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Walwe

Wal″we (?), v. To wallow. Chaucer.

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Waly

Wa″ly (?), interj. [Cf. Welaway.] An exclamation of grief.

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Wamble

Wam″ble (?), v. i. [Cf. Dan. vamle, and vammel squeamish, ready to vomit, Icel. væma to feel nausea, væminn nauseous.] 1. To heave; to be disturbed by nausea; — said of the stom...

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Wamble (2)

Wam″ble, n. Disturbance of the stomach; a feeling of nausea. Holland.

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Wamble-cropped

Wam″ble–cropped′ (?), a. Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected.

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Wammel

Wam″mel (?), v. i. To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble.

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Wamp

Wamp (?), n.(Zoöl.) The common American eider.

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Wampee

Wam‐pee″ (?), n.(Bot.) (a) A tree (Cookia punctata) of the Orange family, growing in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and ha...

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Wampum

Wam″pum (?), n. [North American Indian wampum, wompam, from the Mass. wómpi, Del. wāpe, white.] Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wroug...

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Wan

Wan (?), obs.imp. of Win. Won. Chaucer.

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Wan (2)

Wan (�), a. [AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See Win.] Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of ...

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Wan (3)

Wan, n. The quality of being wan; wanness.Tinged with wan from lack of sleep. Tennyson.

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Wan (4)

Wan (?), v. i. To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. “All his visage wanned.” Shak.And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair. Tennyson.

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Wand

Wand (?), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vöndr, akin to Dan. vaand, Goth. wandus; perhaps originally, a pliant twig, and akin to E. wind to turn.] 1. A small stick; a rod; a ve...

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Wander

Wan″der (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Wandered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wandering.] [OE. wandren, wandrien, AS. wandrian; akin to G. wandern to wander; fr. AS. windan to turn. See Wind to ...

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Wander (2)

Wan″der, v. t. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through. “ wandered this barren waste.” Milton.

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Wanderer

Wan″der‐er (?), n. One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.

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Wandering

Wan″der‐ing, a. & n. from Wander, v.Wandering albatross(Zoöl.), the great white albatross. See Illust. of Albatross. — Wandering cell(Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses t...

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Wanderingly

Wan″der‐ing‐ly, adv. In a wandering manner.

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Wanderment

Wan″der‐ment (?), n. The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.

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Wanderoo

Wan′der‐oo″ (?), n. [Cingalese wanderu a monkey.] (Zoöl.) A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encir...

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Wandy

Wand″y (?), a. Long and flexible, like a wand. Brockett.

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Wane

Wane (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Waned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Waning.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. ...

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Wane (2)

Wane, v. t. To cause to decrease. B. Jonson.

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Wane (3)

Wane, n. 1. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.2. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.An age in which the church is in its...

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Wane (4)

Wane, n.(Forestry) The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log.

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Waney

Wan″ey (?), n. A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a.