Webster's Dictionary 1913

2593

Wound (2)

Wound (?; 277), n. [OE. wounde, wunde, AS. wund; akin to OFries. wunde, OS. wunda, D. wonde, OHG. wunta, G. wunde, Icel. und, and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG. wunt...

2594

Wound (3)

Wound (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wounded; p. pr. & vb. n.Wounding.] [AS. wundian. √140. See Wound, n.]1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by...

2595

Woundable

Wound″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being wounded; vulnerable. Fuller.

2596

Wounder

Wound″er (?), n. One who, or that which, wounds.

2597

Woundily

Wound″i‐ly (?), adv. In a woundy manner; excessively; woundy.

2598

Woundless

Wound″less (?), a. Free from wound or hurt; exempt from being wounded; invulnerable. “Knights whose woundless armor rusts.” Spenser.may miss our name,And hit the woundless air. ...

2599

Woundwort

Wound″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus St...

2600

Woundy

Wound″y (?), a. Excessive.Such a world of holidays, that 't a woundy hindrance to a poor man that lives by his labor. L'Estrange.

2601

Woundy (2)

Wound″y, adv. Excessively; extremely.A am woundy cold. Ford.

2602

Wourali

Wou″ra‐li (?), n. Same as Curare.

2603

Wove

Wove (?), p. pr. & rare vb. n. of Weave.

2604

Woven

Wov″en (?), p. p. of Weave.Woven paper, or Wove paper, writing paper having an even, uniform surface, without watermarks.

2605

Wow-wow

Wow″–wow″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Wou-wou.

2606

Wowe

Wowe (?), v. t. & i. To woo. Chaucer.

2607

Wowf

Wowf (?), a. Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged. Sir W. Scott.

2608

Wowke

Wowke (?), n. Week. Chaucer.

2609

Wox

Wox (?), obs.imp. of Wax. Gower.

2610

Woxen

Wox″en (?), obs.p. p. of Wax. Chaucer.

2611

Wrack

Wrack (?), n. A thin, flying cloud; a rack.

2612

Wrack (2)

Wrack, v. t. To rack; to torment.

2613

Wrack (3)

Wrack, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See Wreck.]1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. Chaucer. “A world devote to universal wrack.” Milton.2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially...

2614

Wrack (4)

Wrack, v. t. To wreck. Dryden.

2615

Wrackful

Wrack″ful (?), a. Ruinous; destructive.

2616

Wrain-bolt

Wrain″–bolt′ (?), n. Same as Wringbolt.

2617

Wraith

Wraith (?), n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a guardian angel, from Icel. vörðr a warden, guardian, akin to E. ward. See Ward a guard.]1. An apparition of a person ...

2618

Wrangle

Wran″gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Wrangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wrangling (?).] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See Wrong, Wring.]1. To argue; to debate; to dispute.2. To dispute angril...

2619

Wrangle (2)

Wran″gle, v. t. To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. Bp. Sanderson.