Webster's Dictionary 1828

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WEIGHTLESS

WEIGHTLESS, adjective Having no weight; light.

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WEIGHTY

WEIGHTY, adjective1. Having great weight; heavy; ponderous; as a weighty body.2. Important; forcible; momentous; adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; as weig...

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WEIRD

WEIRD, adjective Skilled in witchcraft. [Not in use.]

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WEIVE

WEIVE, for waive. [Not in use.]

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WELAWAY

WELAWAY, an exclamation expressive of grief or sorrow, equivalent to alas. It is a compound of Sax. Wa, wo and la, oh. The original is wa-la, which is doubtless the origin of ou...

573

WELCOME

WELCOME, adjective1. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment and company; as a welcome guest.2. Grateful; pleasing; as a welcome present; welcome ...

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WELCOMED

WELCOMED, participle passive Received with gladness and kindness.

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WELCOMELY

WELCOMELY, adverb In a welcome manner.

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WELCOMENESS

WELCOMENESS, noun Gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception.

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WELCOMER

WELCOMER, noun One who salutes or receives kindly a new comer.

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WELCOMING

WELCOMING, participle present tense Saluting or receiving with kindness a new comer or guest.

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WELD

WELD, WOLD, noun A plant of the genus Reseda, used by dyers to give a yellow color, and sometimes called dyers weed. It is much cultivated in Kent for the London dyers.WELD, ver...

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WELDED

WELDED, participle passive Forged or beat into union in an intense heat.

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WELDER

WELDER, noun1. One who welds iron.2. A manager; an actual occupant. [Not in use.]

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WELDING

WELDING, participle present tense Uniting in an intense heat.

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WELDING-HEAT

WELDING-HEAT, noun The heat necessary for welding iron bars, which is said to be 60 degrees by Wedgwoods pyrometer, and 8877 degrees by Fahrenheit.

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WELFARE

WELFARE, noun [well and fare, a good faring; G.]1. Exemption from misfortune, sickness, calamity or evil; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; prosperity; h...

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WELK

WELK, verb intransitive [G., to wither, to fade, to decay; primarily to shrink or contract, as things in drying, whence the Saxon weole, a whilk or whelk, a shell; from its wrin...

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WELKED

WELKED, participle passive or adjective Contracted into wrinkles or ridges.--Horns welkd and wavd like the enridged sea.

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WELKIN

WELKIN, noun [G., a cloud.] The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven. [This is obsolete, unless in poetry.]WELKIN eye, in Shakespeare, is interpreted by Johnson, a bl...

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WELKING

WELKING, participle present tense Fading; declining; contracting.

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WELL

WELL, noun [G., a spring; to spring, to issue forth, to gush, to well to swell. G., a wave. On this word I suppose swell to be formed.]1. A spring; a fountain; the issuing of wa...

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WELL-BELOVED

WELL-BELOVED, adjective Greatly beloved. Mark 12:6.

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WELL-BORN

WELL-BORN, adjective [well and born.] Born of a noble or respectable family; not of mean birth.

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WELL-BRED

WELL-BRED, adjective [well and bred.] Educated to polished manners; polite.

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WELL-DONE

WELL-DONE, exclamation [well and done.] A word of praise; bravely; nobly; in a right manner.

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WELL-DRAIN

WELL-DRAIN, noun [well and drain.] A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or pit, serving to discharge the water of wet land.WELL-DRAIN, verb transitive To drain land b...