Webster's Dictionary 1828

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WONDERMENT

WONDERMENT, noun Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance. [Vulgar.]

1271

WONDERSTRUCK

WONDERSTRUCK, adjective [wonder and struck.] Struck with wonder, admiration and surprise.

1272

WONDROUS

WONDROUS, adjective Admirable; marvelous; such as may excite surprise and astonishment; strange.That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous w...

1273

WONDROUSLY

WONDROUSLY, adverb In a strange or wonderful manner or degree.Chloe complains, and wondrouslys aggrievd.

1274

WONE

WON, WONE verb intransitive [G.] To dwell; to abide. Obsolete. Its participle is retained in wont, that is, woned.WON, noun A dwelling.

1275

WONT

WONT, a contraction of woll not, that is, will not.WONT, adjective [wont is strictly the participle passive of won, wone. G. See the Verb.] Accustomed; habituated; using or doin...

1276

WONTED

WONTED, participle passive1. Accustomed; used.Again his wonted weapon provd.2. Accustomed; made familiar by use.She was wonted to the place, and would not remove.

1277

WONTEDNESS

WONTEDNESS, noun The state of being accustomed.

1278

WONTLESS

WONTLESS, adjective Unaccustomed; unused.

1279

WOO

WOO, verb transitive1. To court; to solicit in love.My proud rival wooes another partner to his throne and bed--Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes the image he himself has wro...

1280

WOO-HOUSE

WOO-HOUSE, noun [wood and house.] A house or shed in which wood is deposited and sheltered from the weather.

1281

WOOD

WOOD, adjective Mad; furious.WOOD, noun1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest.Light thickens, and the crow makes wing to the rooky wood2. The substance of trees; the...

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WOOD-ANEMONE

WOOD-ANEMONE, noun A plant. [See Anemone.]

1283

WOOD-ASHES

WOOD-ASHES, noun [wood and ashes.] The remains of burnt wood or plants. [This word is used in England to distinguish these ashes from the remains of coal. In the United States, ...

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WOOD-BIND

WOOD-BIND, WOOD-BINE, noun A name given to the honeysuckle, a species of Lonicera.

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WOOD-BINE

WOOD-BIND, WOOD-BINE noun A name given to the honeysuckle, a species of Lonicera.

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WOOD-BOUND

WOOD-BOUND, adjective [wood and bound.] Encumbered with tall woody hedgerows.

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WOOD-CHAT

WOOD-CHAT, noun A species of butcher bird.

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WOOD-COAL

WOOD-COAL, noun [wood and coal.] Charcoal.

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WOOD-COCK

WOOD-COCK, noun [wood and cock.] A fowl of the genus Scolopax, inhabiting the northern parts of the European continent in summer, but frequenting England in winter. The wood coc...

1290

WOOD-COCKSHELL

WOOD-COCKSHELL, noun A name given by English naturalists to a peculiar kind of the purpura, called by the French becasse; of two species, the prickly and the smooth.

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WOOD-DRINK

WOOD-DRINK, noun [wood and drink.] A decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.

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WOOD-ENGRAVING

WOOD-ENGRAVING, noun Xylography; the art of engraving on wood, or of cutting figures of natural objects on wood.

1293

WOOD-FRETTER

WOOD-FRETTER, noun [wood and fret.] An insect or worm that eats wood.

1294

WOOD-HOLE

WOOD-HOLE, noun [wood and hole.] A place where wood is laid up.

1295

WOOD-LAND

WOOD-LAND, noun [wood and land.]1. Land covered with wood, or land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.2. In England, a soil which, from its humidity ...

1296

WOOD-LARK

WOOD-LARK, noun [wood and lark.] A bird, a species of lark.