Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Wadmol

Wad″mol (?), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. va�māl a woollen stuff, Dan vadmel. Cf. Wad a small mass, and Woodmeil.] A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments b...

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Wadset

Wad″set (?), n. [Scot. wad a pledge; akin to Sw. vad a wager. See Wed.] (Scots Law) A kind of pledge or mortgage. [Written also wadsett.]

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Wadsetter

Wad″set‐ter (?), n. One who holds by a wadset.

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Wady

Wad″y (?), n.; pl.Wadies (#). [Ar. wādī a valley, a channel of a river, a river.] A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water course, which is dry except in the...

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Wae

Wae (?), n. A wave. Spenser.

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Waeg

Waeg (?), n.(Zoöl.) The kittiwake.

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Wafer

Wa″fer (?), n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. våffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba,...

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Wafer (2)

Wa″fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wafered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wafering.] To seal or close with a wafer.

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Waferer

Wa″fer‐er (?), n. A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner. Chaucer.

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Waffle

Waffle (?), n. [D. wafel. See Wafer.] 1. A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.2. A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.Waffle iron, an iron utensil or mold made in ...

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Waft

Waft (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wafted; p. pr. & vb. n.Wafting.] [Prob. originally imp. & p. p. of wave, v. t. See Wave to waver.] 1. To give notice to by waving something; to wave...

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Waft (2)

Waft, v. i. To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.And now the shouts waft near the citadel. Dryden.

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Waft (3)

Waft, n. 1. A wave or current of wind. “Everywaft of the air.” Longfellow.In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wingSweeps up the burden of whole wintry plainsIn one wide waf...

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Waftage

Waft″age (?), n. Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water. Shak.Boats prepared for waftage to and fro. Drayton.

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Wafter

Waft″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, wafts.O Charon,Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane. Beau. & FL.2. A boat for passage. Ainsworth.

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Wafture

Waf″ture (?), n. The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft. R. Browning.An angry wafture of your hand. Shak.

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Wag

Wag (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wagging.] [OE. waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. vagga to rock a cradle, vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan. vugge; a...

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Wag (2)

Wag, v. i. 1. To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.The resty sieve wagged ne'er the more. Dryden.2. To be in action or motion; to move; to get alon...

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Wag (3)

Wag, n. [From Wag, v.]1. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.2. [Perhaps shortened from wag-halter a rogue.] A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a ...

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Wag-halter

Wag″–hal′ter (?), n. [Wag + halter.] One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged.I can tell you, I am a mad wag-halter. Marston.

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Wagati

‖Wa‐ga″ti (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small East Indian wild cat (Felis wagati), regarded by some as a variety of the leopard cat.

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Wage

Wage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Waged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Waging (?).] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge, promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a pledge; of ...

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Wage (2)

Wage, v. i. To bind one's self; to engage.

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Wage (3)

Wage, n. [OF. wage, gage, guarantee, engagement. See Wage, v. t.]1. That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. “That warlike wage.”...

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Wagel

Wag″el (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Waggel.

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Wagenboom

Wa″gen‐boom′ (?), n.(Bot.) A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.

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Wager

Wa″ger (?), n. [OE. wager, wajour, OF. wagiere, or wageure, E. gageure. See Wage, v. t.]1. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled quest...