Webster's Dictionary 1913

973

Web-fingered

Web″–fin′gered (?), a. Having the fingers united by a web for a considerable part of their length.

974

Web-footed

Web″–foot′ed, a. Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl.

975

Web-toed

Web″–toed′ (?), a. Having the toes united by a web for a considerable part of their length.

976

Webbed

Webbed (?), a. 1. Provided with a web.2. (Zoöl.) Having the toes united by a membrane, or web; as, the webbed feet of aquatic fowls.

977

Webber

Web″ber (?), n. One who forms webs; a weaver; a webster.

978

Webbing

Web″bing (?), n. A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc.

979

Webby

Web″by (?), a. Of or pertaining to a web or webs; like a web; filled or covered with webs.Bats on their webby wings in darkness move. Crabbe.

980

Weber

We″ber (?), n. [From the name of Professor Weber, a German electrician.] (Elec.) The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Amp�re.

981

Webeye

Web″eye′ (?), n.(Med.) See Web, n., 8.

982

Webfoot

Web″foot′ (?), n.; pl.Webfeet (�).1. A foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane.2. (Zoöl.) Any web-footed bird.

983

Webform

Web″form′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvæ eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding.☞ T...

984

Webster

Web″ster (?), n. [AS. webbestre. See Web, Weave, and -ster.] A weaver; originally, a female weaver. Brathwait.

985

Websterite

Web″ster‐ite (?), n. [So named after Webster, the geologist.] (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of alumina occurring in white reniform masses.

986

Wed

Wed (wĕd), n. [AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD. wedde, OHG, wetti, G. wette a wager, Icel. veð a pledge, Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth. wadi a pledge, Lith. vadůti to redee...

987

Wed (2)

Wed, v. t. [imp.Wedded; p. p.Wedded or Wed; p. pr. & vb. n.Wedding.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D. wedden t...

988

Wed (3)

Wed (?), v. i. To contact matrimony; to marry. “When I shall wed.” Shak.

989

Weddahs

Wed″dahs (?), n. pl.(Ethnol.) See Veddahs.

990

Wedded

Wed″ded (?), a. 1. Joined in wedlock; married.Let w�alth, let honor, wait the wedded dame. Pope.2. Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage. “Wedded love.” Milton.

991

Wedder

Wed″der (?), n. See Wether. Sir W. Scott.

992

Wedding

Wed″ding (?), n. [AS. wedding.] Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz. Longfellow.☞ Certain ann...

993

Weder

Wed″er (?), n. Weather. Chaucer.

994

Wedge

Wedge (?), n. [OE. wegge, AS. wecg; akin to D. wig, wigge, OHG. wecki, G. weck a (wedge-shaped) loaf, Icel. veggr, Dan. vægge, Sw. vigg, and probably to Lith. vagis a peg. Cf. W...

995

Wedge (2)

Wedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wedged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wedging.]1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. “My heart, as wedged with a sigh, wou...

996

Wedge gauge

{ Wedge gaugeorgage }. A wedge with a graduated edge, to measure the width of a space into which it is thrust.

997

Wedge gear

Wedge gear. A friction gear wheel with wedge-shaped circumferential grooves. — Wedge gearing.

998

Wedge-formed

Wedge″–formed′ (?), a. Having the form of a wedge; cuneiform.Wedge-formed characters. See Arrow-headed characters, under Arrowheaded.

999

Wedge-shaped

Wedge″–shaped′ (?), a. 1. Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.2. (Bot.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf.