Webster's Dictionary 1913

2377

Woodbind

Wood″bind′ (?), n. Woodbine. Dryden.A garland... of woodbind or hawthorn leaves. Chaucer.

2378

Woodbine

Wood″bine′ (?), n. [AS. wudubind black ivy; — so named as binding about trees. See Wood, and Bind, v. t.] (Bot.) (a) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera...

2379

Woodbury-type

Wood″bur‐y–type′ (?), n. [After the name of the inventor, W. Woodbury.]1. A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after...

2380

Woodchat

Wood″chat′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora. They are closely allied to the European robin. T...

2381

Woodchuck

Wood″chuck′ (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, a...

2382

Woodcock

Wood″cock′ (?), n. [AS. wuducoc.]1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal ...

2383

Woodcracker

Wood″crack′er (?), n.(Zoöl.) The nuthatch.

2384

Woodcraft

Wood″craft′ (?), n. Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods.Men of the glade and forest! leaveYour woodcraf...

2385

Woodcut

Wood″cut′ (?), n. An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.

2386

Woodcutter

Wood″cut′ter (?), n. 1. A person who cuts wood.2. An engraver on wood.

2387

Woodcutting

Wood″cut′ting, n. 1. The act or employment of cutting wood or timber.2. The act or art of engraving on wood.

2388

Wooded

Wood″ed, a. Supplied or covered with wood, or trees; as, land wooded and watered.The brook escaped from the eye down a deep and wooded dell. Sir W. Scott.

2389

Wooden

Wood″en (?), a. 1. Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritle...

2390

Woodenly

Wood″en‐ly (?), adv. Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly. R. North.

2391

Woodenness

Wood″en‐ness, n. Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.We set our faces against the woodenness which then characterized German philology. Sweet.

2392

Woodhack

{ Wood″hack′ (?), Wood″hack′er (?), } n.(Zoöl.) The yaffle.

2393

Woodhole

Wood″hole′ (?), n. A place where wood is stored.

2394

Woodhouse

Wood″house′ (?), n. A house or shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from the weather.

2395

Woodiness

Wood″i‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being woody. Evelyn.

2396

Woodknacker

Wood″knack′er (?), n.(Zoöl.) The yaffle.

2397

Woodland

Wood″land (?), n. Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain,H...

2398

Woodland (2)

Wood″land (?), a. Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.She had a rustic, woodland air. Wordsworth.Like summer breeze by woodland stream. Keble.Woo...

2399

Woodlander

Wood″land‐er (?), n. A dweller in a woodland.

2400

Woodless

Wood″less, a. Having no wood; destitute of wood. Mitford. — Wood″less‐ness, n.

2401

Woodly

Wood″ly, adv. In a wood, mad, or raving manner; madly; furiously. Chaucer.

2402

Woodman

Wood″man (?), n.; pl.Woodmen (�). [Written also woodsman.]1. A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester.2. A sportsman; a hunter.is a better woodman...

2403

Woodmeil

Wood″meil (?), n. See Wadmol.