WARY
WARY, adjective [See Ware and Warn.] Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices and dangers; scrupulous; timorously prudent. Old men are us...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WAS
WAS, s. as z.; the past tense of the substantive verb; Latin, to be, to exist, whence English is, in the present tense, and was in the past; as, I was; he was
WASH
WASH, verb transitive [G.]1. To cleanse by ablution, or by rubbing in water; as, to wash the hands or the body; to wash garments.2. To wet; to fall on and moisten; as, the rain ...
WASH-BALL
WASH-BALL, noun [wash and ball.] A ball of soap, to be used in washing the hands or face.
WASH-BOARD
WASH-BOARD, noun [wash and board.]1. A broad thin plank, fixed occasionally on the top of a boat or other small vessels side, to prevent the sea from breaking over; also, a piec...
WASH-POT
WASH-POT, noun A vessel in which any thing is washed.
WASH-TUB
WASH-TUB, noun A tub in which clothes are washed.
WASHED
WASHED, participle passive1. Cleansed in water; purified.2. Overflowed; dashed against with water.3. Covered over with a thin coat, as of metal.
WASHER
WASHER, noun1. One who washes.2. An iron ring between the nave of a wheel and the linch-pin.
WASHER-WOMAN
WASHER-WOMAN, noun A woman that washes clothes for others or for hire.
WASHING
WASHING, participle present tense Cleansing with water; purifying; overflowing; overspreading.WASHING, noun1. The act of cleansing with water; ablution. Hebrews 9:10.2. A wash; ...
WASHY
WASHY, adjective [from wash.]1. Watery; damp; soft; as the washy ooze.2. Weak; not solid.3. Weak; not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as a washy horse. [New...
WASP
WASP, noun [G., Latin] In entomology, a genus of insects, Vespa, of the order of Hymenopters. The mouth is horny, the jaw compressed, without a proboscis; the feelers four, uneq...
WASP-FLY
WASP-FLY, noun A species of fly resembling a wasp, but having no sting, and but two wings.
WASPISH
WASPISH, adjective Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; quick to resent any trifling affront.Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace This jealous, waspish wrong-head, rhym...
WASPISHLY
WASPISHLY, adverb Petulantly; in a snappish manner.
WASPISHNESS
WASPISHNESS, noun Petulance; irascibility; snappishness.
WASSAIL
WASSAIL, noun1. A liquor made of apples, sugar and ale, formerly much used by English good fellows.2. A drunken bout.3. A merry song. [This word in unknown in America.]WASSAIL, ...
WASSAIL-BOWL
WASSAIL-BOWL, noun A bowl for holding wassail.
WASSAIL-CUP
WASSAIL-CUP, noun A cup in which wassail was carried to the company.
WASSAILER
WASSAILER, noun A toper; a drunkard.
WAST
WAST, past tense of the substantive verb, in the second person; as, thou wast
WASTE
WASTE, verb transitive [G., Latin]1. To diminish by gradual dissipation or loss. Thus disease wastes the patient; sorrows waste the strength and spirits.2. To cause to be lost; ...
WASTE-GATE
WASTE-GATE, noun A gate to let the water of a pond pass off when it is not wanted.
WASTE-WIER
WASTE-WIER, noun An overfall or wier for the superfluous water of a canal.
WASTED
WASTED, participle passive1. Expended without necessity or use; lost through negligence; squandered.2. Diminished; dissipated; evaporated; exhausted.3. Desolated; ruined; destro...
WASTEFUL
WASTEFUL, adjective1. Lavish; prodigal; expending property, or that which is valuable, without necessity or use; applied to persons.2. Destructive to property; ruinous; as waste...