WEEN
WEEN, verb intransitive [G., to imagine. The sense is to set, fix or hold in the mind.] To think; to imagine; to fancy. [Obsolete, except in burlesque.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WEENING
WEENING, participle present tense Thinking; imagining.
WEEP
WEEP, verb intransitivepreterit tense and participle passive wept. Weeped, I believe is never used. [See Whoop. The primary sense is to cry out.]1. To express sorrow, grief or a...
WEEPER
WEEPER, noun1. One who weeps; one who sheds tears.2. A white border on the sleeve of a mourning coat.3. A species of monkey, the Simia Capucina.
WEEPING
WEEPING, participle present tense Lamenting; shedding tears.WEEPING, noun Lamentation.
WEEPING-ROCK
WEEPING-ROCK, noun [weep and rock.] A porous rock from which water gradually issues.
WEEPING-SPRING
WEEPING-SPRING, noun A spring that slowly discharges water.
WEEPING-WILLOW
WEEPING-WILLOW, noun A species of willow, whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down nearly in a perpendicular direction.
WEERISH
WEERISH, adjective Insipid; weak; washy; surly. [Not in use.]
WEESEL
WEESEL, the more proper spelling of weasel.
WEET
WEET, verb transitivepreterit tense wot. [Latin, Gr.] To know.
WEETLESS
WEETLESS, adjective Unknowing.
WEEVER
WEEVER, noun A fish, called also sea-dragon. [Latin] A fish of the genus Trachinus, the spines of whose dorsal fins are supposed to be poisonous.
WEEVIL
WEEVIL, noun [G.] A small insect that does great damage to wheat or other corn, by eating into the grains and devouring the farinaceous part. This insect is of the beetle kind, ...
WEFT
WEFT, old preterit tense of wave.WEFT, noun [from weave.]1. To woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp.2. A web; a thing woven.WEFT, noun A thing waved, waived, or cast a...
WEFTAGE
WEFTAGE, noun Texture. [Not used.]
WEIGH
WEIGH, verb transitive wa. [Latin, G. See Wag.]1. To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of gravity; as, t...
WEIGHABLE
WEIGHABLE, adjective That may be weighed.
WEIGHED
WEIGHED, participle passive1. Examined by the scales; having the weight ascertained.2. Considered.3.adjective Experienced; as a young man not weighed in state affair. [Not in use.]
WEIGHER
WEIGHER, noun1. One who weighs.2. An officer whose duty is to weigh commodities.
WEIGHING
WEIGHING, participle present tense Examining by scales; considering.WEIGHING, noun1. The act of ascertaining weight.2. As much as is weighed at once; as a weighing of beef.
WEIGHING-CAGE
WEIGHING-CAGE, noun A cage in which small living animals may be conveniently weighed.
WEIGHING-HOUSE
WEIGHING-HOUSE, noun A building furnished with a dock and other conveniences fro weighing commodities and ascertaining the tunnage of boats to be used on a canal.
WEIGHING-MACHINE
WEIGHING-MACHINE, noun1. A machine for weighing heavy bodies, and particularly wheel carriages, at turnpike gates.2. A machine for weighing cattle.
WEIGHT
WEIGHT, noun Wate. [See Weigh.]1. The quantity of a body, ascertained by the balance; in a philosophical sense, that quality of bodies by which they tend towards the center of t...
WEIGHTILY
WEIGHTILY, adverb1. Heavily; ponderously.2. With force or impressiveness; with moral power.
WEIGHTINESS
WEIGHTINESS, noun1. Ponderousness; gravity; heaviness.2. Solidity; force; impressiveness; power of convincing; as the weightiness of an argument.3. Importance.