Webster's Dictionary 1828

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WETHER

WETHER, noun A ram castrated.

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WETNESS

WETNESS, noun1. The state of being wet, either by being soaked or filled with liquor, or by having a liquid adherent to the surface; as the wetness of land; the wetness of a clo...

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WETTISH

WETTISH, adjective Somewhat wet; moist; humid.

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WEX

WEX, verb transitive or I. To grow; to wax. [Not to be used.] [See Wax.]

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WEZAND

WEZAND, for weasand. [See the latter.] [Note--In words beginning with wh, the letter h, or aspirate, when both letters are pronounced, precedes the sound of w. Thus what, when, ...

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WHACK

WHACK, verb transitive To strike. This is probably the primary word on which is formed thwack. [See Twit.] whack is a vulgar word.

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WHALE

WHALE, noun [G., to stir, agitate or rove.] The general name of an order of animals inhabiting the ocean, arranged in zoology under the name of Cete or Cetacea, and belonging to...

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WHALE-FISHERY

WHALE-FISHERY, noun The fishery or occupation of taking whales.

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WHALEBONE

WHALEBONE, noun [whale and bone.] A firm elastic substance taken from the upper jaw of the whale, used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, etc.

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WHALY

WHALY, adjective Marked with streaks; properly wealy.

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WHAME

WHAME, noun A species of fly, tabanus, the burrel fly, that annoys horses.

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WHANG

WHANG, noun A lether thong. [Not in use.]WHANG, verb transitive To beat. [Not in use or local.]

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WHAP

WHAP, noun A blow. [Vulgar.] [See Awhape.]

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WHAPPER

WHAPPER, noun Something uncommonly large of the kind. So thumper is connected with thump, to strike with a heavy blow. [Vulgar.]

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WHARF

WHARF, noun A perpendicular bank or mound or timber or stone and earth, raised on the shore of a harbor, or extending some distance into the water, for the convenience of lading...

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WHARFAGE

WHARFAGE, noun The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods, timber, wood, etc.

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WHARFING

WHARFING, noun Wharfs in general.

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WHARFINGER

WHARFINGER, noun A man who has the care of a wharf, or the proprietor of a wharf.

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WHAT

WHAT, pronoun relative or substitute. [G., Latin See Wight.]1. That which. Say what you will, is the same as say that which you will.2. Which part. Consider what is due to natur...

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WHATEVER

WHATEVER, pronoun [what and ever.]1. Being this or that; being of one nature or another; being one thing or another; any thing that may be. whatever is read, let it be read with...

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WHATSOEVER

WHATSOEVER, a compound of what, so, and ever, has the sense of whatever, and is less used than the latter. Indeed it is nearly obsolete. Whatso, in a like sense, is entirely obs...

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WHEAL

WHEAL, noun A pustule. [See Weal.]

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WHEAT

WHEAT, noun [G.] A plant of the genus Triticum, and the seed of the plant, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and next to rice, is the grain most generally used by the hum...

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WHEAT-BIRD

WHEAT-BIRD, noun A bird that feeds on wheat.

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WHEAT-EAR

WHEAT-EAR, noun The English name of the Motacilla aenanthe; called also white-tail and fallow-finch.

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WHEAT-PLUM

WHEAT-PLUM, noun A sort of plum.

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WHEATEN

WHEATEN, adjective Hweetn. Made of wheat; as wheaten bread.