Webster's Dictionary 1828

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WALLING

WALLING, participle present tense Inclosing or fortifying with a wall.WALLING, noun Walls in general; materials for walls.

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WALLOP

WALLOP, verb intransitive [See Well.] To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling of the liquor, with noise.

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WALLOPING

WALLOPING, participle present tense Boiling with a heaving and noise.

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WALLOW

WALLOW, verb intransitive [Latin, G. This verb seems to be connected with well, walk, etc.]1. To roll ones body on the earth, in mire, or on other substance; to tumble and roll ...

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WALLOWER

WALLOWER, noun One that rolls in mire.

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WALLOWING

WALLOWING, participle present tense Rolling the body on any thing.

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WALNUT

WALNUT, noun A tree and its fruit, of the genus Juglans. The black walnut so called, grows in America, and is indigenous in the southern and middle states, as far north as the H...

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WALRUS

WALRUS, noun [G., a whale, a horse.] The morse or sea horse, an animal of the northern seas, of the genus Trichechus.

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WALTRON

WALTRON, noun Another name of the walrus.

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WALTZ

WALTZ, noun [G., to roll.] A modern dance and tune, the measure of whose music is triple; three quavers in a bar.

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WAMBLE

WAMBLE, verb intransitive To be disturbed with nausea; as a wambling stomach. [Vulgar.]

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WAMBLE-CROPPED

WAMBLE-CROPPED, adjective Sick at the stomach. [Vulgar.]

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WAMPEE

WAMPEE, noun A plant, a species of Arum.

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WAMPUM

WAMPUM, noun Shells or strings of shells, used by the American Indians as money or a medium of commerce. These strings of shells when united, form a broad belt, which is worn as...

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WAN

WAN, adjective Pale; having a sickly hue; languid of look.Sad to view, his visage pale and wanWhy so pale and wan fond lover?WAN, for won; preterit tense of win.

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WAND

WAND, noun1. A small stick; a rod. If a child runs away, a few strokes of a wand will bring him back.2. A staff of authority; as a silver wand3. A rod used by conjurers or divin...

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WANDER

WANDER, verb intransitive [G., to wander to walk, to change, exchange or transform.]1. To rove; to ramble here and there without any certain course or object in view; as, to wan...

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WANDERER

WANDERER, noun A rambler; one that roves; one that deviates from duty.

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WANDERING

WANDERING, participle present tense Roving; rambling; deviating from duty.WANDERING, noun1. Peregrination; a traveling without a settled course.2. Aberration; mistaken way; devi...

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WANDERINGLY

WANDERINGLY, adverb In a wandering or unsteady manner.

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WANDEROO

WANDEROO, noun A baboon of Ceylon and Malabar.

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WANE

WANE, verb intransitive1. To be diminished; to decrease; particularly applied to the illuminated part of the moon. WE say, the moon wanes, that is, the visible or illuminated pa...

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WANG

WANG, noun1. The jaw, jaw-bone or cheek bone. [Little used or vulgar.]2. The latchet of a shoe. [Not in use.]

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WANG-TOOTH

WANG-TOOTH, noun A jaw-tooth.

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WANHOPE

WANHOPE, noun Want of hope. [Not used.]

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WANHORN

WANHORN, noun A plant of the genus Kaempferia.

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WANING

WANING, participle present tense Decreasing; failing; declining.