WOUND
WOUND, noun [G.]1. A breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or of the bark and wood of a tree, or of the bark and substance of other plants, caused by violence or external f...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WOUNDED
WOUNDED, participle passive Hurt; injured.
WOUNDER
WOUNDER, noun One that wounds.
WOUNDING
WOUNDING, participle present tense Hurting; injuring.
WOUNDLESS
WOUNDLESS, adjective Free from hurt or injury.
WOUNDWORT
WOUNDWORT, noun The name of several plants; one, a species of Achillea; another, a species of Stachys; another, a species of Laserpitium; another, a species of Solidago; and ano...
WOUNDY
WOUNDY, adjective Excessive. [Not English.]
WOUNGSTER
WOUNGSTER, noun Yungster. A young person; a lad; a colloquial word.
WOVE
WOVE, preterit tense of weave, sometimes the participle.
WOX
WOX, WOXEN, for waxed. [Not in use.]
WOXEN
WOX, WOXEN for waxed. [Not in use.]Note. W before r is always silent.
WRACK
WRACK, WRECK, noun [See Wreck.] A name given to a marine plant which is of great utility as a manure. It is called sometimes sea-wrack or sea-wreck, and sea-oak and sea-tangle. ...
WRAIN-BOLT
WRAIN-BOLT. [See Wring-bolt.]
WRANGLE
WRANGLE, verb intransitive [from the root of wring.] To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.For a score of kingdoms you should wrangleHe di...
WRANGLER
WRANGLER, noun An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness; as a noisy contentious wrangler Senior wrangler in the university of Cambridge, the student who pas...
WRANGLESOME
WRANGLESOME, adjective Contentious; quarrelsome.
WRANGLING
WRANGLING, participle present tense Disputing or contending angrily.WRANGLING, noun The act of disputing angrily.
WRAP
WRAP, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive wrapped or wrapt.1. To wind or fold together. John 20:1.2. To involve; to cover by winding something round; often with...
WRAP-RASCAL
WRAP-RASCAL, noun An upper coat.
WRAPPED
WRAPPED, WRAPT, participle passive Wound; folded; inclosed.
WRAPPER
WRAPPER, noun1. One that wraps.2. That in which any thing is wrapped or inclosed.
WRAPPING
WRAPPING, participle present tense1. Winding; folding; involving; inclosing.2.adjective Used or designed for wrapping or covering; as wrapping paper.
WRAPT
WRAPPED, WRAPT participle passive Wound; folded; inclosed.
WRASS
WRASS, WRASSE, noun A fish, the Labrus tinca of Linne, called by authors, turdus vulgaris, or tinca marina, the sea-tench, and sometimes old-wife. It resembles the carp in figur...
WRASSE
WRASS, WRASSE noun A fish, the Labrus tinca of Linne, called by authors, turdus vulgaris, or tinca marina, the sea-tench, and sometimes old-wife. It resembles the carp in figure...
WRATH
WRATH, noun [Latin]1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; as the wrath of Achilles.When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased--Esther 2:1.O Lord--in wrath reme...
WRATHFUL
WRATHFUL, adjective1. Very angry; greatly incensed. The king was very wrathful2. Springing from wrath, or expressing it; as wrathful passions; a wrathful countenance.