Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Wang

Wang (?), n. [OE. wange, AS. wange, wonge, cheek, jaw; akin to D. wang, OS. & OHG. wanga, G. wange.]1. The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone.So work aye the wangs in his head. Chaucer...

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Wang (2)

Wang (?), n. See Whang.

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Wangan

Wan″gan (?), n. A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; — so called by Maine lumbermen. [Written also wangun.] Bartlett.

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Wanger

Wang″er (?), n. [AS. wangere. See 1st Wang.] A pillow for the cheek; a pillow.His bright helm was his wanger. Chaucer.

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Wanghee

Wang‐hee″ (?), n. [Chin. wang yellow + he� a root.] (Bot.) The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are m...

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Wango

Wang″o (?), n. A boomerang.

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Wanhope

Wan″hope′ (?), n. [AS. wan, won, deficient, wanting + hopa hope: cf. D. wanhoop. ����. See Wane, and Hope.] Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. Piers ...

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Wanhorn

Wan″horn′ (?), n. [Corruption fr. Siamese wanhom.] (Bot.) An East Indian plant (Kæmpferia Galanga) of the Ginger family. See Galanga.

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Waniand

Wan″i‐and (?), n. [See Wanion.] The wane of the moon. Halliwell.

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Waning

Wan″ing (?), n. The act or process of waning, or decreasing.This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses. Bp. Hall.

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Wanion

Wan″ion (?), n. [Probably for OE. waniand waning, p. pr. of wanien; hence, used of the waning of the moon, supposed to be an unlucky time. See Wane.] A word of uncertain signifi...

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Wankle

Wan″kle (?), a. [AS. wancol.] Not to be depended on; weak; unstable. Grose.

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Wanly

Wan″ly (?), adv. In a wan, or pale, manner.

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Wanned

Wanned (?), a. Made wan, or pale.

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Wanness

Wan″ness (?), n. The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever.

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Wannish

Wan″nish, a. Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.No sun, but a wannish glare,In fold upon fold of hueless cloud. Tennyson.

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Want

Want (277), n. [Originally an adj., from Icel. vant, neuter of vanr lacking, deficient. √139. See Wane, v. i.]1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything...

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Want (2)

Want, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wanted; p. pr. & vb. n.Wanting.]1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to...

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Want (3)

Want, v. i. [Icel. vanta to be wanting. See Want to lack.]1. To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; — often use...

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Wantage

Want″age (?), n. That which is wanting; deficiency.

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Wanting

Want″ing, a. Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion.

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Wantless

Want″less (?), a. Having no want; abundant; fruitful.

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Wanton

Wan″ton (?), a. [OE. wantoun, contr. from wantowen; pref. wan- wanting (see Wane, v. i.), hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of teón to draw, to educate,...

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Wanton (2)

Wan″ton, n. 1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; — used rarely as a term of endearment.I am afeard you make a wanton of me. Shak.Peace, my wantons; he will doMore than you ...

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Wanton (3)

Wan″ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Wantoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wantoning.]1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.Nature here wan...

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Wanton (4)

Wan″ton, v. t. To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.

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Wantonize

Wan″ton‐ize (?), v. i. To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton. Lamb.