Webster's Dictionary 1913

2350

Wonger

Wong″er (?), n. See Wanger. Chaucer.

2351

Woning

Won″ing (?), n. Dwelling. Chaucer.

2352

Wont

Wont (?), a. [For woned, p. p. of won, wone, to dwell, AS. wunian; akin to D. wonen, OS. wun�n, OHG, won�n, G. wohnen, and AS. wund, gewuna, custom, habit; orig. probably, to ta...

2353

Wont (2)

Wont, n. Custom; habit; use; usage.They are... to be called out to their military motions, under sky or covert, according to the season, as was the Roman wont. Milton.From child...

2354

Wont (3)

Wont, v. i. [imp.Wont, p. p.Wont, or Wonted; p. pr. & vb. n.Wonting.] To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. Spenser.

2355

Wont (4)

Wont, v. t. To accustom; — used reflexively.

2356

Wonted

Wont″ed, a. Accustomed; customary; usual.Again his wonted weapon proved. Spenser.Like an old piece of furniture left alone in its wonted corner. Sir W. Scott.She was wonted to t...

2357

Wontedness

Wont″ed‐ness, n. The quality or state of being accustomed. Eikon Basilike.

2358

Wontless

Wont″less, a. Unaccustomed. Spenser.

2359

Woo

Woo (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wooing.] [OE. wowen, wo�en, AS. w�gian, fr. w�h bent, crooked, bad; akin to OS. wāh evil, Goth. unwahs blameless, Skr. va�c...

2360

Woo (2)

Woo, v. i. To court; to make love. Dryden.

2361

Wood

Wood (?), a. [OE. wod, AS. w�d; akin to OHG. wuot, Icel. ��r, Goth. w�ds, D. woede madness, G. wuth, wut, also to AS. w�� song, Icel. ��r, L. vates a seer, a poet. Cf. Wednesday...

2362

Wood (2)

Wood, v. i. To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad. Chaucer.

2363

Wood (3)

Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi�r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]1. A large and thick co...

2364

Wood (4)

Wood (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wooded; p. pr. & vb. n.Wooding.] To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.

2365

Wood (5)

Wood (?), v. i. To take or get a supply of wood.

2366

Wood gum

Wood gum. (Chem.) Xylan.

2367

Wood hyacinth

Wood hyacinth. A European squill (Scilla nonscripta) having a scape bearing a raceme of drooping blue, purple, white, or sometimes pink, bell-shaped flowers.

2368

Wood partridge

Wood partridge. (a) Any of several small partridges of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and neighboring regions belonging to the genera Caloperdix, Rollulus, and Melanoperdix. (b) The Can...

2369

Wood tick

Wood″ tick′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with wh...

2370

Wood-bound

Wood″–bound′ (?), a. Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.

2371

Wood-layer

Wood″–lay′er (?), n.(Bot.) A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants used in hedges.

2372

Wood-note

Wood″–note′ (?), n. [Wood, n. + note.] A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird.Or sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child,Warble his native wood-notes wild. Milton.

2373

Wood-sare

Wood″–sare′ (?), n. [Wood + Prov. E. sare for sore.] (Bot.) A kind of froth seen on herbs.

2374

Wood-sere

Wood″–sere′ (?), n. The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season. [Written also wood-seer.] Tusser.

2375

Wood-wash

{ Wood″–wash′ (?), Wood″–wax′ (?), Wood″–wax′en (?), } n. [AS. wuduweaxe.] (Bot.) Same as Woadwaxen.

2376

Wood's metal

Wood's″ met″al (?). A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66° to 71° C...