The person creating a wakf.

The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.

See Welaway.

A forest; -- used as a termination of names. See Weald.

A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles.

Of or pertaining to the Waldenses. One Holding the Waldensian doctrines.

In the old German empire, the head forest keeper.

A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea.

To mark with wales, or stripes.

A horse imported from New South Wales; also, any Australian horse.

See Valhalla.

Same as Wale, n., 4.

The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping.

A fulling mill.

Game-ending and game-winning; such as to end the game immediately, and allow the players to walk off the field; -- of hits, especially home runs, which occur in the last half of the ninth or a later inning, which put the home team ahead of the visiting team and thereby end the game immediatey. This occurs in baseball because, when the last half of the ninth inning arrives, if the home team (which bats last) is already ahead in the score the last half of that inning is not played, the winner of the game having already been decided. Likewise, as soon as the home team gets ahead in the score after the visiting team has batted in the ninth inning, the game is ended.

In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize.

Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over.

One who walks; a pedestrian.

a. n. from Walk, v.

See Valkyria.

To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall.

Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color.

The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls.

Having sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those having flaring sides, or sides tumbling home (see under Tumble, v. i.).

A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles.

Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (Halmaturus Bennettii) and the pademelon (Halmaturus thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.

Of or pertaining to Wallachia, a former principality, now part of the kingdom, of Roumania. An inhabitant of Wallachia; also, the language of the Wallachians; Roumanian.

See Wallachian.

A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger.

Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially Macropus robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo.

The spotted flycatcher.

The wels.

A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.

One who carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar.

A perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls.

The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).

The act of making a wall or walls.

A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Li/ge, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.

A thick piece of fat.

A kind of rolling walk.

One who, or that which, wallows.

Flat; insipid.

The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus).

To roll; to spout; to boil up.

The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone.

A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse.

To roll or wallow; to welter.

A walrus.

Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship.

To dance a waltz.

A person who waltzes.

To wallow.

An exclamation of grief.

Disturbance of the stomach; a feeling of nausea.

Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected.

To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble.

The common American eider.

A tree (Cookia punctata) of the Orange family, growing in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a peculiar flavor. The pickerel weed.

Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.

To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.

To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.

One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.

a. n. from Wander, v.

In a wandering manner.

The act of wandering, or roaming.

A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo.

Long and flexible, like a wand.

The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.

A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a.

See Whang.

A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen.

A pillow for the cheek; a pillow.

The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks.

A boomerang.

Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

An East Indian plant (Kaempferia Galanga) of the Ginger family. See Galanga.

The wane of the moon.

The act or process of waning, or decreasing.

A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase with a wanion, apparently equivalent to with a vengeance, with a plague, or with misfortune.

Not to be depended on; weak; unstable.

In a wan, or pale, manner.

Want to; as, I wanna go home.

A person who wants to be or become a different type of person -- what the person wants to be is usually clear from the context; at hollywood and vine one can meet both famous actors and wannabes.

Made wan, or pale.

The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever.

Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.

That which is wanting; deficiency.

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

Having no want; abundant; fruitful.

To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.

To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton.

In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.

The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.

Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust.

One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.

A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope.

Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log.

To wane; to wither.

A blow or beating; a whap.

The American hawk owl. See under Hawk.

The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis); -- so called by the Indians of Oregon.

Cast down; crushed by misery; dejected.

In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds.

An exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district.

The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.

A fair-leader. A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

See Wapatoo.

A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.

A gudgeon.

A small yelping cur.

Yelping.

To make war upon; to fight.

Warworn.

A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.

One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds.

In a warbling manner.

To be vigilant; to keep guard.

The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise.

Guardian; one set to watch over another.

The office or jurisdiction of a warden.