to selectively remove; same as weed{2}, v. t.; -- of things that are useless or harmful.

One who, or that which, weeds, or frees from anything noxious.

Weeds, collectively; also, a place full of weeds or for growing weeds.

a. n. from Weed, v.

A kind of implement used for tearing up weeds esp. on summer fallows.

Free from weeds or noxious matter.

Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments.

A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.

The end of the week, usually comprising the period from Friday evening to Monday morning, observed commonly as a period of respite from work or school; as, to visit one for a week-end; also, a house party during a week-end. Contrasted to work days.

Once a week; by hebdomadal periods; as, each performs service weekly.

See Wigwam.

A whirlpool.

To think; to imagine; to fancy.

To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.

One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.

Full of weeping or lamentation; grieving.

Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.

a variety of European beech (Fagus pendula, Fagus sylvatica pendula) with pendulous limbs.

a perennial South African grass (Eragrostis curvula) having densly clumped flimsy stems; introduced into U.S. esp. for erosion control.

a medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon (Picea breweriana) having pendulous branches.

a small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent 2-seeded pods.

same as crumblecap.

Ripe for weeping; ready to weep.

In a weeping manner.

See Wearish.

See Weasel.

To know; to wit.

The wryneck; -- so called from its cry.

A throwing toy, or implement, of the Australian aborigines, consisting of a cigar-shaped stick fastened at one end to a flexible twig. It weighs in all about two ounces, and is about two feet long.

Knowingly.

Unknowing; also, unknown; unmeaning.

Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful wounds.

Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed.

Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain.

Having weevils; weeviled.

See Weasel.

A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif.

Texture.

Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism.

See Weregild.

See Werewolf.

A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced from China.

A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.

A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed.

Capable of being weighed.

A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise.

A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.

Clay intersecting a vein.

A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.

One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities.

a. n. from Weigh, v.

A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.

One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.

In a weighty manner.

The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.

Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light.

To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.

The quality or state of being weird.

Same as Wegotism.

The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded by the German biologist August Weismann, esp. in regard to germ plasm as the basis of heredity and the impossibility of transmitting acquired characteristics; -- often called neo-Darwinism.

A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.

A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground.

The meadow pipit.

Surrounded with happiness or prosperity.

Alas!

See Welsh.

See Welsher.

See Welshman.

To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea.

In a welcome manner.

The quality or state of being welcome; gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception.

One who welcomes; one who salutes, or receives kindly, a newcomer.

The state of being welded; the joint made by welding.

Capable of being welded.

One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding.

Prosperity; happiness; well-being; weal.

Producing prosperity or happiness; blessed.

To welk, or wither.

Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness.

Faring well; prosperous; thriving.

A whelk.

See Whelked.

The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.

To pour forth, as from a well.

The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or of society.

Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.

Having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated.

Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye.

Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.

Having upright intentions or honorable purposes.

Fully known; generally known or acknowledged.

Being in good condition.

Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous.

One whose intention is good.

Having a good intention.

Good-natured; kind.

Almost; nearly.

Being well folded.

Of extensive reading; deeply versed; -- often followed by in.

Having seen much; hence, accomplished; experienced.

Having good success.

One who wishes well, or means kindly.

A wish of happiness.

Alas! Welaway!

The king parrakeet See under King.

One who does well; one who does good to another; a benefactor.

A doing well; right performance of duties. Also used adjectively.

To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery.

See Welfare.

A source, spring, or fountain.

A name given to the /big trees/ (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia.

A kind of long boots for men.

A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.

One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.

The sheatfish; -- called also waller.

Of or pertaining to Auer von Welsbach or the incandescent gas burner invented by him.

To cheat by avoiding payment of bets; -- said esp. of an absconding bookmaker at a race track. To avoid dishonorably the fulfillment of a pecuniary obligation.

same as Welsh rabbit.

One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it.

Prosperous; well.