Of or pertaining to A. G. Werner, The German mineralogist and geologist, who classified minerals according to their external characters, and advocated the theory that the strata of the earth's crust were formed by depositions from water; designating, or according to, Werner's system.
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The common grayish or white variety of soapolite.
An Australian lorikeet (Ptilosclera versicolor) noted for the variety of its colors; -- called also varied lorikeet.
War.
To warray.
See Verst.
A wart.
See Wariangle.
See Weasand.
Washed.
See Weasand.
One who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist.
The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2.
Westward.
Passing to the west.
Toward the west; westward.
A native or inhabitant of the west.
Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.
The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north.
A westerner.
Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.
The western region or countries; the west.
In a westward direction.
Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward.
Dizzy; giddy.
To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.
Having the feet, or the shoes on the feet, wet.
A Mexican who enters the United States illegally, by wading across the Rio Grande; -- disparaging and offensive.
The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain.
A castrated ram.
The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth.
Somewhat wet; moist; humid.
See Weevil.
Wax.
A certain measure of weight.
To wail.
See Welaway.
To waive.
See Weasand.
The European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup. The whimbrel; -- called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup.
Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known.
A smart resounding blow.
to masturbate.
Very large; whapping.
An American tree, the winged elm. (Ulmus alata).
To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub.
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
A form of vessel, often with steam power, having sharp ends and a very convex upper deck, much used on the Great Lakes, esp. for carrying grain.
A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.
A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.
A man employed in the whale fishery.
One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size.
Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a whaling voyage; a whaling vessel.
A light color of the iris in horses; wall-eye.
Having the iris of light color; -- said of horses.
A breeze fly.
To turn over.
When.
A blow; whack.
An imaginary creature, of undefined character.
See Wanghee.
Wharfs, collectively.
A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf.
A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See Burr, n., 6.
A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
Why? For what purpose? On what account?
Any object whose name is forgotten, or not known.
A contraction of what-ever; -- used in poetry.
Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively.
A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an /tag/re.
Whatsoever; whosoever; whatever; anything that.
A contraction of whatsoever; -- used in poetry.
Whatever.
Same as Whall.
See Whaap.
A mine.
The harvest mite; -- so called from the wheals, caused by its bite.
A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.
A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
Made of wheat; as, wheaten bread.
A small nematode worm (Tylenchus tritici, formerly Anguillula tritici) which attacks wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the ear. In wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains may contain a large number of the minute young of the worm.
Whether.
To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.
The tire of a wheel.
A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
The European goatsucker.
Having wheels; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a four-wheeled carriage.
A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel. A paddle box. See under Paddle.
One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist.
See Swarf.
A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism.
A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.
Circular; suitable to rotation.
A quantity; a goodly number.
A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively.
See Waft, n., 4.
Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe.
Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns.
To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.
Whereas; while
Whencesoever.
From, or forth from, what or which place; whence.
From what place soever; from what cause or source soever.
Whenever.
At whatever time.
Whence.
At what time soever; at whatever time; whenever.
Place; situation.
Whether.
Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form.
The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts.
At which place; where.
the reason why.
From which; from which or what place.
The quality or state of having a place; ubiety; situation; position.
Out of which.
Wheresoever.
Wheresoever.
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