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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Wåll'-pā'per, n. p. 1489Paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper-hangings. See PAPER-HANGINGS.Wall'-piece, n. p. 1489A gun planted on a wall. W. Scott.Wăll'-pĕl'li-to-ry, n. p. 1489(Bot.) A European plant (Parietaria officinalis), growing on old walls, &c., and formerly esteemed medicinal.Wăll'-pĕn'ny-wort, n. p. 1489(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cotyledon (C. umbilicus).Wăll'-pep'per, n. p. 1489(Bot.) A plant of the genus Sedum (S. acre), having a pungent, biting taste, and growing upon walls, rocks, and the like.Wăll'-pīe, n. p. 1489(Bot.) A plant; a species of Asplenium. Lee.Wall'-plāte, n. p. 1489(Arch.) A piece of timber placed horizontally upon a wall, on which rest joists and the like. [See Illust. of Timber.]Wall'-rŏck, n. p. 1489Granular limestone, used in building walls. [U. S.] Bartlett.Wāll'-rue, n. p. 1489(Bot.) A species of fern growing on walls, rocks, and the like; Asplenium ruta-muraria.Wăll'-sid'ed, a. p. 1489(Naut.) Having sides nearly perpendicular, as a ship;—opposed to tumbling in or tumbling home, and flaring out.Wĕll'-spring, n. p. 1489A spring of water issuing from stratified rocks.Wåll'-wort, n. p. 1489(Bot.) A plant of the genus Sambucus; the dwarf elder or danewort.Walm, v. i. p. 1489To roll; to spout; to boil up. [Obs.] Holland.Wăl'nut, n. p. 1489(Bot.) A tree, and its fruit, of the genus Juglans. This genus comprehends several species, of which some are natives of the United States, as Juglans nigra, or black walnut; J. cinerea, or…Wal'rus, n. p. 1489(Zoöl.) An aquatic mammal (Trichechus rosmarus), resembling the seal, and allied to it;—called also morse, and sea-cow. It has long canine teeth, used for locomotion and defense, and feeds upon…Wălt, n. p. 1489A forest;—used as a termination of names. See WEALD and WOLD.Wăl'ter, v. i. p. 1489To roll or wallow; to welter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Wal'tron, n. p. 1489The walrus. [Rare.] Woodward.Wălt'y, a. p. 1489Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship. [R.] Longfellow.Waltz, n. p. 1489A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed for this kind of dance.Waltz, v. i. p. 1489To dance a waltz.Waltz'er, n. p. 1489A person who waltzes.Wā'ly, interj. p. 1489An exclamation of woe or grief. [Obs.]Wam'ble, v. i. p. 1489To be disturbed with nausea; as, a wambling stomach. [Vulgar.] L’Estrange. 2. To move irregularly to and fro; to roll.Wam'ble, n. p. 1489Disturbance of the stomach; nausea. [Vulgar.]Wam'ble-crōpped, a. p. 1489Sick at the stomach; also, crest-fallen; dejected. [Vulgar.]Wam'mel, v. i. p. 1489To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble or wabble;—chiefly used with reference to mechanical movements or operations. [Prov. Eng.]Wam-pee′, n. p. 1489(Bot.) A tree of the genus Cookia (C. punctata), growing in China and the East Indies, and its fruit. The fruit, which is about the size of a pigeon’s egg, and grows in bunches, is much esteemed in…Wam’pum, n. p. 1490Small beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, &c., as an ornament. The wampum was of two kinds, one kind being white, and the other black or of…Wan, a. p. 1490Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale. “Sad to view, his visage pale and wan.” Spenser. Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Suckling.Wan, v. i. p. 1490To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. And ever he muttered and maddened, and ever wanned. Tennyson.Wăn, imp. p. 1490of win. Won. [Obs.] See WIN. The report of his great acts that over Europe ran, In that most famous field he with the emperor wan. Drayton.Wan, n. p. 1490The state or quality of being wan or pale; wanness; paleness. [Rare.] “Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.” Tennyson.Wand, n. p. 1490A small stick; a rod. A child runs away laughing with good smart blows of a wand on his back, who would have cried for an unkind word. Locke. 2. Hence, specifically, (a.) A staff of authority. Though…Wan'der, v. i. p. 1490To ramble here and there without any certain course or object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields; to wander about the town, or about the country. They wandered…Wăn'der, v. t. p. 1490To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through. [R.] “Wandering many a famous realm.” Milton.Wăn'der-er, n. p. 1490One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; one who deviates from duty.Wăn'der-ing-ly, adv. p. 1490In a wandering or unsteady manner.Wan'der-ment, n. p. 1490The act of wandering or roaming. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Wan'der-o͞o', n. p. 1490(Zoöl.) A baboon of Ceylon and Malabar, the Macacus silenus of Lacépède. It has a long beard or mane of a grayish or whitish color surrounding the face. Jardine.Wand'y, a. p. 1490Long and flexible, like a wand. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.Wāne, v. i. p. 1490To be diminished; to decrease;—especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon. “This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses.” Bp. Hall. Waning moons…Wāne, v. t. p. 1490To cause to decrease. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Wāne, n. p. 1490Decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator. 2. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension. You are cast upon an age in which the church is in its wane. South. 3.…Wāng, n. p. 1490The jaw, jaw-bone, or cheek-bone. [Rare or vulgar.] 2. A slap; a blow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Wāng, n. p. 1490The latchet of a shoe. [Obs.]Wan'gan, n. p. 1490A kind of boat, used chiefly by lumbermen, for transporting provisions, tools, and the like;—so called in Maine. Bartlett.Wāng'er, n. p. 1490A pillow for the cheek; a pillow. [Obs. and rare.] His bright helm was his wanger. Chaucer.Wāng-hee', n. p. 1490A species of tough, flexible cane, imported from the East, said to be the root of the narrow-leaved bamboo. It has a pale, hard bark, and flexible stem, with internodes of about an inch and a half or…Wāng'o, n. p. 1490See BOOMERANG.Wāng'-tōōth, n. p. 1490A jaw-tooth. [Obs.]Wān'hōpe, n. p. 1490Want of hope; faint or delusive hope. [Obs.] Chaucer. Lodge. Jamieson.Wān'hôm, n. p. 1490(Bot.) A plant of the genus Kæmpferia. Lee.Wān'ion, n. p. 1490A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase with a wanion—with a vengeance. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Latimer.Wank'le, a. p. 1490Not to be depended on; weak; unstable. Grose.Wan'ly, adv. p. 1490In a wan or pale manner; palely.Wanned, a. p. 1490Made wan or pale. Shak.Wan'ness, n. p. 1490The state or quality of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever.Wan'nish, a. p. 1490Somewhat wan; of a pale hue. No sun, but a wannish glare, In fold upon fold of hueless cloud. Tennyson.Want, n. p. 1490A mole. [Obs.] She hath the ears of a want. Lyly.