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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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War'-dance, n. p. 1491A dance among savages preliminary to going to war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby enlists as one of the party engaged in a…Ward p. 1491An affix used in the composition of a large class of words, and denoting direction or tendency to, motion toward, and the like; as, in upward.Ward, v. t. p. 1491To keep in safety; to watch; to guard. Whose gates be found fast shut, no living wight To ward the same. Spenser. 2. To defend; to protect. Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand…Ward, v. i. p. 1491To be vigilant; to keep guard. [Obs.] 2. To act on the defensive with a weapon. She drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. Sidney.Ward, n. p. 1491The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship. Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward. Spenser. This word was formerly used in distinction from watch, to denote a guarding or watching…Ward'-côrn, n. p. 1491(O. Eng. Law.) The duty of keeping watch and ward, with a horn to blow upon any occasion of surprise. Burrill.Ward'en, n. p. 1491A keeper; a guardian. He called to the wardens on the outside battlements. W. Scott. 2. An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of the Fleet or Fleet prison. 3. A large, hard pear…Ward'en-ry or Ward'en-ship, n. p. 1491The office or jurisdiction of a warden.Ward'er, n. p. 1491One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. “The warders of the gate.” Dryden. 2. A truncheon or staff of command carried by a king or any commander-in-chief, the throwing down of which seems to have…Ward'i-an, a. p. 1491Pertaining to, or characterized as, a glass inclosure for keeping ferns, or for transporting growing plants from a distance;—so named from the inventor. [Eng.] Simmonds.Ward'-mōte, n. p. 1491A meeting of the ward; also, a court of the ward, whose province it is to present defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like. [London, Eng.] P. Cyc. Brande.Ward'-pĕn'ny, n. p. 1491(O. Eng. Law.) Money paid to the sheriff or castellans for the duty of watching and warding a castle. Burrill.Ward'rōbe, n. p. 1491A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes. 2. Wearing apparel in general; articles of dress or decoration. Or frost to flowers…Ward'room, n. p. 1492(Naut.) A room occupied as a mess-room by the commissioned officers of a war-vessel. Totten.Ward'ship, n. p. 1492The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. Blackstone. 2. The state of being under a guardian…Wards'man, n. p. 1492A man who keeps watch or ward; a guard. [Rare.] Sydney Smith.Ward'-staff, n. p. 1492A constable's or watchman's staff. [Obs.] Cowell.Wâre, imp. p. 1492of wear. Wore. [Obs.] See WEAR.Ware, a. p. 1492Aware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. [Obs.] See BEWARE. The only good that grows of passed fear Is to be wise, and ware of like again. Spenser. He is ware enough; he is willy…Wâre, v. t. p. 1492To take heed of; to beware of; to guard against. [Obs.] Then ware a rising tempest on the main. Dryden.Wâre, n. p. 1492The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Wâre, v. t. p. 1492(Naut.) To wear; to veer. See WEAR.Wâre, n. p. 1492Article of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; fabric; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise. “Retails his wares at…Sea-ware p. 1492a marine plant, a species of Fucus.Wâre'ful, a. p. 1492Wary; watchful; cautious. [Obs.] “The wareful and penurious disposition.” Graham.Wâre'ful-ness, n. p. 1492Wariness; cautiousness. [Obs.] “Full of warefulness.” Sidney.Wâre′house, n. p. 1492A storehouse for goods. Addison.Wâre'house, v. t. p. 1492To deposit or secure in a warehouse. 2. To place in the warehouse of the government or custom-house stores, to be kept until duties are paid.Wâre/house-man, n. p. 1492One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock-warehouse or wharf-store. 2. One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods. [Eng.] Simmonds.Wâre'-hous-ing, n. p. 1492The act of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a custom-house store. Warehousing system, an arrangement for lodging imported articles in the custom-house stores, without payment of duties, until they…Wāre'less, a. p. 1492Unwary; incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware. [Obs.] And wareless of the evil That by themselves unto themselves is wrought. Spenser.Wâre'ly, adv. p. 1492Cautiously; warily. [Obs.] They bound him hand and foot with iron chain, And with continual watch did warely keep. Spenser.War'fare, n. p. 1492Military service; military life; war; hostilities; contest carried on by enemies. The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. 1 Sam. xxviii. 1. This day from…War′fāre, v. i. p. 1492To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. [Rare.] “In that credulous, war-faring age.” Camden.War'far-er, n. p. 1492One engaged in warfare; a military man; a soldier.War'-field, n. p. 1492Field of war or battle.War'-ha-ble, a. p. 1492Fit for war. [Obs.] “Warhable youth.” Spenser.War'-hôrse, n. p. 1492A horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse for military service; a charger.Wā'ri-ly, adv. p. 1492In a wary manner; with prudence or wise foresight; cautiously.Wā'ri-ment, n. p. 1492Wariness; heed; care. [Obs.] Spenser.War'ine, n. p. 1492(Zool.) A species of monkey of the group of sapajous.Wā'ri-ness, n. p. 1492The state or quality of being wary; prudent care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness. To determine what are little things in religion, great wariness is to be used. Sprat. Syn.—Caution…Wâr'ish, v. t. p. 1492To cure; to heal. [Obs.] Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle. Holland.Wâr'ish, v. i. p. 1492To be cured or healed. [Obs.]Wār'i-son, n. p. 1492Preparation; provision; supply; possession; acquisition; gain; reward. [Obs.] Chaucer.Wark, n. p. 1492Work; a building. [Obs.] Spenser. ☞ Used in composition in the word bulwark.War'like, a. p. 1492Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state. “Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men.” Shak. 2. Belonging, or relating, to war; military; martial. The great archangel from his warlike toil…War'like-ness, n. p. 1492State or quality of being warlike; warlike disposition or character. [R.] Sandys.War'ling, n. p. 1492One often quarreled with;—a word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling. [Obs.] Better be an old man's darling than a young man's warling. Camden.War'lock, n. p. 1492A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp. [Written also warluck.] Dryden. It was Eyvind Kallda's crew Of warlocks blue, With their caps of darkness hooded. Longfellow.War'lock, a. p. 1492Belonging, or relating, to a warlock; impish. [Rare.] Thou shalt win the warlock fight. Drake.War'ly, a. p. 1492Warlike. [Obs. and rare.]Wārm, a. p. 1492Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold; as, warm blood; warm milk. “Whose blood is warm within?” Shak. 2. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no winter; as, the warm climate…Warm, v. t. p. 1492To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to apply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. Then shall it be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm…Warm, v. i. p. 1492To become moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day in summer. 2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speaker warms as he proceeds in the argument.Warm, n. p. 1492The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. [Colloq.] Dickens.Warm'-blood/ed, a. p. 1492Having warm blood;—applied especially to such animals, as birds and mammals, as have warm blood, and a twofold circulation.Warm'er, n. p. 1492One who, or that which, warms.Wärm'ful, a. p. 1492Abounding in capacity to warm; serving to warm; giving warmth; as, a warmful garment. [Rare.] Chapman.Warm'-heärt'ed, a. p. 1492Possessing lively interest or affection; cordial; sincere; hearty.