Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 2

Waggel (n.) The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), formerly considered a distinct species.

Waggeries (pl. ) of Waggery

Waggery (n.) The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy.

Waggie (n.) The pied wagtail.

Waggish (a.) Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome.

Waggish (a.) Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick.

Waggle (v. i.) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.

Waggled (imp. & p. p.) of Waggle

Waggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waggle

Waggle (v. t.) To move frequently one way and the other; to wag; as, a bird waggles his tail.

Wag-halter (n.) One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged.

Wagnerite (n.) A fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive forms.

Wagon (n.) A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise.

Wagon (n.) A freight car on a railway.

Wagon (n.) A chariot

Wagon (n.) The Dipper, or Charles's Wain.

Wagoned (imp. & p. p.) of Wagon

Wagoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wagon

Wagon (v. t.) To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city.

Wagon (v. i.) To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs.

Wagonage (n.) Money paid for carriage or conveyance in wagon.

Wagonage (n.) A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively.

Wagoner (n.) One who conducts a wagon; one whose business it is to drive a wagon.

Wagoner (n.) The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa.

Wagonette (n.) A kind of pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extended along the sides, designed to carry six or eight persons besides the driver.

Wagonfuls (pl. ) of Wagonful

Wagonful (n.) As much as a wagon will hold; enough to fill a wagon; a wagonload.

Wagon-headed (a.) Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outline an inverted U, thus /; as, a wagonheaded ceiling.

Wagonload (n.) Same as Wagonful.

Wagon-roofed (a.) Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted U; wagon-headed.

Wagonry (n.) Conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons.

Wagonwright (n.) One who makes wagons.

Wagtail (n.) Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillidae. They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name.

Wah (n.) The panda.

Wahabee (n.) A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India.

Waid (a.) Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.

Waif (n.) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.

Waif (n.) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.

Waif (n.) A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.

Waift (n.) A waif.

Wail (v. t.) To choose; to select.

Wailed (imp. & p. p.) of Wail

Wailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wail

Wail (v. t.) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.

Wail (v. i.) To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.

Wail (n.) Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.

Wailer (n.) One who wails or laments.

Waileress (n.) A woman who wails.

Wailful (a.) Sorrowful; mournful.

Wailingly (adv.) In a wailing manner.

Wailment (n.) Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing.

Waiment (v. & n.) See Wayment.

Wain (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon.

Wain (n.) A chariot.

Wainable (a.) Capable of being plowed or cultivated; arable; tillable.

Wainage (n.) A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.

Wainage (n.) See Gainage, a.

Wainbote (n.) See Cartbote. See also the Note under Bote.

Wainscot (n.) Oaken timber or boarding.

Wainscot (n.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.

Wainscot (n.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae.

Wainscoted (imp. & p. p.) of Wainscot

Wainscoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wainscot

Wainscot (v. t.) To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall.

Wainscoting (n.) The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel.

Wainscoting (n.) The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as a whole; panelwork.

Wainwright (n.) Same as Wagonwright.

Wair (n.) A piece of plank two yard/ long and a foot broad.

Waist (n.) That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips.

Waist (n.) Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship.

Waist (n.) A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line.

Waist (n.) A girdle or belt for the waist.

Waistband (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.

Waistband (n.) A sash worn by women around the waist.

Waistcloth (n.) A cloth or wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips and passing between the thighs.

Waistcloth (n.) A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.

Waistcoat (n.) A short, sleeveless coat or garment for men, worn under the coat, extending no lower than the hips, and covering the waist; a vest.

Waistcoat (n.) A garment occasionally worn by women as a part of fashionable costume.

Waistcoateer (n.) One wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet.

Waistcoating (n.) A fabric designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is a pattern, differently colored yarns being used.

Waister (n.) A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war.

Waited (imp. & p. p.) of Wait

Waiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wait

Wait (v. i.) To watch; to observe; to take notice.

Wait (v. i.) To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.

Wait (v. t.) To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.

Wait (v. t.) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.

Wait (v. t.) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.

Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.

Wait (v. i.) The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.

Wait (v. i.) Ambush.

Wait (v. i.) One who watches; a watchman.

Wait (v. i.) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.

Wait (v. i.) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.

Waiter (n.) One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table.

Waiter (n.) A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.

Waiting () a. & n. from Wait, v.

Waitingly (adv.) By waiting.

Waitress (n.) A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.

Waive (v. t.) A waif; a castaway.

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