Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 39

Woodman (n.) One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter.

Woodman (n.) One who dwells in the woods or forest; a bushman.

Woodmeil (n.) See Wadmol.

Woodmonger (n.) A wood seller.

Woodness (n.) Anger; madness; insanity; rage.

Wood-note (n.) A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird.

Woodpeck (n.) A woodpecker.

Woodpecker (n.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.

Woodrock (n.) A compact woodlike variety of asbestus.

Woodruff (n.) Alt. of Woodroof

Woodroof (n.) A little European herb (Asperula odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust. of Whorl.

Wood-sare (n.) A kind of froth seen on herbs.

Wood-sere (n.) The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season.

Woodsmen (pl. ) of Woodsman

Woodsman (n.) A woodman; especially, one who lives in the forest.

Wood's metal () A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ to 71¡ C. See Fusible metal, under Fusible.

Woodstone (n.) A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance.

Woodsy (a.) Of or pertaining to the woods or forest.

Wood tick () Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact. When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores. The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes unipunctata.

Woodwall (n.) The yaffle.

Woodward (n.) An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods.

Woodwardia (n.) A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc.

Wood-wash (n.) Alt. of Wood-waxen

Wood-wax (n.) Alt. of Wood-waxen

Wood-waxen (n.) Same as Woadwaxen.

Woodwork (n.) Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood.

Woodworm (n.) See Wood worm, under Wood.

Woody (a.) Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land.

Woody (a.) Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.

Woody (a.) Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan.

Wooer (v. t.) One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.

Woof (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

Woof (n.) Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof.

Woofell (n.) The European blackbird.

Woofy (a.) Having a close texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud.

Woohoo (n.) The sailfish.

Wooingly (adv.) In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness.

Wook (imp.) Woke.

Wool (n.) The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.

Wool (n.) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

Wool (n.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.

Woolded (imp. & p. p.) of Woold

Woolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Woold

Woold (v. t.) To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it.

Woolder (n.) A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.

Woolder (n.) One of the handles of the top, formed by a wooden pin passing through it. See 1st Top, 2.

Woolding (n.) The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast.

Woolding (n.) A rope used for binding masts and spars.

Wool-dyed (a.) Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain.

Wooled (a.) Having (such) wool; as, a fine-wooled sheep.

Woolen (a.) Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.

Woolen (a.) Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper.

Woolen (n.) Cloth made of wool; woollen goods.

Woolenet (n.) A thin, light fabric of wool.

Woolert (n.) The barn owl.

Woolfell (n.) A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled.

Woolgathering (a.) Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.

Woolgathering (n.) Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.

Woolgrower (n.) One who raises sheep for the production of wool.

Wool-hall (n.) A trade market in the woolen districts.

Woolhead (n.) The buffel duck.

Woolliness (n.) The quality or state of being woolly.

Woolly (a.) Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece.

Woolly (a.) Resembling wool; of the nature of wool.

Woolly (a.) Clothed with wool.

Woolly (a.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool.

Woolly-head (n.) A negro.

Woolmen (pl. ) of Woolman

Woolman (n.) One who deals in wool.

Woolpack (n.) A pack or bag of wool weighing two hundred and forty pounds.

Woolsack (n.) A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack of wool resembling a divan in form.

Woolsey (n.) Linsey-woolsey.

Woolstock (n.) A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth.

Woolward (adv.) In wool; with woolen raiment next the skin.

Woolward-going (n.) A wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance.

Woon (n.) Dwelling. See Wone.

Woorali (n.) Same as Curare.

Woosy (a.) Oozy; wet.

Wootz (n.) A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica.

Wooyen (n.) See Yuen.

Wopen (p. p.) Wept.

Worble (n.) See Wormil.

Word (n.) The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable.

Word (n.) Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.

Word (n.) Talk; discourse; speech; language.

Word (n.) Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular.

Word (n.) Signal; order; command; direction.

Word (n.) Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.

Word (n.) Verbal contention; dispute.

Word (n.) A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.

Word (v. i.) To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.

Worded (imp. & p. p.) of Word

Wording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Word

Word (v. t.) To express in words; to phrase.

Word (v. t.) To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.

Word (v. t.) To flatter with words; to cajole.

Wordbook (n.) A collection of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon.

Word-catcher (n.) One who cavils at words.

Worder (n.) A speaker.

Wordily (adv.) In a wordy manner.

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