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Waketime
Time during which one is awake.
Wandy
Long and flexible, like a wand.
Waped
Cast down; crushed by misery; dejected.
Wappato
See .
Warburg's tincture
A preparation containing quinine and many other ingredients, often used in the treatment of malarial affections. It was invented by Dr. of London.
Warish
To be cured; to recover.
Warty-back
An American fresh-water mussel (). Its shell is used in making buttons.
Wastethrift
A spendthrift.
Wastrel
Any waste thing or substance
Water bath
A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature; also, a vessel designed for this purpose.
Water caltrop
The water chestnut.
Watermark
A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.
Water motor
A water engine.
Way
Away.
Wedge gear
A friction gear wheel with wedge-shaped circumferential grooves.
Weedy
Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments.
Welchman
See .
Wende
of .
West
Westward.
Whiggarchy
Government by Whigs.
Whiggish
Of or pertaining to Whigs; partaking of, or characterized by, the principles of Whigs.
Whip-poor-will
An American bird () allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.
White-eye
Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus , as of India, and of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also , and .
Whitehead
The blue-winged snow goose.
Wholeness
The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.
Widow
A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.
Wielder
One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller.
Wiener Schnitzel
A veal cutlet variously seasoned garnished, often with lemon, sardines, and capers.
Wildebeest
The gnu.
Wilt
of .
Windas
See 3d .
Windgall
A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.
Windowy
Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.
Wind-sucking
A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See , 4.
Winninish
The land-locked variety of the common salmon.
Wither
To cause to fade, and become dry.
Wolfberry
An American shrub () which bears soft white berries.
Wolframate
A salt of wolframic acid; a tungstate.
Wolf's-foot
Club moss. See .
Won't
A colloquial contraction of . Will not. See .
Woolenet
A thin, light fabric of wool.
Woolpack
A pack or bag of wool weighing two hundred and forty pounds.
Workfellow
One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.
Workship
Workmanship.
Wormhole
A burrow made by a worm.
Worm-shell
Any species of Vermetus.
Worshipable
Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship.
Worthily
In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.
Wot
of , to know. See the under ,
Wrack
To rack; to torment.
Wrawness
Peevishness; ill temper; anger.
Wrest
The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
Wringbolt
A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with .
Wrong
That which is not right.
Wynkernel
The European moor hen.