WAV VVEA
tr 539. Fite 73 ,&i 77, fill 83 , fat 81—me 93, met 0.1—pine 105, pin 107— nA 162,mSve 1G4,
supplying witer.—The mouth Waters, theman longs.
WATERCOLOURS,wa 'tfir-k?il-&rz,s.Paint-ers make colours into a soft consistence withwater, those they call Water-colours.
WATERCRESSES, wa tur-kres'siz, s. 99.
A plant. There are five species.WATERER, wa'tfir-ur, s. 555. One whowaters.
WATERFALL , watur-fall, s. Cataract, cas-cade.
WATERFOWL , wa'tur-fbul, 9 . Fowl thatlire or get their food in water.WATERGRUEL, wa-tur-gr6A'il, s. Foodmade with oatmeal and water.WATERINESS, wa'tur-e-nes, s. Humidity,moisture.
WATERISH, watur-ish, a. Resembling
water; moist, insipid.
WATERISHNESS, wa'tur-ish-nes, s. Thin-ness, resemblance of water.
WATERLEAF, wa'tur-lefe, s. A plant.WATERLILY, wa tur-lSl'lA, s. A plant.WATERMAN, wa'tur-mAn, s. 88. A ferry-man, a boatman.
WATERMARK, wa'tur-mirk, s. The ut-
most limit of the rise of the flood.WATERMELON, w&'t&r-mAlTm, a. Aplant.
WATERMILL , wa'tur-mfll, s. Mill turnedby water.
WATERMINT, wa'tur-mint, s. A plant.WATER-ORDEAL, wa-tur-or-deiil, s. Anold mode of trial by water.
£3* Water-ordeal was performed either by plungingthe bare arm up to the elbows in boiling water, andescaping unhurt thereby, or by casting the suspectedperson into a river or pond *, and if he floated thereinwithout swimming, it was deemed an evidence of liis
guilt.— Mason.
WATERRADISH, wa'tur-rad-ish, s. A
species of watercresses—which see.WATERRAT, wi'tur-nlt, s. A rat thatmakes holes in banks.
WATERROCKET, wa'tur-rdk-it, s. A ape-
cies of watercresses.
WATERVIOLET, wa'tur-vi-o-lgt, s. A
plant.
WATERSAPPHIRE, wa'tor-sHf-fir, s. Asort of stone. The occidental sapphire is nei-ther so bright nor so hard ns the oriental-WATF.RWITH, wa'tur-wit/*, s. A plant ofJamaica growing on dry hills where no wa-ter is to be met with ; its trunk, if cut intopieces two or three yards long, and held byeither end to the mouth, affords plentifullywater, or sap, to the thirsty traveller.WATERWORK, wa'tur-wurk, s. Play offountains, any hydraulic performance.WATERY, wa'tur-e, a. Thin, liquid, likewater; tasteless, insipid, vapid, spiritless;wet, abounding with water; relating to thewater; consisting of water.
WATTLE, wdt tl, s. 405. The barbs, or loosered flesh that hangs below the cock's toll; ahurdle.
To WATTLE, wflt'tl, v. a. To hind withtwigs, to form by planting twigs.
WAVE, wkve, s. Water raised above thelevel of the surface, billow; unevenness, ine-quality.
To WAVE, wLve, v. n. To play loosely, tofloat; to be moved as a signal.
To WAVE, wave, r. a. To raise intoinequa-lities of surface ; to move loosely ; to waft, toremove any thing floating ; to beckon, to di-rect by a waft or motion of any thing; to putoff, to put aside for the present.
To WAVER, wa'vnr, v. n. 98. To play to andfro, to move loosely ; to be unsettled ; to beuncertain or inconstant, to fluctuate not to bedetermined.
WAVERER, w£'vur-ur, s. One unsettled
and irresolute.
WAVY, wk've, a. Rising in waves ; play-ing to and fro, as in undulations.
To W AWL, wawl, v . n. To cry, to howl.
WAX , waks, 8 . The thick tenacious mat-ter gathered by the bees ; any tenacious mass,such as is used to fasten letters ; the substancethat exudes from the ear.
fCT The a in this word being followed by x, which
is no more lhan ks, the precedingw loses its deepening
power, and lire word comes under the rule in the prin-ciples, No. 85.
To WAX, w&ks, t). a. To smear, to join withwax.
To WAX, wilks, v. «.; pret. Wax , Waxen ;part. pass. Waxed, Waxen . To grow, to in-crease, t<> become bigger; to pass into anystate, to become, to grow.
WAXEN , wllk's’n , a 103. Made of wax.
WAY, wii, s. 220. The road in which onetravels ; a length of journey ; course, direc-tion of motion ; advance m life; passage,power of progression made or given ; localtendency ; course, regular progression ; situ-ation where a thing may probably he found ;a situation or course obstructive and obviating}tendency to any meaning or act; access,means of admittance; sphere of observation ;means, mediate instrument, intermediate step;method, means of management; private deter-mination ; manner, mode ; method or plan oflife, conduct, or action ; right method to actor know; general scheme of acting-—By theWay, without any necessary connexion withthe main design.—To go or come one’s Wayor Ways, to come along or depart.
WAYFARER, wk'fk-rur, s. 98. Passenger,traveller.
WAYFARING, wi'fk-rlng, a. 410. Travel-ling, passing, being on a journey.
To WAYLAY, wa-hV, v. a. To watch insi-diously in the wav, to beset by ambush.
WAYLAYER, wk-la'ur, s . 98. One whowaits in ambush for another.
WAYLESS, wa'lis, a. Pathless, untracked.
WAYMARK, wk'ni&rk, s. Mark to guide intravelling.
WAYWARD, wk'wurd, a . 88. Froward,peevish, morose, vexatious.
WAYWARDLY,wk'w&rd-le, ad. Froward-
ly, perversely.
WAYWARDNESS, w.Vwurd-nes, s. Fro.
wardness, perverseness.
WE, wee, pron, 9(j, 240, The plural of I.—See I.
WEAK, weke, a. 227. Feeble,, not strong;
infirm, not healthy ; soft, pliant, not stiff; lowof sound ; feeble of mind ; wanting spirit; notmuch impregnated with any ingredient; not
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