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WEKCHKLM, weZ'tsh'Ilm, s. A species ofelm, often written Witchelm.
WEED , weed , s. An herb noxious or use-less : a garment, clothes, habit.
To WEED, weed, v. a. 246. To rid ofnoxious plants; to take away noxious plants; tofree from any thing hurtful ; to root out vice.
WEEDER, wkkd'ur, s. 98. One that takesawav any thing noxious.
YVEEDHOOK, weed'hSSk , s. A hook bywhich weeds are c.ut away or extirpated.
WEEDLESS, w£ed'l4s, a. Free from weeds,free from any thing useless or noxious.
WEEDY ', wked'e, a. Consisting of weeds ;abounding wit!) weeds.
WEEK, week, s . 246. The space of sevendays.
YVEEKDAY 7 , week'dk, s. Any day notSunday.
WEEKLY, week'le, a. Happening, pro-duced, or done once a week, hebdomadary.
WEEKLY, week'le, ad. Once a week, byhebdomadal periods.
To WEEN , ween, v. «. 216. To imagine,to form a notion, to*fancy.
To WEEP, weep, v. n.; pret. and pari. pass.
Wept, Wceped. To show sorrow by tears ;to shed tears from any passion; to lament, tocomplain.
To WEEP, weep, tJ. a. 246. To lament withtears, to bewail, to bemoan ; to shed moist-ure ; to abound with wet.
WEEPER, weep'ur, s. 98. One who shedstears, a mourner; a white border on the sleeveof a mourning coat.
To WEET, weet, t*. n.; pret. Wot, or Wote.To know, to be informed, to have know-ledge.
YVEETLESS, wekt'les, a. 246. Unknowing.
YVEEVIL, weVl, s. A grub.
WEEZEL, we'z’l, a.— See Weasel.
YVEFT, weft, s. The wool of cloth.
YV EFT AGE, wlf'tldje, s. 90. Texture.
To YVEIGH, wk,«. a. 2-19, 290. To examineby the balance ; to be equivalent to in weight;to pay, allot, or take by weight; to raise, totake up the anchor; to examine, to balance inthe mind.—To Weigh down, to overbalance ;to overburden, to oppress with weight.
To WEIGH, wa, v. n. To have weight; tobe considered as important; to raise the an-chor ; to hear heavily, to press hard
WEIGHED, wkde, ad. 359. Experienced.
YVEIGHER, wk'ur, s. One who weighs.
WEIGHT, wkte, s.—See Eight. Quantitymeasured bv the balance; a mass by which,as the standard, other bodies are examined;ponderous mass ; gravity, heaviness, tendencyto the centre; pressure, burden, overwhelm-ing power; importance, power, influence, ef-ficacy.
WEIGHTILY, wi'tJ-U, ad. Heavily, pon-
derously ; solidly, importantly.
WEIGHTINESS, wk'te-uls, s. Ponder-osity, gravity, heaviness ; solidity, force ; im-portance.
WEIGHTLESS, wkte'les, a. Light, havingno gravity.
WEIGHTY, wk'te, a. 249. Heavy, ponder-ous; important, momentous, efficacious; ri-gorous, severe.'
WELCOME, wel'kum, a. 165. Receivedwith gladness, admitted willingly, grateful,pleasing.—To bid Welcome, to receive withprofessions of kindness.
WELCOME, wel'kum, interj. A form of sa-lutation used to a new-comer.
WELCOME, wel'kum, s. Salutation of anew-comer; kind reception of a new-comer.
To WELCOME, weVkum, t*. a. To salute anew-comer with kindness.
YVELCOMENESS, wel'kum-nes, s. Grate-
fulness.
WELCOMER, wirkum-ur, s. 98. The sa-luter or receiver of a new-comer.
WELD , weld, s. Yellow weed, or dyers’weed.
WELFA RE,wil'lire, s. Happiness, success,prosperity.
WEEK, wllk, s. A wrinkle.
WELKED, welkt, o. 359. Wrinkled,wreathed.
YVELKIN, wel'kin, s. The visible regionsof the air.
YVELL, well, s. A spring, a fountain, asource ; a deep narrow pit of water; the ca-vity in which stairs are placed.
To YYELL, well, t\ n. To spring, to issue as
from u spring.
WELL, w£ll, a. Not sick, not unhappy;convenient, happy ; being in favour; reco-vered from any sickness or misfortune.
WELL, well, ad. Not ill, not unhappily ; not
ill, not wickedly ; skilfully, properly ; notamiss, not unsuccessfully ; with praise, favour-ably.-—As Well as, together with, not lessthan.—Well is him, he is happy*—Weil nigh,nearly, almost; it is used much in composi-tion, to express any thing right, laudable, ornot defective.
YVELLADAY, wlla-dk, interj. Alas !
YVELLBEING, wll-bk'lng, s. 410. Happi-ness, prosperity.
WELLBORN, w4l-b5rn', s. Not meanly de-scended.
WELLBRED, w el-bred', a. Elegant of man-ners, polite.
WELLN ATURED, wel-nfl'tshur’d, a. Good-natured, kind.
WELLDONE, wel'dun, interj. A word ofpraise.
WELLFAVOURED, w4l-fi'vur’d,a. Beau-
tifnJ, pleasing to the eye.
WELLMET, wel-met', interj. A term of sa-lutfttion.
WELLNIGH, wel-ni', ad. Almost.
WF.LLSPENT, wel'splnt, a. Passed withvirtue.
YVELLSPRING, wel'sprfng, s. Fountain,source- -
WELLWILLER, wel-willur, s. One whomeans kindly.
WELLWISH, wel-wlsh', s. A wish of hap-piness.
WELLWISHER, wil-wlsh'fir, s. One whowishes the pood of another.
WELT, w4lt, s. A border, a guard, anedging.
To WELTER, wilt'flr, v. n. 98. To roll inwater or mire ; to roll voluntarily, to wallow.
WEN, win, s. A fleshy or callous excre-
sceuce.
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