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WENCH, vvensh, s. A young woman ; avoting woman in contempt • a strumpet.
WENCHER, wensh'fir, 5 . 98. A fornica-tor.
To WEND, wend, v. n. Obsolete. To go,to pass to or from ; to turn round.
WEN NY, wen'ne, a. Having the nature ofa wen.
WENT, went. Preterit of the obsolete verbWend, to go.
WEPT, wept. Pret. and part, of Weep.WERE, wer, 94. Piet, of the verb To be,which see ; likewise the participle Been.WERT, wert. The second person singularof the preterit of To be.
WEST, west, s. The region where the sunsets below the horizon at the equinoxes.WEST, west, a. Being towards, or comingfrom, the region of the setting sun.
WEST, wht, ad. To the west of anyplace.
1CESTERING, west'&r-iug, a. 410. Passingto the west.
W ESTERLY, west'ur-le, a. Passing to the
WESTERLY, west'ur-le, a. Tending or be-ing towards the west.
WESTERN, west'urn, a. Being in the west,or toward the part where the sunsets.WESTWARD, west'wurd, ad. 88. Towardsthe west.
AVESTWARDLY, west'wuid-le, ad. Withtendency tu the west.
WET, wet, a. Humid, having some moist-ure adhering ; rainy, watery.
WET, wit, s. AVater, humidity, moisture.To AVET, wet, r. a. To moisten; to drenchwith drink.
WETHER, wlTH'ur, s. 98, 469. A ram cas-trated.
WETNESS, wefnes, s. The state of beingwet, moisture.
To WEX, welts, v. n. To.grow to in-crease.
f7 This word, says Johnson, was corr upted fromWax , by Spenser, for a rhyme, and imitated by Dry-deu = ami 1 make no doubt but that many of our cor-ruptions in pronunciation are owing lo the samecause.
WEZ-4N1), weVn, s. The windpipe.WHALE, hwale, s. 397. The largest of fish,the largest of the animals that inhabit thisglobe.
WHALY, hwfi'le, a. Marked in streaks.WHARF, hworf, s. A perpendicular bankor mole, raised for the convenience of ladingor emptying vessels.
WHARFAGE, hworFldje, s. 90. Dues for
landing at a wharf.
WHARFINGER, hworffn-j fir, s. One who
attends a wharf.
WHAT, wh6t, pron. 397. That which; whichpart; something that is in one’s mind inde-finitely ; which of several; an interjection byway of surprise or question.—What though,
What imports it though ? notwithstanding._
What time, What day, at the time when, onthe day when; which of many ? interrogative-ly ; to how great a degree; it is used ad-693
verbially for partly, in part.—What, ho! auinterjection of calling
WHATEVER, liwSt-Iv'ur, 9S. \
WHATSOEVER, hw6t-s»-iv'ur, J 1Having one nature or another, being one oranother either generically, specifically, or nu-merically ; any thing, be it what it will ; thesame, be it this or that ; all that, the wholethat, all particulars that.
WHEAL, hwele, s. 227. A pustule, a smallswelling filled with matter.
WHEAT , hwete, *. 227. The grain of which
bread is chiefly made.
WHEATEN, hwe'fn, a. 103. Made of
wheat.
WHEATEAR, hwlt'yere, s. A small birdverv delicate.
To WHEEDLE, hwee'dl, a. To enticeby soft words, to flatter, to persuade by kindwords.
"WHEEL , hvveel, s. 397. A circular bodythat turns round upon an axis ; a circular bo-dy, a carriage that runs upon wheels; an in-strument on which criminals are tortured ; theinstrument of spinning ; rotation, revolution ;a compass about, a track approaching to cir-cularity.
To WHEEL , hwfiel, v. n. To move onwheels ; to turn on an axis ; to revolve, tohave a rotatory motion ; to turn, to have vi-cissitudes; to fetch a compass; to roll for-ward.
To WHEEL , hweel, r. a. To put into a ro-tatory motion, to make to whirl round.
WHEELBARROW , hweel'biir-ro, s. A car-riage driven forward on one wheel.
WHEELER, hweel'fir, s. A maker ofwheels.
WHEELWRIGHT , hweel'rite, s. A makerof wheel carriages
AVHEELY, hweel'C, a. Circular, suitable torotation.
To WHEEZE, hweeze, r. n . Tu breathewith noise.
WHELK, hwelk, s. An inequality, a protu.berance ; a pustule.—See IVelk.
To WHELM, hwelra, v. n. To cover withsomething not to be thrown otF, to bury ; tothrow upon something so as to cover orbury it.
WHELP, hwelp, $. The young of a dog, apuppy ; the young of any beast of prey; ason ; a young man.
To WHELP, hwelp, »\ n. To bring young.
WHEN, hwen, ad. 397. At the time that;at what time ; what time ; at which time ; afterthe time that; at what particular time.—WhenaSj at the time when, what time.
WHENCE, hwense, ad. From what place ;from what person ; from what premises ; fromwhat place or person ; f »r which cause ; fromwhat source.—From Whence, a vicious modeof speech.—01 W hence, another barbarism.
AVHENCESOEVER, hwinse-so-Iv'ir , ad.From what place soever.
WHENEVER, liwin-ev'fir, *> ad. At
WHENSOEVER, hwen-sfi-ev'fir,) whatso-ever time.
AVHERE, liwJire, ad. 73,94. At which placeor places ; at what place ; at the place inwhich.—Any Where, at any place.—Where,