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WITTED,wit'ted,fl. Having wit, as,a quick-witted hoy.
WITTICISM , wll'te-sizm, s. A mean at-tempt at wit.
WITTILY, wU'te-le, ad. Ingeniously, cun-nin^ly, artfully ; with flight of imagination.
WITTINESS, wfr'te-nes, s. The quality ofbeing witty.
WITTINGLY, wlt'ting-le, «d* 410. Know-ingly* not ignorantly, with knowledge, bydesign.
WITTOL, wit'tftl, s. 166. A man who knows
the falsehood of his wife, and seetus con-tented.
WITTOLLY, wJt'tdl-e, a. Cuckoldly.
WITTY, wit'te, «. Judicious, ingenious;full of imagination ; sarcastick, full of taunts.
W1TWORM, wlt'wurm, s. One that feedson wit.
To WIVE, wive, r. n. To marry, to take awife
To WIVE, wive, r, a. To match to a wife ;to take a wife.
WIVKLY, wlvd'le, ad. Belonging to awife.
WIVES, wivz, s. The plural of Wife.
WIZARD, wiz'urd, s. 88. A conjurer; au
enchanter.
WO, wA, t. Grief, sorrow, misery, calamity,a denunciation of calamity, a curse.—Wo isused for a stop or cessation.
WOAD, wode, s. A plant cultivated in Eng-land for the use of dyers, who use it for layingthe foundation of many colours.
WOBEGONE, wo'be-gdn, ad. Lost inwo.
WOFUL, wo'ful, a. Sorrowful, afflicted,mourning; calamitous, afflictive; wretched,paltry, sorry.
WOFULLY, w&'ful-e, ad. Sorrowfully,mournfully ; wretchedly, in a sense of con-tempt.
WOLD, wold, s. Wold, whether singly orjointly, in the names of places, signifies a plainopen country.
WOLF , wulf, s. 169. A kind of wild dogthat devours sheep ; an eating ulcer.
WOLFDOG, w&lfddg, s. A dog of a verylarge breed, kept to guard sheep ; a clog bredbetween a dog and a wolf.
WOLFISH, wulffsh, a. Resembling a wolfin qualities or form.
WOLFSBANE, wulfs'b&ne, 5. A poisonousplant; aconite.
WOLFSMILK, wuifs'milk, s. An herb.
WOLVISH, wul'vlsh, a. Like a wolf.
WOMAN, wum'un, s. 88,109. The female ofthe human race ; a female attendant on a per-son of rank.
WOMANED, wum'un’d, a. 359. Accom-panied, united with a woman.
WOMANHATER, wum'un-hi-tur, s. Onethat has an aversion for the female sex.
WOMANHOOD, wum'&n-hud, s. Thecharacter anil collective qualities of a woman.
WOMANISH, wum'un-lsh, a. Suitable to
a woman.
To WOMANISE, wum'un-ize, r. a. Toemasculate, to effeminate, to soften. Proper,but not used.
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WOMANKIND, wum'un-kyind, s. Thefemale sex, the race .of women.
WOMANLY, wum'un-le, a. Becoming awoman, suiting a woman, feminine ; not child-ish, not girlish.
WOMB, w£Sm, s. 164,347. The place of thefmtus in the mother; the place whence anything is produced.
To WOMB, w&Sro, v. a. To enclose, to breedin secret.
WOMBY, w88m'£, a. Capacious.
WOMEN, wlm'mln. Plural of Woman.
WON, wun, part. The pret. and part. pass,of Win.
To WON, wun, v. n. To dwell, to live, tohave abode.
To WONDER, wun'dur, v. n. 98. To bestruck with admiration, to be pleased or sur-prised so as to be astonished.
WONDER, wun'dur, s. 98. Admiration,astonishment, amazement; cause of wonder,a strange tiling ; any thing mentioned withwonder.
WONDERFUL, wtin'dur-ful, a. Admirable,strange, astonishing.
WONDERFULLY, wun'dur-ful-&, ad. In awonderful manner, to a wonderful degree.
WONDERSTRUCK, wfin'd&r-atr&k, a.
Amazed.
WONDROUS, wuu'drus, «, 314. Con-trnctcd, and I think improperly, from Won-derous. Admirable, marvellous, strange, sur-prising.
WONDROUSLY, wun'drus-le, ad. To astrange degree.
To WONT, 1 wunt, t\ n.; pret. and part .
To be WONT,$ Wont. To be accustomed,to use, to be used.
WONT, wunt, s. Custom, habit, use.
WONT, wont. A contraction of Will not.
WONTED, wunt'ed, part. a. Accustomed,used, usual.
WONTEDNESS, wunted-nAs, J. State ofbeing accustomed to.
To WOO, w&&, v. a . 10. To court, to sue tofor love; to court solicitously, to invite withimportunity.
To WOO, w6§, v. n . To court, to makelove.
WOOD , wud, s. 307. A large and thickplantation of trees; the substance of trees,limber.
WOODBINE, wud'bine, s. Honeysuckle.
WOODCOCK, wud'kdk, s. A bird of pass-age with a long hill ; his food is mu known.
WOODED, wutTed,u. Supplied with wood.
WOODDRINK, wud'drfnk, s. Decoction orinfusion of medicinal woods, as sassafras.
WOODEN , w tid'd hi, a. 103. Ligneous,ma !eof wood, timber; clumsy, awkward.
WOODHOLE, wud'h&le, s. Place wherewood is laid up.
AVOODLANDjWud'lind, s. Woods, grounds
covered with wood.
WOODLARK, wud'lirk, s. A melodioussort of wild lark.
WOODLOUSE, wud'louae,s. The name ofan insect, the millepes.
WOODM AN, wud'miln, s. 88. A sports-man, a hunter.
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