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nor 107, n4t 103—tube 171, tub 172, bull 173—Ml 290—pound 313 —thin 400, this 409.

WOODMONGER, wud'mfing-gfir, s. Awoodseller.

WOODNOTE, wud'n 6 te, s. "Wild musick.WOODNYMPH, wiul'nfnif, s. A dryad.WOODOFFERING ,w5d'4f-fur-1ng,s."Woodburnt oil the altar.

WOODPECKER, wud'pek-kfir, s. A bird.WOODPIGEON , wud'ptd-jin, s. A wild

pigeon.

WO0DROOF, wiid'roof, s. An herb.WOODSORREL, wud'si5r-rll. s. A plant.WOODWARD, wud'ward, s. A forester.WOODY, wud'e, a. Abounding with wood;ligneous, Consisting of wood; relating towoods.

WOOER, wSS'ur, s. 98. One who courts awoman.

WOOE, w&of, s. The set of threads thatcrosses the warp, the weft; texture, cloth.WOOINGLY, w86'ing-lc, ad. 410. l»leas-ingly, so as to invite stay.

WOOL , wui, s. 307. The fleece of sheep,that which is woven into doth; any shortthick hair.

WOOLLEN, wul'lin, a. 99, 192. Made of

wool.

WOOLPACK, wul'pak,)x. A bag of wool,WOOLSACK, wul'sak, 5 a bundle of wool;the seat of the Judges in the House of Lords ;any thing bulky without weight.WOOLSTAPLFU, wul'sta-plur, s. One whodeals largely in wool ; one who buys wool, andsorts it, and then sells it to the clothiers,fcy 1 have inserted this word, though not in John-son, at the instance of a worthy ft tend of the societycalled Quakers, (to whom lam under great obligationsfor many valuable remarks,) who observes of theWoolstaplers—" I suppose, if they were asked,wouldthink themselves as deserving of a place in the Die*tionary as the Molccutchcrs.’'

WOOLLY, wul'li, a. Consisting of wool,clothed with wool; resembling wool.

WORD , wurd , s. A single part of speech ; ashort discourse ; talk, discourse, dispute, vertbal contention ; promise; signal, token; ac-count, tidings, message; declaration; affirma-tion; Scripture, word of God ; the SecondPerson of the ever-adorable Trinity. A Scrip-ture term.

To WORD , wurd, v. a. To express in properwords.

WORDY, wfird'i, a. Verbose, full ofwords.

WORE, wore. The pret. of Wear.

To WORK, wfirk, w. a.; pret. Worked, orWrought. To labour, to travel, to toil; to bein action, to be in motion ; to act, to carry onoperations; to act as a manufacturer; to fer-ment; to operate, to have effect; to obtain bydiligence; to act internally, to operate as apurge or other physick ; to act as on an ob-ject ; to make wav.

To WORK, wurk, e. a. To make by de-grees; to labour, to manufacture; to bring byaction into any state ; to influence by succes-sive impulses: to produce, to effect; to ma-nage ; to put to labour, to exert; to embroi-der with a needle.—To Work out, to effectby toil; to erase, to efface.—To Work up, toraise.

WORK, wfirk, s. Toil, labour, employment;a state of labour; bungling attempt; flowers701

or embroidery of the needle; any fabrick orcom pages of art; action, feat, deed; anything made; management, treatment.—To seton Work, to employ, to engage.

WORKER, wfirk'ur, s. One that works.WORKFELLOW, wurkYel-lo, s. One en-gaged in the same work with another.WORKHOUSE , wurk'house, )

WORKINGHOUSE, wurklng-house, J *A place in which any manufacture is carriedon ; a place where idlers and vagabonds arecondemned to labour.

WORKINGDAY, wurk'Ing-di, s. Day onwhich labour is permitted, not the sabbath.WORKMAN, wurk'maiijS. 88 . An artificer,a maker of any thing.

WORKMANLIKE,wurk'man-like, a. Well

performed, like a good workman.

WORKMANLY, wurk'man-le, a Skilful,

well performed, workmanlike.

WORKMANSHIP, wurk'man-shfp, s. Ma-nufacture, something made by any one; theskill of a worker; the art of working.

WORKMASTER, wurk'mii-stur, s. Theperformer of any work.

WORKWOMAN, wurk'wtim-un, s. A wo-man skilled in needle-work ; a woman thatworks for hire.

WORK YD AY, wurk'e-dk, s. A day not the

sabbath.

£3” This is a gross corruptiou of workingday, andso gross that the use of it is a sure mark of vulgarity.WORLD , wurld, s. 1G5. World is the greatcollective idea of all bodies whatever ; systemof beings; the earth, the terraqueous globe ;

f tresent state of existence ; a secular life; pub-tek life ; great multitude ; mankind, an hy-perbolical expression for many; course of life;the manners fff men .—In the World, in possi-bility.—For all the World, exactly.WORLDLINESS, wurld'le-nls, s. Covet-ousness, addictedness to gain.WORLDLING, wurld'Ting, s. 410. A mor-tal set upon profit.

WORLDLY, wurld'le, a. Secular, relating

to this life, in contradistinction to the life tocome ; bent upon this world, not attentive toa future state ; human, common, belonging tothe world.

WORLDLY, wurld'le, ad. With relation to

the present life.

WORM , wurm, s. 1G5. A small harmlessserpent that lives in the earth ; a poisonousserpent; animal bred in the body ; the ani-mal that spins silk ; grubs that gnaw woodand furniture ; something tormenting; anything vermiculuted or turned round, any thingspiral.

To WORM , wurm, r. n. To work slowly,secretly, and gradually.

To WORM , wurm, t\ «. To drive by slowand secret means.

WORMEATEN, vvfirm'^-t’n, a. Gnawed byworms; old, worthless.

WORMWOOD, wurm'wud.s. A plant.WORMY, wurm'e, a. Full of worms.WORN, worn. Part. pass, of Wear.

To WORRY, wui're, v. a. 1G5. To tear ormangle as a beast tears its prey ; to harass, orpersecute brutally.

WORSE, wurse, u. 165. The comparativeof Bad ; mure bad, more ill.