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or 559. Fite 73, far 77, fall 83, fat 81—me 93, rait 95—pine 105, pin 107—ni 102, move 104,
WORSE, wurse, ad. In a manner morebad.
The WORSE, wtirse, s. The loss, not theadvantage, not the better) something lessgood.
To WORSE, worse, «. a. To put to dis-advantage. Not in u§e.
WORSHIP, wur'ship, s. 105. Dignity, emi-nence, excellence, a character of honour; aterm of ironical respect; adoration, religiousact of reverence ; honour, respect, civil de-ference ; idolatry of lovers.
To WORSHIP, wur'ship, r. «. To adore,to honour or venerate with religious rites ; torespect, to honour, to treat with civil rever-ence.
To WORSHIP, wur'ship, r. n. To performacts of adoration.
WORSHIPFUL, wur'shlp-ful, a. Claimingrespect by any character or dignity; a termof ironical respect.
WOIISHIPFULLY, wur'ship-ful-4, ad.Respecifully.
WORSHIPPER, wur'shlp-pur, s. Adorer,one that worships.
WORST, wurst, a. 105. The superlative otBad; most bad, most ill.
WORST, wurst, s. The most calamitous or
wicked state.
To WORST, w&rst, ts. a. To defeat, to over-
throw.
WORSTED , wurs'tid, s. 99,169. Woollen
yarn, wool spun.
WORT, wurt, s. 105. Originally a generalname for an herb; a plant of the cabbagekind ; new beer, either unfermented, or in theact of fermentation.
WORTH, wurth, s. 1G5, 467. Price, value;excellence, virtue; importance, valuable qua-lity- 2
WORTH, wur th, a. Equal in price to,equalin value to; deserving of; equal in posses-sions to.
WORTHILY, wur'THe-le, ad. Suitably, notbelow the rate of; deservedly; justly, notwithout cause.
WORTHINESS, wur'THe-n^s, s. Desert,excellence, dignity, virtue; state of beingworthy, quality of deserving.
WORTHLESS, wurf/t'lis, a. Having novirtues, dignity, or excellence; having novalue.
WORTHLESSNESS,wurfft'Ies-nis,,. Wantof excellence, want of dignity, want ofvalue-
WORTHY, wur'TH&, a. Deserving, such asmerits; valuable, noble, illustrious; havingworth, having virtue ; suitable for any qualitygood or bad, equal in value; suitable to anything bad ; deserving of ill.
WORTHY, wur'THe, s. A man laudablefor any eminent quality, particularly for va-lour.
To WOT, wdt, t\ n. To know, to be aware.
Mr. Elpliiuston is singular in pronouncing this
word so as to rhyme with AW; Mr. Sheridan, Mr.
Scott, W. Johnston, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Smith,rhyme
it with not.
WOVE, wAve. The pret. and part. pass, ofWeave.
WOVEN, wtVv’n, 103. The part. pass, ofWeave.
WOULD, wud, 320. The pret. of Will; itis generally used as an auxiliary verb with aninfinitive, to which it gives the force of thesubstantive mood; was or am resolved, wishor wished to; it is a familiar for Wish to do, orto have.—See Been.
WOULD-BE, wud'be, a. Foolishly pretend-ing to be.—Mason.
WOUND, wSSnd, or wound, s. 315. A hurtgiven by violence.
£3* The first pronunciation of this word, though ge-nerally received among ilie polite world, is certainlya capricious novelty: a novelty either generated byfalse criticism, to distinguish it from the prelerit of theverb To wind, of which theie was not the least dangerof interference (see Bowl); or more probably froman affectation of the French sound of this diphthong,which, as in your, and some other words, we find oflate to have prevailed. The Stage is in possession ofthis sound ; and what Swift observes of newspapers,with respect to the introduction of new and fantasti-cal words, may be applied to the Stage with respectto new and fantastical modes of pronunciation (seeSigh). That the other pronunciation was the establish-ed sound of this word, appears from the poets, whorhyme it with bound, found, ground, a aroundand is still so among the great bulk of speakers, wholearn this sound at school, and are obliged to unlearnit again when they come into the conversation <>f thepolite world. Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, and Mr. El-phinston, adopt the fust sound of this word ; but Dr.kenrick and W. Johnston the second: Mr. Perrygives both, but prefers the first; and though Mr. Smith,in his Vocabulary, lias classed it with sound ami found,says woond is the commoti pronunciation. I am,however, of Mr. Nares’s opinion, who says this pro-nunciation ought to be entirely banished, but whereis the man bold enough t<> iUk the imputation of vul-garity by such an expulsion 1
To WOUND, w65nd, or wound, v. a. Tohurt by violence.
WOUND, wound. The pret. and part. pass,of To Wind.
WOUNDLESS, w&Snd'les, a. Exempt fromwounds.
WOUNDWORT, woSnd'wurt, s . A plant.WRACK, r£k, s. Properly Wreck. De-struction of a ship ; ruin, destruction.—SeeShiptoreck.
To WRACK, i4k, v. a. 474. To destroy inthe water, to wreak ; it seems in Milton tomean, to rock, to shake; to torture, to tor-ment.
To WRANGLE, nlng'gl, r. n. 405. To dis-pule peevishly, to quarrel perversely.WRANGLE, rung'gl, s. A quarrel, a per-verse dispute.
WRANGLER, rang'gl-ur, s. A perverse,peevish, dispulalive man.
To WRAP, r:lp, v. a. 474. To roll together,to complicate; to involve; to cover withsomething rolled or thrown round ; to com-prise, to contain.—To Wrap up, to involvetotally ; to transport, to put in ecstacy.n t liis word Is often pronounced Top, rhymingwith top. even by speakers much above the vulgar.They have a confused idea that a preceding w makesthe a broad, and do not attend to the intervening r,which bars the power of the and necetiaiHy pre-serves the a in its short Italian sound. Mr. Sheridan,Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Pei ry, andMr. Smith, pronounce il as I have done.
WRAPPER, ritp'p&r, s. 98. One who wrap.;that in which any thing is wrapped.
WRATH, r&lA, or 1 itk, s. 474. Auger, furj,rage.
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