| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| weald | noun | A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; — often used in place names. |
| weary | superl. | Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued., Causing weariness; tiresome., Having one’s patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; — with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study., To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one’s self with labor or traveling., To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance., To harass by anything irksome., To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking. |
| weasy | adjective | Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous. |
| weave | verb t. | To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately., To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a story., To practice weaving; to work with a loom., To become woven or interwoven., A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere weave. |
| webby | adjective | Of or pertaining to a web or webs; like a web; filled or covered with webs. |
| weber | noun | The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Amp/re. |
| weder | noun | Weather. |
| wedge | noun | A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical., A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends., A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form., Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form., The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; — so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828., To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive., To force or drive as a wedge is driven., To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one’s way., To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something., To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place., To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc. |
| wedgy | adjective | Like a wedge; wedge-shaped. |
| weedy | superl. | Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds., Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn., Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; — said of colts or horses, and also of persons., Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments. |
| weely | A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs. | |
| weigh | noun | A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh., To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor., To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold., To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of., To pay, allot, take, or give by weight., To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance., To consider as worthy of notice; to regard., To have weight; to be heavy., To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance., To bear heavily; to press hard., To judge; to estimate., A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey. |
| weird | noun | Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction., A spell or charm., Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny., Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc., To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. |
| weism | noun | Same as Wegotism. |
| weive | verb t. | See Waive. |
| wekau | noun | A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground. |
| welch | adjective | See Welsh. |
| welew | verb t. | To welk, or wither. |
| we’ll | Contraction for we will or we shall. | |
| welsh | adjective | Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants., The language of Wales, or of the Welsh people., The natives or inhabitants of Wales. |
| welte | imp. of Weld, to wield. | |
| wench | noun | A young woman; a girl; a maiden., A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet., A colored woman; a negress., To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame. |
| wende | imp. of Wene. | |
| wends | noun pl. | A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists. |
| wenny | adjective | Having the nature of a wen; resembling a wen; as, a wennish excrescence. |
| wepen | noun | Weapon. |
| werke | verb | See Work. |
| werre | noun | War. |
| werst | noun | See Verst. |
| wesil | noun | See Weasand. |
| westy | adjective | Dizzy; giddy. |
| wevil | noun | See Weevil. |
| weyle | verb t. & i. | To wail. |
| weyve | verb t. | To waive. |