| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| wicke | adjective | Wicked. |
| widdy | noun | A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch. |
| widen | verb t. | To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking., To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend. |
| widow | noun | A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband., Widowed., To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; — rarely used except in the past participle., To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave., To endow with a widow’s right., To become, or survive as, the widow of. |
| width | noun | The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door. |
| widwe | noun | A widow. |
| wield | verb t. | To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess., To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway., To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter. |
| wiery | adjective | Wet; moist; marshy., Wiry. |
| wives | plural | of Wife, pl. of Wife. |
| wigan | noun | A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women’s dresses, etc.; — so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England. |
| wight | noun | Weight., A whit; a bit; a jot., A supernatural being., A human being; a person, either male or female; — now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language., Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. |
| wikke | adjective | Wicked. |
| willy | noun | A large wicker basket., Same as 1st Willow, 2. |
| wilne | verb t. | To wish; to desire. |
| wilwe | noun | Willow. |
| wince | verb i. | To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back., To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces., The act of one who winces., A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will. |
| winch | verb i. | To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness., A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness., A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc., An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly., An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass., A wince. |
| windy | superl. | Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind., Next the wind; windward., Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather., Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food., Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines., Fig.: Empty; airy. |
| wingy | adjective | Having wings; rapid., Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; volatile airy. |
| winze | noun | A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation. |
| wiped | imp. & past participle | of Wipe |
| wiper | noun | One who, or that which, wipes., Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag., A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam., A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel. |
| wired | imp. & past participle | of Wire |
| wisly | adverb | Certainly. |
| wisse | adjective | To show; to teach; to inform; to guide; to direct. |
| witch | noun | A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper., One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; — now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well., An ugly old woman; a hag., One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; — said especially of a woman or child., A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera., The stormy petrel., To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant. |
| witen | pl. pres. of Wit. | |
| withe | noun | A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy., A band consisting of a twig twisted., An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe., A partition between flues in a chimney., To bind or fasten with withes. |
| withy | noun | The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a)., A withe. See Withe, 1., Made of withes; like a withe; flexible and tough; also, abounding in withes. |
| witts | noun | Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. |
| witty | noun | Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning., Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like. |
| wived | imp. & past participle | of Wive |
| wiver | noun | Alt. of Wivern |
| wizen | verb i. | To wither; to dry., Wizened; thin; weazen; withered., The weasand. |