weeds; abounding with weeds. WEEK, wèèk. s. (246). seven days. WEEKDAY, weèk'då. s. Sunday.

a.

Any day not

WEEKLY, wèék’lé. Happening, produced, or done once a week, hebdomadary.

WEEKLY, week'le. ad.

Once a week,

To

by hebdomadal periods. To WEEN, ween. v. n. (246). imagine, to form a notion, to fancy. To WEEP, weep. v. n. Preterit and Part. pass. Wept, Weeped. To show sorrow by tears; to shed tears from any passion; to lament, to complain. To WEEP, weèp. v. a. (246). To lament with tears, to be wail, to bemoan; to shed moisture; to abound with wet. WEEPER, wèèp'ûr. s. (98). One who sheds tears, a mourner; a white border on the sleeve of a mourning coat. To WEET, wèėt. v. n. Pret. Wot, or Wote. To know, to be informed, to have knowledge.

WEETLESS, weèt'lės. a. (246). Unknowing.

WEEVIL, we'v'l. s. A grub. WEEZEL, we'z'l.-See WEASEL. WEFT, weft. s. The wool of cloth. WEFTAGE, wel'tidje. s. (90). Texture. TO WEIGH, Wȧ. v. a. (249) (290). To examine by the balance ; to be equivalent to in weight; to pay, allot, or take by weight; to raise, to take up the anchor; to examine,to balance in the mind. To weigh

down; to overbalance; to overburden, to oppress with weight.

TO WEIGH, wȧ. v. n. To have weight;

to be considered as important; to raise the anchor; to bear heavily, to press hard. WEIGHED, wåde. ad. (359). Experienced.

WEIGHER, wa'ûr. s. One who weighs. WEIGHT, wåte. S.-See EIGHT. Quantity measured by the balance; a mass

by which, as the standard, other bodies are examined; ponderous mass; gravity, heaviness, tendency to the centre; pres sure, burden, overwhelming power; importance, power, influence, efficacy. WEIGHTILY, wa'tè-le. ad. Heavily, ponderously; solidly, importantly. WEIGHTINESS, wa'té-nès. s.

Ponderosity, gravity, heaviness; solidity, force; importance.

WEIGHTLESS, wäte'lès. a. Light, having no gravity. WEIGHTY, wa'tè. a. (249). Heavy, ponderous; important,momentous, efficacious; rigorous, severe. WELCOME, wel'kům. a. (165). Received with gladness, admitted willingly, grateful, pleasing. To bid Welcome; to WELCOME, wel'kům. interject. A receive with professions of kindness. form of salutation used to a new comer. WELCOME, wêľkům. s. Salutation of a new comer; kind reception of a new

comer.

To WELCOME, wėľkům. v. a. Tosalute a new comer with kindness. WELCOMENESS, wel'kům-nés.

Sa

Gratefulness. WELCOMER, wêl'kům-ùr. s. (98). The saluter or receiver of a new comer. WELD, weld. s. Yellow weed, or dyer's weed.

WELFARE, wèl'fare. s. Happiness,
success, prosperity.
WELK, welk. s. A wrinkle.
WELKED, welkt. a. (359). Wrinkled,
The visible re-

wreathed. WELKIN, wėľkin. s. gions of the air. WELL, well. s. A spring, a fountain, a source; a deep narrow pit of water; the cavity in which stairs are placed. To WELL, well. v. n. To spring, to

issue as from a spring. WELL, well. a. Not sick, not unhappy; convenient, happy; being in favour; recovered from any sickness or misfortune.

WELL, well. ad. Not ill, not unhappily; not ill, not wickedly; skilfully, properly; not amiss, not unsuccessfully; with praise, favourably. As well as; together with, not less than. Well is him; he is happy. Well nigh; nearly, almost. It is used much in Composition, to express any thing right, laudable, or not defective. WELLADAY, wel'â-dà. interject. Alas! WELLBEING, wêl-being. s. (410). Happiness, prosperity.

WELLBORN, wêl-born'.

a.

ly descended.

manners, polite.

word of praise.

WELLDONE, wel'dan. interject.

WELLFAVOURed,

wêl-fà-vůr'd'.

Beautiful, pleasing to the eye.

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a.

WELLMET, wêl-měť'. interject. A term of salutation.

WEPT, wept. Pret. and Part. of Weep. WERE, wêr. (94). Pret. of the verb To be, which see; likewise the participle Been.

WERT, wert. The second person singular of the preterit of To be.

WEST, west. s. The region where the sun sets below the horizon at the equinoxes. WEST, west. a. Being towards, or coming from, the region of the setting sun. WEST, west. ad. To the west of any place. WESTERING, West'ür-ing. a. (410). Passing to the west. WESTERLY, West'ür-lè. a. Passing to

the west.

Tending or

Being in the

west, or toward the part where the sun

This word, says Johnson, was corrupted from Wax by Spenser, for a rhyme, and imitated by Dryden: and I make no doubt but that many of our corruptions in pronunciation are owing to the same cause. WHALE, hwåle. s. (397). The largest WEZAND, we'z'n. s. The windpipe.

of fish, the largest of the animals that inhabit this globe.

WHALY, hwa'lè. a. Marked in streaks. WHARF, hwórf. s. A perpendicular bank or mole, raised for the convenience of lading or emptying vessels. WHARFAGE, hworf'idje. s. (90). Dues for landing at a wharf.

WHARFINGER, hwörf'in-jůr., s. One

who attends a wharf.

WHAT, hwôt. pron. (597). That which; which part; something that is in one's mind indefinitely; which of several; an interjection by way of surprise or question. What though; What imports it though? notwithstanding. What time; What day, at the time when, on the day when; which of many? interrogatively; To how great a degree? it is used adverbially for partly, in part. What ho! an interjection of calling. WHATEVER, hwôt-êv'ůr. (98). WHATSOEVER, hwôt-so-êv'ûr.

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pro.

Having one nature or another, being one or another either generically, specifically, or numerically; any thing, be it what it will; the same, be it this or that; all that, the whole that, all particulars that. WHEAL, hwele. s. (227). A pustule, a small swelling filled with matter.

wheat.

A small

WHEATEAR, hwit'yère. s. bird very delicate. TO WHEEDLE, hwèè'dl. v. a. To entice by soft words, to flatter, to persuade by kind words. WHEEL, hweel. s. (397). A circular body that turns round upon an axis; a circular body; a carriage that runs upon wheels; an instrument on which criminals are tortured; the instrument of spinning; rotation, revolution; a compass about, a track approaching to circularity. TO WHEEL, hwėėl. v. n. To move on wheels; to turn on an axis; to revolve, to have a rotatory motion; to turn, to have vicissitudes; to fetch a compass; to roll forward.

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TO WHEEL, hwéél. v. a. To put into a rotatory motion, to make to whirl round. WHEELBARROW, hwèél'bâr-rò. s. carriage driven forward on one wheel. WHEELER, hwèèl'ůr. s. A maker of wheels. WHEELWRIGHT, maker of wheel carriages. WHEELY, hwèèl'è. a. Circular, suitable to rotation. TO WHEEZE, hwèèze. v. n. To breathe with noise.

hwèèl'rite. S. A

WHELK, hwělk. s. An inequality, a protuberance; a pustule.-See WELK. TO WHELM, hwêlm. v. n. To cover with something not to be thrown off, to bury to throw upon something so as to cover or bury it.

WHELP, hwêlp. s. The young of a dog, a puppy; the young of any beast of prey; a son; a young man. TO WHELP, hwelp. v.n. To bring young. WHEN, hwen. ad. (397). At the time that; at what time; what time; at which time; after the time that; at what particular time. When as; at the time when, what time.

WHENCE, hwense, ad. From what place; from what person; from what premises; from which place or person; for which cause; from what source. From Whence; a vicious mode of speech. Of Whence; another barbarism.

WHENCESOEVER, hwênse-sò-¿v'ůr. ad.
From what place soever.
WHENEVER, hwên-ěv'ûr.
WHENSOEVER, hwên-só-év'ůr.
At whatsoever time.

ad.

At

which place or places; at what place; at the place in which. Any Where; at any place. Where, like Here, has in composition, a kind of pronominal signification. WHEREABOUT, hwäre’â-bóůt. ad. Near what place; near which place; concerning which. When on WHEREAS, hware-az'. ad.

WHETSTONE, hwet'stone. s.. Stone on which any thing is whetted or rubbed to make it sharp. WHETTER, hwet'tůr. s. (98). One that whets or sharpens.

whey, resembling whey. WHICH, hwitsh. pron. The pronoun relative, relating to things: it was formerly used for Who, and related likewise to persons, as in the first words of the Lord's prayer.

WHICHSOEVER, hwîtsh-so-ev'ůr. pron.

Whether one or the other.

WAIFF, hwif. s. A blast, a puff of

wind.

TO WHIFFLE, hwif'fl. v. n. (405). To move inconstantly, as if driven by a puff of wind.

WHIFFLER, hwif'fl-ür. s. (98). One that
blows strongly one of no consequence,
one moved with a whiff or puff.
WHIG, hwig. s. Whey; the name of
a party in politicks.

WHIGGISH, hwig'gish. v. a. (382).
Relating to the Whigs.
WHIGGISM, hwig'gizm. s. The no-
tions of a Whig.

WHILE, hwile. s. Time, space of

time.

ad. During the time that; as long as; at the same time that.

TO WHILE, hwile. v. n. WHILOM, hwi'lům. ad. merly, once, of old.

To loiter.

(166).

For

WHIM, hwim. s. A freak, an odd fancy, a caprice.

To WHIMPER, hwîm'pår. v. n. To cry without any loud noise. WHIMPLED, hwim'pl'd.

a. (359). This word seems to mean distorted with crying.

WHIMSEY, hwim'zė. s. (438). A freak, a caprice, an odd fancy. WHIMSICAL, hwim'zé-kâl. a. Freakish, capricious, oddly fanciful. WHIN, hwin. s. A weed, furze. To WHINE, hwine. v. n. To lament in low murmurs, to make a plaintive noise, to moan meanly and effeminately. WHINE, hwine. s. Plaintive noise, mean or affected complaint. TO WHINNY, hwin'nè. v. n. To make a noise like a horse or colt. WHINYARD, hwin'yůrd. s. (88). sword, in contempt.

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WHIP, hwip. s. An instrument of correction tough and pliant. WHIPCORD, hwip'kord. s. Cord of

which lashes are made.

WHIPGRAFTING, hwip'grâft-ing.

9.

The method of grafting, in which the graft, is bound on to the stock.

WHIPHAND, hwip'hånd. s. Advantage

over.

WHIPLASH, hwip'lash. s. The lash or small end of a whip. WHIPPER, hwip'půr. s. (98). One who punishes with whipping. WHIPPING POST, hwip'ping-post. s. A pillar to which criminals are bound when they are lashed.

WHIPSAW, hwip'såw. s. The whip. saw is used by joiners to saw such great pieces of stuff that the handsaw will not easily reach through. WHIPSTAFF, hwip'stâf. s.

A piece of wood fastened to the helm, which the steersman holds in his hand to move the helm and turn the ship. WHIPSTER, hwip'står. s. (98). A nimble fellow in contempt. WHIPT, hwipt, for Whipped. (359). TO WHIRL, hwerl. v. a. To turn round rapidly. To WHIRL, hwêrl. v. round rapidly.

n.

To turn

WHIRL, hwerl. s. (108). Gyration, quick rotation, circular motion, rapid circunivolution; any thing moved with rapid rotation.

There appears to me to be a delicate difference, by far too nice for foreigners to perceive, between the sound of in this word and the short sound of u, as if it were written whurl, which is the pronunciation Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Scott, and W. Johnston have adopted. I have rather adhered, with Mr. Sheridan, to the genuine sound of i in virgin, virtue, &c. though I would recommend the other sound to foreigners and provincials as the more easily conceived, and sufficiently near the truth. WHIRLBAT, hwêrl'bât. s. Any thing moved rapidly round to give a blow. WHIRLIGIG, hwer'lè-gig. s. A toy which children spin round. 6 D