Wall"bird` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The spotted flycatcher. [Prov. Eng.]

Wall"er (?), n. One who builds walls.

Wall"er, n. [G.] (Zoöl.) The wels.

Wal*le"ri*an de*gen`er*a"tion (?). (Med.) A form of degeneration

occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; — so called

from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850.

Wal"let (?), n. [OE. walet, probably the same word as OE. watel a bag.

See Wattle.] 1. A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag

for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's

receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.

[His hood] was trussed up in his walet.

Chaucer.

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