War"saw (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of
the southern coasts of the United States. (b) The jewfish; — called
also guasa.
Wart (?), n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze, OHG.
warza, Icel. varta, Sw. vårta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., a growth, and
akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart.]
1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by
enlargement of its vascular papillæ, and thickening of the epidermis
which covers them.
2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart;
specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance
on plants.
Fig wart, Moist wart (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed or tufted
tumor found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size.
It is a variety of condyloma. Called also pointed wart, venereal wart.
L. A. Duhring. — Wart cress (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under Swine.
— Wart snake (Zoöl.), any one of several species of East Indian
colubrine snakes of the genus Acrochordus, having the body covered with
wartlike tubercles or spinose scales, and lacking cephalic plates and
ventral scutes. — Wart spurge (Bot.), a kind of wartwort (Euphorbia
Helioscopia).
Wart"ed, a. (Bot.) Having little knobs on the surface; verrucose; as, a
warted capsule.
Wart" hog` (?). (Zoöl.) Either one of two species of large, savage
African wild hogs of the genus Phacochœrus. These animals have a pair
of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair
behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve
upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long
dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacochœrus Æthiopicus) is the
best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Æliani) is
native of the coasts of the Red Sea.
Wart"less, a. Having no wart.
Wart"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Wartwort.
Wart"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants because they
were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia
Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).
Wart"y (?), a. 1. Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as,
a warty leaf.