The wealthy witness of my pen.
B. Jonson.
Wean (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Weaning.]
[OE. wenen, AS. wenian, wennan, to accustom; akin to D. wennen, G.
gewöhnen, OHG. giwennan, Icel. venja, Sw. vänja, Dan. vænne, Icel. vanr
accustomed, wont; cf. AS. wenian to wean, G. entwöhnen. See Wont, a.]
1. To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a
want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder;
to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment.
And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the
same day that Isaac was weaned.
Gen. xxi. 8.
2. Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of
desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything. "Wean them from
themselves." Shak.
The troubles of age were intended . . . to wean us gradually from our
fondness of life.
Swift.
Wean, n. A weanling; a young child.
I, being but a yearling wean.
Mrs. Browning.
Wean"ed*ness, n. Quality or state of being weaned.
Wean"el (?), n. A weanling. [Obs.] Spenser.
Wean"ling, a. & n. from Wean, v.
The weaning of the whelp is the great test of the skill of the kennel
man.
J. H. Walsh.
Weaning brash. (Med.) See under Brash.
Wean"ling (?), n. [Wean + - ling.] A child or animal newly weaned; a
wean.
Wean"ling, a. Recently weaned. Milton.
Weap"on (?; 277), n. [OE. wepen, AS. w&?;pen; akin to OS. w&?;pan,
OFries. w&?;pin, w&?;pen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, wfan, Icel.
vpn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. w&?;pna, pl.; of uncertain origin.
Cf. Wapentake.]
1. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight
with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating,
or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc.
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal.