Wig"less (?), a. Having or wearing no wig.
Wig"wag` (?), v. i. [See Wag, v. t.] (Naut.) To signal by means of a
flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the
purpose. [Colloq.]
Wig"wam (?), n. [From the Algonquin or Massachusetts Indian word wk,
"his house," or "dwelling place;" with possessive and locative affixes,
w-kou-om-ut, "in his (or their) house," contracted by the English to
weekwam, and wigwam.] An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical
form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or
mats; — called also tepee. [Sometimes written also weekwam.]
Very spacious was the wigwam, Made of deerskin dressed and whitened,
With the gods of the Dacotahs Drawn and painted on its curtains.
Longfellow.
"The wigwam, or Indian house, of a circular or oval shape, was made of
bark or mats laid over a framework of branches of trees stuck in the
ground in such a manner as to converge at the top, where was a central
aperture for the escape of smoke from the fire beneath. The better sort
had also a lining of mats. For entrance and egress, two low openings
were left on opposite sides, one or the other of which was closed with
bark or mats, according to the direction of the wind." Palfrey.
Wike (?), n. A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up
in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in
common ground, etc.; — called also wicker. [Prov. Eng.]
Wike, n. [AS. wic. See Wick a village.] A home; a dwelling. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]
Wik"ke (?), a. Wicked. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Wild (?), a. [Compar. Wilder (?); superl. Wildest.] [OE. wilde, AS.
wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. &
Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild,
and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of uncertain origin.]
1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the
forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by,
man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way.
Shak.
2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the
aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by
unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip,
wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.
The woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown.
Milton.
3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. "To trace the
forests wild." Shak.
4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as,
wild natives of Africa or America.
5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent;
tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly;
irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by
pride." Prior. "A wild, speculative project." Swift.
What are these So withered and so wild in their attire ?
Shak.
With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes Wild work in
heaven.
Milton.
The wild winds howl.
Addison.
Search then the ruling passion, there, alone The wild are constant, and
the cunning known.
Pope.