Wild"grave` (?), n. [G. wildgraf or D. wildgraaf. See Wild, and cf.
Margrave.] A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave.
The wildgrave winds his bugle horn.
Sir W. Scott.
Wild"ing, n. (Bot.) A wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild
apple tree or crab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant. Spenser.
Ten ruddy wildings in the wood I found.
Dryden.
The fruit of the tree . . . is small, of little juice, and bad quality.
I presume it to be a wilding.
Landor.
Wild"ing, a. Not tame, domesticated, or cultivated; wild. [Poetic]
"Wilding flowers." Tennyson.
The ground squirrel gayly chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums
merrily by.
Bryant.
Wild"ish, a. Somewhat wild; rather wild. "A wildish destiny."
Wordsworth.
Wild"ly, adv. In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder;
rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.
Wild"ness, n. The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or
untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness;
savageness; irregularity; distraction.
Wild"wood (?), n. A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively;
as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes. Burns.
Wile (?), n. [OE. wile, AS. wl; cf. Icel. v&?;l, væl. Cf. Guile.] A
trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly,
insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.
Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil.
Eph. vi. 11.
Not more almighty to resist our might, Than wise to frustrate all our
plots and wiles.
Milton.
Wile, v. t. 1. To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to
allure. [R.] Spenser.
2. To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to
cause to pass pleasantly. Tennyson.
Wile"ful (?), a. Full of wiles; trickish; deceitful.
Wil"ful (?), a., Wil"ful*ly, adv., Wil"ful*ness, n. See Willful,
Willfully, and Willfulness.
Wi"li*ness, n. The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning;
guile.