2. A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame
cuckold; — so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's
nest. [Obs.] Shak.
Wit"tol*ly (?), a. Like a wittol; cuckoldly. [Obs.] Shak.
Witts (?), n. (Mining) Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping.
Knight.
Wit"ty (?), a. [Compar. Wittier (?); superl. Wittiest.] [AS. witig,
wittig. See Wit, n.]
1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever;
cunning. [Obs.] "The deep-revolving witty Buckingham." Shak.
2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll;
facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the
like. "Honeycomb, who was so unmercifully witty upon the women."
Addison.
Syn. — Acute; smart; sharp; arch; keen; facetious; amusing; humorous;
satirical; ironical; taunting.
{ Wit"wal`, Wit"wall` } (?), n. [Akin to G. wittewal, wiedewall, MHG.
witewal, D. wiedewaal, wielewaal, OD. weduwael, and perhaps the same
word as OE. wodewale. Cf. Wood, n., Wittol.] (Zoöl.) (a) The golden
oriole. (b) The greater spotted woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]
Wit"worm` (?), n. One who, or that which, feeds on or destroys wit.
[Obs.] B. Jonson.
Wive, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wiving.] [AS.
wfian, gewfian. See Wite.] To marry, as a man; to take a wife.
Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive.
Chaucer.
Wive, v. t. 1. To match to a wife; to provide with a wife. "An I could
get me but a wife . . . I were manned, horsed, and wived." Shak.