3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.

What woeful stuff this madrigal would be!

Pope.

{ Woe"ful*ly, Wo"ful*ly, } adv. In a woeful manner; sorrowfully;

mournfully; miserably; dolefully.

{ Woe"ful*ness, Wo"ful*ness, } n. The quality or state of being woeful;

misery; wretchedness.

Woe"some (?), a. Woeful. [Obs.] Langhorne.

Woke (?), imp. & p. p. Wake.

Wol (?), v. t. & i. See 2d Will. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wold (?), n. [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood, forest; akin to

OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel. völlr, a field, and

probably to Gr. &?; a grove, Skr. v&?;a a garden, inclosure. Cf.

Weald.]

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