And from his further bank Ætolia's wolds espied.
Byron.
The wind that beats the mountain, blows More softly round the open
wold.
Tennyson.
Wold, n. See Weld.
Wolde (?), obs. imp. of Will. See Would.
Wolf (?), n.; pl. Wolves (#). [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin to OS.
wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith.
vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos, Skr. vka; also to Gr.
"e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in pieces. √286. Cf. Lupine, a., Lyceum.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores
belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The
best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis
lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the
prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus
attack large animals and even man.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvæ of several
species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf.
3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing;
especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf
from the door.