WAVE, w[=a]v, _n._ a ridge on the surface of water swaying or moving
backwards and forwards: (_poet._) the sea: a state of vibration propagated
through a system of particles: inequality of surface: a line or streak like
a wave: an undulation: a rush of anything: a gesture.--_v.i._ to move like
a wave: to play loosely: to be moved, as a signal: to fluctuate.--_v.t._ to
move backwards and forwards: to brandish: to waft or beckon: to raise into
inequalities of surface.--_p.adj._ WAVED, showing a wavelike form or
outline: undulating: (_her._) indented: (_nat. hist._) having on the margin
a succession of curved segments or incisions.--_n._ WAVE'-LENGTH, the
distance between the crests of adjacent waves.--_adj._ WAVE'LESS, free from
waves: undisturbed.--_n._ WAVE'LET, a little wave.--_adj._
WAVE'LIKE.--_ns._ WAVE'-LINE, the outline, path, of a wave: the surface of
the waves: the line made by a wave on the shore; WAVE'-LOAF, a loaf for a
wave-offering; WAVE'-M[=O]'TION, undulatory movement; WAVE'-MOULD'ING
(_archit._), undulating moulding; WAVE'-OFF'ERING, an ancient Jewish custom
of moving the hands in succession towards the four points of the compass in
presenting certain offerings--opposed to the _Heave-offering_, in which the
hands were only lifted up and lowered.--_v.t._ W[=A]'VER, to move to and
fro: to shake: to falter: to be unsteady or undetermined: to be in danger
of falling.--_ns._ W[=A]'VERER; W[=A]'VERING.--_adv._ W[=A]'VERINGLY, in a
wavering or irresolute manner.--_n._ W[=A]'VERINGNESS.--_adjs._
W[=A]'VEROUS, W[=A]'VERY, unsteady.--_n._ WAVE'SON, goods floating on the
sea after a shipwreck.--_adj._ WAVE'-WORN, worn or washed away by the
waves.--_ns._ W[=A]'VINESS, the state or quality of being wavy;
W[=A]'VING.--_adj._ W[=A]'VY, full of or rising in waves: playing to and
fro: undulating.--HOT WAVE, WARM WAVE, a movement of heat or warmth
onwards, generally eastward. [A.S. _wafian_, to wave; cf. Ice. _vafra_, to
waver.]
WAVEY, WAVY, waw'vi, _n._ the snow-goose.
WAWE, waw, _n._ (_Spens._) a wave.
WAX, waks, _n._ the name given to some animal and vegetable substances, and
even to one or two mineral bodies (e.g. _ozokerite_), which more or less
resemble beeswax both in their appearance and in their physical properties:
the fat-like yellow substance produced by bees, and used by them in making
their cells: any substance like it, as that in the ear: the substance used
to seal letters: that used by shoemakers to rub their thread: in
coal-mining, puddled clay: a thick sugary substance made by boiling down
the sap of the sugar-maple, and cooling by exposure to the air: (_coll._) a
passion.--_v.t._ to smear or rub with wax.--_ns._ WAX'-BILL, one of various
small spermestine seed-eating birds with bills like sealing-wax;
WAX'-CHAND'LER, a maker or dealer in wax candles; WAX'-CLOTH, cloth covered
with a coating of wax, used for table-covers, &c., a popular name for all
oil floorcloths; WAX'-DOLL, a child's doll having the head and bust made of
hardened beeswax.--_adj._ WAX'EN, made of wax, like wax, easily
effaced.--_ns._ WAX'-END, better WAXED END, a strong thread having its end
stiffened by shoemakers' wax, so as to go easily through the hole made by
the awl; WAX'ER, one who or that which waxes; WAX'-FLOW'ER, a flower made
of wax; WAX'INESS, waxy appearance; WAX'ING, a method of putting a finish
on dressed leather: the process of stopping out colours in calico-printing;
WAX'-IN'SECT, an insect which secretes wax; WAX'-LIGHT, a candle or taper
made of wax; WAX'-MOD'ELLING, the process of forming figures in wax;
WAX'-MOTH, a bee-moth; WAX'-MYR'TLE, the candle-berry tree; WAX'-PAINT'ING,
a kind of painting, the pigments for which are ground with wax and diluted
with oil of turpentine; WAX'-PALM, either of two South American palms
yielding wax; WAX'-P[=A]'PER, paper prepared by spreading over its surface
a thin coating made of white wax and other materials.--_adj._ WAX'-RED
(_Shak._), bright-red like sealing-wax.--_ns._ WAX'TREE, a genus of plants
of natural order _Hypericaceæ_, all whose species yield a yellow resinous
juice when wounded, forming when dried the so-called American gamboge;
WAX'-WING, a genus of small Passerine birds, so named from most of the
species having small red horny appendages, resembling red sealing-wax, on
their wings; WAX'WORK, work made of wax, esp. figures or models formed of
wax: (_pl._) an exhibition of wax figures; WAX'WORKER.--_adj._ WAX'Y,
resembling wax: soft: pallid, pasty: adhesive: (_slang_) irate,
incensed.--WAXY DEGENERATION, a morbid process in which the healthy tissue
of various organs is transformed into a peculiar waxy albuminous
substance--also _amyloid_ or _lardaceous degeneration_. [A.S. _weax_; Ice.
_vax_, Dut. _was_, Ger. _wachs_.]
WAX, waks, _v.i._ to grow or increase, esp. of the moon, as opposed to
_Wane_: to pass into another state.--_pa.p._ WAX'EN (_B._), grown. [A.S.
_weaxan_; Ice. _vaxa_, Ger. _wachsen_, L. _aug[=e]re_, to increase, Gr.
_auxanein_.]
WAY, w[=a], _v.t._ (_Spens._) to weigh, esteem.
WAY, w[=a], _n._ passage: road: length of space: distance: direction:
manner of life: condition, state: advance in life: general manner of
acting: means: manner: will: (_naut._) progress or motion through the
water, headway.--_v.i._ (_Spens._) to journey.--_ns._ WAY'-BAG'GAGE
(_U.S._), baggage to be laid down at a way-station; WAY'-BILL, list of
passengers and goods carried by a coach; WAY'-BOARD, WEIGH'-BOARD, a thin
stratum or seam separating thicker strata; WAY'BREAD, the common
plantain.--_v.i._ WAY'F[=A]RE, to travel on foot.--_n._ WAY'F[=A]RER, a
traveller or passenger.--_adj._ WAY'F[=A]RING, travelling or passing.--_n._
WAY'F[=A]RING-TREE, the _Viburnum lantana_, a large shrub common in British
hedges.--_adjs._ WAY'-G[=O]'ING, departing; WAY'GONE, exhausted by
travelling.--_v.t._ WAY'LAY, to lie in the way for: to watch or lie in
ambush for.--_n._ WAYLAY'ER.--_adj._ WAY'LESS, without a path.--_ns._
WAY'-M[=A]K'ER, a pioneer, path-finder; WAY'-MARK, -POST, guide-post;
WAY'-PASS'ENGER, one taken up or set down by the way; WAY'-SIDE, the side
of a way, path, or highway.--_adj._ growing or lying near the
way-side.--_ns._ WAY'-SLID'ING (_rare_), a wandering from the right way;
WAY'-ST[=A]'TION, an intermediate station between principal stations on a
railway; WAY'-THIS'TLE, the Canada thistle; WAY'-TRAFF'IC, local traffic,
as distinguished from through or express traffic; WAY'-TRAIN (_U.S._), a
train stopping at most of the stations on a line.--_adj._ WAY'WARD,
froward: wilful: irregular.--_n._ WAY'-WAR'DEN, a keeper of roads.--_adv._
WAY'WARDLY.--_n._ WAY'WARDNESS.--_adj._ WAY'WORN, worn-out by travel.--_n._
RIGHT'-OF-WAY (see RIGHT).--WAY OF THE CROSS, a series of pictorial
representations representing the stages of Christ's progress to Calvary:
devotions used in connection with these stages; WAYS AND MEANS, resources:
methods of raising money for the carrying on of government.--BE UNDER WAY,
HAVE WAY (_naut._), to be in progress, as a vessel; BY THE WAY, as we go
on; BY WAY OF, as for the purpose of: in character of; COME ONE'S WAY, to
come in one's direction; COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS, the House of Commons
in its capacity of raising the supplies; GIVE WAY (see GIVE); GO ONE'S WAY
(see GO); GO THE WAY OF ALL THE EARTH, to die; HAVE ONE'S WAY, to carry
one's point or wish; IN A SMALL WAY, on a petty scale; IN THE FAMILY WAY
(see FAMILY); IN THE WAY, on the way: impeding, obstructing; IN THE WAY OF,
in a good position for effecting something: in respect of; LEAD THE WAY, to
act as a guide in any movement; MAKE ONE'S WAY, to push one's self forward;
MAKE WAY, to give room: to advance; ON THE WAY, in progress; OUT OF THE
WAY, so as not to hinder or obstruct: away from the ordinary course:
unusual: (_Shak._) lost, hidden; PUT ONE'S SELF OUT OF THE WAY, to give
one's self trouble; TAKE ONE'S WAY, to set out: to follow one's own
inclination or plan; THE WAY, the Christian Religion (Acts ix. 2, &c.).
[A.S. _weg_; Ger. _weg_, L. _via_, Sans. _vaha_, akin to _veh[)e]re_, to
carry.]
WAYGOOSE, w[=a]'g[=oo]s, _n._ a printers' annual dinner or picnic, formerly
one given by an apprentice to his fellow-workmen, at which a _wase-_goose
or stubble-goose was the great dish.--Also WASE'-GOOSE, WAYZ'-GOOSE.
WAYMENT, w[=a]-ment', _v.t._ and _v.i._ (_Spens._) to lament, grieve.--_n._
(_Spens._) lamentation, grief. [O. Fr. _waimenter_--L. _lament[=a]ri_, to
lament.]
WE, w[=e], _pron.pl._ of I: I and others. [A.S. _wé_; cog. with Goth.
_weis_, Ger. _wir_.]
WEAK, w[=e]k, _adj._ soft: wanting strength and vigour: not able to sustain
a great weight: wanting health: easily overcome: feeble of mind: wanting
moral or mental force: frail: unsteady: slight or incomplete: having little
of the chief ingredient: impressible: inconclusive: (_Shak._)
inconsiderable: (_gram._) of a verb inflected by regular syllabic addition
instead of by change of the main vowel: tending downward in price.--_adj._
WEAK'-BUILT (_Shak._), ill-founded.--_v.t._ WEAK'EN, to make weak: to
reduce in strength or spirit.--_v.i._ to grow weak or weaker.--_n._
WEAK'ENER, one who or that which weakens.--_adjs._ WEAK'-EYED, having weak
eyes or sight; WEAK'-HAND'ED, powerless; WEAK'-HEAD'ED, having a feeble
intellect; WEAK'-HEART'ED (_Shak._), of weak or feeble heart or spirit;
WEAK'-HINGED, ill-balanced; WEAK'-KNEED, having weak knees: weak in
will.--_n._ WEAK'LING, a weak or feeble creature.--_adv._ WEAK'LY.--_adj._
WEAK'-MIND'ED, of feeble powers of mind.--_ns._ WEAK'-MIND'EDNESS;
WEAK'NESS.--_adjs._ WEAK'-SIGHT'ED, having feeble eyesight;
WEAK'-SPIR'ITED, bearing wrong tamely, cowardly.--WEAKER SEX, women; WEAKER
VESSEL (see VESSEL).--WEAK SIDE, POINT, that side or point in which a
person is most easily influenced or most liable to temptation. [A.S. _wác_,
pliant--_wican_, to yield; Dut. _week_, Ice. _veikr_, Ger. _weich_.]
WEAL, w[=e]l, _n._ state of being well: a sound or prosperous state:
welfare.--_adj._ WEAL'-BAL'ANCED (_Shak._), explained by Schmidt as kept in
a state of just proportion by reasons of state.--_n._ WEALS'MAN (_Shak._),
a statesman.--THE PUBLIC, GENERAL, or COMMON WEAL, the well-being,
interest, and prosperity of the country. [A.S. _wela_, wealth, bliss; Ger.
_wohl_.]
WEAL, w[=e]l, _n._ a form of _wale_.
WEALD, w[=e]ld, _n._ any open country.--_adj._ WEALD'EN, pertaining to the
_Weald_.--_n._ a geological formation seen in the Weald--viz. the upper
oolitic series of rocks.--THE WEALD, a district comprising portions of Kent
and Sussex, extending from Folkestone Hill near the Straits of Dover to
Beachy Head. [From the root of _wild_; not directly conn. with A.S.
_weald_, a forest, wold.]
WEALTH, welth, _n._ large possessions of any kind: riches.--_adv._
WEALTH'ILY.--_n._ WEALTH'INESS.--_adj._ WEALTH'Y, rich: prosperous:
well-fed. [An extension of _weal_.]
WEAN, w[=e]n, _v.t._ to accustom to nourishment other than the mother's
milk: to reconcile to the want of anything: to estrange the affections from
any object or habit.--_n._ (w[=a]n) an infant, a child (_Scot._).--_ns._
WEAN'EL (_Spens._), a weanling; WEAN'ING-BRASH, a severe form of diarrhoea,
which supervenes, at times, on weaning.--_adj._ WEAN'LING, newly
weaned.--_n._ a child or animal newly weaned. [A.S. _wenian_; Ice. _venja_,
Ger. _gewöhnen_, to accustom, _ent-wöhnen_, to disuse, to wean.]
WEAPON, wep'un, _n._ any instrument or organ of offence or
defence.--_adjs._ WEAP'ONED; WEAP'ONLESS, having no weapons.--_n._
WEAP'ON-SALVE, a salve supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the
weapon that made it. [A.S. _w['æ]pen_; Goth. _wepna_, arms, Ger. _waffen_
and _wappen_.]
WEAPON-SCHAW=_Wapinschaw_ (q.v.).
WEAR, w[=a]r, _v.t._ to carry on the body: to have the appearance of: to
consume by use, time, or exposure: to waste by rubbing: to do by degrees:
to exhaust, efface: (_naut._) to veer.--_v.i._ to be wasted by use or time:
to be spent tediously: to consume slowly: to last under use: (_Shak._) to
be in fashion, to become accustomed: (_naut._) to come round away from the
wind: (_obs._) to become:--_pa.t._ w[=o]re; _pa.p._ w[=o]rn.--_n._ act of
wearing: lessening or injury by use or friction: article worn.--_adj._
WEAR'ABLE, fit to be worn.--_n._ WEAR'ER.--_p.adj._ WEAR'ING, made or
designed for wear: consuming, exhausting.--_n._ the process of wasting by
attrition or time: that which is worn, clothes.--_ns._ WEAR'ING-APPAR'EL,
dress; WEAR'-[=I]'RON, a friction-guard.--WEAR AND TEAR, loss by wear or
use; WEAR AWAY, to impair, consume; WEAR OFF, to rub off by friction: to
diminish by decay: to pass away by degrees; WEAR OUT, to impair by use: to
render useless by decay: to consume tediously: to harass. [A.S. _werian_,
to wear; Ice. _verja_, to cover, Goth. _wasjan_.]
WEAR, w[=e]r, _n._ another spelling of _weir_.
WEAR, w[=e]r, _v.t._ (_obs._) to guard, ward off: to guide. [A.S. _werian_,
to guard, from root of _wary_.]
WEARISH, w[=e]r'ish, _adj._ (_Spens._) withered, shrunk.
WEARY, w[=e]'ri, _adj._ worn-out: having the strength or patience
exhausted: tired: causing weariness: (_prov._) puny.--_v.t._ to wear out or
make weary: to reduce the strength or patience of: to harass.--_v.i._ to
become weary or impatient: to long for.--_adjs._ WEA'RIED, tired;
WEA'RIFUL, wearisome.--_adv._ WEA'RIFULLY.--_adj._ WEA'RILESS,
incessant.--_adv._ WEA'RILY.--_n._ WEA'RINESS.--_adj._ WEA'RISOME, making
weary: tedious.--_adv._ WEA'RISOMELY.--_n._ WEA'RISOMENESS.--WEARY OUT, to
exhaust. [A.S. _wérig_, weary.]