WOO, w[=oo], _v.t._ to ask in order to marriage: to court: to solicit
eagerly, to seek.--_v.i._ to court or make love: to ask.--_ns._ WOO'ER;
WOO'ING. [A.S. _wógian_, to woo--_wóg_, _wóh_, bent.]
WOOD, wood, _n._ the solid part of trees: trees cut or sawed: timber: a
collection of growing trees: the cask or barrel, as distinguished from the
bottle: (_print._) a woodblock.--_v.t._ to supply with wood.--_ns._
WOOD'-AC'ID, wood-vinegar, impure acetic acid from wood-distillation;
WOOD'-ANEM'ONE, the wind-flower, a little woodland plant, blooming in early
spring, with a single white flower purplish outside; WOOD'-ANT, a large
forest-dwelling ant: a white ant infesting the wood of old
buildings.--_n.pl._ WOOD'-ASH'ES, ashes obtained by burning wood or
plants--the source of many potassium salts.--_ns._ WOOD'BINE, WOOD'BIND,
the honeysuckle, applied also to other climbers, such as some kinds of ivy,
the Virginia-creeper, &c.; WOOD'-BIRD, a bird that lives in the woods;
WOOD'BLOCK, a die cut in relief on wood and ready to furnish ink
impressions: a woodcut.--_adjs._ WOOD'-B[=O]'RING; WOOD'-BORN, born in the
woods.--_ns._ WOOD'-CAR'VING, the process of carving in wood; WOOD'CHAT, a
bird which, notwithstanding its name, is not a species of Chat, but of
Shrike; WOOD'CHUCK, the green woodpecker; WOOD'-COAL, coal like wood in
texture: charcoal: lignite or brown coal; WOOD'COCK, a genus of birds
allied to the snipes, but of a more bulky body, and with shorter and
stronger legs; WOOD'COCK'S-HEAD, a tobacco-pipe; WOOD'CRAFT, skill in the
chase or anything pertaining to forests, forestry generally; WOOD'CUT, an
engraving cut on wood: an impression from it; WOOD'-CUT'TER, one who cuts
wood: a wood-engraver; WOOD'-CUT'TING, the act or employment of cutting
wood: wood-engraving.--_adjs._ WOOD'ED, supplied with wood: covered with
wood; WOOD'EN, made of wood: hard: dull, insensible: heavy, stupid: clumsy,
without grace or spirit--of literary style, &c.--_ns._ WOOD'-ENGR[=A]'VER;
WOOD'-ENGR[=A]VING, the art of engraving designs on wood, differing from
copper and steel plate engraving by having the parts intended to print on
the paper in relief: an engraving on or taken from wood; WOOD'EN-HEAD, a
blockhead, stupid person.--_adj._ WOOD'EN-HEAD'ED, stupid.--_n._
WOOD'EN-HEAD'EDNESS.--_adv._ WOOD'ENLY.--_ns._ WOODENNESS, wooden quality:
want of spirit or expression, clumsiness; WOOD'-[=E]'VIL, red-water: severe
constipation in cattle, often occurring after eating freely of
hedge-cuttings or shoots of trees; WOOD'-F[=I]'BRE, fibre derived from
wood; WOOD'-FRET'TER, a wood-borer or wood-eater; WOOD'-GOD, a deity of the
woods; WOOD'-GROUSE, the capercailzie; WOOD'-HOLE, a place where wood is
stored; WOOD'-HON'EY, wild honey; WOOD'-HORSE, a saw-horse; WOOD'-HOUSE, a
house or shed in which wood for fuel is deposited; WOOD'-[=I]'BIS (see
TANTALUS); WOOD'INESS, the state or quality of being woody; WOOD'LAND, land
covered with wood; WOOD'LANDER, an inhabitant of the woods; WOOD'LARK, a
species of lark, found in or near woods, singing chiefly on the wing;
WOOD'-LAY'ER, a young oak, &c., laid down in a hedge.--_adj._ WOOD'LESS,
without wood.--_ns._ WOOD'LESSNESS; WOOD'-LOUSE, any terrestrial isopod of
the family _Oniscidæ_--the Scotch _slater_, common under stones, &c.: a
termite or white ant: any one of the pseudo-neuropterous family _Psocidæ_,
found in the woodwork of houses; WOOD'MAN, a man who cuts down trees: a
forest officer: a huntsman; WOOD'-MITE, a beetle-mite; WOOD'-NAPH'THA, the
mixture of light hydrocarbons distilled from wood (see PYROXYLIC);
WOOD'-NIGHT'SHADE, bitter-sweet, or woody nightshade; WOOD'-NOTE (_Milt._),
a wild musical note, like that of a song-bird; WOOD'-NYMPH, a nymph or
goddess of the woods; WOOD'-OFF'ERING (_B._), wood burned on the altar;
WOOD'-[=O]'PAL, silicified wood; WOOD'-OWL, the European brown owl;
WOOD'-P[=A]'PER, paper prepared from wood; WOOD'PECKER, one of a family
(_Picidæ_) of birds in the order _Picariæ_, remarkable for the structural
modification of the skull in adaptation to its use as an axe, and for the
long flexible tongue, which is used for extracting insects from holes and
crevices of trees; WOOD'-PIG'EON, the cushat or ringdove; WOOD'-PULP,
wood-fibre reduced to a pulp, used in making paper; WOOD'-REEVE, the
overseer of a wood; WOOD'RUFF, a genus of rubiaceous plants with whorled
leaves and a funnel-shaped corolla--_Sweet Woodruff_ has a creeping
root-stock sending up erect stems, and small white flowers; when dried it
has a very agreeable fragrance like vernal-grass--(_obs._) WOOD'-ROOF;
WOOD'-SAGE, the wood germander; WOOD'-SAND'PIPER, a common European
tattler, allied to the redshank; WOOD'-SCREW, a screw for fastening pieces
of wood or wood and metal; WOOD'SHED, a shed for storing firewood;
WOOD'-SHOOK, the pekan, fisher, or Pennant's marten--also _Black-cat_ and
_Black-fox_; WOOD'-SKIN, a Guiana Indian's canoe, made of the bark of the
purple heart-tree; WOODS'MAN, a woodman; WOOD'-SOOT, soot from burnt wood;
WOOD'-SORR'EL, a plant of the genus Oxalis; WOOD'-SPIR'IT (same as
PYROXYLIC SPIRIT); WOOD'-SPITE, the green woodpecker or yaffle;
WOOD'-STAMP, a stamp made of wood, as for stamping fabrics in colours;
WOOD'-STONE, petrified wood; WOOD'-SWALL'OW, an Australian name for any of
the fly-catching _Artamidæ_, also called _Swallow-shrike_--the resemblance
to shrikes being considerably closer than to swallows either in appearance
or habits.--_adj._ WOOD'SY, pertaining to, or characteristic of,
woods.--_ns._ WOOD'-TAR, tar obtained from the dry distillation of wood;
WOOD'THRUSH, a singing-thrush common in the woods of the eastern United
States, reddish-brown above, olive on the rump, white spotted with black on
breast; WOOD'-TICK, any tick of the family _Ixonidæ_: a small insect which
makes a ticking sound in the woodwork of a house, the death-watch;
WOOD'-TIN, a nodular variety of cassiterite, or tin-stone; WOOD'-VIN'EGAR
(see WOOD-ACID); WOOD'WALE, a woodpecker, esp. the green woodpecker,
_Yaffle_ or _Rainbird_; WOOD'-WARB'LER, the yellow willow-warbler or
woodwren: an American warbler, esp. of the beautiful genus _Dendroeca_;
WOOD'WARD, an officer to guard the woods; WOOD'WORK, a part of any
structure made of wood; WOOD'WORM, a worm or larva infesting wood;
WOOD'WREN, the willow-warbler or willow-wren (_Phylloscopus trochilus_):
the true wood-warbler or yellow willow-wren (_Phylloscopus
sibilatrix_)--neither being properly wrens.--_adj._ WOOD'Y, abounding with
woods: pertaining to woods: consisting of wood.--_n._ WOOD'Y-NIGHT'SHADE
(see WOOD-NIGHTSHADE).--WOODEN HORSE, or _Timber-mare_ (see HORSE); WOODEN
LEG, an artificial leg made of wood; WOODEN SPOON, a spoon of wood
presented to the person who stands lowest for the year in the mathematical
tripos list at Cambridge; WOODEN TYPE, large type cut in
wood.--COMMISSIONERS OF WOODS AND FORESTS, a department of government
having charge of the Crown woods and forests. [A.S. _wudu_; cog. with Ice.
_vidhr_, wood; akin to Ir. _fiodh_, timber.]
WOOD, wood, _adj._ (_Shak._) mad, furious.--_n._ WOOD'NESS. [A.S. _wód_;
Ice. _ódhr_, Goth. _wods_, frantic, Ger. _wuth_, madness.]
WOODBURYTYPE, wood'ber-i-t[=i]p, _n._ a method of photograph printing in
which a sensitised gelatine film, developed under a negative to an extra
relief, is impressed on soft metal by hydraulic pressure. This in turn can
be printed by special ink in a press, and as it gives all the gradations of
tint, it may be said to be a perfect photo-mechanical printing process.
[Named from the inventor.]