Wisp, s. a small bundle of straw or hay Wist, pret. and part. of the obsolete verb Wis, to know

sense.

Wis'tful, a. attentive, full of thought
Wit, s. quickness of fancy; a man of ge-
nius; understanding, judgment,
-To Wit, ad. namely, That is
Witch, s. a woman given to unlawful arts
Witchcraft, s. the practice of witches
Wit'craft, s. invention, contrivance
Witha'l, ad. along with the rest; besides
Withdraw', v. to draw back, retire, retreat
Withdrawing-room, s. a room near another to
retire to, usually called a drawing room
Withe, s. a willow twig; a band of twigs
With'er, v. to fade, to pine or die away
With'ers, s. ft. the joint uniting the neck and
shoulders of a horse

Withhold, v. a. to keep back, to refuse
Within', prep. in the inner part
Within'side, ad. in the inward parts
Withou't, prep. not within compass of
Withstan'd, v. a. to oppose, resist, restrain
With'y, s. a willow, the shoot of a willow
Wit'less, a. wanting understanding
Witling, s. a petty pretender to wit
Wit'ness, . testimony; an evidence.-. to bear
testimony, to attest.-interj. denoting an
exclamation

Wit'ticism, s. a mean attempt at wit
Wit'tily, ad. ingeniously, cunningly, artfully;
with flight of imagination
Wit'tingly, ad, knowingly, by design
Wit'tol, Wit'tal, s. a contented cuckold
Wit tolly, a. cuckoldy, low, despicable
Wit'ty, a. ingenious, sarcastic, smart
Wive, v. to marry, to take a wife
Wives, s. pl. of Wife

Wiz'ard, s. a conjuror, a cunning man
Wiz'en, v. n. to wither, to become dry
Wo, s. grief, sorrow, misery, calamity
Woad, s. a plant used in dyeing blue
Wo'ful, a. sorrowful, calamitous
Wo'fulness, s. calamity, misery
Wold, s. a plain open country; a down
Wolf, s. a fierce beast; an eating ulcer
Wolfdog, s. a large dog to guard sheep
Wol'fish, Wol'vish, a. fierce like a wolf
Wolfsbane, s. a poisonous plant

Wom'an, s. the female of the human race
Wom'an-hater, s. one who hates women
Womanhood, . the qualities of a woman
Wom'anish, a. suitable to a woman
Wom'ankind, s. female sex; race of women
Wom'anly, a. becoming a woman, not childish,
not girlish

Womb, s. place of generation
Wom'en, s. plural of Woman
Won, pret. and part. pass. of Win

Won'der, v. n. to be astonished.-. amazement, admiration

Won'derful, a. admirable, strange Won'derstruck, a. amazed, astonished Won'drous, a. marvellous, strange, surprising, admirable

Wont, v. n. to be accustomed or used to Wo'n't, a contraction of Would not, but used for Will not

Won'ted, a. accustomed, usual, used
Woo, v. to court, to make love, to sue
Wood, s. a forest; a place filled with timber
trees; the substance of trees

Wood'ashes, s. ashes of burnt wood
Wood'bine, s. the honeysuckle
Wood'cock, s. a bird of passage

Wooded, a. supplied or thick with wood
Wood'en, a. made of wood; clumsy
Wood'hole, s. a place where wood is laid
Woodland, s. land covered with woods
Wood'louse, s. vermin about old wood
Wood'man, s. a sportsman, a hunter, &c.
Wood'note, s. a wild note; wild music
Wood'nymph, s. a nymph of the woods
Wood'offering, s. wood burnt on an altar
Woodpecker, s. the name of a bird
Wood'pigeon, s. a wild pigeon
Wood'roof, s. a herb

Wood'sare, s. the froth on herbs
Wood'work, s. any thing made of wood
Wood'y, a. abounding with wood; ligneous
Woo'er, s. one who courts women

Woof, s. the set of threads that crosses the warp; the weft; texture; cloth Woo'ing, s. act of making love to another Wool, s. the fleece of sheep; short hair Wool'comb, s. the instrument with which wool is combed

Wool'comber, s. one whose business it is to comb wool

Wool'fel, s. a skin with the wool on
Woollen, a. made or consisting of wool
Woollen-draper, s. a draper in woollen goods
Wool'liness, s. quality of being woolly
Wool'pack, s. a bag or pack of wool
Woolly, a. composed of or resembling wool
Wool'stapler, s. one who deals in wool
Word, s. a single part of speech; promise.
-v. to express properly; to dispute
Wore, preterite of Wear

Work, v. to labour; be agitated; raise, &c.
-s. labour, toil, deed, employment
Workhouse, s. a receptacle for parish poor
Working-day, s. a day for work
Wor'kman, s. an artificer, a labourer

Workmanlike, a. like a workman, skilful
Workmanship, s. manufacture, skill, art
Works, s. pl. the fortifications about the bod
of a place

Workshop, s. a shop to work in

Wor'kwoman, s. one skilled in needlework World, s. the earth; mankind; universa! empire; the manners of men

Worldling, s. one who idolizes his money Worldly, a. human; bent upon this world Worm, an insect, grub; any spiral thing. -v. a. to take out the charge of a fire-arm by means of a worm

Wor'm-eaten, a. gnawed by worms; old
Wor'mwood, s. the name of a bitter herb
Wor'my, a. full of worms, having worms
Worn, part. pass. of Wear

Wor'nil, s. a maggot; a worm in cows
Wor'ry, v. a. to tear, to mangle, to harass
Worse, a. more bad, more ill

Wor'ship, s. dignity, eminence; term of ho

nour; a religious reverence; adoration Wor'shipful, a. respected for dignity, &c. Worst, a. most bad, most ill, most wicked. -.a. to defeat, to overthrow; to put an army to the rout

Wors'ted, s. woollen yarn; wool spun
Wort, s. a herb; ale or beer not fermented
Worth, a. deserving of, equal in value to.
- price, value, importance

Wor'thily, ad. suitably, justly, deservedly
Wor'thiness, s. worth, desert, excellence"
Wor'thless, a. undeserving, unworthy
Worth'lessness, s. want of value
Worthy, a. deserving, valuable, noble.
-s. a man deserving praise
Wot, v. n. to know, to be aware of
Wove, the pret. of Weave
Woven, the part. of Weave
Would, pret. of Will

[-pret. of Wind Wound, s. a hurt.-v. a. to hurt by violence, Woun'ding, s. act of cutting the skin Wrack, s. ruin, destruction; see Wreck Wraith, s. the pretended apparition of a person about to die

Wran'gle, s. a perverse dispute; a quarrel.
-v. n. to dispute peevishly
Wrangler, s. a peevish disputative person
Wrap, v. a. to roll together; to contain
Wrap per, s. a cloth or paper cover, &c.
Wrap'ping, s. act of wrapping together
Wrath, s. extreme anger, vengeance
Wrath'ful, a. angry, raging, furious
Wrath'less, a. free from anger, meek
Wreak, v. a. to revenge; to execute.
-s. revenge, vengeance, passion
Wrea'kful, a. revengeful, malicious
Wrea'kless, a. unrevenging, impotent
Wreath, s. a garland; any thing twisted.
v. a. to turn, to twist, to curl
Wrea'thing, s. act of entwining
Wrea'thy, a. spiral, twisted, curling
Wreck, s. a shipwreck; destruction, ruin
Wreck'ing, s. act of destroying by violent meano
Wren, s. the name of a very small bird
Wrench, v. a. to pull by force, to wrest.
-s. a sprain, violent twist; trap
Wrest, v. a. to twist by violence, to writhe.
-s. a distortion, a violence
Wres'tle, v. n. to struggle for a fall

X, laid horizontally, for 1000; and with a as a Roman numeral, stands for 10; when |

dash over it for 10,000; as an abbreviation X stands for Christ, Xn. for Christian, and Xm. for Christmas. As an initial it is pronounced like Z.

Xang'ti, s. the name of God among the Chinese Xan'thic, a. tending to yellow, an acid combined of sulphur, carbon, &c

Xan'thine, s. a yellow colouring matter, discovered in madder

Xantho'sia, s. a genus of plants covered with yellow down [the name of Socrates' wife Xantippe, s. a scold, a quarrelsome woman; Xebec', s. a small three-masted vessel Xenod'ochy, s. hospitality, kind treatment of strangers

CHT, s. a small ship with one deck, richly | adorned, and contrived for swiftness and Measure

, s. an American root

Wres'tler, s. one skilled in wrestling
Wrestling. s. an athletic exercise, in which
one strives to overthrow the other
Wretch, s. a miserable or worthless person
Wret'ched, a. miserable, despicable
Wretchedness, s. misery, despicableness
Wriggle, v. n. to move to and fro

Wright, s. a workman; an artificer in wood
Wring, v. to twist, to squeeze, to press, to
writhe, to harass, to torture, to extort, to
force by violence, to turn round by violence
-s. a twist; sensation of anguish
Wrin'kle, s. a crease in cloth. &c.

-v. a. to cause creases or wrinkles Wrist, s. the joint of the hand to the arm Wris'tband, s. the band of the shirt at the hand Writ, . scripture; a legal process, &c.; as a pret. of Write now obsolete

Write, v. to express by means of letters
Writer, s. an author; one who writes
Writhe, v. to distort, to twist, to wrest
Writh'ing, s. act of distorting; a distraction
Writing, s. any thing written with pen and
ink; a composition; a book

Wri'ting-master, s. one who teaches to write
Wri'tings, s. legal conveyances, &c.
Writ'ten, part. pass. of Write

Wriz'zled, a. wrinkled, withered, shrunk
Wrong, s. injury, injustice; an error.

a. not right, unfit.-v. a. to injure Wrong, Wrongly, ad. amiss, improperly Wrongful, a. unjust, dishonest, injurious Wrong headed, a. self-opinionated, perverse Wrote, pret. of Write

Wroth, a. angry, enraged, provoked
Wrought (raut), part of Work; performed;
manufactured

Wrung, pret. and part. of Wring
Wry, a. crooked, distorted, wrested
Wry'n
ness, s. state of being wry

Yard, s. ground enclosed adjoining to a house. a measure of three feet; supports for a ves sel's sails

Yar'dwand, s. a measure of a yara