Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 3
Waive (n.) (O. Eng. Law) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.
Waived (imp. & p. p.) of Waive.
Waiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waive.
Waive (v. t.) To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.
He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all. -- Chaucer.
We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others. -- Barrow.
Waive (v. t.) To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
Waive (v. t.) (Law) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.
Waive (v. t.) (Law) (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. -- Burrill.
Note: The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and held as abandoned. -- Burrill.
Waive (v. i.) To turn aside; to recede. [Obs.]
To waive from the word of Solomon. -- Chaucer.
Waive (v.) Do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" [syn: waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with].
Waive (v.) Lose (s. th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" [syn: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego] [ant: arrogate, claim, lay claim].
Waive. () A term applied to a woman as outlaw is applied to a man. A man is an outlaw, a woman is a waive. T. L., Crabb's Tech. Dict. h.t.
To Waive. () To abandon or forsake a right.
Waive (v.) To waive signifies also to abandon without right; as "if the felon waives, that is, leaves any goods in his flight from those who either pursue him, or are apprehended by him so to do, he forfeits them, whether they be his own goods, or goods stolen by him." Bac. Ab. Forfeiture, B.
Waiver (n.) (Law) The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
Waiver (n.) A formal written statement of relinquishment [syn: release, waiver, discharge].
Waiver. () The relinquishment or refusal to accept of a right.
Waiver. () In practice it is required of every one to take advantage of his rights at a proper time and, neglecting to do so, will be considered as a waiver. If, for example, a defendant who has been misnamed in the writ and declaration, pleads over, he cannot afterwards take advantage of the error by pleading in abatement, for his plea amounts to a waiver.
Waiver. () In seeking for a remedy the party injured may, in some instances, waive a part of his right, and sue for another; for example, when the defendant has committed a trespass on the property of the plaintiff, by taking it away, and afterwards he sells it, the injured party may waive the trespass, and bring an action of assumpsit for the recovery of the money thus received by the defendant. 1 Chit. Pl. 90.
Waiver. () In contracts, if, after knowledge of a supposed fraud, surprise or mistake, a party performs the agreement in part, he will be considered as having waived the objection. 1 Bro. Parl. Cas. 289.
Waiver., () It is a rule of the civil law, consonant with reason, that any one may renounce or waive that which has been established in his favor: Regula est juris antique omnes licentiam habere his quae pro se introducta sunt, renunciare. Code 2, 3, 29. As to what will amount to a waiver of a forfeiture, see 1 Conn. R. 79; 7 Conn. R. 45; 1 Jo Cas. 125; 8 Pick. 292; 2 N. H, Rep. 120 163; 14 Wend. 419; 1 Ham. R. 21. Vide Verdict.
Waivure (n.) See Waiver. [R.]
Waiwode (n.) See Waywode.
Compare: Waywode
Waywode (n.) Originally, the title of a military commander in variou Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers. [Written also vaivode, voivode, waiwode, and woiwode.]
Wake (n.) The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
This effect followed immediately in the wake of his earliest exertions. -- De Quincey.
Several humbler persons . . . formed quite a procession in the dusty wake of his chariot wheels. -- Thackeray.
Waked (imp. & p. p.) of Wake.
Woke () of Wake.
Waking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wake.
Wake (v. i.) To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
The father waketh for the daughter. -- Ecclus. xlii. 9.
Though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps. -- Milton.
I can not think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it. -- Locke.
Wake (v. i.) To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels. -- Shak.
Wake (v. i.) To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
He infallibly woke up at the sound of the concluding doxology. -- G. Eliot.
Wake (v. i.) To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
Gentle airs due at their hour To fan the earth now waked. -- Milton.
Then wake, my soul, to high desires. -- Keble.
Wake (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to awake.
The angel . . . came again and waked me. -- Zech. iv. 1.
Wake (v. t.) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. "I shall waken all this company." -- Chaucer.
Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. -- Milton.
Even Richard's crusade woke little interest in his island realm. -- J. R. Green.
Wake (v. t.) To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.
To second life Waked in the renovation of the just. -- Milton.
Wake (v. t.) To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
Wake (n.) The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake. [Obs. or Poetic]
Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep. -- Shak.
Singing her flatteries to my morning wake. -- Dryden.
Wake (n.) The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
The warlike wakes continued all the night, And funeral games played at new returning light. -- Dryden.
The wood nymphs, decked with daises trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep. -- Milton.
Wake (n.) Specifically: (a) (Ch. of Eng.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.
Great solemnities were made in all churches, and great fairs and wakes throughout all England. -- Ld. Berners.
And every village smokes at wakes with lusty cheer. -- Drayton.
Wake (n.) (b) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish. "Blithe as shepherd at a wake." -- Cowper.
Wake play, The ceremonies and pastimes connected with a wake. See Wake, n., 3 (b), above. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Wake (n.) The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
This effect followed immediately in the wake of his earliest exertions. -- De Quincey.
Several humbler persons . . . formed quite a procession in the dusty wake of his chariot wheels. -- Thackeray.
Wake (n.) The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: aftermath, wake, backwash].
Wake (n.) An island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii [syn: Wake Island, Wake].
Wake (n.) The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn: wake, backwash].
Wake (n.) A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake" [syn: wake, viewing].
Wake (v.) Be awake, be alert, be there [ant: catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, sleep, slumber].
Wake (v.) Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off].
Wake (v.) Arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up].
Wake (v.) Make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation".
Wake (v.) Cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse] [ant: cause to sleep].
Wake -- U.S. County in North Carolina
Population (2000): 627846
Housing Units (2000): 258953
Land area (2000): 831.923863 sq. miles (2154.672822 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 25.331901 sq. miles (65.609320 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 857.255764 sq. miles (2220.282142 sq. km)
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.796512 N, 78.665751 W
Headwords:
Wake
Wake, NC
Wake County
Wake County, NC
Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright. -- Dryden. -- Wake"ful*ly, adv. -- Wake"ful*ness, n.
Wakeful (a.) Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow" [syn: argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful].
Wakeful (a.) (Of sleep) Easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" [syn: light, wakeful].
Wakeful (a.) Marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours" [syn: waking, wakeful].
Wakened (imp. & p. pr.) of Waken.
Wakening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waken.
Waken (v. i.) To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
Early, Turnus wakening with the light. -- Dryden.
Waken (v. t.) To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. "Go, waken Eve." -- Milton.
Waken (v. t.) To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
Then Homer's and Tyrtaeus' martial muse Wakened the world. -- Roscommon.
Venus now wakes, and wakens love. -- Milton.
They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high. -- Milton.
Waken (v.) Cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse] [ant: cause to sleep].
Waken (v.) Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off].
Wakener (n.) One who wakens.
Wakening (n.) The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening.
Wakening (n.) (Scots Law) The revival of an action. -- Burrill.
They were too much ashamed to bring any wakening of the process against Janet. -- Sir W. Scott.
Wakening (n.) The act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" [syn: awakening, wakening, waking up].
Wakening, () Scotch law. The revival of an action.
Wakening, () An action is said to sleep, when it lies over, not insisted on for a year in which case it is suspended. 4, t. 1, n. 33. With us a revival is by scire facias. (q.v.)
Waker (n.) One who wakes.
Waker (n.) Someone who rouses others from sleep [syn: waker, rouser, arouser].
Waker (n.) A person who awakes; "an early waker".
Wake-robin (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of
the genus Arum, especially, in
Note: In America the name is given to several species of Trillium, and sometimes to the Jack-in-the-pulpit.
Wake-robin (n.) Any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three- petaled flower [syn: trillium, wood lily, wake-robin].
Wake-robin (n.) Common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries [syn: jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens].
Waketime (n.) Time during which one is awake. [R.] -- Mrs. Browning.
Waking (n.) The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.
Waking (n.) A watch; a watching. [Obs.] "Bodily pain . . . standeth in prayer, in wakings, in fastings." -- Chaucer.
In the fourth waking of the night. -- Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25).
Waking (a.) Marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours" [syn: waking, wakeful].
Waking (n.) The state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking" [ant: sleeping].
Walaway (interj.) See Welaway. [Obs.]
Wald (n.) A forest; -- used as a termination of names. See Weald.
Waldenses (n. pl.) (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles.
Waldenses (n.) A Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century [syn: Waldenses, Vaudois].
Waldensian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Waldenses.
Waldensian (n.) One Holding the Waldensian doctrines.
Waldgrave (n.) In the old German empire, the head forest keeper.
Waldheimia (n.) [NL.] (Zool.) A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea.
Wale (n.) A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal. -- Holland.
Syn: welt; weal; wheal.
Wale (n.) A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
Thou 'rt rougher far, And of a coarser wale, fuller of pride. -- Beau. & Fl.
Wale (n.) (Carp.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position. -- Knight.
Wale (n.) (Naut.) Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc.
Wale (n.) (Naut.) A wale knot, or wall knot.
Wale knot. (Naut.) See Wall knot, under 1st Wall.
Wale (v. t.) To mark with wales, or stripes.
Wale (v. t.) To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Wale (n.) A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn: wale, welt, weal, wheal].
Wale (n.) Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship [syn: wale, strake].
Compare: Valhalla
Valhalla (n.) [Written also walhalla.] (Scand. Myth.) The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.
Valhalla (n.) Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany. Valiance
Walhalla (n.) See Valhalla.
Walhalla (n.) (Norse mythology) The hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin [syn: Valhalla, Walhalla].
Walhalla, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 1057
Housing Units (2000): 556
Land area (2000): 1.052368 sq. miles (2.725621 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.016797 sq. miles (0.043503 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.069165 sq. miles (2.769124 sq. km)
FIPS code: 82980
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.921996 N, 97.918014 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Walhalla, ND
Walhalla
Walhalla, SC -- U.S. city in South Carolina
Population (2000): 3801
Housing Units (2000): 1705
Land area (2000): 3.712746 sq. miles (9.615967 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.045540 sq. miles (0.117948 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.758286 sq. miles (9.733915 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74095
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 34.767263 N, 83.064321 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 29691
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Walhalla, SC
Walhalla
Waling (n.) (Naut.) Same as Wale, n., 4.
Walked (imp. & p. p.) of Walk.
Walking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Walk.
Walk (v. i.) To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground.
At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. -- Dan. iv. 29.
When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. -- Matt. xiv. 29.
Note: In the walk of quadrupeds, there are always two, and for a brief space there are three, feet on the ground at once, but never four.
Walk (v. i.) To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.
Walk (v. i.) To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; -- said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter.
I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead May walk again. -- Shak.
When was it she last walked? -- Shak.
Walk (v. i.) To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. [Obs.] "Her tongue did walk in foul reproach." -- Spenser.
Do you think I'd walk in any plot? -- B. Jonson.
I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth. -- Latimer.
Walk (v. i.) To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.
We walk perversely with God, and he will walk crookedly toward us. -- Jer. Taylor.
Walk (v. i.) To move off; to depart. [Obs. or Colloq.]
He will make their cows and garrans to walk. -- Spenser.
To walk in, To go in; to enter, as into a house.
To walk after the flesh (Script.), To indulge sensual appetites, and to live in sin. -- Rom. viii. 1.
To walk after the Spirit (Script.), To be guided by the counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of God. -- Rom. viii. 1.
To walk by faith (Script.), To live in the firm belief of the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for salvation. -- 2 Cor. v. 7.
To walk in darkness (Script.), To live in ignorance, error, and sin. -- 1 John i. 6.
To walk in the flesh (Script.), To live this natural life, which is subject to infirmities and calamities. -- 2 Cor. x. 3.
To walk in the light (Script.), To live in the practice of religion, and to enjoy its consolations. --1 John i. 7.
To walk over, In racing, to go over a course at a walk; -- said of a horse when there is no other entry; hence, colloquially, to gain an easy victory in any contest.
To walk through the fire (Script.), To be exercised with severe afflictions. -- Isa. xliii. 2.
To walk with God (Script.), To live in obedience to his commands, and have communion with him.
Walk (v. t.) To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets.
As we walk our earthly round. -- Keble.
Walk (v. t.) To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as, to walk one's horses; to walk the dog. " I will
rather trust . . . a thief to walk my ambling gelding." -- Shak.
Walk (v. t.) To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full. [Obs. or Scot.]
Walk (v. t.) (Sporting) To put or keep (a puppy) in a walk; to train (puppies) in a walk. [Cant]
Walk (v. t.) To move in a manner likened to walking. [Colloq.]
She walked a spinning wheel into the house, making it use first one and then the other of its own spindling legs to achieve progression rather than lifting it by main force. -- C. E. Craddock.
To walk one's chalks, To make off; take French leave.
To walk the plank, To walk off the plank into the water and be drowned; -- an expression derived from the practice of pirates who extended a plank from the side of a ship, and compelled those whom they would drown to walk off into the water; figuratively, to vacate an office by compulsion. -- Bartlett.
Walk (n.) The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping.
Walk (n.) The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk.
Walk (n.) Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk.
Walk (n.) That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk.
A woody mountain . . . with goodliest trees lanted, with walks and bowers. -- Milton.
He had walk for a hundred sheep. -- Latimer.
Amid the sound of steps that beat The murmuring walks like rain. -- Bryant.
Walk (n.) A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian.
The mountains are his walks. -- Sandys.
He opened a boundless walk for his imagination. -- Pope.
Walk (n.) Conduct; course of action; behavior.
Walk (n.) The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk. [Eng.]
Walk (n.) In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
Walk (n.) (Sporting) (a) A place for keeping and training puppies.
Walk (n.) (Sporting) (b) An inclosed area of some extent to which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
Walk (n.) The act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" [syn: walk, walking].
Walk (n.) (Baseball) An advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" [syn: base on balls, walk, pass].
Walk (n.) Manner of walking; "he had a funny walk" [syn: walk, manner of walking].
Walk (n.) The act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch".
Walk (n.) A path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk" [syn: walk, walkway, paseo].
Walk (n.) A slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground.
Walk (n.) Careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life" [syn: walk of life, walk].
Walk (v.) Use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" [ant: ride].
Walk (v.) Accompany or escort; "I'll walk you to your car".
Walk (v.) Obtain a base on balls.
Walk (v.) Traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day".
Walk (v.) Give a base on balls to.
Walk (v.) Live or behave in a specified manner; "walk in sadness".
Walk (v.) Be or act in association with; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God".
Walk (v.) Walk at a pace; "The horses walked across the meadow".
Walk (v.) Make walk; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day".
Walk (v.) Take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" [syn: walk, take the air].
Walk (n.,v. t.) Traversal of a data structure, especially an array or linked-list data structure in core. See also codewalker, silly walk, clobber.
Walk, () To Traverse a data structure, especially an array or linked-list in core.
See also codewalker, silly walk, clobber. (2001-04-12)
Walkable (a.) Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over. [R.] -- Swift.
Walker (n.) One who walks; a pedestrian.
Walker (n.) That with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.]
Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. -- Chapman.
Walker (n.) (Law) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.
Walker (n.) A fuller of cloth. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
She cursed the weaver and the walker The cloth that had wrought. -- Percy's Reliques.
Walker (n.) (Zool.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.
Walker (n.) (construction, tunneling) A shift superintendent or assistant superintendent who supervises several shifters [4] and their crews. Since these crews are usually separated by some distance, the walker is frequently seen walking between them. Also called walking boss. [RDH]
Walker (n.) A low frame having casters or wheels, designed to enclose a baby on its sides and provide support while the baby is learning to walk; it usually has a seat so that the baby can sit while not walking.
Syn: go-cart, baby-walker.
Walker (n.) A low rectangular frame of light metal about waist high, usually having two horizontal arms mounted on four legs with an open rear, designed to be carried or pushed in front of a person whose legs are impaired, to provide support while walking; it may have wheels on two of the four legs.
Baby-walker (n.) A framework on small wheels or casters designed to support small children while they are learning to walk, and usually having a fabric support that permits the child to sit. Called also walker and go-cart.
Syn: walker, go-cart
Walker (n.) New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952) [syn: Walker, John Walker].
Walker (n.) United States writer (born in 1944) [syn: Walker, Alice Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker].
Walker (n.) A person who travels by foot [syn: pedestrian, walker, footer].
Walker (n.) A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
Walker (n.) A light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk [syn: walker, Zimmer, Zimmer frame].
Walker (n.) An enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk [syn: walker, baby-walker, go-cart].
Walker -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 61053
Housing Units (2000): 25577
Land area (2000): 446.579812 sq. miles (1156.636353 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.449722 sq. miles (1.164775 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 447.029534 sq. miles (1157.801128 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 34.818692 N, 85.291825 W
Headwords:
Walker
Walker, GA
Walker County
Walker
County, GA
Walker -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 61758
Housing Units (2000): 21099
Land area (2000): 787.449625 sq. miles (2039.485079 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 13.987055 sq. miles (36.226305 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 801.436680 sq. miles (2075.711384 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.739811 N, 95.528876 W
Headwords:
Walker
Walker, TX
Walker County
Walker County, TX
Walker -- U.S. County in Alabama
Population (2000): 70713
Housing Units (2000): 32417
Land area (2000): 794.391238 sq. miles (2057.463774 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 10.905690 sq. miles (28.245606 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 805.296928 sq. miles (2085.709380 sq. km)
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 33.819888 N, 87.285406 W
Headwords:
Walker
Walker, AL
Walker County
Walker County, AL
Walker, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 275
Housing Units (2000): 125
Land area (2000): 0.311200 sq. miles (0.806003 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.311200 sq. miles (0.806003 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76660
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.898917 N, 94.229601 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64790
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Walker, MO
Walker
Walker, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 750
Housing Units (2000): 286
Land area (2000): 0.703471 sq. miles (1.821981 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.703471 sq. miles (1.821981 sq. km)
FIPS code: 81885
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.287342 N, 91.781400 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 52352
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Headwords:
Walker, IA
Walker
Walker, LA -- U.S. town in Louisiana
Population (2000): 4801
Housing Units (2000): 1905
Land area (2000): 5.751136 sq. miles (14.895372 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.751136 sq. miles (14.895372 sq. km)
FIPS code: 79240
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 30.489423 N, 90.862872 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 70785
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Headwords:
Walker, LA
Walker
Walker, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
Population (2000): 21842
Housing Units (2000): 9201
Land area (2000): 25.155195 sq. miles (65.151653 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.277030 sq. miles (0.717505 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 25.432225 sq. miles (65.869158 sq. km)
FIPS code: 82960
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.000891 N, 85.740036 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49504
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Walker, MI
Walker
Walker, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 1069
Housing Units (2000): 517
Land area (2000): 1.455847 sq. miles (3.770625 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.001646 sq. miles (0.004264 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.457493 sq. miles (3.774889 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67792
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.099689 N, 94.581168 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56484
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Walker, MN
Walker
Walking () a. & n. from Walk, v.
Walking
beam. See Beam,
10.
Walking crane, A kind of traveling crane. See under Crane.
Walking fern. (Bot.) See Walking leaf, below.
Walking fish (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, some of which, as Ophiocephalus marulius, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also langya.
Walking gentleman (Theater), An actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant]
Walking lady (Theater), An actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant]
Walking leaf. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants.
Walking leaf. (b) (Zool.) A leaf insect. See under Leaf.
Walking papers, or Walking ticket, An order to leave; dismissal, as from office; as, to get one's walking papers, i. e. to be dismissed or fired. [Colloq.] -- Bartlett.
Walking stick. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane.
Walking stick. (b) (Zool.) A stick insect; -- called also walking straw.
See Illust. of Stick insect, under Stick.
Walking wheel (Mach.), A prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel.
Walking (a.) Close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory" [syn: walk-to(a), walking(a)].
Walking (n.) The act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" [syn: walk, walking].
Walk-mill (n.) A fulling mill. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Walkout (n.) 聯合罷工；（會議等中）離去；退席 A strike in which the workers walk out.
Walkout (n.) The act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest; "there was a walkout by the Black members as the chairman rose to speak".
Walk-over (n.) In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize.
Walk-over (n.) Hence: (colloquially) A one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory.
Syn: walk; cake-walk.
Compare: Valkyria
Valkyria (n.) (Scand. Myth.) One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla. Now commonly written Valkyrie. [Written also Valkyr, Valkyrie, Walkyrie and Walkyr.]
Walkyr (n.) (Scand. Myth.) See Valkyria.
Wall (n.) (Naut.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
Wall knot, A knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first; a wale knot. Wall knots may be single or double, crowned or double-crowned.
Wall (n.) A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room.
The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. -- Dan. v. 5.
Wall (n.) A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
The waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. -- Ex. xiv. 22.
In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troyan walls. -- Shak.
To rush undaunted to defend the walls. -- Dryden.
Wall (n.) An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.
Wall (n.) (Mining) The side of a level or drift.
Wall (n.) (Mining) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. -- Raymond.
Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the formation of compounds, usually of obvious signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.
Blank wall, Blind wall, etc. See under Blank, Blind, etc.
To drive to the wall, To bring to extremities; to push to extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.
To go to the wall, To be hard pressed or driven; to be the weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.
To take the wall. To take the inner side of a walk, that is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.
"I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's." -- Shak.
Wall barley (Bot.), Akind of grass ({Hordeum murinum"> Wall barley (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Hordeum murinum)
much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under Squirrel.
Wall box. (Mach.) See Wall frame, below.
Wall creeper (Zool.), A small bright-colored bird ({Tichodroma muraria) native of Asia and Southern Europe.
It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red at the base and black distally, some of them with white spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also spider catcher.
Wall cress (Bot.), A name given to several low cruciferous herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under Mouse-ear.
Wall frame (Mach.), A frame set in a wall to receive a pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the wall; -- called also wall box.
Wall fruit, Fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.
Wall gecko (Zool.), Any one of several species of Old World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by means of suckers on the feet.
Wall lizard (Zool.), A common European lizard ({Lacerta muralis) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks and crevices of walls; -- called also wall newt.
Wall louse, A wood louse.
Wall moss (Bot.), Any species of moss growing on walls.
Wall newt (Zool.), The wall lizard. -- Shak.
Wall paper, Paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper hangings.
Wall pellitory (Bot.), A European plant ({Parictaria officinalis) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed medicinal.
Wall pennywort (Bot.), A plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus"> Wall pennywort (Bot.), a plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus).
having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in Western Europe.
Wall pepper (Bot.), A low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre"> Wall pepper (Bot.), a low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre) with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in Europe, and is sometimes seen in America.
Wall pie (Bot.), A kind of fern; wall rue.
Wall piece, A gun planted on a wall. -- H. L. Scott.
Wall plate (Arch.), A piece of timber placed horizontally upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.
See Illust. of Roof.
Wall rock, Granular limestone used in building walls. [U. S.] -- Bartlett.
Wall rue (Bot.), A species of small fern ({Asplenium Ruta-muraria) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.
Wall spring, A spring of water issuing from stratified rocks.
Wall tent, A tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to the walls of a house.
Wall wasp (Zool.), A common European solitary wasp ({Odynerus parietus) which makes its nest in the crevices of walls.
Walled (imp. & p. p.) of Wall.
Walling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wall.
Wall (v. t.) To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall. "Seven walled towns of strength." -- Shak.
The king of Thebes, Amphion, That with his singing walled that city. -- Chaucer.
Wall (v. t.) To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.
The terror of his name that walls us in. -- Denham.
Wall (v. t.) To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.
Wall (n.) An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures".
Wall (n.) Anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect; "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall".
Wall (n.) (Anatomy) A layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls" [syn: wall, paries].
Wall (n.) A difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall".
Wall (n.) A vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain).
Wall (n.) A layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue".
Wall (n.) A masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited".
Wall (n.) An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" [syn: rampart, bulwark, wall].
Wall (v.) Surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround].
Wall (interj.) [WPI] An indication of confusion, usually spoken with a quizzical tone: ? Wall???
Wall (interj.) [WPI] A request for further explication. Compare octal forty.
Wall (interj.) [WPI] [Unix, from ?write all?] v. To send a message to everyone currently logged in, esp. with the wall(8) utility.
It is said that sense 1 came from the idiom ?like talking to a blank wall?.
It was originally used in situations where, after you had carefully answered a question, the questioner stared at you blankly, clearly having understood nothing that was explained. You would then throw out a ?Hello, wall?? to elicit some sort of response from the questioner. Later, confused questioners began voicing ?Wall?? themselves.
Wall, () Unix's "write all" command which sends a message to everyone currently logged in. [{Jargon File] (2009-05-14)
Wall, () Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled villages" (Ezek. 38:11; Lev. 25:29-34). They were made thick and strong (Num. 13:28; Deut. 3:5). Among the Jews walls were built of stone, some of those in the temple being of great size (1 Kings 6:7; 7:9-12; 20:30; Mark 13:1, 2). The term is used metaphorically of security and safety (Isa. 26:1; 60:18; Rev. 21:12-20). (See FENCE.)
Wall, () A building or erection so well known as to need no definition. In general a man may build a wall on any part of his estate, to any height he may deem proper, and in such form as may best accommodate him; but he must take care not to erect a wall contrary to the local regulations, nor in such a manner as to be injurious to his neighbors. See Dig. 50, 16, 157. Vide Party Wall.
Wall, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 727
Housing Units (2000): 363
Land area (2000): 0.443021 sq. miles (1.147420 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.443021 sq. miles (1.147420 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80600
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.393468 N, 79.787692 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15148
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Headwords:
Wall, PA
Wall
Wall, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000): 818
Housing Units (2000): 438
Land area (2000): 2.023618 sq. miles (5.241146 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.040694 sq. miles (0.105398 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.064312 sq. miles (5.346544 sq. km)
FIPS code: 68380
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 43.991559 N, 102.240956 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57790
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Wall, SD
Wall
Wallaba (n.) (Bot.) A leguminous tree ({Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles. -- J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Wallabies (n. pl. ) of Wallaby.
Wallaby (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo ({Halmaturus Bennettii) and the pademelon ({Halmaturus thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]
Wallaby (n.) Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored [syn: wallaby, brush kangaroo].
Wallah (n.) (Zool.) A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger. [Written also walla.]
Wallah (n.) Usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing; "a kitchen wallah"; "the book wallah".