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.
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 (Wake-robin (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.) 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.
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.) 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.
Wale (n.) A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
Wale (n.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
Wale (n.) 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.) A wale knot, or wall knot.
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.
Walhalla (n.) See Valhalla.
Waling (n.) 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.
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.
Walk (v. i.) To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag.
Walk (v. i.) To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.
Walk (v. i.) To move off; to depart.
Walk (v. t.) To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets.
Walk (v. t.) To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses.
Walk (v. t.) To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full.
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.
Walk (n.) A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian.
Walk (n.) Conduct; course of action; behavior.
Walk (n.) The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.
Walkable (a.) Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over.
Walker (n.) One who walks; a pedestrian.
Walker (n.) That with which one walks; a foot.
Walker (n.) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.
Walker (v. t.) A fuller of cloth.
Walker (v. t.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.
Walking () a. & n. from Walk, v.
Walk-mill (n.) A fulling mill.
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; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory.
Walkyr (n.) See Valkyria.
Wall (n.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
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.
Wall (n.) A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
Wall (n.) An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.
Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
Wall (n.) The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
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.
Wall (v. t.) To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.
Wall (v. t.) To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.
Wallaba (n.) 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.
Wallabies (n. pl. ) of Wallaby.
Wallaby (n.) 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 (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.
Wallah (n.) A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger.