Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 34
Winter (n.) The season of the
year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season
of the year.
"Of thirty winter he was old." -- Chaucer.
And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold. -- Shak.
Winter lingering chills the lap of May. -- Goldsmith.
Note: North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to include the months of December, January, and February (see Season). Astronomically, it may be considered to begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st, and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st.
Winter (n.) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge. -- Wordsworth.
Winter apple, An apple that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter.
Winter barley, A kind of barley that is sown in autumn.
Winter berry (Bot.), The name of several American shrubs ({Ilex verticillata, Ilex laevigata, etc.) of the Holly family, having bright red berries conspicuous in winter.
Winter bloom. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Azalea.
Winter bloom. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hamamelis ({Hamamelis Viginica); witch-hazel; -- so called from its flowers appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are falling.
Winter bud (Zool.), A statoblast.
Winter+cherry+(Bot.),+a+plant+({Physalis+Alkekengi">Winter cherry (Bot.), a plant ({Physalis Alkekengi) of the Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the inflated and persistent calyx. See Alkekengi.
Winter cough (Med.), A form of chronic bronchitis marked by a cough recurring each winter.
Winter cress (Bot.), A yellow-flowered cruciferous plant ({Barbarea vulgaris).
Winter crop, A crop which will bear the winter, or which may be converted into fodder during the winter.
Winter duck. (Zool.) The pintail.
Winter duck. (Zool.) The old squaw.
Winter egg (Zool.), An egg produced in the autumn by many invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter. Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner different from that of the summer eggs.
Winter fallow, Ground that is fallowed in winter.
Winter fat. (Bot.) Same as White sage, under White.
Winter fever (Med.), Pneumonia. [Colloq.]
Winter flounder. (Zool.) See the Note under Flounder.
Winter gull (Zool.), The common European gull; -- called also winter mew. [Prov. Eng.]
Winter itch. (Med.) See Prarie itch, under Prairie.
Winter lodge, or Winter lodgment. (Bot.) Same as Hibernaculum.
Winter mew. (Zool.) Same as Winter gull, above. [Prov. Eng.]
Winter moth (Zool.), Any one of several species of geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the European species ({Cheimatobia brumata). These moths have rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago state. The female of some of the species is wingless.
Winter oil, Oil prepared so as not to solidify in moderately cold weather.
Winter pear, A kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter.
Winter quarters, The quarters of troops during the winter; a winter residence or station.
Winter rye, A kind of rye that is sown in autumn.
Winter shad (Zool.), The gizzard shad.
Winter
sheldrake
(Zool.), The goosander. [Local, U. S.]
Winter sleep (Zool.), Hibernation.
Winter snipe (Zool.), The dunlin.
Winter solstice. (Astron.) See Solstice, 2.
Winter teal (Zool.), The green-winged teal.
Winter wagtail (Zool.), The gray wagtail ({Motacilla melanope). [Prov. Eng.]
Winter wheat, Wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the winter, and ripens in the following summer.
Winter wren (Zool.), A small American wren ({Troglodytes hiemalis) closely resembling the common wren.
Winter (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Wintered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wintering.] To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
Because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence. -- Acts xxvii. 12.
Wintered (imp. & p. p.) of Winter.
Wintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Winter.
Winter (v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.
Winter (n.) The coldest season
of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter
solstice to the vernal equinox [syn: winter, wintertime].
Winter (v.) Spend the winter;
"We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on
Elephant Island" [syn: winter, overwinter].
Winter, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 344
Housing Units (2000): 200
Land area (2000): 0.798403 sq. miles (2.067855 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.798403 sq. miles (2.067855 sq. km)
FIPS code: 87975
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 45.821014 N, 91.011118 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Winter, WI
Winter
Winter-beaten (a.) Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter.
Wintergreen (n.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
Winter-ground (v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant.
Winterkilled (imp. & p. p.) of Winterkill.
Winterkilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Winterkill.
Winterkill (v. t.) To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as, the wheat was winterkilled.
Winterly (a.) Like winter; wintry; cold; hence, disagreeable, cheerless; as, winterly news.
Winter-proud (a.) Having too rank or forward a growth for winter.
Winter-rig (v. t.) To fallow or till in winter.
Winter's bark () The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.
Wintertide (n.) Winter time.
Winterweed (n.) A kind of speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) which spreads chiefly in winter.
Wintery (a.) Wintry.
Wintry (a.) Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.
Winy (a.) Having the taste or qualities of wine; vinous; as, grapes of a winy taste.
Winze (n.) A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation.
Wipe (n.) The lapwing.
Wiped (imp. & p. p.) of Wipe.
Wiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wipe
Wipe (v. t.) To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.
Wipe (v. t.) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively.
Wipe (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out.
Wipe (n.) Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean.
Wipe (n.) A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe.
Wipe (n.) A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm.
Wipe (n.) A handkerchief.
Wipe (n.) Stain; brand.
Wiper (n.) One who, or that which, wipes.
Wiper (n.) Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag.
Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam.
Wiper (n.) A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel.
Wirbled (imp. & p. p.) of Wirble.
Wirbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wirble.
Wirble (v. i.) To whirl; to eddy.
Wirche (v. i. & t.) To work.
Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
Wire (n.) A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
Wired (imp. & p. p.) of Wire.
Wiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wire.
Wire (v. t.) To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
Wire (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires.
Wire (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph.
Wire (v. i.) To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message.
Wiredrew (imp.) of Wiredraw.
Wiredrawn (p. p.) of Wiredraw.
Wiredrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wiredraw.
Wiredraw (v. t.) To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.
Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence, to draw by art or violence.
Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.
Wiredraw (v. t.) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.
Wire-drawer (n.) One who draws metal into wire.
Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.
Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer.
Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.
Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.
Wirework (n.) Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.
Wire-worker (n.) One who manufactures articles from wire.
Wireworm (n.) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.
Wireworm (n.) A galleyworm.
Wiriness (n.) The quality of being wiry.
Wiry (a.) Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
Wiry (a.) Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.
Wis (adv.) Certainly; really; indeed.
Wis (v. t.) To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis.
Wisard (n.) See Wizard.
Wisconsin 1 (Proper n.) A state in the northern US, bordering on Lakes Superior (in the northwest) and Michigan (in the east); population 5,627,967 (est. 2008); capital, Madison. Ceded to Britain by the French in 1763 and acquired by the US in 1783 as part of the former Northwest Territory, it became the 30th state of the US in 1848.
Wisconsin 2 (n.) [Usually as modifier] [Geology] The last (or last two) of the Pleistocene glaciations of North America, approximating to the Weichsel of northern Europe.
Wisconsin 2 (n.) The system of deposits laid down during the Wisconsin glaciation.
Wisdom (a.) The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.
Wisdom (a.) The results of wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition.
Wise (v.) Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
Wise (v.) Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
Wise (v.) Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
Wise (v.) Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
Wise (v.) Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.
Wise (v.) Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.
Wiseacre (n.) A learned or wise man.
Wiseacre (n.) One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.
Wiseacre (n.) One who pretends to knowledge or cleverness; a would-be wise person; a smart aleck. Wiseacre comes from Middle Dutch wijssegger, "a soothsayer," from Old High German wissago, alteration of wizago, "a prophet."
Wisecrack (n.) (In British) (Informal) 俏皮話 A flippant gib or sardonic remark.
Wisecrack (v. i.) 講俏皮話 To make a wisecrack.
Wisecracking (a.) (In British) (or wise-cracking) (Informal) 說俏皮話的，愛說俏皮話的；wisecrack的動詞現在分詞、動名詞Tending to make flippant gibes or sardonic remarks.
// A wisecracking private eye.
Wise-hearted (a.) Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent.
Wise-like (a.) Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious.
Wiseling (n.) One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling.
Wisely (adv.) In a wise manner; prudently; judiciously; discreetly; with wisdom.
Wiseness (n.) Wisdom.
Wished (imp. & p. p.) of Wish.
Wishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wish.
Wish (v. t.) To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
Wish (v. t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
Wish (v. t.) To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.
Wish (v. t.) To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.
Wish (n.) Desire; eager desire; longing.
Wish (n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
Wish (n.) A thing desired; an object of desire.
Wishable (a.) Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable.
Wishbone (n.) The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.
Wishedly (adv.) According to wish; conformably to desire.