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. -- Spenser.
Wintergreen (n.) (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of Pyrola which in America are called English wintergreen, and shin leaf (see Shin leaf, under Shin.) In America, the name wintergreen is given to Gaultheria procumbens, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; -- called also checkerberry, and sometimes, though improperly, partridge berry.
Chickweed wintergreen, A low perennial primulaceous herb ({Trientalis Americana); -- also called star flower.
Flowering wintergreen, A low plant ({Polygala paucifolia"> Flowering wintergreen, a low plant ({Polygala paucifolia) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen ({Gaultheria), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms.
Oil of wintergreen, An aromatic oil, consisting almost entirely of methyl salicylate ({CH3CO.O.C6H4.OH), obtained by distillation of an extract of the wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens); it can also be obtained from some other plants. It is used as a flavoring agent for tooth powders and pastes, sometimes combined with menthol or eucalyptus. It is called also oil of teaberry, oil of partridgeberry, and oil of gaultheria.
Spotted wintergreen, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila maculata) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.
Wintergreen (n.) Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola [syn: wintergreen, pyrola]
Wintergreen (n.) Creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil [syn: teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens].
Wintergreen (n.) Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn: wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry].
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.
The ruddock would . . . bring thee all this, Yea, and furred moss besides, when flowers are none To winter-ground thy corse. -- Shak.
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. [U. S.]
Winterkill (v. i.) To die as the result of exposure to the cold of winter; as, the tree winterkills easily.
Winterly (a.) Like winter; wintry; cold; hence, disagreeable, cheerless; as, winterly news. [R.] -- Shak.
The sir growing more winterly in the month of April. -- Camden.
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 (n.) A tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin [syn: Wisconsin, Wisconsin River]
Wisconsin (n.) A midwestern state in north central United States [syn: Wisconsin, Badger State, WI]
Wisconsin. () The name of one of the new states of the United States, of America.
Wisconsin. () 2. The constitution of Wisconsin was adopted by a convention, at Madison, on the first day of February, 1848.
Wisconsin. () 3. The right of suffrage is vested by the third article of the constitution, as follows: Sect. 1. Every male person of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, belonging to either of the following classes, who shall have resided in this state for one year next preceding any election, shall be deemed a qualified elector at such election. 1st. White citizens of the United States. 2d. White persons of foreign birth who shall have declared their intention to become citizens, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization. 3d. Persons of Indian blood who have once been declared by law of congress to be citizens of the United States, any subsequent act of congress to the contrary notwithstanding.
Wisconsin. () 4th. Civilized persons of Indian descent, not members of any tribe; Provided, that the legislature may at any time extend by law the right of suffrage to persons not herein enumerated, but no such law shall be in force until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the people at a general election, and approved by a majority of all the votes cast at such election.
Wisconsin. () Sect. 2. No person under guardianship, non compos mentis, or insane shall be qualified to vote at any election; nor shall any person, convicted of treason or felony, be qualified to vote at any election, unless restored to civil rights.
Wisconsin. () Sect. 3. All votes shall be given by ballot, except for such township officers as may by law be directed or allowed to be otherwise chosen.
Wisconsin. () Sect. 4. No person shall be deemed to have lost his residence in this state by reason of absence on business of the United States or of this state.
Wisconsin. () Sect. 5. No soldier, seaman or marine, in the army or navy of the United States, shall be deemed a resident in this state, in consequence of being stationed within the same.
Wisconsin. () Sect. 6. Laws may be passed excluding from the right of suffrage all persons who have been, or may be convicted of bribery, or larceny, or any infamous crime, and depriving every person who shall make or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of any election, of the right to vote at such election. 4, The fourth article vests the legislative power in a senate and assembly. These will be separately considered, by taking a view, 1. Of the senate. 2. Of the assembly.
Wisconsin. () 5.-Sec. 1. The senate. It will be proper to examine, first, the qualification of the senators; secondly, the time of their election; third, the duration of their office fourth, the number of senators.
Wisconsin. () 6.-1. The senators must have resided one year within the state, and be qualified electors in the district which they may be chosen to represent. Sect. 6.
Wisconsin. () 7.-2. Senators are elected on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November by the qualified electors of the several districts. One half every year.
Wisconsin. () 8.-3. They hold their office for two years.
Wisconsin. () 9.-4. The senate shall consist of a number of members not more than one-third, nor less than one-fourth of the number of the members of the assembly. Sect. 2.
Wisconsin. () 10.-Sec. 2. The assembly will be, considered in the same order.
Wisconsin. () 11.-1. Members of the assembly must have resided one year in the state, and be qualified electors for the district for which they may be chosen.
Wisconsin. () 12.-2. Members of the assembly are elected at the same time senators are elected.
Wisconsin. () 13.-3. They are elected annually.
Wisconsin. () 14.-4. The number of members of the assembly shall never be less than fifty-four nor more than one hundred.
Wisconsin. () 15. The two houses are invested severally with the following powers:
Wisconsin. () Sect. 7. Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide.
Wisconsin. () Sect. 8. Each house may determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish for contempts and disorderly behaviour; and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a member; but no member shall be expelled a second time for the same cause.
Wisconsin. () Sect. 9. Each house shall choose its own officers, and the senate shall choose a temporary president when the lieutenant-governor shall not attend as president, or shall act as governor.
Wisconsin. () Sect. 10. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and publish the same, except such parts as require secrecy. The doors of each house shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days.
Wisconsin. () 16. By the fifth article, the executive power is vested in a governor.
Wisconsin. () 17.-Sect. 1. The executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for two years; a lieutenant governor shall be elected at the same time, and for the same term.
Wisconsin. () 18.-Sect. 2. No person, except a citizen of the United States, and a qualified elector of the state, shall be eligible to the office of governor or lieutenant governor.
Wisconsin. () 19.-Sect. 3. The governor and lieutenant governor shall be elected by the qualified electors of the state, at the times and places of choosing members of the legislature. The persons respectively having the highest, number of votes for governor and lieutenant-governor shall be elected, but in case two or more shall have an equal and the highest number of votes for governor or lieutenant-governor, the two houses of the legislature, at its next annual session, shall forthwith, by joint ballot, choose one of the persons so having an equal and the highest number of votes, for governor or lieutenant governor. The returns of election for governor or lieutenant governor shall be made in such manner as shall be provided by law.
Wisconsin. () 20.-Sect. 4. The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military. and naval forces of the state. He shall have power to convene the legislature on extraordinary occasions; and in case of invasion, or danger from the prevalence of contagious disease at the seat of government, he may convene them at any other suitable place within the state. He shall communicate to the legislature at every session, the condition of the state; and recommend such matters to them for their consideration as he may deem expedient. He shall transact all necessary business with the officers of the government, civil and military. He shall expedite all such measures as may be resolved upon by the legislature, and shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
Wisconsin. () 21.-Sect. 5. The governor shall receive during his continuance in office an annual compensation of one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Wisconsin. () 22.-Sect. 6. The governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction for all offences, except treason, and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. Upon conviction for treason he shall have the power to suspend the execution of the sentence, until the case shall be reported to the legislature at its next meeting, when the legislature shall either pardon, or commute the sentence, direct the execution of the sentence, or grant a further reprieve. He shall annually communicate to the legislature each case of reprieve, commutation or pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the commutation, pardon or reprieve, with his reasons for granting the same.
Wisconsin. () 23.-Sect. 7. In case of the impeachment of the governor, or his removal from office, death, inability from mental or physical disease, resignation or absence from the state, the powers and the duties of the office shall devolve upon the lieutenant-governor for the residue of the term, until the governor, absent or impeached, shall have returned, or the disability shall cease. But when the governor shall, with the consent of the legislature, be out of the state in time of war, at the head of the military force thereof, he shall continue commander-in-chief of the military force of the state.
Wisconsin. () 24.-Sect. 8. The lieutenant-governor shall be president of the senate, but shall have only a casting vote therein. If during a vacancy in the office of governor, the lieutenant governor shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die, or from mental or physical disease, become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the state the secretary of state shall act as governor until the vacancy shall be filled, or the disability shall cease.
Wisconsin. () 25.-Sect. 9. The lieutenant governor shall receive double the per them allowance of members of the senate, for every day's attendance as president of the senate, and the same mileage as shall be allowed to members of the legislature.
Wisconsin. () 26.-Sect. 10. Every bill which shall have passed the legislature, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor; if he approve, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it with his objections to that house in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections It large upon the journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration, two-thirds. of the members present shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of the members present, it shall become a law. But in all such cases, the votes of both houses shall be determined by, yeas and nays, and the names of the members, voting for or against the bill, shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within three days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, unless the legislature shall by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.
Wisconsin. () 27. The seventh article establishes the judiciary as follows.
Wisconsin. () Sect. 1. The court for the trial of impeachments shall be composed of the senate. The house of representatives shall have the power of impeaching all civil officers of this state, for corrupt conduct in office, or for crimes and misdemeanors; but a majority of all the members elected shall concur in an impeachment. On the trial of an impeachment against the governor, the lieutenant governor shall not act as a member of the court. No judicial officer shall exercise his office after he shall have been impeached until his acquittal. Before the trial of an impeachment, the members, of the court shall take an oath or affirmation truly and impartially to try the impeachment according to the evidence; and no person shall be convicted without a concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Judgment in case of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, or removal from office and disqualification to hold any office of honor, profit or trust under the state; but the party impeached shall be liable to indictment, trial and punishment according to law.
Wisconsin. () 28.-Sect. 2. The judicial power of this state, both as to matters of law and equity, shall be vested in a supreme court, circuit courts, courts of probate, and in justices of the peace. The legislature may also vest such jurisdiction as shall be deemed necessary in municipal courts and shall have power to establish inferior courts in the several counties with limited civil and criminal jurisdiction: Provided, that the jurisdiction which may be vested in municipal courts shall not exceed, in their respective municipalities, that of circuit courts, in their respective circuits, as prescribed in this constitution: And that the legislature shall provide as well for the election of judges of the municipal courts, as of the judges of inferior courts, by the qualified electors of the respective jurisdictions. The term of office of the judges of the said municipal and inferior courts shall not be longer than that of the judges of the circuit court.
Wisconsin. () 29.-Sect, 3. The supreme court, except in cases otherwise provided in this constitution, shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which shall be coextensive with the state; but in no case removed to the supreme court shall a trial by jury be allowed. The supreme court shall have a general superintending control over all inferior courts; it shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, injunction, quo warranto certiorari, and other original and remedial writs, and to hear and determine the same.
Wisconsin. () 30.-Sect. 4. For the term of five years and thereafter until the legislature shall otherwise provide, the judges of the several courts shall be judges of the supreme court, four of whom shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority of the judges present shall be necessary to a decision. The legislature shall have power, if they should think it expedient and necessary to provide by law for the organization of a separate supreme court, with the jurisdiction and powers prescribed in this constitution, to consist of one chief justice and two associate justices, to be elected by the qualified electors of the state, at such time and in such manner as the legislature may provide. The separate supreme court, when so organized, shall not be changed or discontinued by the legislature; the judges thereof shall be so classified that but one of them shall go out of office at the same time, and the term of office shall be the same as provided for the judges of the circuit court. And whenever the legislature may consider it necessary to establish a separate supreme court, they shall have power to reduce the number of circuit court judges to four, and subdivide the judicial circuits, but no such subdivision or reduction shall take effect till after the expiration of the term of some one of the said judges, or till a vacancy occur by some other means.
Wisconsin. () 31. Circuits are established, and they may be changed by the legislature.
Wisconsin. () Sec. 7. For each circuit there shall be a judge chosen by the qualified electors therein, who shall hold his office as is provided in this constitution until his successor shall be chosen and qualified, and after he shall have been elected, he shall reside in the circuit for which he was elected. One of said judges shall be designated as chief justice, in such manner as the legislature shall provide. And the legislature shall, at its first session, provide by law as well for the election of, as for classifying, the judges of the circuit court to be elected under this constitution, in such manner, that one of the said judges shall go out of office in two years, one in three years, one in four years, one in five
years and one in six years, and thereafter the judge elected to fill the office, shall bold the same for six years.
Wisconsin. () 32.-8. The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction in all matters civil and criminal within this state, not excepted in this constitution, and not hereafter prohibited by law, and appellate jurisdiction from all inferior courts and tribunals, and a supervisory control over the same. They shall also have the power to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, injunction, quo warranto, certiorari, and all other writs necessary to carry into effect their orders, judgments and decrees, and give them a general control over inferior courts and jurisdictions.
Wisconsin. () 33.-Sect. 9. When a vacancy shall happen in the office of a judge of the supreme or circuit court, such vacancy shall be filled by an appointment of the governor, which shall continue until a successor is elected and qualified; and when elected, such successor shall hold his office the residue of the unexpired term. There shall be no election for a judge or judges at any general election for state or county officers, nor within thirty days either before or after such election.
Wisconsin. () 34.-Sect. 10. Each of the judges of the supreme and circuit courts shall receive a salary, payable quarterly, of not less than one thousand five hundred dollars annually; they shall receive no fees of office or other compensation than their salaries; they shall hold no office of public trust, except a judicial office, during the term for which they are respectively elected, and all votes for either of them for any office except a judicial office, given by the legislature or the people, shall be void. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge who shall not at the time of his election be a citizen of the United States, and have attained the age of twenty-five years, and be a qualified elector within the jurisdiction for which he may be chosen.
Wisconsin. () 35.-Sect. 11. The supreme court shall hold at least one term annually at the seat of government of the state at such times as shall be provided by law, and the legislature may provide for holding other terms, and at other places when they may deem it necessary. A circuit court shall be held at least twice a year, in each county of this state, organized for judicial purposes. The judges of the circuit court may hold courts for each other, and shall do so when required by law.
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. i.) To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. -- Acts xxvii. 29.
This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for. -- Arbuthnot.
Wish (v. t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
I would not wish Any companion in the world but you. -- Shak.
I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper. -- 3. John 2.
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.
I would not wish them to a fairer death. -- Shak.
I wish it may not prove some ominous foretoken of misfortune to have met with such a miser as I am. -- Sir P.
Sidney.
Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil. -- Ps. xl. 14.
Wish (v. t.) To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of. [Obs.] -- Shak.
I would be glad to thrive, sir, And I was wished to your worship by a gentleman. -- B. Jonson.
Syn: See Desire.
Wish (n.) Desire; eager desire; longing.
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God a stead. -- Job xxxiii. 6.
Wish (n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
Blistered be thy tongue for such a wish. -- Shak.
Wish (n.) A thing desired; an object of desire.
Will he, wise, let loose at once his ire . . . To give his enemies their wish! -- Milton.
Wish (n.) A specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire" [syn: wish, wishing, want].
Wish (n.) An expression of some desire or inclination; "I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave"; "his crying was an indirect request for attention" [syn: wish, indirect request].
Wish (n.) (Usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" [syn: regard, wish, compliments].
Wish (n.) The particular preference that you have; "it was his last wish"; "they should respect the wishes of the people."
Wish (v.) Hope for; have a wish; "I wish I could go home now."
Wish (v.) Prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?" [syn: wish, care, like].
Wish (v.) Make or express a wish; "I wish that Christmas were over."
Wish (v.) Feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of [syn: wish, wish well] [ant: begrudge, resent].
Wish (v.) Order politely; express a wish for.
Wish (v.) Invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" [syn: wish, bid].
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Wishable (a.) Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable. -- Udall.
Wishbone (n.) The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.
Note: It is a sportive custom for two persons to break this bone by pulling the ends apart to see who will get the longer piece, the securing of which is regarded as a lucky omen, signifying that the person holding it will obtain the gratification of some secret wish.
Wishbone (n.) The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.
Wishbone (n.) The furcula of a domestic fowl [syn: wishbone, wishing bone].
Wishedly (adv.) According to wish; conformably to desire. [Obs.] -- Chapman.