Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 5
Wanghee (n.) (Bot.) The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks. [Written also {whanghee}.]
Wango (n.) Random bit-level grovelling going on in a system during some unspecified operation. Often used in combination with mumble. For example: "You start with the ".o" file, run it through this postprocessor that does mumble-wango - and it comes out a snazzy object-oriented executable." [{Jargon File]
Wango (n.) 回飛棒；飛去來器 A boomerang.
Wanhope (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. "Wanhope and distress." -- Chaucer.
Wanhorn (n.) An East Indian plant (Kaempferia Galanga) of the Ginger family. See {Galanga}.
Waniand (n.) The wane of the moon. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
Waning (n.) The act or process of waning, or decreasing.
This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses. -- Bp. Hall.
Wane (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. {Waned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waning}.] To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with {wax}, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane.
Waning moons their settled periods keep. -- Addison.
Wane (v. i.) To decline; to fail; to sink.
You saw but sorrow in its waning form. -- Dryden.
Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. -- Sir J. Child.
Wangle (n.) 【口】狡詐的行為 An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery [syn: wangle, wangling].
Wangle (v.) (v. i.) 以計謀得到；巧妙地拿到；粉飾；欺瞞；逃避 Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods [syn: wangle, finagle, manage].
Wangle (v.) Tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent].
Waning (a.) (Of the Moon) Pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon" [ant: {waxing}].
Waning (n.) A gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon" [ant: {waxing}].
Wanion (n.) A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase with a wanion, apparently equivalent to with a vengeance, with a plague, or with misfortune. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson. Latimer.
Wankle (a.) Not to be depended on; weak; unstable. [Prov. Eng.] -- Grose.
Wanly (adv.) In a wan, or pale, manner.
Wanly (adv.) In a weak or pale or languid manner; "she was smiling wanly".
Wanned (a.) Made wan, or pale.
Wanness (n.) The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever.
Wanness (n.) Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: {lividness}, {lividity}, {luridness}, {paleness}, {pallidness}, {pallor}, {wanness}, {achromasia}].
Wannish (a.) Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.
No sun, but a wannish glare, In fold upon fold of hueless cloud. -- Tennyson.
Want (n.) 缺乏；貧困；需要 The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
And me, his parent, would full soon devour For want of other prey. -- Milton.
From having wishes in consequence of our wants, we often feel wants in consequence of our wishes. -- Rambler.
Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and more saucy. -- Franklin.
Want (n.) Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want. -- Swift.
Want (n.) That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.
Habitual superfluities become actual wants. -- Paley.
Want (n.) (Mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. [Eng.]
Syn: Indigence; deficiency; defect; destitution; lack; failure; dearth; scarceness.
Wanted (imp. & p. p.) of Want.
Wanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Want.
Want (v. t.) [W] 要，想要 [+to-v] [O2] [O7] [O8] [O4]；想見；要求（某人）來；想用（某人）[H]；緝拿，追捕 [H] [（+for）] To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.
They that want honesty, want anything. -- Beau. & Fl.
Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. -- Milton.
The unhappy never want enemies. -- Richardson.
Want (v. t.) To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
Want (v. t.) To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave. " What wants my son?" -- Addison.
I want to speak to you about something. -- A. Trollope.
Want (v. i.) [W] 缺乏，缺少；需要 [（+for）]；生活困苦，貧困 To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.
The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life. -- Dryden.
Want (v. i.) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
You have a gift, sir (thank your education), Will never let you want. -- B. Jonson.
For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swelled with wind. -- Pope.
Note: Want was formerly used impersonally with an indirect object. "Him wanted audience." -- Chaucer.
Wa'n't () A colloquial contraction of was not.
Want (n.) A state of extreme poverty [syn: {privation}, {want}, {deprivation}, {neediness}].
Want (n.) The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" [syn: {lack}, {deficiency}, {want}].
Want (n.) Anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants" [syn: {need}, {want}].
Want (n.) A specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire" [syn: {wish}, {wishing}, {want}].
Want (v.) Feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" [syn: {desire}, {want}].
Want (v.) Have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" [syn: {want}, {need}, {require}].
Want (v.) Hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you".
Want (v.) Wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!".
Want (v.) Be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter".
Wantage (n.) That which is wanting; deficiency.
Wanting (a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion.
Wanting (a.) Nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting].
Wanting (a.) Inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)].
Wantless (a.) Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
Wanton (a.) Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton
wilderness." -- Spenser. "A wild and wanton herd." -- Shak.
A wanton and a merry [friar]. -- Chaucer.
[She] her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved. -- Milton.
How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise! -- Addison.
Wanton (a.) Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. "Men grown wanton by prosperity." -- Roscommon.
Wanton (a.) Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
Not with wanton looking of folly. -- Chaucer.
[Thou art] froward by nature, enemy to peace, Lascivious, wanton. -- Shak.
Wanton (a.) Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.
Wanton (n.) A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.
I am afeard you make a wanton of me. -- Shak.
Peace, my wantons; he will do More than you can aim unto. -- B. Jonson.
Wanton (n.) One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
Anything, sir, That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton. -- Beau. & Fl.
Wanton (n.) A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.
Wantoned (imp. & p. p.) of Wanton.
Wantoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wanton.
Wanton (v. i.) To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
Nature here wantoned as in her prime. -- Milton.
How merrily we would sally into the fields, and strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton like young dace in the streams! -- Lamb.
Wanton (v. i.) To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
Wanton (v. t.) To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. [Obs.]
Wanton (a.) Occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack" -- F.D.Roosevelt [syn: motiveless, unprovoked, wanton].
Wanton (a.) Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" [syn: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton].
Wanton (n.) Lewd or lascivious woman.
Wanton (v.) Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn: piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle].
Wanton (v.) Indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
Wanton (v.) Spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away" [syn: wanton, wanton away, trifle away].
Wanton (v.) Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously [syn: luxuriate, wanton].
Wanton (v.) Engage in amorous play.
Wanton (v.) Behave extremely cruelly and brutally.
Wantonize (v. i.) To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton. [R.] -- Lamb.
Wantonly (adv.) In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
Wantonly (adv.) Unintentionally; accidentally. [Obs.] -- J. Dee.
Wantonly (adv.) In a wanton manner; "the animals were killed wantonly for sport".
Wantonly (adv.) In a licentious and promiscuous manner; "this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously" [syn: licentiously, wantonly, promiscuously].
Wantonness (n.) 放縱；嬉戲；繁茂；淫蕩 The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. -- Gower.
The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness. -- Eikon Basilike.
Young gentlemen would be as sad as night Only for wantonness. -- Shak.
Wantonness (n.) The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn: abandon, wantonness, unconstraint].
Wantonness (n.) The quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn: licentiousness, wantonness].
Wantonness, () crim. law. A licentious act by one man towards the person of another without regard to his rights; as, for example, if a man should attempt to pull off another's hat against his will in order to expose him to ridicule, the offence would be an assault, and if he touched him it would amount to a battery. (q.v.)
Wantonness, () In such case there would be no malice, but the wantonness of the act would render the offending party liable to punishment.
Wantrust (n.) Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Wantwit (n.) One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Wanty (n.) A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope. [Prov. Eng.]
Wany (v. i.) To wane. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Wany (a.) Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log.
Wany (a.) Spoiled by wet; -- said of timber. -- Halliwell.
Wanze (v. i.) To wane; to wither. [Obs.]
Wap (v. t. & i.) To beat; to whap. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Sir T. Malory.
Wap (n.) A blow or beating; a whap. [Prov. Eng.]
WAP, () Wireless Application Protocol (mobile-systems, WLAN)
WAP, () Wissenschaftliche ArbeitsPlatzrechner
Wireless Application Protocol
WAP, () (WAP) An open international standard for applications that use wireless communication, e.g. Internet access from a mobile phone.
The official body developing WAP is the WAP Forum.
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Wapacut (n.) (Zool.) The American hawk owl. See under Hawk.
Wapatoo (n.) (Bot.) The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis); -- so called by the Indians of Oregon. [Written also wappato.]
Waped (a.) Cast down; crushed by misery; dejected. [Obs.]
Wapentake (n.) In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds. [Written also wapentac.]
--Selden. Blackstone.
Wapentake. () An ancient word used in England as synonymous with hundred.
(q.v.) Fortesc. De Laud. ch. 24.
Wapinschaw (n.) An exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district. [Scot.] -- Jamieson. Sir W. Scott.
Wapiti (n.) (Zool.) The American elk ({Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.
Note: By some writers it is thought to be a variety of the red deer, but it is considered a distinct species by others. It is noted for the large, branching antlers of the male.
Wapiti (n.) Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male [syn: wapiti, elk, American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis].
Wapiti (n.) Common deer of temperate Europe and Asia [syn: red deer, elk, American elk, wapiti, Cervus elaphus].
Wapp (n.) (Naut.) A fair-leader.
Wapp (n.) (Naut.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.
Compare: Wapatoo
Wapatoo (n.) (Bot.) The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead ({Sagittaria variabilis); -- so called by the Indians of Oregon. [Written also wappato.]
Wappato (n.) (Bot.) See Wapatoo.
Wappened (a.) A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.
This [gold] is it That makes the wappen'd widow wed again.
Note: It is conjectured by some that it is an error for wappered, meaning tremulous or exhausted.
Wapper (v. t. & i.) To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter. [Obs.]
Wapper (n.) (Zool.) A gudgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
Wappet (n.) A small yelping cur. [Prov. Eng.]
Wapping (n.) Yelping. [R.] -- Fuller.
War (a.) Ware; aware. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
War (n.) A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities.
Men will ever distinguish war from mere bloodshed. -- F. W. Robertson.
Note: As war is the contest of nations or states, it always implies that such contest is authorized by the monarch or the sovereign power of the nation. A war begun by attacking another nation, is called an offensive war, and such attack is aggressive. War undertaken to repel invasion, or the attacks of an enemy, is called defensive.
War (n.) (Law) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.
War (n.) Instruments of war. [Poetic]
His complement of stores, and total war. -- Prior.
War (n.) Forces; army. [Poetic]
On their embattled ranks the waves return, And overwhelm their war. -- Milton.
War (n.) The profession of arms; the art of war.
Thou art but a youth, and he is a man of war from his youth. -- 1 Sam. xvii. 33.
War (n.) A state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility. "Raised impious war in heaven." -- Milton.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart. -- Ps. lv. 21.
Civil war, A war between different sections or parties of the same country or nation.
Holy war. See under Holy.
Man of war. (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary.
Public war, A war between independent sovereign states.
War cry, A cry or signal used in war; as, the Indian war cry.
War dance, A dance among savages preliminary to going to war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby enlists as one of the party engaged in a warlike excursion. -- Schoolcraft.
War field, A field of war or battle.
War horse, A horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse for military service; a charger.
War paint, Paint put on the face and other parts of the body by savages, as a token of going to war. "Wash the war paint from your faces." -- Longfellow.
War song, A song of or pertaining to war; especially, among the American Indians, a song at the war dance, full of incitements to military ardor.
War
whoop, A war
cry, especially that uttered by the American Indians.
Warred (imp. & p. p.) of War.
Warring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of War.
War (v. i.) To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.
Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it. -- Isa. vii. 1.
Why should I war without the walls of Troy? -- Shak.
Our countrymen were warring on that day! -- Byron.
War (v. i.) To contend; to strive violently; to fight. "Lusts which war against the soul." -- 1 Pet. ii. 11.
War (v. t.) To make war upon; to fight. [R.]
To war the Scot, and borders to defend. -- Daniel.
War (v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage. [R.]
That thou . . . mightest war a good warfare. -- Tim. i. 18.
War (n.) The waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" [syn: war, warfare].
War (n.) A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring" [syn: war, state of war] [ant: peace].
War (n.) An active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" [syn: war, warfare].
War (n.) A concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime".
War (v.) Make or wage war [ant: make peace].
WAR, () Web Application aRchive (Java).
WAR, () Write-After-Read (WAW, RAW).
War, () The Israelites had to take possession of the Promised Land by conquest. They had to engage in a long and bloody war before the Canaanitish tribes were finally subdued. Except in the case of Jericho and Ai, the war did not become aggressive till after the death of Joshua. Till then the attack was always first made by the Canaanites. Now the measure of the iniquity of the Canaanites was full, and Israel was employed by God to sweep them away from off the face of the earth. In entering on this new stage of the war, the tribe of Judah, according to divine direction, took the lead.
In the days of Saul and David the people of Israel engaged in many wars with the nations around, and after the division of the kingdom into two they often warred with each other. They had to defend themselves also against the inroads of the Egyptians, the Assyrians, and the Babylonians. The whole history of Israel from first to last presents but few periods of peace.
The Christian life is represented as a warfare, and the Christian graces are also represented under the figure of pieces of armour (Eph. 6:11-17; 1 Thess. 5:8; 2 Tim. 2:3, 4). The final blessedness of believers is attained as the fruit of victory (Rev. 3:21).
WAR. () A contention by force; or the art of paralysing the forces of an enemy.
WAR. () It is either public or private. It is not intended here to speak of the latter.
WAR. () Public war is either civil or national. Civil war is that which is waged between two parties, citizens or members of the same state or nation. National war is a contest between two or more independent nations) carried on by authority of their respective governments.
WAR. () War is not only an act, but a state or condition, for nations are said to be at war not only when their armies are engaged, so as to be in the very act of contention, but also when, they have any matter of controversy or dispute subsisting between them which they are determined to decide by the use of force, and have declared publicly, or by their acts, their determination so to decide it.
WAR. () National wars are said to be offensive or defensive. War is offensive on the part of that government which commits the first act of violence; it is defensive on the part of that government which receives such act; but it is very difficult to say what is the first act of violence. If a nation sees itself menaced with an attack, its first act of violence to prevent such attack, will be considered as defensive.
WAR. () To legalize a war it must be declared by that branch of the government entrusted by the constitution with this power. Bro. tit., Denizen, pl. 20. And it seems it need not be declared by both the belligerent powers. Rob. Rep. 232. By the constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 7, congress are invested with power "to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water; and they have also the power to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy." See 8 Cranch, R. 110, 154; 1 Mason, R. 79, 81; 4 Binn. R 487. Vide, generally, Grot. B, 1, c. 1, s. 1 Rutherf. Inst. B. 1, c. 19; Bynkershoeck, Quest. Jur. Pub. lib. 1, c. 1; Lee on Capt. c. 1; Chit. Law of Nat. 28; Marten's Law of Nat. B. 8, c. 2; Phil. Ev. Index, h., t. Dane's Ab. Index, h. i.; Com. Dig. h.t. Bac. Ab. Prerogative, D 4; Merl. Repert. mot Guerre; 1 Inst. 249; Vattel, liv. 3, c. 1, Sec. 1; Mann. Com. B. 3, c. 1.
WAR, (n.) A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity. The student of history who has not been taught to expect the unexpected may justly boast himself inaccessible to the light. "In time of peace prepare for war" has a deeper meaning than is commonly discerned; it means, not merely that all things earthly have an end -- that change is the one immutable and eternal law -- but that the soil of peace is thickly sown with the seeds of war and singularly suited to their germination and growth. It was when Kubla Khan had decreed his "stately pleasure dome" -- when, that is to say, there were peace and fat feasting in Xanadu -- that he heard from afar Ancestral voices prophesying war.
One of the greatest of poets, Coleridge was one of the wisest of men, and it was not for nothing that he read us this parable. Let us have a little less of "hands across the sea," and a little more of that elemental distrust that is the security of nations. War loves to come like a thief in the night; professions of eternal amity provide the night.
War, WV -- U.S. city in West Virginia
Population (2000): 788
Housing Units (2000): 388
Land area (2000): 0.905133 sq. miles (2.344283 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.905133 sq. miles (2.344283 sq. km)
FIPS code: 84484
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 37.301140 N, 81.684031 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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War-beaten (a.) Warworn.
Warble (n.) (Far.) A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling.
Warble (n.) (Far.) A small tumor produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles.
Warble (n.) (Zool.) See Wormil.
Warbled (imp. & p. p.) of Warble
Warbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Warble
Warble (v. t.) To sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to modulate with turns or variations; to trill; as, certain birds are remarkable for warbling their songs.
Warble (v. t.) To utter musically; to modulate; to carol.
If she be right invoked in warbled song. -- Milton.
Warbling sweet the nuptial lay. -- Trumbull.
Warble (v. t.) To cause to quaver or vibrate. "And touch the warbled string." -- Milton.
Warble (v. i.) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat. -- Gay.
Warble (v. i.) To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations. "Birds on the branches warbling." -- Milton.
Warble (v. i.) To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel.
Warble (n.) A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.
And he, the wondrous child, Whose silver warble wild Outvalued every pulsing sound. -- Emerson.
Wormil (n.) [Cf. 1st Warble.] (Zool.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores.
They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble. [Written also wormal, wormul, and wornil.]
Wormil (n.) (Far.) See 1st Warble, 1 (b) .
Warble (n.) A lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly.
Warble (v.) Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below [syn: warble, trill, quaver].
Warble (v.) Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: yodel, warble, descant].
Warbler (n.) One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds.
In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo. -- Tickell.
Warbler (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family Sylviidae, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under Reed), and sedge warbler (see under Sedge) are well-known species.
Warbler (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical.
Note: The American warblers are often divided, according to their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers, fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers, wormeating warblers, etc.
Bush warbler (Zool.) Any American warbler of the genus Opornis,+as+the+Connecticut+warbler+({Opornis+agilis">Opornis, as the Connecticut warbler ({Opornis agilis).
Creeping warbler (Zool.), Any one of several species of very small American warblers belonging to Parula, Mniotilta, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed warbler ({Parula Americana), and the black-and-white creeper ({Mniotilta varia).
Fly-catching warbler (Zool.), Any one of several species of warblers belonging to Setophaga, Sylvania, and allied genera having the bill hooked and notched at the tip, with strong rictal bristles at the base, as the hooded warbler ({Sylvania mitrata), the black-capped warbler ({Sylvania pusilla), the Canadian warbler ({Sylvania Canadensis}), and the American redstart (see Redstart).
Ground warbler (Zool.), Any American warbler of the genus Geothlypis, as the mourning ground warbler ({Geothlypis Philadelphia), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see Yellowthroat).
Wood warbler (Zool.), Any one of numerous American warblers of the genus Dendroica. Among the most common wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or yellow warbler (see under Yellow), the black-throated green warbler ({Dendroica virens), the yellow-rumped warbler ({Dendroica coronata), the blackpoll ({Dendroica striata), the bay-breasted warbler ({Dendroica castanea), the chestnut-sided warbler ({Dendroica Pennsylvanica), the Cape May warbler ({Dendroica tigrina), the prairie warbler (see under Prairie), and the pine warbler ({Dendroica pinus). See also Magnolia warbler, under Magnolia, and Blackburnian warbler.
Warbler (n.) A singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the Song.
Warbler (n.) A small active songbird.
Warblingly (adv.) In a warbling manner.
Warburg's tincture () A preparation containing quinine and many other ingredients, often used in the treatment of malarial affections. It was invented by Dr. Warburg of London.
-ward (v. i.) Alt. of -- wards.
-wards (v. i.) Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.
Ward (n.) The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under {Watch}, n., 1.
Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward. -- Spenser.