Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 6
Ward (n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
For the best ward of mine honor. -- Shak.
The assieged castle's ward Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain. -- Spenser.
For want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his front to guard. -- Dryden.
Ward (n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard. -- Gen. xl. 3.
I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am now in ward. -- Shak.
It is also inconvenient, in Ireland, that the wards and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal of any of those lords. -- Spenser.
Ward (n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. "Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my point." -- Shak.
Ward (n.) One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically:
Ward (n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. "You know our father's ward, the fair Monimia." -- Otway.
Ward (n.) A division of a county. [Eng. & Scot.]
Ward (n.) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
Throughout the trembling city placed a guard, Dealing an equal share to every ward. -- Dryden.
Ward (n.) A division of a forest. [Eng.]
Ward (n.) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
Ward (n.) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.
Ward (n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. -- Knight.
The lock is made . . . more secure by attaching wards to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches. -- Tomlinson.
Ward penny (O. Eng. Law), money paid to the sheriff or castellan for watching and warding a castle.
Ward staff, A constable's or watchman's staff. [Obs.]
Warded (imp. & p. p.) of Ward.
Warding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ward.
Ward (v. t.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight To ward the same. -- Spenser.
Ward (v. t.) To defend; to protect.
Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand dangers. -- Shak.
Ward (v. t.) To defend by
walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.]
Ward (v. t.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything
mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. -- Daniel.
The pointed javelin warded off his rage. -- Addison.
It instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. -- I. Watts.
Ward (v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
Ward (v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Ward (n.) A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another.
Ward (n.) A district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections.
Ward (n.) Block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward" [syn: ward, hospital ward].
Ward (n.) English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) [syn: Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth].
Ward (n.) English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) [syn: Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward].
Ward (n.) United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) [syn: Ward, Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward].
Ward (n.) A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) [syn: cellblock, ward].
Ward (v.) Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away" [syn: guard, ward].
Ward, () A prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30).
Ward, () Domestic relations. An infant placed by authority of law under the care of a guardian.
Ward, () While under the care of a guardian a ward can make no contract whatever binding upon him, except for necessaries. When the relation of guardian and ward ceases, the latter is entitled to have an account of the administration of his estate from the former. During the existence of this relation, the ward is under the subjection of his guardian, who stands in loco parentis.
Ward, () A district. Most cities are divided for various purposes into districts, each of which is called a ward.
Ward, () police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing violations of the law.
Ward, () It is the duty of all police officers and constables to keep ward in their respective districts.
Ward -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 58795
Housing Units (2000): 25097
Land area (2000): 2012.883559 sq. miles (5213.344262 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 43.363629 sq. miles (112.311278 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2056.247188 sq. miles (5325.655540 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.255894 N, 101.488391 W
Headwords:
Ward
Ward, ND
Ward County
Ward County, ND
Ward -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 10909
Housing Units (2000): 4832
Land area (2000): 835.492247 sq. miles (2163.914893 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.252109 sq. miles (0.652960 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 835.744356 sq. miles (2164.567853 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.517740 N, 103.016977 W
Headwords:
Ward
Ward, TX
Ward County
Ward County, TX
Ward, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
Population (2000): 2580
Housing Units (2000): 1075
Land area (2000): 3.894989 sq. miles (10.087974 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.894989 sq. miles (10.087974 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73130
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.019996 N, 91.954987 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 72176
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Ward, AR
Ward
Ward, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 169
Housing Units (2000): 82
Land area (2000): 0.569241 sq. miles (1.474328 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.569241 sq. miles (1.474328 sq. km)
FIPS code: 82735
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.072347 N, 105.510131 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 80481
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Ward, CO
Ward
Ward, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000): 110
Housing Units (2000): 62
Land area (2000): 0.778374 sq. miles (2.015980 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.778374 sq. miles (2.015980 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74590
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 33.857891 N, 81.732286 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 29166
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Ward, SC
Ward
Ward, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000): 41
Housing Units (2000): 22
Land area (2000): 0.284691 sq. miles (0.737345 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.284691 sq. miles (0.737345 sq. km)
FIPS code: 8660
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 44.154239 N, 96.461131 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57074
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Ward, SD
Ward
Ward-corn (n.) (O. Eng. Law) The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise. -- Burrill.
Wardcorps (n.) Guardian; one set to
watch over another. [Obs.] "Though thou preyedest Argus . . . to be my
wardcorps." -- Chaucer.
Warden (n.) A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
He called to the warden on the . . . battlements. -- Sir. W. Scott.
Warden (n.) An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
Warden (n.) A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
Warden (n.) [Properly, a keeping pear.]
A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting. [Obs.]
I would have had him roasted like a warden. -- Beau. & Fl.
Warden pie, A pie made of warden pears. [Obs.] -- Shak. Wardenry
Warden (n.) The chief official in charge of a prison.
Warden. () A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various officers: as, the warden of the prison; the wardens of the port of Philadelphia; church wardens.
Warden, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000): 2544
Housing Units (2000): 790
Land area (2000): 2.098592 sq. miles (5.435327 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.053520 sq. miles (0.138617 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.152112 sq. miles (5.573944 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76160
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 46.966250 N, 119.043138 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 98857
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Warden, WA
Warden
Wardenry (n.) Alt. of Wardenship
Wardenship (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a warden.
Warder (n.) One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. "The warders of the gate." -- Dryden.
Warder (n.) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will.
When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind, Casts down his warder to arrest them there. -- Daniel.
Wafting his warder thrice about his head, He cast it up with his auspicious hand, Which was the signal, through the English spread, This they should charge. -- Drayton.
Warder (n.) A person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners.
Wardian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.
Wardmote (n.) Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like. -- Brande & C. "Wards and wardmotes." -- Piers Plowman.
Wardrobe (n.) 衣櫥，衣室，全部衣服 A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes.
Wardrobe (n.) Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration.
Flowers that their gay wardrobe wear. -- Milton.
With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe. -- T. Hughes.
Wardrobe (n.) (Obsolete) A privy. -- Chaucer.
Wardrobe (n.) A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes [syn: {wardrobe}, {closet}, {press}].
Wardrobe (n.) Collection of clothing belonging to one person.
Wardrobe (n.) Collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company.
Compare: Gunroom
Gunroom (n.) (Naut.) An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called {wardroom} in the United States navy.
Compare: Messroom
Messroom (n.) A dining room aboard ship or at a naval base.
Wardroom (n.) (Naut.)（艦長以外的）軍官室；（艦長以外的）全體軍官 A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See Gunroom. -- Totten.
Wardroom (n.) A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc. [U. S.]
Wardroom (n.) Military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain).
-wards () See -ward.
Wardship (n.) 監護；監護權 The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.
Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. -- Blackstone.
Wardship (n.) The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.
It was the wisest act . . . in my wardship. -- B. Jonson.
Wardship (n.), Eng. law. Wardship was the right of the lord over the person and estate of the tenant, when the latter was under a certain age. When a tenant by knight's service died, and his heir was under age, the lord was entitled to the custody of the person and the lands of the heir, without any account, until the ward, if a male, should arrive at the age of twenty-one years, and, if a female, at eighteen. Wardship was also incident to a tenure in socage, but in this case, not the lord, but the nearest relation to whom the inheritance could not descend, was entitled to the custody of the person and estate of the heir till he attained the age of fourteen years; at which period the wardship ceased and the guardian was bound, to account. Wardship in copyhold estates partook of that in chivalry and that guardian like the latter, he was required lib. 7, c. 9; Grand Cout. c. 33; Reg. Maj. c. 42.
Compare: Guardian
Guardian (n.) [C] 保護者，守護者；管理員；【律】監護人 A person who protects or defends something.
‘Self-appointed guardians of public morality.’
Guardian (n.) A person who is legally responsible for the care of someone who is unable to manage their own affairs, especially a child whose parents have died.
‘I am acting as guardian of my late brother's family.’
Guardian (n.) The superior of a Franciscan convent.
Compare: Guardianship
Guardianship (n.) [Mass noun] 監護；保護；守護；監護權 The position of protecting or defending something.
‘Guardianship of traditional beliefs and standards.’
‘The guardianship of the rural landscape.’
Guardianship (n.) [Mass noun] The position of being legally responsible for the care of someone who is unable to manage their own affairs.
‘She was granted temporary guardianship of the three children.’
[As modifier] ‘Peter was made the subject of a guardianship order.’
Guardianship (n.) [U] 監護人（或保護者）身份（或職責） The state or duty of being a guardian.
Wardsmen (n. pl. ) of Wardsman.
Wardsman (n.) A man who keeps ward; a guard. [R.] -- Sydney Smith.
Ware (obs. imp. of Wear.) Wore.
Ware (v. t.) (Naut.) To wear, or veer. See Wear.
Ware (n.) (Bot.) Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Ware goose (Zool.), The brant; -- so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.]
Ware (n.) Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise. "Retails his wares at wakes." --Shak. "To chaffer with them and eke to sell them their ware." -- Chaucer.
It the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day. -- Neh. x. 31.
Note: Although originally and properly a collective noun, it admits of a plural form, when articles of merchandise of different kinds are meant. It is often used in composition; as in hardware, glassware, tinware, etc.
Ware (a.) A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See Beware. [Obs.]
She was ware and knew it bet [better] than he. -- Chaucer.
Of whom be thou ware also. -- 2. Tim. iv. 15.
He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition. -- Latimer.
The only good that grows of passed fear Is to be wise, and ware of like again. -- Spenser.
Ware (n.) The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Ware (v. t.) To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against. "Ware that I say." -- Chaucer.
God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. -- Chaucer.
Then ware a rising tempest on the main. -- Dryden.
Ware (n.) Articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'.
Ware (n.) Commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" [syn: merchandise, ware, product].
Ware (v.) Spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume, squander, waste, ware].
Ware -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 35483
Housing Units (2000): 15831
Land area (2000): 902.293304 sq. miles (2336.928831 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.018689 sq. miles (10.408357 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 906.311993 sq. miles (2347.337188 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 31.205650 N, 82.412807 W
Headwords:
Ware
Ware, GA
Ware County
Ware County, GA
Ware, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
Population (2000): 6174
Housing Units (2000): 2906
Land area (2000): 6.174500 sq. miles (15.991881 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.136136 sq. miles (0.352591 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.310636 sq. miles (16.344472 sq. km)
FIPS code: 72845
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 42.259965 N, 72.245841 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 01082
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Ware, MA
Ware
Wareful (a.) Wary; watchful; cautious. [Obs.]
Warefulness (n.) Wariness; cautiousness. [Obs.] "Full of warefulness." -- Sir P. Sidney.
Warega fly () (Zool.) A Brazilian fly whose larvae live in the skin of man and animals, producing painful sores.
Warehouses (n. pl. ) of Warehouse.
Warehouse (n.) [C] 倉庫，貨棧；【英】批發店；大型零售店 A storehouse for wares, or goods. -- Addison.
Warehoused (imp. & p. p.) of Warehouse.
Warehousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Warehouse.
Warehouse (v. t.) 把……存入倉庫，使落棧 To deposit or secure in a warehouse.
Warehouse (v. t.) To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.
Warehouse (n.) A storehouse for goods and merchandise [syn: warehouse, storage warehouse].
Warehouse (v.) Store in a warehouse.
Warehousemen (n. pl. ) of Warehouseman.
Warehouseman (n.) One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.
Warehouseman (n.) One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods. [Eng.]
Warehouseman's itch (Med.), A form of eczema occurring on the back of the hands of warehousemen.
Warehousing (n.) The act of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a customhouse store.
Warehousing system, An arrangement for lodging imported articles in the customhouse stores, without payment of duties until they are taken out for home consumption. If reexported, they are not charged with a duty. See Bonded warehouse, under Bonded, a.
Warehousing (n.) Depositing in a warehouse; "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing" [syn: repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing].
Wareless (n.) Unwary; incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware. [Obs.]
And wareless of the evil That by themselves unto themselves is wrought. -- Spenser.
Warely (adv.) Cautiously; warily. [Obs.]
They bound him hand and foot with iron chains, And with continual watch did warely keep. -- Spenser.
Warence (n.) (Bot.) Madder.
Wareroom (n.) A room in which goods are stored or exhibited for sale.
Wares (n. pl.) See 4th Ware.
Warfare (n.) Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. -- I Sam. xxviii. 1.
This day from battle rest; Faithful hath been your warfare. -- Milton.
Warfare (n.) Contest; struggle.
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. -- 2 Cor. x. 4.
Warfare (v. i.) To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. -- Camden.
Warfare (n.) The waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" [syn: war, warfare].
Warfare (n.) An active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" [syn: war, warfare].
Warfarer (n.) One engaged in warfare; a military man; a soldier; a warrior.
Warhable (a.) Fit for war. [Obs.] "Warhable youth." -- Spenser.
Warhead (n.) The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents [syn: warhead, payload, load].
Warhead (n.) [ C ] （炸彈或導彈的）彈頭 The front part of a bomb or missile that contains explosives.
// A conventional/ nuclear warhead.
Warhorse (n.) A work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition.
Warhorse (n.) An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service [syn: veteran, old-timer, oldtimer, old hand, warhorse, old stager, stager].
Warhorse (n.) Horse used in war.
Warhorse (n.) (In historical contexts) 軍馬；戰馬；老兵；老手；（樂曲中的）陳腔，老調 A powerful horse ridden in a battle.
Warhorse (n.) [Informal] A soldier, politician, or sports player who has fought many campaigns or contests.
‘An old political warhorse.’
Warhorse (n.) A horse used in war; charger.
Warhorse (n.) [Informal] A veteran, as a soldier or politician, of many struggles and conflicts.
Warhorse (n.) （樂曲中的）陳腔，老調 A musical composition, play, etc., that has been seen, heard, or performed excessively.
Compare: Charger
Charger (n.) [C] 戰馬；坐騎；衝鋒者，突擊者；突擊物；充電器 A horse ridden by a knight or cavalryman.
Charger (n.) A device for charging a battery or battery-powered equipment.
Charger (n.) [Archaic] A large flat dish.
‘The First Church of Deerfield retains two large plates, or chargers, marked by the London pewterer Samuel Ellis I.’
Compare: Cavalryman
Cavalryman (n.) (pl. - men) 騎兵 A soldier in the cavalry.
Wariangle (n.) (Zool.) The red-backed shrike ({Lanius collurio); -- called also wurger, worrier, and throttler. [Written also
warriangle, weirangle, etc.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Warily (adv.) In a wary manner.
Wariment (n.) Wariness. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Warine (n.) (Zool.) A South American monkey, one of the sapajous.
Wariness (n.) The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness. "An almost reptile wariness." -- G. W. Cable.
To determine what are little things in religion, great wariness is to be used. -- Sprat.
Syn: Caution; watchfulness; circumspection; foresight; care; vigilance; scrupulousness.
Wariness (n.) The trait of being cautious and watchful [syn: wariness, chariness] [ant: unwariness].
Warish (v. t.) To protect from
the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal. [Obs.]
My brother shall be warished hastily. -- Chaucer.
Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle. -- Holland.
Warish (v. i.) To be cured; to recover. [Obs.]
Warison (v. t.) Preparation; protection; provision; supply. [Obs.]
Warison (v. t.) Reward; requital; guerdon. [Obs. or Scot.]
Wit and wisdom is good warysoun. -- Proverbs of Hending.
Wark (n.) Work; a building. [Obs. or Scot.] -- Spenser.
Warkloom (n.) A tool; an implement. [Scot.]
Warlike (a.) 戰爭的，好戰的，尚武的，軍事的 Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.
Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men. -- Shak.
Warlike (a.) Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.
The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased. -- Milton.
Syn: Martial; hostile; soldierly. See Martial.
Warlike (a.) Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies" [syn: {militant}, {hawkish}, {warlike}].
Warlike (a.) Suggesting war or military life [syn: {warlike}, {martial}].
Warlike (a.) (Formal) 好戰的，尚武的 Often involved in and eager to start wars.
// It has often been said, perhaps unfairly, that they are a warlike nation/ people.
Warlikeness (n.) Quality of being warlike.
Warling (n.) One often quarreled with; -- ? word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling. [Obs.]
Better
be an old man's darling than a young man's warling. -- Camde?.
Warlock (n.) A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp. [Written
also warluck.]
-- Dryden.
It was Eyvind Kallda's crew Of warlocks blue, With their caps of darkness hooded! -- Longfellow.
Warlock (a.) Of or pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish. [R.]
Thou shalt win the warlock fight. -- J. R. Drak?.
Warlock (n.) A male witch or demon.
Warlockry (n.) Impishness; magic.
Warly
(a.)
Warlike. -- Burns.
Warm (a.) 暖和的，暖的，溫暖的，熱烈的，興奮的，激烈的，多情的，色情的 Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
"Whose blood is warm within." -- Shak.
Warm and still is the summer night. -- Longfellow.
Warm (a.) Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
Warm (a.) Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
Warm (a.) Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.
Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! -- Milton.
Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. -- Pope.
They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad? mouths at. -- Addison.
I had been none of the warmest of partisans. -- Hawthor??.
Warm (a.) Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.
Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't. -- Dryden.
Warm (a.) Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. [Colloq.]
Warm householders, every one of them. -- W. Irving.
You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him. -- Goldsmith.
Warm (a.) In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [Colloq.]
Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," ?? children say at blindman's buff. -- Black.
Warm (a.) (Paint.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.
Syn: Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.
Warmed (imp. & p. p.) of Warm.
Warming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Warm.