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Wend Wend intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Wended , Obsolete Went ; present participle & verbal noun Wending .] [ Anglo-Saxon wendan to turn, to go, caus. of windan to wind; akin to Old Saxon wendian , OFries. wenda , Dutch wenden to turn, German wenden , Icelandic venda , Swedish vända , Danish vende , Goth. wandjan . See Wind to turn, and confer Went .] To Athens shall the lovers wend .Shak. Wend Wend transitive verb To direct; to betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way . Also used reflexively. "Great voyages to wend ." Surrey.
Wend Wend noun (O. Eng. Law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [ Obsolete] Burrill.
Wende Wende obsolete imperfect of Wene . Chaucer.
Wendic Wend"ic noun The language of the Wends.
Wendic, Wendish Wend"ic, Wend"ish adjective Of or pertaining the Wends, or their language.
Wends Wends noun plural ; sing. Wene Wene intransitive verb To ween. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Wenlock group Wen"lock group` (Geol.) The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; -- so named from the typical locality in Shropshire.
Wennel Wen"nel noun See Weanel . [ Obsolete] Tusser.
Wennish, Wenny Wen"nish, Wen"ny adjective [ From Wen .] Having the nature of a wen; resembling a wen; as, a wennish excrescence.
Wenona We·no"na noun (Zoology) A sand snake ( Charina plumbea ) of Western North America, of the family Erycidæ .
Went Went imperfect & past participle of Wend ; - - now obsolete except as the imperfect of go , with which it has no etymological connection. See Go . To the church both be they went .Chaucer. Went Went noun Course; way; path; journey; direction. [ Obsolete] "At a turning of a wente ." Chaucer. But here my weary team, nigh overspent,Spenser. He knew the diverse went of mortal ways.Spenser. Wentletrap Wen"tle·trap` noun [ Dutch wenteltrap a winding staircase; confer German wendeltreppe .] [ Obsolete] Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa , which was formerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell . See Scalaria .
Wep Wep obsolete imperfect of Weep .
Wepen Wep"en noun Weapon. [ Obsolete]
Wept Wept imperfect & past participle of Weep .
Werche Werche transitive verb & i. To work. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Were Were transitive verb & i. To wear. See 3d Wear . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Were Were noun A weir. See Weir . [ Obsolete] Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.
Were Were transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon werian .] To guard; to protect. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Were Were (wẽr; 277). [ Anglo-Saxon wǣre (thou) wast, wǣron (we, you, they) were, wǣre imperfect subjunctive See Was .] The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be . See Be .
Were Were (wēr) noun [ Anglo-Saxon wer ; akin to Old Saxon & Old High German wer , Goth. waÃr , Latin vir , Sanskrit vīra . Confer Weregild , and Werewolf .] Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were .Bosworth. Weregild Were"gild` noun [ Anglo-Saxon wergild ; wer a man, value set on a man's life + gild payment of money; akin to German wehrgeld . √285. See Were a man, and Geld , noun ] (O. Eng. Law) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer. [ Written also weregeld , weregelt , etc.] Blackstone.
Werewolf Were"wolf` noun ; plural The werwolf went about his prey.William of Palerne. The brutes that wear our form and face,Longfellow. Werk Werk noun , Wern Wern transitive verb [ See 1st Warn .] To refuse. [ Obsolete] He is too great a niggard that will wernChaucer. Wernerian Wer·ne"ri·an adjective Of or pertaining to A. German Werner , The German mineralogist and geologist, who classified minerals according to their external characters, and advocated the theory that the strata of the earth's crust were formed by depositions from water; designating, or according to, Werner's system.
Wernerite Wer"ner·ite noun [ See Wernerian .] (Min.) The common grayish or white variety of soapolite.
Weroole We·roo"le noun (Zoology) An Australian lorikeet ( Ptilosclera versicolor ) noted for the variety of its colors; -- called also varied lorikeet .
Werre Werre noun War. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Werrey Wer"rey (wẽr"rā) transitive verb To warray. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Werst Werst (wẽrst) noun See Verst .
Wert Wert (wẽrt), The second person singular, indicative and subjunctive moods, imperfect tense, of the verb be . It is formed from were , with the ending -t , after the analogy of wast . Now used only in solemn or poetic style.
Wert Wert noun A wart. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Weryangle Wer`y·an"gle noun See Wariangle . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Wesand We"sand noun See Weasand . [ Obsolete]
Wesh Wesh obsolete imperfect of Wash . Washed. Chaucer.
Wesil We"sil noun See Weasand . [ Obsolete]
Wesleyan Wes"ley·an adjective [ See Wesleyanism .] Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.
Wesleyan Wes"ley·an noun (Eccl.) One who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist.
Wesleyanism Wes"ley·an·ism noun (Eccl.) The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist , noun , 2.
West West noun [ Anglo-Saxon west , adverb ; akin to Dutch west , German west , westen , Old High German westan , Icelandic vestr , Swedish vest , vester , vestan , Danish vest , vesten , and perhaps to Latin vesper evening, Greek .... ............. Confer Vesper , Visigoth .] And fresh from the west is the free wind's breath.Bryant. West West adjective Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west. This shall be your west border.Num. xxxiv. 6. West end , West West adverb [ Anglo-Saxon west .] Westward.
West West intransitive verb West West adjective (Eccl.) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir.
West India, West Indian West` In"di·a, West` In"di·an Belonging or relating to the West Indies. West India tea (Botany) ,
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