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Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy.
A witling.
A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.
Possessed of wit; witty.
The quality of being witty.
Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.
The wheatear.
A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest.
Like a wittol; cuckoldly.
Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping.
Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning.
Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like.
Alt. of Witwall
The golden oriole.
The greater spotted woodpecker.
One who, or that which, feeds on or destroys wit.
To marry, as a man; to take a wife.
To match to a wife; to provide with a wife.
To take for a wife; to marry.
of Wive