英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Vying
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Vie
a. & n. from Vie.
W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a
consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of
certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its
name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the
Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related
to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England,
especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the
other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine, and vine for
wine, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 266-268.
A colloquial contraction of was not.
Waag
(n.)
The grivet.
Waahoo
(n.)
The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack
medicine made from it.
Wabble
(v. i.)
To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the
other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the
axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning
or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles.
Wabble
(n.)
A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a
staggering to and fro.
Wabbly
(a.)
Inclined to wabble; wabbling.
Wacke
(n.)
Alt. of Wacky
Wacky
(n.)
A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the
alteration of basalt.
Wad
(n.)
Woad.
Wad
(n.)
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
Wad
(n.)
Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material,
such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a
charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close;
also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension,
a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.
Wad
(n.)
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used
for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment,
etc.
Wad
(v. t.)
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad
tow or cotton.
Wad
(v. t.)
To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to
stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to
wad a cloak.
Wad
(n.)
Alt. of Wadd
Wadd
(n.)
An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides
and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or
baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties.
Wadd
(n.)
Plumbago, or black lead.
Wadding
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wad