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
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Wattle
(v. t.)
To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to
form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches.
Wattle
(v. t.)
To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.
Wattlebird
(n.)
Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to
Anthochaera and allied genera of the family Meliphagidae. These birds
usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down
below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands.
Wattlebird
(n.)
The Australian brush turkey.
Wattled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Wattle
Wattled
(a.)
Furnished with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the
chin or throat.
Wattling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wattle
Wattling
(n.)
The act or process of binding or platting with twigs;
also, the network so formed.
Wattmeter
(n.)
An instrument for measuring power in watts, -- much used
in measuring the energy of an electric current.
Waucht
(n.)
Alt. of Waught
Waught
(n.)
A large draught of any liquid.
Waul
(v. i.)
To cry as a cat; to squall; to wail.
Waur
(a.)
Worse.
Wave
(v. t.)
See Waive.
Wave
(v. i.)
To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the
other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
Wave
(v. i.)
To be moved to and fro as a signal.
Wave
(v. i.)
To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to
vacillate.
Wave
(v. t.)
To move one way and the other; to brandish.
Wave
(v. t.)
To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an
undulating form a surface to.
Wave
(v. t.)
To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.