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
Weerish
(a.)
See Wearish.
Weesel
(n.)
See Weasel.
Weet
(a. & n.)
Wet.
Weet
(v. i.)
To know; to wit.
Weet-bird
(n.)
The wryneck; -- so called from its cry.
Weet-weet
(n.)
The common European sandpiper.
Weet-weet
(n.)
The chaffinch.
Weetingly
(adv.)
Knowingly.
Weetless
(a.)
Unknowing; also, unknown; unmeaning.
Weever
(n.)
Any one of several species of edible marine fishes
belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae. They have
a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin
is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful
wounds.
Weevil
(n.)
Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or
Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved
downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants.
The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by
eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut
weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The
larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees
and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See
also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed.
Weeviled
(a.)
Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain.
Weevily
(a.)
Having weevils; weeviled.
Weezel
(n.)
See Weasel.
imp. & p. p. of Wave.
Weft
(n.)
A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif.
Weft
(n.)
The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from
selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.
Weft
(n.)
A web; a thing woven.
Weftage
(n.)
Texture.
Wegotism
(n.)
Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism.