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古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Wild
(n.)
An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or
desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of
Africa.
Wild
(adv.)
Wildly; as, to talk wild.
Wild-cat
(a.)
Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to
have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in
Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
Wild-cat
(a.)
Running without control; running along the line without a
train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.
Wildebeest
(n.)
The gnu.
Wilded
(a.)
Become wild.
Wilder
(a.)
To bewilder; to perplex.
Wildered
(imp. & p. p.)
of Wilder
Wildering
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wilder
Wildering
(n.)
A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one
which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.
Wilderment
(n.)
The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
Wilderness
(v. t.)
A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and
uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain;
a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.
Wilderness
(v. t.)
A disorderly or neglected place.
Wilderness
(v. t.)
Quality or state of being wild; wildness.
Wildfire
(n.)
A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled,
is very hard to quench; Greek fire.
Wildfire
(n.)
An old name for erysipelas.
Wildfire
(n.)
A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the
skin.
Wildfire
(n.)
A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.
Wildgrave
(n.)
A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave.
Wilding
(n.)
A wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple
tree or crab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant.