Westy (a.) Dizzy; giddy.
Wet (superl.) Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
Wet (superl.) Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.
Wet (superl.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed.
Wet (superl.) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
Wet (a.) Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
Wet (a.) Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
Wet (a.) A dram; a drink.
Wet (imp. & p. p.) of Wet
Wetted () of Wet
Wetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wet
Wet (v. t.) To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.
Wetbird (n.) The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain.
Wether (n.) A castrated ram.
Westness (n.) The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth.
Westness (n.) A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather or the season.
Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.
Wet-shod (a.) Having the feet, or the shoes on the feet, wet.
Wettish (a.) Somewhat wet; moist; humid.
Wevil (n.) See Weevil.
Wex (v. t. & i.) To grow; to wax.
Wex (imp.) Waxed.
Wex (n.) Wax.
Wey (n.) Way; road; path.
Wey (v. t. & i.) To weigh.
Wey (n.) A certain measure of weight.
Weyle (v. t. & i.) To wail.
Weyleway (interj.) See Welaway.
Weyve (v. t.) To waive.
Wezand (n.) See Weasand.
Whaap (n.) The European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.
Whaap (n.) The whimbrel; -- called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup.
Whacked (imp. & p. p.) of Whack
Whacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whack
Whack (v. t.) To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks.
Whack (v. i.) To strike anything with a smart blow.
Whack (n.) A smart resounding blow.
Whacker (n.) One who whacks.
Whacker (n.) Anything very large; specif., a great lie; a whapper.
Whacking (a.) Very large; whapping.
Whahoo (n.) An American tree, the winged elm. (Ulmus alata).
Whaled (imp. & p. p.) of Whala
Whaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whala
Whala (v. t.) To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub.
Whale (n.) Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
Whaleboat (n.) A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.
Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.
Whalemen (pl. ) of Whaleman
Whaleman (n.) A man employed in the whale fishery.
Whaler (n.) A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
Whaler (n.) One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size.
Whaling (n.) The hunting of whales.
Whaling (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a whaling voyage; a whaling vessel.
Whall (n.) A light color of the iris in horses; wall-eye.
Whally (a.) Having the iris of light color; -- said of horses.
Whame (n.) A breeze fly.
Whammel (v. t.) To turn over.
Whan (adv.) When.
Whang (n.) A leather thong.
Whang (v. t.) To beat.
Whanghee (n.) See Wanghee.
Whap (v. i.) Alt. of Whop
Whop (v. i.) To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over.
Whapped (imp. & p. p.) of Whop
Whapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whop
Whap (v. t.) Alt. of Whop
Whop (v. t.) To beat or strike.
Whap (n.) Alt. of Whop
Whop (n.) A blow, or quick, smart stroke.
Whapper (n.) Alt. of Whopper
Whopper (n.) Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie.
Whapping (a.) Alt. of Whopping
Whopping (a.) Very large; monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story.
Wharfs (pl. ) of Wharf
Wharves (pl. ) of Wharf
Wharf (n.) A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.
Wharf (n.) The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
Wharfed (imp. & p. p.) of Wharf
Wharfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wharf
Wharf (v. t.) To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
Wharf (v. t.) To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
Wharfage (n.) The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage.
Wharfage (n.) A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing.
Wharfing (n.) Wharfs, collectively.
Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
Wharfinger (n.) A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf.
Wharl (n.) Alt. of Wharling
Wharling (n.) A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See Burr, n., 6.
Wharp (n.) A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
What (pron., a., & adv.) As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?
What (pron., a., & adv.) As an exclamatory word: -- (a) Used absolutely or independently; -- often with a question following.
What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!
What (pron., a., & adv.) Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!
What (pron., a., & adv.) As a relative pronoun
What (pron., a., & adv.) Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; -- called a compound relative.
What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which.
What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw.
What (pron., a., & adv.) Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; -- used indefinitely.
What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; -- with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition.
What (n.) Something; thing; stuff.