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+ This file is part 23 of the GNU version of
+ The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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+--></p>
+
+<p><-- p. 1621 --></p>
+
+<p><centered><point26>W.</point26></centered><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>W</hw> <pr>(d<ucr/b"'l <umac/)</pr>, <def>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 <xex>few</xex>, <xex>how</xex>. 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 <xex>U</xex>. Etymologically it is most related to <xex>v</xex> and <xex>u</xex>. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse <xex>w</xex> and <xex>v</xex>, substituting the one for the other, as <xex>weal</xex> for <xex>veal</xex>, and <xex>veal</xex> for <xex>weal</xex>; <xex>wine</xex> for <xex>vine</xex>, and <xex>vine</xex> for <xex>wine</xex>, etc. See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, <sect/<sect/ 266-268.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Waag</hw> <pr>(w<aum/g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The grivet.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Waa*hoo"</hw> <pr>(w<aum/*h<oomac/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wab"ble</hw> <pr>(w<ocr/b"b'l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Prov. G. <ets>wabbeln</ets> to wabble, and E. <ets>whap</ets>. Cf. <er>Quaver</er>.]</ety> <def>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>as, a top <ex>wabbles</ex>; a buzz saw <ex>wabbles</ex></as>.</def>
+<-- now replaced by <er>wobble.</er>, same pronunciation --><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wab"ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wab"bly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inclined to wabble; wabbling.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Wack"e</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Wack"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>wacke</ets>, MHG. <ets>wacke</ets> a large stone, OHG. <ets>waggo</ets> a pebble.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Woad</er>.]</ety> <def>Woad.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. <ets>vadd</ets> wadding, Dan <ets>vat</ets>, D. & G. <ets>watte</ets>. Cf. <er>Wadmol</er>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.</def> <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Wed hook</b></col>, <cd>a rod with a screw or hook at the end, used for removing the wad from a gun.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wadding</conjf>.]</vmorph><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; <as>as, to <ex>wad</ex> tow or cotton</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To insert or crowd a wad into; <as>as, to <ex>wad</ex> a gun</as>; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; <as>as, to <ex>wad</ex> a cloak</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Wad</hw>, <hw>Wadd</hw>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Plumbago, or black lead.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"die</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See <er>Waddy</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"ding</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Wad</er> a little mass.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"dle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waddled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waddling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Freq. of <ets>wade</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>w\'91dlian</ets> to beg, from <ets>wadan</ets> to go. See <er>Wade</er>.]</ety> <def>To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; <as>as, a child <ex>waddles</ex> when he begins to walk; a goose <ex>waddles</ex>.</as></def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>She drawls her words, and <qex>waddles</qex> in her pace.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"dle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"dler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, waddles.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"dling*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a waddling manner.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"dy</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Waddies</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <altsp>[Written also <asp>waddie</asp>, <asp>whaddie</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Native name. Thought by some to be a corrup. of E. <ets>wood</ets>.]</ety> <mark>[Australia]</mark> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An aboriginal war club.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A piece of wood; stick; peg; also, a walking stick.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"dy</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waddied</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waddying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To attack or beat with a waddy.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"dy*wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An Australian tree (<spn>Pittosporum bicolor</spn>); also, its wood, used in making waddies.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wade</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Woad.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wade</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wading</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waden</ets> to wade, to go, AS. <ets>wadan</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>wada</ets>, D. <ets>waden</ets>, OHG. <ets>watan</ets>, Icel. <ets>va<?/a</ets>, Sw. <ets>vada</ets>, Dan. <ets>vade</ets>, L. <ets>vadere</ets> to go, walk, <ets>vadum</ets> a ford. Cf. <er>Evade</er>, <er>Invade</er>, <er>Pervade</er>, <er>Waddle</er>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To go; to move forward.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>When might is joined unto cruelty,<br/
+Alas, too deep will the venom <qex>wade</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Forbear, and <qex>wade</qex> no further in this speech.</q> <rj><qau>Old Play.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>So eagerly the fiend . . . <br/
+With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way,<br/
+And swims, or sinks, or <qex>wades</qex>, or creeps, or flies.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed <?/lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly <?/inder or embarrass; <as>as, to <ex>wade</ex> through a dull book</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>And <qex>wades</qex> through fumes, and gropes his way.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The king's admirable conduct has <qex>waded</qex> through all these difficulties.</q> <rj><qau>Davenant.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wade</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To pass or cross by wading; <as>as, he <ex>waded</ex> <?/he rivers and swamps</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wade</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of wading.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, wades.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also <altname>wading bird</altname>. See <xex>Illust.</xex> <it>g</it>, under <er>Aves</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"ing</hw>, <def><pos>a. & n.</pos> from <er>Wade</er>, <pos>v.</pos></def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Wading bird</b></col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Wader</er>, 2.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"mol</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. <ets>va<?/m\'bel</ets> a woollen stuff, Dan <ets>vadmel</ets>. Cf. <er>Wad</er> a small mass, and <er>Woodmeil</er>.]</ety> <def>A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes.</def> <altsp>[Spelled also <asp>wadmal</asp>, <asp>wadmeal</asp>, <asp>wadmoll</asp>, <asp>wadmel</asp>, etc.]</altsp> <rj><au>Beck (Draper's Dict.). Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"set</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Scot. <ets>wad</ets> a pledge; akin to Sw. <ets>vad</ets> a wager. See <er>Wed</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>A kind of pledge or mortgage.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>wadsett</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"set*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who holds by a wadset.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wad"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Wadies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Ar. <ets>w\'bed\'c6</ets> a valley, a channel of a river, a river.]</ety> <def>A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water course, which is dry except in the rainy season.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wae</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A wave.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Waeg</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The kittiwake.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wa"fer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wafre</ets>, OF. <ets>waufre</ets>, <ets>qaufre</ets>, F. <ets>qaufre</ets>; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. <ets>wafel</ets>, G. <ets>waffel</ets>, Dan. <ets>vaffel</ets>, Sw. <ets>v\'86ffla</ets>; all akin to G. <ets>wabe</ets> a honeycomb, OHG. <ets>waba</ets>, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. <ets>wabe</ets> is probably akin to E. <ets>weave</ets>. See <er>Weave</er>, and cf. <er>Waffle</er>, <er>Gauffer</er>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q><qex>Wafers</qex> piping hot out of the gleed.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The curious work in pastry, the fine cakes, <qex>wafers</qex>, and marchpanes.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>A woman's oaths are <qex>wafers</qex> -- break with making</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Any thin but rigid plate of solid material, esp. of discoidal shape; -- a term used commonly to refer to the thin slices of silicon used as starting material for the manufacture of integrated circuits.</def><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Wafer cake</b></col>, <cd>a sweet, thin cake.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <mcol><col><b>Wafer irons</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Wafer tongs</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Cookery)</fld>, <cd>a pincher-shaped contrivance, having flat plates, or blades, between which wafers are baked.</cd> -- <col><b>Wafer woman</b></col>, <cd>a woman who sold wafer cakes; also, one employed in amorous intrigues.</cd> <au>Beau. & Fl.</au></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wa"fer</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wafered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wafering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To seal or close with a wafer.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wa"fer*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Waffle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>wafel</ets>. See <er>Wafer</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Waffle iron</b></col>, <cd>an iron utensil or mold made in two parts shutting together, -- used for cooking waffles over a fire.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Waft</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wafted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wafting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Prob. originally imp. & p. p. of <ets>wave</ets>, v. t. See <er>Wave</er> to waver.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>But soft: who <qex>wafts</qex> us yonder?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; <as>as, a balloon was <ex>wafted</ex> over the channel</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>A gentle <qex>wafting</qex> to immortal life.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul,<br/
+And <qex>waft</qex> a sigh from Indus to the pole.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ This verb is regular; but <xex>waft</xex> was formerly som<?/times used, as by Shakespeare, instead of <xex>wafted</xex>.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Waft</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>And now the shouts <qex>waft</qex> near the citadel.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Waft</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A wave or current of wind.</def> \'bdEvery<xex>waft</xex> of the air.\'b8 <rj><au>Longfellow.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing<br/
+Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains<br/
+In one wide <qex>waft</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An unpleasant flavor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>wheft</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ A flag with a <xex>waft</xex> in it, when hoisted at the staff, or half way to the gaff, means, a man overboard; at the peak, a desire to communicate; at the masthead, \'bdRecall boats.\'b8</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Waft"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Boats prepared for <qex>waftage</qex> to and fro.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Waft"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, wafts.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>O Charon,<br/
+Thou <qex>wafter</qex> of the soul to bliss or bane.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. & FL.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A boat for passage.</def> <rj><au>Ainsworth.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Waf"ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft.</def> <rj><au>R. Browning.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>An angry <qex>wafture</qex> of your hand.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wag</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Wagged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Wagging</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>waggen</ets>; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. <ets>vagga</ets> to rock a cradle, <ets>vagga</ets> cradle, Icel. <ets>vagga</ets>, Dan. <ets>vugge</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>wagian</ets> to move, wag, <ets>wegan</ets> to bear, carry, G. & D. be<ets>wegen</ets> to move, and E. <ets>weigh</ets>. \'fb136. See <er>Weigh</er>.]</ety> <def>To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; <as>as, to <ex>wag</ex> the head</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>No discerner durst <qex>wag</qex> his tongue in censure.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and <qex>wag</qex> his head.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. xviii. 16.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ <xex>Wag</xex> expresses specifically the motion of the head and body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and mockery.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wag</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The resty sieve <qex>wagged</qex> ne'er the more.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>\'bdThus we may see,\'b8 quoth he, \'bdhow the world <qex>wags</qex>.\'b8</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To go; to depart; to pack oft.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>I will provoke him to 't, or let him <qex>wag</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wag</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Wag</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of wagging; a shake; <as>as, a <ex>wag</ex> of the head</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Perhaps shortened from <ets>wag-halter</ets> a rogue.]</ety> <def>A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>We wink at <qex>wags</qex> when they offend.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>A counselor never pleaded without a piece of pack thread in his hand, which he used to twist about a finger all the while he was speaking; the <qex>wags</qex> used to call it the thread of his discourse.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Wa*ga"ti</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small East Indian wild cat (<spn>Felis wagati</spn>), regarded by some as a variety of the leopard cat.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Waged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Waging</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>wagen</ets>, OF. <ets>wagier</ets>, <ets>gagier</ets>, to pledge, promise, F. <ets>gager</ets> to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. <ets>wadium</ets> a pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. <ets>wadi</ets> a pledge, ga<ets>wadj\'d3n</ets> to pledge, akin to E. <ets>wed</ets>, G. <ets>wette</ets> a wager. See <er>Wed</er>, and cf. <er>Gage</er>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; <as>as, to <ex>wage</ex> a dollar</as>.</def> <rj><au>Hakluyt.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>My life I never but as a pawn<br/
+To <qex>wage</qex> against thy enemies.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.</def> \'bdToo weak to <xex>wage</xex> an instant trial with the king.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>To wake and <qex>wage</qex> a danger profitless.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q> [He pondered] which of all his sons was fit<br/
+To reign and <qex>wage</qex> immortal war with wit.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The two are <qex>waging</qex> war, and the one triumphs by the destruction of the other.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bdThou . . . must <xex>wage</xex> thy works for wealth.\'b8 <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Abundance of treasure which he had in store, wherewith he might <qex>wage</qex> soldiers.</q> <rj><qau>Holinshed.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>I would have them <qex>waged</qex> for their labor.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>To give security for the performance of.</def> <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>To wage battle</b></col> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>to give gage, or security, for joining in the <xex>duellum</xex>, or combat. See <cref>Wager of battel</cref>, under <er>Wager</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> <au>Burrill.</au> -- <col><b>To wage one's law</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to give security to make one's law. See <cref>Wager of law</cref>, under <er>Wager</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wage</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To bind one's self; to engage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wage</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>wage</ets>, <ets>gage</ets>, guarantee, engagement. See <er>Wage</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos> ]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bdThat warlike <xex>wage</xex>.\'b8 <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See <er>Wages</er>.</def> \'bdMy day's <xex>wage</xex>.\'b8 <au>Sir W. Scott.</au> \'bdAt least I earned my <xex>wage</xex>.\'b8 <au>Thackeray.</au> \'bdPay them a <xex>wage</xex> in advance.\'b8 <au>J. Morley.</au> \'bdThe <xex>wages</xex> of virtue.\'b8 <au>Tennyson.</au><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>By Tom Thumb, a fairy page,<br/
+He sent it, and doth him engage,<br/
+By promise of a mighty <qex>wage</qex>,<br/
+It secretly to carry.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Our praises are our <qex>wages</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Existing legislation on the subject of <qex>wages</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Encyc. Brit.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ <xex>Wage</xex> is used adjectively and as the first part of compounds which are usually self-explaining; as, <xex>wage</xex> worker, or <xex>wage</xex>-worker; <xex>wage</xex>-earner, etc.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Board wages</b></col>. <cd>See under 1st <er>Board</er>.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Hire; reward; stipend; salary; allowance; pay; compensation; remuneration; fruit.</syn><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wag"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Waggel</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Wa"gen*boom`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D., literally, wagon tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A south African proteaceous tree (<spn>Protea grandiflora</spn>); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><-- p. 1622 --><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>wa"ger</hw> <pr>(w<amac/"j<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>wager</ets>, <ets>wajour</ets>, OF. <ets>wagiere</ets>, or <ets>wageure</ets>, F. <ets>gageure</ets>. See <er>Wage</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Besides these plates for horse races, the <qex>wagers</qex> may be as the persons please.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Temple.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>If any atheist can stake his soul for a <qex>wager</qex> against such an inexhaustible disproportion, let him never hereafter accuse others of credulity.</q> <rj><qau>Bentley.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.</def> <rj><au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ At common law a wager is considered as a legal contract which the courts must enforce unless it be on a subject contrary to public policy, or immoral, or tending to the detriment of the public, or affecting the interest, feelings, or character of a third person. In many of the United States an action can not be sustained upon any wager or bet.</note> <rj><au>Chitty.</au> <au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Wager of battel</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Wager of battle</b></col></mcol> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>the giving of gage, or pledge, for trying a cause by single combat, formerly allowed in military, criminal, and civil causes. In writs of right, where the trial was by champions, the tenant produced his champion, who, by throwing down his glove as a gage, thus <xex>waged</xex>, or stipulated, battle with the champion of the demandant, who, by taking up the glove, accepted the challenge. The <xex>wager of battel</xex>, which has been long in disuse, was abolished in England in 1819, by a statute passed in consequence of a defendant's having waged his battle in a case which arose about that period. See <er>Battel</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wager of law</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the giving of gage, or sureties, by a defendant in an action of debt, that at a certain day assigned he would take a law, or oath, in open court, that he did not owe the debt, and at the same time bring with him eleven neighbors (called <xex>compurgators</xex>), who should avow upon their oaths that they believed in their consciences that he spoke the truth.</cd> -- <col><b>Wager policy</b></col>. <fld>(Insurance Law)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Policy</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Wagering contract</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>gambling contract</b></col></mcol>. <cd>A contract which is of the nature of wager. Contracts of this nature include various common forms of valid commercial contracts, as contracts of insurance, contracts dealing in futures, options, etc. Other wagering contracts and bets are now generally made illegal by statute against betting and gambling, and wagering has in many cases been made a criminal offence.</cd> [<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>wa"ger</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>wagered</conjf> <pr>(w<amac/"j<etil/rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr |