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WIND-DROPSY, n. [wind and dropsy.] A swelling of the belly from wind in the inte...
WIND, n. [L., G. The primary sense is to move, flow, rush or drive along.] 1. Ai...
WINCOPIPE, n. The vulgar name of a little flower, that, when it opens in the mor...
WINCHING, WINCING, ppr. Flinching; shrinking; kicking.
WINCHING, WINCING, ppr. Flinching; shrinking; kicking.
WINCH, n. A windlass; or an instrument with which to turn or strain something fo...
WINCER, n. One that winces, shrinks or kicks.
WINCE, v.i. 1. To shrink, as from a blow or from pain; to start back. I will not...
WIN, v.t. pret. and pp. won. [G.] 1. To gain by success in competition or contes...
WIMPLE, n. [G., a pendant.] A hood or vail. Isa 3. WIMPLE , v.t. To draw down, a...
WIMBREL, n. A bird of the curlew kind, a species of Soclopax.
WIMBLE, n. [See Whim .] An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle. WIMB...
WILY, a. [from wile.] Cunning; sly; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a pur...
WILTING, ppr. Beginning to fade or wither.
WILTED, pp. Having become flaccid and lost its freshness, as a plant.
WILT, v.i. [G., to fade; that is, to shrink or withdraw.] To begin to wither; to...