Dictionary

"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 few how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetit

"The grivet."

"The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it."

"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 a

"Inclined to wabble; wabbling."

"Alt. of Wacky"

"A soft earthy dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt."

"Woad." — "A little mass tuft or bundle as of hay or tow." — "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 gu

"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." — "Plumbago or black lead."

"of Wad" — "A wad or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made." — "Any soft stuff of loose texture used for stuffing or padding garments; esp. sheets of carded cotton prepared for the

"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 a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose wad

"of Waddle"

"One who or that which waddles."

"of Waddle"

"In a waddling manner."

"Woad." — "To go; to move forward." — "To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move sinking at each step as in water mud sand etc." — "Hence to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among ob

"of Wad" — "of Wade"

"One who or that which wades." — "Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g under Aves."

"of Wady"

"of Wade" — "a. & n. from Wade v."

"A coarse hairy woolen cloth formerly used for garments by the poor and for various other purposes."

"A kind of pledge or mortgage."

"One who holds by a wadset."

"A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water course which is dry except in the rainy season."

"A wave."

"The kittiwake."

"A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients." — "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

"of Wafer"

"A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner."

"of Wafer"

"A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer." — "A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron."

"To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon." — "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 a balloon was wa

"Conveyance on a buoyant medium as air or water."

"of Waft"

"One who or that which wafts." — "A boat for passage."

"of Waft"

"The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft."

"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 to wag the head." — "To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to

"One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged."

"A small East Indian wild cat (Felis wagati) regarded by some as a variety of the leopard cat."