nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: vail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English valen; either from Anglo-Norman valer or a clipping of avalen. Compare avale. Pronunciation: /veɪl/ 1. To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Then let them vale a bonet of their proud ſayle, Example: […] when he shall know it lies in vs, To banish him, and then to call him home, Twill make him vaile the topflag of his pride, And feare to offend the meanest noble man. 2. To lower or “dip” a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground. Labels: transitive 3. To lower a sail, in salute or otherwise. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Both we will walke vpon the loftie cliffes, And Chriſtian Merchants that with Ruſſian ſtems Plow vp huge furrowes in the Caſpian ſea, Shall vaile to vs, as Lords of al the Lake. 4. To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […] Now the time is come That France must vail her lofty-plumed crest And let her head fall into England’s lap. Example: […] the Templar […], without vailing his bonnet, or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic, took from his neck a gold chain, which he flung on the board […] 5. To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: She would with rich and constant pen Vail to her mistress Dian; Example: […] when a Man does not readily vail to the Opinions of approved Authors, which have been received with respect and submission by others
Word: vail Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /veɪl/ 1. Archaic form of veil. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Ha! I see Venus’ transit now;—lo! a new planet there;—and behind all, an infinite starry nebulousness, as if thy being were backgrounded by some spangled vail of mystery. 2. Misspelling of veil. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: vail Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /veɪl/ 1. Archaic form of veil. Labels: alt-of, archaic 2. Misspelling of veil. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: valine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English valerian Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English valine From valerian + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪliːn/ 1. An essential amino acid 2-amino-3-methylbutanoic acid found in most animal proteins. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vaumpe, vaum-pei, vampe (“covering for the foot, perhaps a slipper or understocking; upper of a boot or shoe”), or from Anglo-Norman vampe, *vaumpé (“part of a stocking covering the top of the foot”), from Old French avantpied, avantpiet, variants of avantpié, from avant (“in front”) + pié (“foot”). Noun senses 2 and 3 (“a patch; something patched up or improvised”) appear to have been extended from sense 1 (“top part of a boot or shoe”). Sense 4 (“repeated and often improvised musical accompaniment”) was probably derived from sense 3, and sense 5 (“activity to fill or stall for time”) from sense 4. The verb senses were derived from the noun. Compare also Middle English vaum-peien (“(uncertain) to repair (footwear) with a new upper or vamp; to fabricate an upper or vamp”). Pronunciation: /væmp/ 1. The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking. Example: The flow of water was in my ears, and in my eyes a hazy spreading, and upon my brain a closure, as a cobbler sews a vamp up. Example: 'Yes, I am rather cracked in the vamp,' he said freely, seeing that the eyes of the shepherd's wife fell upon his boots, 'and I am not well fitted either. I have had rough times lately, and have been forced to pick up what I can get in the way of wearing, but I must find a suit better fit for working days when I reach home.' 2. Something added to give an old thing a new appearance. 3. Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished. 4. A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist. Example: I would go even further and say that, once [Stephen] Sondheim had ceased to compose classical music with its nonspecific accompaniments, he began to explore how effectively a vamp can flesh out a character for the stage. He had little need to write distinctive vamps for his Williams [College] shows, but already in 1954—before the highly characteristic vamps in West Side Story—we see him growing in his ability to get under a character's skin through his accompaniment. Example: On the mega-rave circuit, a pop hardcore sound gradually emerged, fusing the piano vamps and shrieking divas of 1989-era Italo house with Belgian hardcore's monster-riffs and Shut Up and Dance style breakbeats and rumblin' bass. 5. An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time. Labels: broadly
Word: vamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of vampire. From a character type developed first for silent film, notably for Theda Bara's role in the 1915 film A Fool There Was. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /væmp/ 1. A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her. Example: It is the vamp who has a sense of humor that can really hold a man. She laughs at him, even as she is seeking to allure him—and he adores it. Example: She was got up to the best of her ability as a siren, more popularly a "vamp"—a picker up and thrower away of men, an unscrupulous and fundamentally unmoved toyer with affections. 2. A vampire. Labels: informal Example: The leader of the vampire cult (played by Ramon D'Salva) leads his cult of fellow vamps in an attack against some nasty werewolves.
Word: vamp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of vampire. From a character type developed first for silent film, notably for Theda Bara's role in the 1915 film A Fool There Was. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /væmp/ 1. To seduce or exploit someone. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: We want a musical-comedy star to vamp a Senator or a member of the Cabinet; we want the protective tariff revised up or down because of an actress' whim; we want scarlet scandal in high life. And we are not likely to get them. Example: "People who lose all their charity generally lose all their logic," remarked Father Brown. "It's rather ridiculous to complain that she keeps to herself; and then accuse her of vamping the whole male population." 2. To turn (someone) into a vampire. Labels: slang, transitive Example: If I knew what I know now before I got vamped, I'd do the same thing. Example: Astonishing how few peasants and regular people got vamped back in the olden days, when it wasn't regulated. 3. To cosplay a vampire. Labels: intransitive Example: I'm planning to vamp real hard at Friday night's party.
Word: vamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; possibly related to vamp (etymology 1, above): see the 2008 quotation. Pronunciation: /væmp/ 1. A volunteer firefighter. Labels: US, slang Example: John Mackin is one of the old-timers of the new Department. He was a volunteer fireman as well, […] John Mackin was among the number of "old vamps" who made application to the first Board of Fire Commissioners for appointment in the Paid Department. Example: The vamps had to carry their equipment to the fire on foot!
Word: vamper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vamp + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈvæmpə(ɹ)/ 1. One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler. Example: Cibber, a vamper of other men’s plays, has borrowed from it his favourite Nonjuror, and applied it to the purposes of a political party.
Word: vamper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare vaunt. Pronunciation: /ˈvæmpə(ɹ)/ 1. To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: The temple of thy body, look with scorn, Why doth that vamper'd glution eat no more
Word: vanner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From van (“vehicle”) + -er. 1. One who owns and drives a van.
Word: vanner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English van Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English vanner From van (“wash oar”) + -er. 1. A machine for concentrating ore.
Word: varier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vary Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English varier From vary + -er. 1. One who varies. 2. A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.
Word: vaunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”). Pronunciation: /vɔːnt/, /voːnt/, /vɔnt/, /vɑnt/, /ʋɔɳʈ/ 1. To speak boastfully. Labels: intransitive Example: "The number," said he, "is great, but what can be expected from mere citizen soldiers? They vaunt and menace in time of safety; none are so arrogant when the enemy is at a distance; but when the din of war thunders at the gates they hide themselves in terror." 2. To speak boastfully about. Labels: transitive 3. To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonym: flaunt Example: Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.
Word: vaunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”). Pronunciation: /vɔːnt/, /voːnt/, /vɔnt/, /vɑnt/, /ʋɔɳʈ/ 1. An instance of vaunting; a boast. Example: the spirits beneath, whom I seduced / with other promises and other vaunts Example: “In every vaunt you make,” she said, “I have my triumph. I single out in you the meanest man I know, the parasite and tool of the proud tyrant, that his wound may go the deeper, and may rankle more. Boast, and revenge me on him! […]”
Word: vaunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French avant (“before, fore”). See avant, vanguard. Pronunciation: /vɔːnt/, /voːnt/, /vɔnt/, /vɑnt/, /ʋɔɳʈ/ 1. The first part. Labels: obsolete Example: the vaunt and firstlings of those broils
Word: vee Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈviː/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter V/v. Example: Gussa-Merry-Mingo-Pip-Perry-Pingo is the name of the little old man who looks after the aitch-oh-vee-ee-ar-cee-ay-ar-pee-ee-tee-blank-ar-eye-dee-ee-ess. Example: RV [is spoken] as "ar-vee" instead of "I SPELL Romeo Victor". 2. Something with the shape of the letter V. Example: The girl put her hand up to her throat and the cloak of black feathers came away from the front of her body and spread out into a five-foot black fan. She swirled it slowly behind her until it stood up like a peacock's tail. She was naked except for a brief vee of black lace and a black sequined star in the centre of each breast and the thin black domino across her eyes. Example: This is a 16-cylinder unit with the cylinders arranged in vee formation, operating on the four-stroke cycle and pressure-charged by four Napier exhaust gas-driven turbo-chargers. 3. The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played. 4. The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat. 5. A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved. 6. A unit of vertical spacing, typically corresponding to the height of an ordinary line of text.
Word: vee Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈviː/ 1. To form something into a "v" shape, particularly as part of a welding, machining, or manufacturing process. Example: As the metal melts it is veed out with the paddle for about 2 in. Example: Use a die grinder to vee out the crack or to remove pounded-out metal where the valve seat came loose.
Word: veery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably imitative of the bird's call. Attested since the 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪəɹi/ 1. An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. Example: In such safe retreats, when the somber shade is brightened here and there with stray beams of sunlight, in the warmth of which myriad insects bathe their wings and flutter away their little span of life, humming a quaint refrain to the gargle of the rivulet, the Veery meets his mate — the song rises — the wooed is won — the home is made.
Word: veldt Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of veld. Example: And Thane nodded and staggered blindly upward, only to sag again in a heap upon the veldt. Example: South of the Zambesi, the frontier-line separates the high veldt and the low veldt regions, the line itself sometimes running along the crest and sometimes through the middle of the broken escarpment where the high granite tablelands break down towards the sea.
Word: verier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of very: more very (complete, absolute) Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: verser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English verse Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English verser From verse + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈvɝsɚ/, /ˈvɜːsə/ 1. A versifier.
Word: vetoer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English veto Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English vetoer From veto + -er. 1. One who exercises the power to refuse approval.
Word: vie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apheretic form of envy, from Middle English envien, from Old French envier, from Latin invītō. Pronunciation: /vaɪ/ 1. To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. Labels: intransitive Example: Near-synonym: oppose Example: Her suitors were all vying for her attention. 2. To rival (something), etc. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: But, if there be, or ever were, one such, / It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff / To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine / An Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy, / Condemning shadows quite. 3. To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. Labels: transitive Example: She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss / She vied so fast. Example: Nor was he set over us to vie wisdom with his Parliament, but to be guided by them. 4. To stake; to wager. Example: Out, thou camelion harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna Example: Nature wants stuff To vie strange forms with fancy 5. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.
Word: vie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apheretic form of envy, from Middle English envien, from Old French envier, from Latin invītō. Pronunciation: /vaɪ/ 1. A contest. Labels: obsolete
Word: vis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vīsbor. English vis Borrowed from Latin vīs. Pronunciation: /vɪs/ 1. Force; energy; might; power.
Word: vis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vɪs/ 1. Abbreviation of viscount. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: vis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tamil வீசை (vīcai) and/or Telugu వీసె (vīse). Pronunciation: /vɪs/ 1. Alternative spelling of viss. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vis Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /vɪs/ 1. Clipping of visual. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Word: vis Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /vɪs/ 1. Clipping of visualize. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: vis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vɪs/ 1. Clipping of visualization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. Clipping of visual. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 3. Clipping of visibility. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: voider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English voider, equivalent to void + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈvɔɪdə(ɹ)/ 1. One who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates, or annuls. 2. A tray or basket formerly used to receive or convey that which is voided or cleared away from a given place; especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes, etc. Example: Peirs ploughman layd the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the voyder. Example: The cloth whereon the earl dined was taken away, and the voider, wherein the plate was usually put, was set upon the cupboard's head. 3. A contrivance in armour for covering an unprotected part of the body; a gousset. Labels: historical Example: […] amongst the stock of a Southwark armour-dealer in 1454 and worn-out haubergeons 'of westwale' at the Tower in 1455 were recycled into sleeves and voiders. Example: The plate defences for the legs and the under garment with chain mail voiders attached, are in place. The rest of the armour and two of his weapons are seen on the trestle table. 4. A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a table after a meal. Labels: historical, rare Example: The voider hauing cléered the table, Cardes & Dice (for the laſt Meſſe) are ſerued vp to the boord: […]
Word: volta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian volta. Doublet of volte. Pronunciation: /ˈvoʊltə/ 1. A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated). 2. A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music. 3. A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet. Example: […][Larmona] Ash describes how “conversion arrives like a volta [poetic shift]^([sic]) in a person's life.” The metaphor is apt, imagining one's spiritual life as a poem, an authored thing, and not preserved on vellum either, but open to revision.
Word: wacke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Wacke. 1. A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wadi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وَادِي, وَادٍ (wādī, wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɑdi/ 1. A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season. Example: Near-synonyms: nahal, wash, dry wash, arroyo (synonymous other than regiolectal specificity)
Word: waiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver. Date: 1628. By surface analysis, waive + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/, /ˈweɪ.vɚ/ 1. The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege. 2. A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless). Example: I had to sign a waiver when I went skydiving, agreeing not to sue even if something went wrong. Example: Growth Energy sent the entire report to the E.P.A., but the summary it provided with its formal waiver request — and uses in press materials — said that when using E15 and E20, “there were no significant changes in vehicle tailpipe emissions, vehicle drivability or small nonroad engine emissions as ethanol content increased.” 3. relating to waivers Labels: Canada, US Example: Regula is another waiver-eligible player who could be lost when sent to the minors. 4. Something that releases a person from a requirement. Example: I needed a waiver from the department head to take the course because I didn't technically have the prerequisite courses. Example: I needed a waiver from the zoning board for the house because the lot was so small, but they let me build because it was next to the park. 5. The process of waiving or outlawing a person. Labels: obsolete
Word: waiver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver. Date: 1628. By surface analysis, waive + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/, /ˈweɪ.vɚ/ 1. To waive (to relinquish, to forego). Labels: transitive Example: The USACIDC Accreditation Division will conduct an annual reconciliation of the individual's academic achievement, through his or her unit commander, until he or she meets the waivered civilian education requirement. 2. Misspelling of waver. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: wale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is from Middle English wāle (“planking, welt”), from Old English walu (“ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Akin to Low German wāle; Old Norse vala (“knuckle”). The verb is from late Middle English wālen, from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪl/, [ˈweɪɫ] 1. A ridge or low barrier. 2. A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy. Example: Most twills are continuous—the wale goes from one corner to the one diagonally opposite. Pattern, however, can be achieved by periodically changing the direction of the wales. Example: I have woven a small sample of striped corduroy shown here. […] The stripe draws the eye from side to side while the wales draw the eye up and down. 3. The texture of a piece of fabric. Example: Crepon cloths, with their heavy crape-like wale, are a noteworthy part of the season's importations. 4. A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship, such as a gunwale or a chainwale. Example: The strakes between the several ranges of ports, beginning from under the upper-deck ports of a three-decked ship in the royal navy, are called the channel wale, the middle wale, and the main wale. 5. A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth. Example: A few feet below the first wale another timber is inserted, likewise secured by struts. 6. A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position. Example: Except Plank upon the Head of the Key, and under the upper Wale, and Plank to join the piles. 7. A ridge on the outside of a horse collar. Example: The wale is shaped to the size of the horse's neck, and then sewn together, with a flap, known as the 'barge', left free along one side. To this 'barge' the body of the collar is sewn. 8. A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip. Example: Shall then that foule infamous Cyneds hide Laugh at the purple wales of others side? Example: When the rat had looked at the toad's whole body, and not seen any wale of a stick, he said to the toad, "Brother toad, I have looked at thy whole body, and not seen any wale of a stick: thou art right."
Word: wale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is from Middle English wāle (“planking, welt”), from Old English walu (“ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Akin to Low German wāle; Old Norse vala (“knuckle”). The verb is from late Middle English wālen, from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪl/, [ˈweɪɫ] 1. To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt. Example: Would suffer his lazy rider to bestride his patie: back, with his hands and whip to wale his flesh, and with his heels to dig into his hungry bowels? 2. To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger. Example: When faced with an adulthood that offered few options, grinding poverty and marriage to a man who drank too much and came home to wale on his own family or...no beatings. 3. To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.
Word: wale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wale, wal, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, want”). Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala "choice" (German Wahl "choice"), Old English willan (“to want”). More at will. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪl/, [ˈweɪɫ] 1. Something selected as being the best, preference; choice; choosing. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland
Word: wale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wale, wal, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, want”). Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala "choice" (German Wahl "choice"), Old English willan (“to want”). More at will. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪl/, [ˈweɪɫ] 1. To choose, select. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland
Word: waler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (New South) Wale(s) + -er, the horse having been bred in the then colony of New South Wales in the 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪlə/ 1. A breed of light saddle horse from Australia, once favoured as a warhorse. Labels: Australia, India Example: Without reason, against prudence, and at a moment's notice, he fell in love with a frivolous, golden-haired girl who used to tear about Simla Mall on a high, rough waler, with a blue velvet jockey-cap crammed over her eyes. Example: There were Arabs of high degree, thoroughbred English horses, and very good-looking Walers among them, besides some tiny ponies, four of which, when harnessed together, drew a real Cinderella coach of solid silver.
Word: waler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wale + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪlə/ 1. A plank of wood, block of concrete, etc., used for support or to maintain required separation between components in order to help maintain the form of a construction under stress. Example: 1998, Richard Lampo, Thomas Nosker, Doug Barno, John Busel, Ali Maher, Piyush Dutta, Robert Odello, Construction Productivity Advancement Research (CPAR) Program: Development and Demonstration of Composite FRP Fender, Loadbearing, and Sheet Piling Systems, US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, USACERL Technical Report 98/123, page 65, Another consideration is when walers are placed between the piles (Figure 27) and to what extent the pile could deform before the load of the berthing vessel would be shared by the adjacent walers. Example: Backing for the plywood is provided by 2” × 12” wooden planks (walers in forming technology) spaced approximately 15 inches apart in the vertical direction and running the full length of the wall section. The form ties are ¾-inch pipe clamps, spaced 6 to 10 feet apart in the horizontal direction. In the typical concrete forms, walers are 2×4's and form ties are spaced at 2-foot intervals. By using 2×12 walers, form ties can be spaced at up to 10-foot intervals.
Word: wangle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of wag + dangle, first attested 1810–1820. Alternatively, from an alteration of waggle or wankle. Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋ.ɡəl/, /ˈweɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/, /ˈwɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ 1. To obtain through deceitful or manipulative methods. Labels: transitive Example: “My dear old lad,” he said, briskly, “this must be remedied! Oh, positively! This must be remedied at once! I suppose my things wouldn’t fit you? No. Well, I tell you what. We’ll wangle something from my father-in-law. Example: After graduation, she was hired by United Press International, which on one memorable occasion sent her to cover a show by Elvis Presley in Detroit. She wangled an invitation to the singer’s hotel room, where one thing led to another. 2. To falsify, as records. Labels: transitive 3. To achieve through contrivance or cajolery. Labels: transitive Example: It took some effort to wangle a last-minute meeting with the CEO. Example: "[…] Well, as regards Mr. Carrados I have already arranged, as he suggests, to 'do something.'" "The deuce you have!" said Nickle, staring his curiosity. "How is it to be wangled?"
Word: wangle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of wag + dangle, first attested 1810–1820. Alternatively, from an alteration of waggle or wankle. Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋ.ɡəl/, /ˈweɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/, /ˈwɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ 1. The act of wangling
Word: wanned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wan + -ed. 1. Made wan, or pale.
Word: wapiti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Shawnee waapiti (“elk; white rump”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɑpɪti/ 1. The American elk (Cervus canadensis). Labels: Canada, US Example: Of deer there are in North America perhaps eight species : the black-tailed deer of the Pacific coast ; the mule-deer, and the white-tailed deer, of the Upper Missouri region and westward; the common deer of the United States east of the Missouri ; the wapiti of the northern and northwestern portions of the United States; one or two species of reindeer ; and the moose of the northern portion of the continent. […] Next to the moose, the wapiti or American elk (Cervus Canadensis) is the largest deer in North America. Example: In connection with the work of the forest reserves I desire again to urge upon the Congress the importance of authorizing the President to set aside certain portions of these reserves or other public lands as game refuges for the preservation of the bison, the wapiti, and other large beasts once so abundant in our woods and mountains and on our great plains, and now tending toward extinction.
Word: warper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English warp Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English warper From warp + -er. 1. One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape.
Word: washy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti Proto-Germanic *waskaną Proto-West Germanic *waskan Old English wascan Middle English wasshen English wash English -y English washy From wash + -y. 1. Watery; damp; soft. 2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble. Example: washy tea Example: washy resolutions 3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour. Labels: US, archaic, dialectal Example: a washy horse
Word: washy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti Proto-Germanic *waskaną Proto-West Germanic *waskan Old English wascan Middle English wasshen English wash English -y English washy From wash + -y. 1. A wash, an act of washing. Labels: childish, poetic, rare Example: Swishy, swishy, swashy. Give your hands a washy.
Word: weal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wele, from Old English wela (“wellness, welfare, prosperity, riches, well-being, wealth”), from Proto-West Germanic *welō, from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, wellness, weal”). Cognate with German Wohl, Danish vel, Swedish väl. Pronunciation: /wiːl/, /wil/ 1. Wealth, riches. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. Welfare, prosperity. Labels: literary, uncountable Example: Therefore for Gods loue, and as we loue the weale of our Soules and Bodies, let us ſo behaue our ſelues, as we may be at peace with God, and may finde grace in the Eyes of this People. Example: For whom all this was made, all this will ſoon / Follow, as to him linkt in weal or woe, [...] 3. Boon, benefit. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: And indeed I blamed myself and sore repented me of having taken compassion on him and continued in this condition, suffering fatigue not to be described, till I said to myself, "I wrought him a weal and he requited me with my ill; by Allah, never more will I do any man a service so long as I live!" 4. Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word). Labels: uncountable Example: Yet never was there a time when it more concerned the public weal, that the character of the parliament should stand high. Example: The austerity of my tone seemed to touch a nerve and kindle the fire that always slept in this vermilion-headed menace to the common weal [...]
Word: weal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See wale. Pronunciation: /wiːl/, /wil/ 1. A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt. Example: [A]lthough a few [slaves] live comfortably at Paramaribo, the greateſt number are wretched, particularly thoſe governed by a lady, who have many weals to ſhow, but not the ſmallest indulgence to boaſt of. Example: He turned as I struck him and fired full into my face, and the bullet left a weal across my cheek which will mark me to my dying day.
Word: weal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See wale. Pronunciation: /wiːl/, /wil/ 1. To mark with stripes; to wale.
Word: weald Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wald, walde, weld, welde, wold, wolde, woolde, wæld, from Old English wald, weald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to perceive, see”) or *welH- (“to roll, undulate”). Largely displaced by forest. Cognates Compare North Frisian wald, walt (“forest”), Saterland Frisian Woold (“forest”), West Frisian wâld (“forest”), Alemannic German and German Wald (“forest, woods”), Bavarian Woid (“forest, woods”), Cimbrian balt (“forest, woods”), Dutch woud (“forest, woods”), Low German Woold, Woolt (“forest”), Luxembourgish Wal (“forest”), Mòcheno bòlt (“wood, woodland”), Yiddish וואַלד (vald, “forest”), Danish val (“plain”), vold (“field, meadow”), Faroese vøllur (“lawn; field”), Icelandic völlur (“lawn; field”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk voll (“meadow”), Swedish vall (“field, pasture”); also Hittite 𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑 (ú-e-el-lu-uš, “meadow, pasture”). See also wald, wold, ultimately of the same origin. Pronunciation: /wiːld/, /wild/ 1. A forest or wood. Labels: archaic 2. An open country. Labels: archaic Example: [S]he to Almesbury / Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, / And heard the Spirits of the waste and weald / Moan as she fled, or thought she heard them moan: […]
Word: wean Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian (“to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit”), from Proto-West Germanic *wannjan, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to make wont; accustom”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive for; wish; love”). Cognate with Dutch wennen, German gewöhnen, Danish vænne, Swedish vänja, Icelandic venja. Related via PIE to wone, wont, and wonder, and perhaps win. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːn/, [ˈwɪi̯n] 1. To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder. Labels: transitive Example: The cow has weaned her calf. Example: Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 2. To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder. Labels: broadly, often, transitive Example: His generation was weaned on 1980's music. 3. To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition. Labels: intransitive Example: The kittens are finally weaning. 4. To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: He managed to wean himself off heroin. Example: With Marvin getting older ... and walking now ... I thought it was time to start weaning him off of his bottle. 5. To cease to depend. Labels: broadly, intransitive Example: She is weaning from her addiction to tobacco. 6. To raise, to help grow toward maturity Labels: broadly, obsolete, transitive Example: For they are friends that help to weane my ſtate, Till men and kingdomes help to ſtrengthen it: […]
Word: wean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots wean (literally “wee one”). Pronunciation: /ˈwiː(ə)n/, /ˈweɪ(ə)n/, [weːn] 1. A young child. Labels: Scotland Example: I, being but a yearling wean. Example: And there were darker tales in the countryside, of weans stolen, of lassies misguided, of innocent beasts cruelly tortured, and in one and all there came in the name of the wife of the Skerburnfoot.
Word: wester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From west + -er. 1. A strong westerly wind, a wind blowing from the west.
Word: wester Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From west + -er. 1. To move towards the west Example: My sun is westering, and the lengthening shadows remind me to work while it is day. Example: The hills rose scarlet and gold to the north of the little town, and the westering sun shone ruddily and mystically on the crude new stone and plaster buildings of the dusty forum and the wooden walls of the circus some distance to the east.
Word: wester Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From west + -er. 1. Western, westerly. Labels: dialectal, not-comparable Example: This is properly two, if not three towns — there being an Easter Anstruther and a Wester Anstruther, both burghs, besides a large fishing village […] Example: There had been a Little and a Meikle, and an Easter and a Wester Coull two centuries ago; and there had been a castle on the property […] 2. comparative form of west: more west Labels: comparative, form-of, not-comparable Example: President-elect Nixon [...] pointed out that Alaska is even wester than Hawaii. [...] had Mr. Nixon searched just a few leagues wester our Secretary of the Interior might have turned out to be a citizen of Kichighinsk. Nor is there anything in the history of the United States that validates the presupposition that anyone who is wester than anybody is simultaneously and necessatily more interior than anybody.
Word: whelk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whelke, a variant of welk, from Old English weoloc, wiloc, wioloc, weluc, from Proto-West Germanic *weluk (compare Middle Dutch willoc, Dutch wulk), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, revolve”) (whence vulva and volute). Unetymological spelling with wh- from the 15th century. Pronunciation: /wɛlk/, /hwɛlk, ʍɛlk/ 1. Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
Word: whelk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whelke, from Old English hwelca (“pustule, swelling”). Pronunciation: /wɛlk/, /hwɛlk, ʍɛlk/ 1. Pimple. Labels: archaic Example: his face is all bubukles , and whelks , and knobs 2. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
Word: whelm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English whelmen (“to turn over, capsize; to invert, turn upside down”), perhaps from Old English *hwealmnian, a variant of *hwealfnian, from hwealf (“arched, concave, vaulted; an arched or vaulted ceiling”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwalb, from Proto-Germanic *hwalbą (“arch, vault”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve”). Cognates The English word is cognate with Dutch welven (“to arch”), Old Saxon bihwelvian (“to cover, hide”), German wölben (“to bend, curve, arch”), Icelandic hvelfa (“to overturn”), German Walm (“a vaulted roof”), Icelandic hvolf (“vaulted ceiling”), Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, hollow, gulf”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ʍɛlm/, /wɛlm/ 1. To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Giue fire: ſhe is my prize, or Ocean whelme them all. Example: Still let me walk; for oft' the ſudden Gale / Ruffles the Tide, and ſhifts the dang'rous Sail, / Then ſhall the Paſſenger, too late, deplore / The whelming Billow, and the faithleſs Oar; [...] 2. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Gnats and Flies are very troubleſome in Houſes [...] Balls made of Horſe-dung and laid in a Room will do the ſame [attract gnats and flies] if they are new made; by which means you may whelm ſome things over them and keep them there. 3. To ruin or destroy. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Here, where a Cæsar stood two thousand years ago, the traveller from another continent (though not from New Zealand) stands to-day, to muse—at Pæstum, as at Pompeii—on the fate which overtakes all human things, and at last whelms man and his works in one undistinguishable ruin. Example: In the twentieth night of the nine hundredth moon, as night came up the valley, I performed the mystic rites of each of the gods in the temple as is my wont, lest any of the gods should grow angry in the night and whelm us while we slept. 4. To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Hear Thou our plaint, when light is gone / And lawlessness and strife prevail. / Hear, lest the whelming weight of crime / Wreck us with life in view; / Lest thoughts and schemes of sense and time / Earn us a sinner's due. 5. To emotionally affect at an intensity in between underwhelm and overwhelm. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: Hey guys, Scott here with my first impressions of the Jason 10th anniversary patch. And I have to say I am I'm kind of just whelmed. Like it's I'm not disappointed and I'm not like blown away or excited by anything that I've seen here.
Word: whelm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whelmen (“to turn over, capsize; to invert, turn upside down”), perhaps from Old English *hwealmnian, a variant of *hwealfnian, from hwealf (“arched, concave, vaulted; an arched or vaulted ceiling”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwalb, from Proto-Germanic *hwalbą (“arch, vault”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve”). Cognates The English word is cognate with Dutch welven (“to arch”), Old Saxon bihwelvian (“to cover, hide”), German wölben (“to bend, curve, arch”), Icelandic hvelfa (“to overturn”), German Walm (“a vaulted roof”), Icelandic hvolf (“vaulted ceiling”), Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, hollow, gulf”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ʍɛlm/, /wɛlm/ 1. A surge of water. Labels: also, figuratively, poetic Example: the whelm of the tide Example: I wonder about things and the people between us. The currents, the feedback, and the whelms. The sharp cracks between trees, and the tolling between the knees. 2. A wooden drainpipe, a hollowed out tree trunk, turned with the cavity downwards to form an arched watercourse. Example: A whelm was a wooden drainpipe, a hollowed-out tree trunk, "whelmed down" or turned with the concavity downwards to form an arched watercourse.
Word: whet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English whetten (“to make the edge of (a sword, tool, etc.) sharp; to grunt, snort; to scrape the ground with (one’s feet); to make a chattering or grinding sound; (figurative) of a person: to prepare for battle; to make (one’s wit) alert or keen; to strengthen (one’s heart or will); to incite, provoke”), from Old English hwettan (“to sharpen, whet; (figurative) to encourage, incite”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan (“to sharpen, whet”), from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną (“to sharpen, whet; (figurative) to incite, instigate”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (“sharp”). Verb sense 1.3.3 (“to inculcate or teach (habits, information, etc.)”) is from Deuteronomy 6:6–7 in the Bible (New International Version): “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children.” The word translated as impress is Hebrew שָׁנַן (shanán, “to be sharp; to sharpen, whet”). The noun is derived from the verb. cognates * Dialectal Danish hvæde (“to whet”) * Dutch wetten (“to whet, sharpen”) * German wetzen (“to whet, sharpen”) * Icelandic hvetja (“to whet, encourage, catalyze”) Pronunciation: /ˈwɛt/, [ˈwɛ(ʔ)t̚], /ˈʍɛt/, [ˈʍɛ(ʔ)t̚] 1. To sharpen (something, such as a knife or sword) by rubbing on an object, especially a whetstone; to hone. Labels: transitive Example: Why dost thou whet thy knife so earnestly? Example: And the Mower whets his ſithe, 2. Of an animal such as a boar: to sharpen (its horns, teeth, tusks, etc.) by rubbing on a stone, etc., in preparation for an attack. Labels: transitive 3. To make more keen or to stimulate (someone's appetite, interest, etc.); to hone, to sharpen. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: to whet one's appetite or one's courage Example: Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar, / I have not slept. 4. To encourage (someone) to do something; to incite, to urge. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive 5. To inculcate or teach (habits, information, etc.). Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive 6. Of a bird: to preen (its feathers). Labels: figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive 7. To make more keen; to stimulate. Labels: figuratively, intransitive 8. To prepare for an attack. Labels: figuratively, intransitive 9. To consume drink or food as an appetizer. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, obsolete
Word: whet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English whetten (“to make the edge of (a sword, tool, etc.) sharp; to grunt, snort; to scrape the ground with (one’s feet); to make a chattering or grinding sound; (figurative) of a person: to prepare for battle; to make (one’s wit) alert or keen; to strengthen (one’s heart or will); to incite, provoke”), from Old English hwettan (“to sharpen, whet; (figurative) to encourage, incite”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan (“to sharpen, whet”), from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną (“to sharpen, whet; (figurative) to incite, instigate”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (“sharp”). Verb sense 1.3.3 (“to inculcate or teach (habits, information, etc.)”) is from Deuteronomy 6:6–7 in the Bible (New International Version): “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children.” The word translated as impress is Hebrew שָׁנַן (shanán, “to be sharp; to sharpen, whet”). The noun is derived from the verb. cognates * Dialectal Danish hvæde (“to whet”) * Dutch wetten (“to whet, sharpen”) * German wetzen (“to whet, sharpen”) * Icelandic hvetja (“to whet, encourage, catalyze”) Pronunciation: /ˈwɛt/, [ˈwɛ(ʔ)t̚], /ˈʍɛt/, [ˈʍɛ(ʔ)t̚] 1. An act of sharpening something by rubbing on an object, especially a whetstone. 2. An occasion to do something; a go, a turn. Labels: broadly, dialectal 3. A period of time between two sharpenings of a scythe. Labels: broadly, dialectal 4. An item of drink or food consumed as an appetizer or to ward off hunger until a meal; specifically, a small amount of liquor drunk as an appetizer; a dram, a nip. Labels: figuratively Example: sips, drams, and whets Example: To make a nice Whet before Dinner […] 5. A thing which makes one's desire, interest, etc., more keen; an incitement, an inducement. Labels: figuratively Example: A really good game, to my mind, must have an element, however slight, of physical danger to the player. This is the great whet to skilled performance.
Word: whig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Middle English wheyȝe, weyȝe, wege, variant of whey. More at whey. Pronunciation: /ʍɪɡ/ 1. Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete 2. Buttermilk.
Word: whig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare frig, jig Pronunciation: /ʍɪɡ/ 1. To urge forward; drive briskly. Labels: transitive 2. To jog along; move or work briskly. Labels: intransitive 3. To weird out or disturb someone. Labels: transitive