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WARD-ROOM, n. [ward and room.] In a ship, a room over the gun-room, where the li...
WARD, in composition, as in toward, homeward, is the Saxon weard, from the root ...
WARBLING, ppr. 1. Quavering the voice; modulating notes; singing. 2. a. Filled w...
WARBLES, n. In farriery, small hard tumors on the backs of horses, occasioned by...
WARBLER, n. 1 . A singer; a songster; used of birds. In lulling strains the feth...
WARBLED, pp. Quavered; modulated; uttered musically.
WARBLE, v.t. [G., to turn, whirl, warble; a whirl, a vortex; a turning bone or j...
WAR-WORN, a. [war and worn.] Worn with military service; as a war-worn coat; a w...
WAR-OFFICE, n. An office in which the military affairs of a country are superint...
WAR-BEAT, WAR-BEATEN, a. [war and beat.] Worn down in war.
WAR-BEAT, WAR-BEATEN, a. [war and beat.] Worn down in war.
WAR, n. [G., to perplex, embroil, disturb. The primary sense of the root is to s...
WAPPER, n. A fish; a name given to the smaller species of the river gudgeon.
WAPPE, n. A species of cur, said to be so called from his voice. His only use is...
WAPP, n. In a ship, the rope with which the shrouds are set taught in wale-knots.
WAPENTAKE, WAPENTAC, n. [See Touch . This name had its origin in a custom of tou...