WAREWare, n. Etym: [AS. waru caution.]
Defn: The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] Wyclif.
WAREWare, v. t. Etym: [As. warian.]
Defn: To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guardagainst. "Ware that I say." Chaucer.God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. Chaucer.Then ware a rising tempest on the main. Dryden.
WAREFULWare"ful, a.
Defn: Wary; watchful; cautious. [Obs.]
WAREFULNESSWare"ful*ness, n.
Defn: Wariness; cautiousness. [Obs.] "Full of warefulness." Sir P.Sidney.
WAREGA FLYWa*re"ga fly`.
Defn: (Zoöl.) A Brazilian fly whose larvæ live in the skin of man and animals, producing painful sores.
WAREHOUSEWare"house`, n.; pl. Warehouses (.
Defn: A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison.
WAREHOUSEWare"house`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warehoused; p. pr. & vb. n.Warehousing.]
1. To deposit or secure in a warehouse.
2. To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.
WAREHOUSEMANWare"house`man, n.; pl. Warehousemen (.
1. One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.
2. One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods. [Eng.] Warehouseman's itch (Med.), a form of eczema occurring on the back of the hands of warehousemen.
WAREHOUSINGWare"hous`ing, n.
Defn: The act of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a customhouse store. Warehousing system, an arrangement for lodging imported articles in the customhouse stores, without payment of duties until they are taken out for home consumption. If reëxported, they are not charged with a duty. See Bonded warehouse, under Bonded, a.
WARELESSWare"less, a. Etym: [See Ware, n.]
Defn: Unwary; incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware. [Obs.] And wareless of the evil That by themselves unto themselves is wrought. Spenser.
WARELYWare"ly, adv.
Defn: Cautiously; warily. [Obs.] They bound him hand and foot with iron chains, And with continual watch did warely keep. Spenser.
WARENCEWar"ence, n. Etym: [OF. warance. F. garance, LL. warentia, garantia.](Bot.)
Defn: Madder.
WAREROOMWare"room`, n.
Defn: A room in which goods are stored or exhibited for sale.
WARESWares, n. pl.
Defn: See 4th Ware.
WARFARE War"fare`, n. Etym: [War + OE. fare a journey, a passage, course, AS. faru. See Fare, n.]
1. Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war. The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. I Sam. xxviii. 1. This day from battle rest; Faithful hath been your warfare. Milton.
2. Contest; struggle. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. 2 Cor. x. 4.
WARFAREWar"fare`, v. i.
Defn: To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. Camden.
WARFARERWar"far`er, n.
Defn: One engaged in warfare; a military man; a soldier; a warrior.
WARHABLEWar"ha`ble, a. Etym: [War + hable.]
Defn: Fit for war. [Obs.] "Warhable youth." Spenser.
WARIANGLE War`i*an"gle, n. Etym: [OE. wariangel, weryangle; cf. AS. wearg outlaw, criminal, OHG, warg, warch, Goth. wargs (in comp.), G. würgengel, i. e., destroying angel, destroyer, killer, and E. worry.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); — called also würger, worrier, and throttler. [Written also warriangle, weirangle, etc.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
WARILYWa"ri*ly, adv.
Defn: In a wary manner.
WARIMENTWa"ri*ment, n.
Defn: Wariness. [Obs.] Spenser.
WARINEWar"ine, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American monkey, one of the sapajous.
WARINESSWa"ri*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness. "An almost reptile wariness." G. W. Cable. To determine what are little things in religion, great wariness is to be used. Sprat.
Syn. — Caution; watchfulness; circumspection; foresight; care; vigilance; scrupulousness.
WARISH War"ish, v. t. Etym: [OF. warir to protect, heal, cure, F. guéri to cure; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. werian, weren, to protect, to hinder. See Garret.]
Defn: To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal. [Obs.]My brother shall be warished hastily. Chaucer.Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who warish andcure the stinging of serpents with their spittle. Holland.
WARISHWar"ish, v. i.
Defn: To be cured; to recover. [Obs.]Your daughter . . . shall warish and escape. Chaucer.
WARISON War"i*son, n. Etym: [OF. warison safety, supplies, cure, F. guérison cure. See Warish, v. t.]
1. Preparation; protection; provision; supply. [Obs.]
2. Reward; requital; guerdon. [Obs. or Scot.] Wit and wisdom is good warysoun. Proverbs of Hending.
WARKWark, n. Etym: [See Work.]
Defn: Work; a building. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser.
WARKLOOMWark"loom, n.
Defn: A tool; an implement. [Scot.]
WARLIKEWar"like`, a.
1. Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition. Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men. Shak.
2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial. The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased. Milton.
Syn.— Martial; hostile; soldierly. See Martial.
WARLIKENESSWar"like`ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being warlike.
WARLINGWar"ling, n.
Defn: One often quarreled with; — darling. [Obs.]Better be an old man's darling than a young man's warling. Camde
WARLOCK War"lock, n. Etym: [OE. warloghe a deceiver, a name or the Devil, AS. w a belier or breaker of his agreement, word, or pledge; w covenant, troth (akiverus true; see Very) + loga a liar (in comp.), leógan to lie. See 3d Lie.]
Defn: A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp. [Written alsowarluck.] Dryden.It was Eyvind Kallda's crew Of warlocks blue, With their caps ofdarkness hooded! Longfellow.
WARLOCKWar"lock, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish. [R.]Thou shalt win the warlock fight. J. R. Drak
WARLOCKRYWar"lock*ry, n.
Defn: Impishness; magic.
WARLYWar"ly, a.
Defn: Warlike. Burns.
WARM Warm, a. [Compar. Warmer; superl. Warmest.] Etym: [AS. wearm; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. warm, Icel. varmr, Sw. & Dan. varm, Goth. warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lith. virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. gharma heat, OL. formus warm.
1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. "Whose blood is warm within." Shak. Warm and still is the summer night. Longfellow.
2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! Milton. Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. Pope. They say he's warm man and does not care to be madAddison. I had been none of the warmest of partisans. Hawthor
5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate. Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't. Dryden.
6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. [Colloq.] Warm householders, every one of them. W. Irving. You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him. Goldsmith.
7. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [Colloq.] Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," Black.
8. (Paint.)
Defn: Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; — said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.
Syn. — Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.
WARMWarm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Warming.] Etym:[AS. wearmian. See Warm, a.]
1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself. Isa. xliv 15 Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. Longfellow.
2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to exciteardor or zeal; to enliven.I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings. Pope.Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. Keble.
WARMWarm, v. i. Etym: [AS. wearmian.]
1. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer. There shall not be a coal to warm at. Isa. xlvii. 14.
2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speakewarms as he proceeds.
WARMWarm, n.
Defn: The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. [Colloq.] Dickens.
WARM-BLOODEDWarm"-blood`ed, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Having warm blood; — applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal.
WARMERWarm"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, warms.
WARMFULWarm"ful, a.
Defn: Abounding in capacity to warm; giving warmth; as, a warmful garment. [R.] Chapman.
WARM-HEARTEDWarm"-heart`ed, a.
Defn: Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.— Warm"-heart`ed*ness, n.
WARMINGWarm"ing,
Defn: a. & n. from Warm, v. Warming pan, a long-handled covered pan into which live coals are put, — used for warming beds. Shak.
WARMLYWarm"ly, adv.
Defn: In a warm manner; ardently.
WARMNESSWarm"ness, n.
Defn: Warmth. Chaucer.
WARMONGERWar"mon`ger, n.
Defn: One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary. [R.]Spenser.
WARMOUTHWar"mouth, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (Chænobryttus gulosus); — called also red-eyed bream.
WARMTHWarmth, n.
1. The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun; the warmth of the blood; vital warmth. Here kindly warmth their mounting juice ferments. Addison.
2. A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; as, the warmth of love or piety; he replied with much warmth. "Spiritual warmth, and holy fires." Jer. Taylor. That warmth . . . which agrees with Christian zeal. Sprat.
3. (Paint.)
Defn: The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color.
Syn. — Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement; vehemence.
WARMTHLESSWarmth"less, a.
Defn: Being without warmth; not communicating warmth; cold. [R.]Coleridge.
WARN Warn (wasrn), v. t. Etym: [OE. wernen, AS. weornan, wyrnan. Cf. Warn to admonish.]
Defn: To refuse. [Written also wern, worn.] [Obs.] Chaucer.
WARN Warn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warned; p. pr. & vb. n. Warning.] Etym: [OE. warnen, warnien, AS. warnian, wearnian, to take heed, to warn; akin to AS. wearn denial, refusal, OS. warning, wernian, to refuse, OHG. warnen, G. warnen to warn, OFries. warna, werna, Icel. varna to refuse; and probably to E. wary.
1. To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house. "Warned of the ensuing fight." Dryden. Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee. Acts x. 22. Who is it that hath warned us to the walls Shak.
2. To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious. "Juturna warns the Daunian chief of Lausus' danger, urging swift relief." Dryden.
3. To ward off. [Obs.] Spenser.
WARNERWarn"er, n.
Defn: One who warns; an admonisher.
WARNERWarn"er, n.
Defn: A warrener. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
WARNINGWarn"ing, a.
Defn: Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warningvoice.That warning timepiece never ceased. Longfellow.Warning piece, Warning wheel (Horol.), a piece or wheel whichproduces a sound shortly before the clock strikes.
WARNINGWarn"ing, n.
1. Previous notice. "At a month's warning." Dryden. A great journey to take upon so short a warning. L'Estrange.
2. Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition. Could warning make the world more just or wise. Dryden.
WARNINGLYWarn"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a warning manner.
WARNSTORE Warn"store, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. warnesture, garnesture, provisions, supplies, and E. garnish.]
Defn: To furnish. [Obs.] "To warnstore your house." Chaucer.
WARP Warp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warped; p. pr. & vb. n. Warping.] Etym: [OE. warpen; fr. Icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, fr. verpa to throw; akin to Dan. varpe to warp a ship, Sw. varpa, AS. weorpan to cast, OS. werpan, OFries. werpa, D. & LG. werpen, G. werfen, Goth. waírpan; cf. Skr. vrj to twist. Wrap.]
1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise. The planks looked warped. Coleridge. Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock solemn, that I laughed. Tennyson.
3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert. This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind. Dryden. I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy. Addison. We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men. Southey.
4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] Nares. While doth he mischief warp. Sternhold.
5. (Naut.)
Defn: To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
6. To cast prematurely, as young; — said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
7. (Agric.)
Defn: To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance. [Prov. Eng.]
8. (Rope Making)
Defn: To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
9. (Weaving)
Defn: To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam. Warped surface (Geom.), a surface generated by a straight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane. Davies & Peck.
WARPWarp, v. i.
1. To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking. One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, warp, warp. Shak. They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or warping. Moxon.
2. to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve. There is our commission, From which we would not have you warp. Shak.
3. To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects. A pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind. Milton.
4. To cast the young prematurely; to slink; — said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Weaving)
Defn: To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
WARPWarp, n. Etym: [AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting, throwing,Sw. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline, OHG. warf warp,G. werft. See Warp, v.]
1. (Weaving)
Defn: The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser.
3. (Agric.)
Defn: A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. Lyell.
4. A premature casting of young; — said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
6. Etym: [From Warp, v.]
Defn: The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board. Warp beam, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom. — Warp fabric, fabric produced by warp knitting. — Warp frame, or Warp-net frame, a machine for making warp lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for each needle. — Warp knitting, a kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side; — also called warp weaving. — Warp lace, or Warp net, lace having a warp crossed by weft threads.
WARPAGEWarp"age, n.
Defn: The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors.
WARPATHWar"path`, n.
Defn: The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition. Schoolcraft. On the warpath, on a hostile expedition; hence, colloquially, about to attack a person or measure.
WARPERWarp"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape.
2. One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom.
WARPINGWarp"ing, n.
1. The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.
2. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver. Craig. Warping bank, a bank of earth raised round a field to retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land. Craig. — Warping hook, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring. — Warping mill, a machine for warping yarn. — Warping penny, money, varying according to the length of the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying the warp. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. — Warping post, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.
WARP KNITTINGWarp knitting.
Defn: A kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side.
WARPROOFWar"proof`, n.
Defn: Valor tried by war.
WARRAGALWar"ra*gal, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The dingo.
WARRANDICEWar"ran*dice, n. Etym: [See Warrantise.] (Scots Law)
Defn: The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty. [Written also warrandise.] Craig.
WARRANT War"rant, n. Etym: [OE. warant, OF. warant a warrant, a defender, protector, F. garant, originally a p. pr. pf German origin, fr. OHG. weren to grant, warrant, G. gewähren; akin to OFries. wera. Cf. Guarantee.]
1. That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority. Specifically: — (a) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing. (b) (Law) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice. (c) (Mil. & Nav.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below.
2. That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security. I give thee warrant of thy place. Shak. His worth is warrant for his welcome hither. Shak.
3. That which attests or proves; a voucher.
4. Right; legality; allowance. [Obs.] Shak. Bench warrant. (Law) See in the Vocabulary. — Dock warrant (Com.), a customhouse license or authority. — General warrant. (Law) See under General. — Land warrant. See under Land. — Search warrant. (Law) See under Search, n. — Warrant of attorney (Law), written authority given by one person to another empowering him to transact business for him; specifically, written authority given by a client to his attorney to appear for him in court, and to suffer judgment to pass against him by confession in favor of some specified person. Bouvier. — Warrant officer, a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant, corporal, bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a quartermaster, gunner, boatswain, etc., in the navy. — Warrant to sue and defend. (a) (O. Eng. Law) A special warrant from the crown, authorizing a party to appoint an attorney to sue or defend for him. (b) A special authority given by a party to his attorney to commence a suit, or to appear and defend a suit in his behalf. This warrant is now disused. Burrill.
WARRANT War"rant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warranted; p. pr. & vb. n. Warranting.] Etym: [OE. waranten, OF. warantir, garantir, guarantir, garentir, garandir, F. garantir to warrant, fr. OF. warant, garant, guarant, a warrant, a protector, a defender, F. garant. sq. root142. See Warrant, n.]
1. To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action. That show I first my body to warrant. Chaucer. I'll warrant him from drowning. Shak. In a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I can not be. Milton.
2. To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it. True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides. Addison. How little while it is since he went forth out of his study, — chewing a Hebrew text of Scripture in his mouth, I warrant. Hawthorne.
3. To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to. [My neck is] as smooth as silk, I warrant ye. L' Estrange.
4. (Law) (a) To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure. (b) To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss. (c) To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2. (d) To assure, as a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to engage that the thing is what it appears, or is represented, to be, which implies a covenant to make good any defect or loss incurred by it.
WARRANTABLEWar"rant*a*ble, a.
Defn: Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable. His meals are coarse and short, his employment warrantable, his sleep certain and refreshing. South. — War"rant*a*ble*ness, n. — War"rant*bly, adv.
WARRANTEEWar`ran*tee", n. (Law)
Defn: The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.
WARRANTERWar"rant*er, n.
1. One who warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers.
2. (Law)
Defn: One who assures, or covenants to assure; one who contracts to secure another in a right, or to make good any defect of title or quality; one who gives a warranty; a guarantor; as, the warranter of a horse.
WARRANTISEWar"rant*ise, n. Etym: [OF. warentise, warandise, garantise. SeeWarrant, n.]
Defn: Authority; security; warranty. [Obs.] Shak.
WARRANTISEWar"rant*ise, v. t.
Defn: To warrant. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
WARRANTORWar"rant*or, n. (Law)
Defn: One who warrants.
WARRANTYWar"rant*y, n.; pl. Warranties. Etym: [OF. warantie, F. garantie. SeeWarrant, n., and cf. Guaranty.]
1. (Anc. Law)
Defn: A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant. Kent.
2. (Modern Law)
Defn: An engagement or undertaking, express or implied, that a certain fact regarding the subject of a contract is, or shall be, as it is expressly or impliedly declared or promised to be. In sales of goods by persons in possession, there is an implied warranty of title, but, as to the quality of goods, the rule of every sale is, Caveat emptor. Chitty. Bouvier.
3. (Insurance Law)
Defn: A stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These warranties, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are certain implied warranties. Bouvier.
4. Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant. [R.] Shak. If they disobey precept, that is no excuse to us, nor gives us any warranty . . . to disobey likewise. Kettlewe
5. Security; warrant; guaranty. The stamp was a warranty of the public. Locke.
Syn.— See Guarantee.
WARRANTYWar"rant*y, v. t.
Defn: To warrant; to guarantee.
WARRAY War"ray, v. t. Etym: [OF. werreier, werrier, guerroier, F. guerroyer, from OF. werre war, F. guerre; of German origin. See War.]
Defn: To make war upon. [Obs.] Fairfax. "When a man warrayeth truth."Chaucer.
WARREWarre, a. Etym: [OE. werre; of Scand. origin. See Worse.]
Defn: Worse. [Obs.]They say the world is much warre than it wont. Spenser.
WARREN War"ren, n. Etym: [Of. waresne, warenne, garene, F. garenne, from OF. warer, garer, to beware, to take care; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. war (in comp.), OS. war to take care, to observe, akin to E. wary. Wary.]
1. (Eng Law) (a) A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren. Burrill. (b) A privilege which one has in his lands, by royal grant or prescription, of hunting and taking wild beasts and birds of warren, to the exclusion of any other person not entering by his permission. Spelman. They wend both warren and in waste. Piers Plowman.
Note: The warren is the next franchise in degree to the park; and a forest, which is the highest in dignity, comprehends a chase, a park, and a free warren.
2. A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.
3. A place for keeping flash, in a river.
WARRENERWar"ren*er, n.
Defn: The keeper of a warren.
WARRIANGLEWar`ri*an"gle, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Wariangle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
WARRIEWar"rie, v. t.
Defn: See Warye. [Obs.]
WARRINWar"rin, n. Etym: [From a native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; — called also blue- bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot.
WARRIOR War"rior, n. Etym: [OE. werreour, OF. werreour, guerreor, from guerre, werre, war. See War, and Warray.]
Defn: A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; asoldier; a champion.Warriors old with ordered spear and shield. Milton.Warrior ant (Zoöl.), a reddish ant (Formica sanguinea) native ofEurope and America. It is one of the species which move in armies tocapture and enslave other ants.
WARRIORESSWar"rior*ess, n.
Defn: A female warrior. [Obs.] Spenser.
WARRYWar"ry, v. t.
Defn: See Warye. [Obs.]
WARSAW War"saw, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States. (b) The jewfish; — called also guasa.
WARTWart, n. Etym: [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze,OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. vårta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., agrowth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillæ, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.
2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. Fig wart, Moist wart (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma. Called also pointed wart, venereal wart. L. A. Duhring. — Wart cress (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under Swine. — Wart snake (Zoöl.), any one of several species of East Indian colubrine snakes of the genus Acrochordus, having the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes. — Wart spurge (Bot.), a kind of wartwort (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
WARTEDWart"ed, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having little knobs on the surface; verrucose; as, a warted capsule.
WART HOGWart" hog`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacochoerus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacochoerus Æthiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Æliani) is native of the coasts of the Red Sea.
WARTLESSWart"less, a.
Defn: Having no wart.
WARTWEEDWart"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Wartwort.
WARTWORTWart"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).
WARTYWart"y, a.
1. Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf.
2. Of the nature of warts; as, a warty excrescence. Warty egg (Zoöl.), a marine univalve shell (Ovulum verrucosum), having the surface covered with wartlike elevations.
WARTY-BACKWart"y-back`, n.
Defn: An American fresh-water mussel (Quadrula pustulosa). Its shell is used in making buttons.
WARWICKITEWar"wick*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic crystals imbedded in limestone near Warwick, New York. It consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron.
WARWORNWar"worn`, a.
Defn: Worn with military service; as, a warworn soldier; a warworn coat. Shak.
WARY Wa"ry, a. [Compar. Warier; superl. Wariest.] Etym: [OE. war, AS. wær; akin to Icel. v, Dan. & Sw. var, Goth. wars, G. gewahr aware, OHG. wara notice, attention, Gr. Aware, Garment, Garnish, Garrison, Panorama, Ward, v. t. Ware, a., Warren.]
1. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. "Bear a wary eye." Shak. We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men. Milton.
2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful. It behoveth our words to be wary and few. Hooker.
Syn.— Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See Cautious.
WARYEWar"ye, v. t. Etym: [AS. wergian, wyrgean. Cf. Worry.]
Defn: To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also warrie, warry, and wary.] "Whom I thus blame and warye." Chaucer.
WAS Was. Etym: [AS. wæs, 2d pers. wære, 3d pers. wæs, pl. wæron, with the inf. wesan to be; akin to D. wezen, imp. was, OHG. wesan, imp. was, G. wesen, n., a being, essence, war was, Icel. vera to be, imp. var, Goth. wisan to be, to dwell, to remain, imp. was, Skr. vas to remain, to dwell. sq. root148. Cf. Vernacular, Wassail, Were, v.]
Defn: The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.
WASEWase, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. vase a sheaf.]
Defn: A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
WASH Wash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Washed; p. pr. & vb. n. Washing.] Etym: [OE. waschen, AS. wascan; akin to D. wasschen, G. waschen, OHG. wascan, Icel. & Sw. vaska, Dan. vaske, and perhaps to E. water. sq. root150.]
1. To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, . . . he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. Matt. xxvii. 24.
2. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore. Fresh-blown roses washed with dew. Milton. [The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist. Longfellow.
3. To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
4. To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; — often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands. Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins. Acts xxii. 16. The tide will wash you off. Shak.
5. To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.
6. To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver. To wash gold, etc., to treat earth or gravel, or crushed ore, with water, in order to separate the gold or other metal, or metallic ore, through their superior gravity. — To wash the hands of. See under Hand.
WASHWash, v. i.
1. To perform the act of ablution. Wash in Jordan seven times. 2 Kings v. 10.
2. To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water. "She can wash and scour." Shak.
3. To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash. [Colloq.]
4. To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; — said of road, a beach, etc.
WASHWash, n.
1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once.
2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire. "The Wash of Edmonton so gay." Cowper. These Lincoln washes have devoured them. Shak.
3. Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc. The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, where rain water hath a long time settled. Mortimer.
4. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs. Shak.
5. (Distilling) (a) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. (b) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. B. Edwards.
6. That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface. Specifically: — (a) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion. (b) A liquid dentifrice. (c) A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash. (d) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion. (e) (Painting) A thin coat of color, esp. water color. (j) A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
7. (Naut.) (a) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water. (b) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
8. The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it.
9. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. [Prov. Eng.] Wash ball, a ball of soap to be used in washing the hands or face. Swift. — Wash barrel (Fisheries), a barrel nearly full of split mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order to soak the blood from the fish before salting. — Wash bottle. (Chem.) (a) A bottle partially filled with some liquid through which gases are passed for the purpose of purifying them, especially by removing soluble constituents. (b) A washing bottle. See under Washing. — Wash gilding. See Water gilding. — Wash leather, split sheepskin dressed with oil, in imitation of chamois, or shammy, and used for dusting, cleaning glass or plate, etc.; also, alumed, or buff, leather for soldiers' belts.
WASHWash, a.
1
Defn: Washy; weak. [Obs.]Their bodies of so weak and wash a temper. Beau. & Fl.
2. Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods. [Colloq.]
WASHABLEWash"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color.
WASHBOARDWash"board`, n.
1. A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.
2. A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; — called also wasteboard. Mar. Di
WASHBOWLWash"bowl`, n.
Defn: A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc.
WASHDISHWash"dish`, n.
1. A washbowl.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Washerwoman, 2. [Prov. Eng.]
WASH DRAWINGWash drawing. (Art)
Defn: In water-color painting, work in, or a work done chiefly in, washes, as distinguished from that done in stipple, in body color, etc.
WASHEDWashed, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; — said of the colors of certain birds and insects.
WASHED SALEWashed sale.
Defn: Same as Wash sale.
WASHENWash"en, obs.
Defn: p. p. of Wash. Chaucer.
WASHERWash"er, n. Etym: [AS. wæscere.]
1. One who, or that which, washes.
2. A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.
3. (Plumbing)
Defn: A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The common raccoon.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Washerwoman, 2. [Prov. Eng.]
WASHERMANWash"er*man, n.; pl. Washermen (.
Defn: A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others.
WASHERWOMANWash"er*wom`an, n.; pl. Washerwomen (.
1. A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The pied wagtail; — so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants. [Prov. Eng.]
WASHHOUSEWash"house`, n.
Defn: An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.
WASHINESSWash"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.
WASHINGWash"ing, n.
1. The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.
2. The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash. Washing bear (Zoöl.), the raccoon. — Washing bottle (Chem.), a bottle fitted with glass tubes passing through the cork, so that on blowing into one of the tubes a stream of water issuing from the other may be directed upon anything to be washed or rinsed, as a precipitate upon a filter, etc. — Washing fluid, a liquid used as a cleanser, and consisting usually of alkaline salts resembling soaps in their action. — Washing machine, a machine for washing; specifically, a machine for washing clothes. — Washing soda. (Chem.) See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium. — Washing stuff, any earthy deposit containing gold enough to pay for washing it; — so called among gold miners.
WASHINGTONIANWash`ing*to"ni*an, a.
1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy. Lowell.
2. Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence. — n.
Defn: A member of the Washingtonian Society.
WASHOE PROCESSWash"oe proc`ess. [From the Washoe district, Nevada.]
Defn: The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as blue vitriol and salt.
WASH-OFFWash"-off`, a. (Calico Printing)
Defn: Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; — said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.
WASHOUTWash"out`, n.
Defn: The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.
WASHPOTWash"pot`, n.
1. A pot or vessel in which anything is washed.
2. (Tin-Plate Manuf.)
Defn: A pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated.
WASH SALEWash sale. (Stock Exchange)
Defn: A sale made in washing. See Washing, n., 3, above.
WASHSTANDWash"stand`, n.
Defn: A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.
WASH STANDWash stand.
Defn: In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off. [Cant]
WASHTUBWash"tub`, n.
Defn: A tub in which clothes are washed.
WASHYWash"y, a. Etym: [From Wash.]
1. Watery; damp; soft. "Washy ooze." Milton.
2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions. A polish . . . not over thin and washy. Sir H. Wotton.
3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse. [Local, U. S.]
WASITEWa"site, n. Etym: [See Wasium.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium.
WASIUM Wa"si*um, n. Etym: [NL. So called from Wasa, or Vasa, the name of a former royal family of Sweden.] (Chem.)
Defn: A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with thorium.
WASPWasp, n. Etym: [OE. waspe, AS. wæps, wæfs; akin to D. wesp, G. wespe,OHG. wafsa, wefsa, Lith. vapsa gadfly, Russ. osa wasp, L. vespa, andperhaps to E. weave.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets.
Note: The social wasps make a complex series of combs, of a substance like stiff paper, often of large size, and protect them by a paperlike covering. The larvæ are reared in the cells of the combs, and eat insects and insect larvæ brought to them by the adults, but the latter feed mainly on the honey and pollen of flowers, and on the sweet juices of fruit. See Illust. in Appendix. Digger wasp, any one of numerous species of solitary wasps that make their nests in burrows which they dig in the ground, as the sand wasps. See Sand wasp, under Sand. — Mud wasp. See under Mud. — Potter wasp. See under Potter. — Wasp fly, a species of fly resembling a wasp, but without a sting.
WASPISHWasp"ish, a.
1. Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
2. Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish. He was naturally a waspish and hot man. Bp. Hall. Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace This jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhyming race. Pope.
Syn.— Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; testy; peevish;captious.— Wasp"ish*ly, adv.— Wasp"ish*ness, n.
WASSAIL Was"sail, n. Etym: [AS. wes hal (or an equivalent form in another dialect) be in health, which was the form of drinking a health. The form wes is imperative. See Was, and Whole.]
1. An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one. Geoffrey of Monmouth relates, on the authority of Walter Calenius, that this lady [Rowena], the daughter of Hengist, knelt down on the approach of the king, and, presenting him with a cup of wine, exclaimed, Lord king wæs heil, that is, literally, Health be to you. N. Drake.
2. An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse. "In merry wassail he . . . peals his loud song." Sir W. Scott. The king doth wake to-night and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail. Shak. The victors abandoned themselves to feasting and wassail. Prescott.
3. The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; — called also lamb's wool. A jolly wassail bowl, A wassail of good ale. Old Song.
4. A festive or drinking song or glee. [Obs.] Have you done your wassail! 'T is a handsome, drowsy ditty, I'll assure you. Beau. & Fl.
WASSAILWas"sail, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl. "Awassail candle, my lord, all tallow." Shak. Wassail bowl, a bowl in which wassail was mixed, and placed upon the table. "Spiced wassail bowl." J. Fletcher. "When the cloth was removed, the butler brought in a huge silver vessel . . . Its appearance was hailed with acclamation, being the wassail bowl so renowned in Christmas festivity." W. Irving. — Wassail cup, a cup from which wassail was drunk.
WASSAILWas"sail, v. i.
Defn: To hold a wassail; to carouse. Spending all the day, and good part of the night, in dancing, caroling, and wassailing. Sir P. Sidney.
WASSAILERWas"sail*er, n.
Defn: One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler. The rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers. Milton.
WASTWast.
Defn: The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; — now used only in solemn or poetical style. See Was.
WASTAGEWast"age, n.
Defn: Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste.
WASTEWaste, a. Etym: [OE. wast, OF. wast, from L. vastus, influenced bythe kindred German word; cf. OHG. wuosti, G. wüst, OS. w, D. woest,AS. weste. Cf. Vast.]
1. Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless. The dismal situation waste and wild. Milton. His heart became appalled as he gazed forward into the waste darkness of futurity. Sir W. Scott.
2. Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper. But his waste words returned to him in vain. Spenser. Not a waste or needless sound, Till we come to holier ground. Milton. Ill day which made this beauty waste. Emerson.
3. Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous. And strangled with her waste fertility. Milton. Waste gate, a gate by which the superfluous water of a reservoir, or the like, is discharged. — Waste paper. See under Paper. — Waste pipe, a pipe for carrying off waste, or superfluous, water or other fluids. Specifically: (a) (Steam Boilers) An escape pipe. See under Escape. (b) (Plumbing) The outlet pipe at the bottom of a bowl, tub, sink, or the like. — Waste steam. (a) Steam which escapes the air. (b) Exhaust steam. — Waste trap, a trap for a waste pipe, as of a sink.
WASTE Waste, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wasting.] Etym: [OE. wasten, OF. waster, guaster, gaster, F. gâter to spoil, L. vastare to devastate, to lay waste, fr. vastus waste, desert, uncultivated, ravaged, vast, but influenced by a kindred German word; cf. OHG. wuosten, G. wüsten, AS. westan. See Waste, a.]
1. To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy. Thou barren ground, whom winter's wrath hath wasted, Art made a mirror to behold my plight. Spenser. The Tiber Insults our walls, and wastes our fruitful grounds. Dryden.
2. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out. Until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. Num. xiv. 33. O, were I able To waste it all myself, and leave ye none! Milton. Here condemned To waste eternal days in woe and pain. Milton. Wasted by such a course of life, the infirmities of age daily grew on him. Robertson.
3. To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury. The younger son gathered all together, and . . . wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Gray.
4. (Law)
Defn: To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay.
Syn.— To squander; dissipate; lavish; desolate.
WASTEWaste, v. i.
1. To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less. The time wasteth night and day. Chaucer. The barrel of meal shall not waste. 1 Kings xvii. 14. But man dieth, and wasteth away. Job xiv. 10.
2. (Sporting)
Defn: To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; — said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc.
WASTE Waste, n. Etym: [OE. waste; cf. the kindred AS. w, OHG. w, wuosti, G. wüste. See Waste, a. & v.]
1. The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc. "Waste . . . of catel and of time." Chaucer. For all this waste of wealth loss of blood. Milton. He will never . . . in the way of waste, attempt us again. Shak. Little wastes in great establishments, constantly occurring, may defeat the energies of a mighty capital. L. Beecher.
2. That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness. "The wastes of Nature." Emerson. All the leafy nation sinks at last, And Vulcan rides in triumph o'er the waste. Dryden. The gloomy waste of waters which bears his name is his tomb and his monument. Bancroft.
3. That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc.
4. (Law)
Defn: Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder.
Note: Waste is voluntary, as by pulling down buildings; or permissive, as by suffering them to fall for want of necessary repairs. Whatever does a lasting damage to the freehold is a waste. Blackstone.
5. (Mining)
Defn: Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse.
Syn. — Prodigality; diminution; loss; dissipation; destruction; devastation; havoc; desolation; ravage.
WASTEBASKETWaste"bas`ket, n.
Defn: A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper.
WASTEBOARDWaste"board`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Washboard, 3.
WASTEBOOKWaste"book`, n. (Com.)
Defn: A book in which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried into the journal.
WASTEFULWaste"ful, c.
1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as; wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.
2. Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition.
3. Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.] In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed. Spenser.
Syn.— Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant.— Waste"ful*ly, adv.— Waste"ful*ness, n.
WASTELWas"tel, n. Etym: [OF. wastel, gastel, F. gâteau, LL. wastellus, fr.MHG. wastel a kind of bread; cf. OHG. & AS. wist food.]
Defn: A kind of white and fine bread or cake; — called also wastel bread, and wastel cake. [Obs.] Roasted flesh or milk and wasted bread. Chaucer. The simnel bread and wastel cakes, which were only used at the tables of the highest nobility. Sir W. Scott.
WASTENESSWaste"ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation. A day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness. Zeph. i. 15.
2. That which is waste; a desert; a waste. [R.] Through woods and wasteness wide him daily sought. Spenser.
WASTER Wast"er, n. Etym: [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See Waste, v. t.]
1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal. He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9. Sconces are great wasters of candles. Swift.
2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; — called also a thief. Halliwell.
3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil. Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow for a broken head. Beau. & Fl. Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters. Sir T. Browne.
WASTETHRIFTWaste"thrift`, n.
Defn: A spendthrift. [Obs.]
WASTEWEIRWaste"weir`, n.
Defn: An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.
WASTINGWast"ing, a.
Defn: Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. Wasting palsy (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See under Progressive.