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- English Word Weeping Definition Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.
- English Word Weeping-ripe Definition Ripe for weeping; ready to weep.
- English Word Weepingly Definition In a weeping manner.
- English Word Weerish Definition See Wearish.
- English Word Weesel Definition See Weasel.
- English Word Weet Definition Wet.
- English Word Weet Definition To know; to wit.
- English Word Weet-bird Definition The wryneck; -- so called from its cry.
- English Word Weet-weet Definition The common European sandpiper.
- English Word Weet-weet Definition The chaffinch.
- English Word Weetingly Definition Knowingly.
- English Word Weetless Definition Unknowing; also, unknown; unmeaning.
- English Word Weever Definition Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful wounds.
- English Word Weevil Definition Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed.
- English Word Weeviled Definition Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain.
- English Word Weevily Definition Having weevils; weeviled.
- English Word Weezel Definition See Weasel.
- English Word Weft Definition imp. & p. p. of Wave.
- English Word Weft Definition A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif.
- English Word Weft Definition The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.
- English Word Weft Definition A web; a thing woven.
- English Word Weftage Definition Texture.
- English Word Wegotism Definition Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism.
- English Word Wehrgeld Definition Alt. of Wehrgelt
- English Word Wehrgelt Definition See Weregild.
- English Word Wehrwolf Definition See Werewolf.
- English Word Weigela Definition Alt. of Weigelia
- English Word Weigelia Definition A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced from China.
- English Word Weigh Definition A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.
- English Word Weigh Definition To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.