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- English Word Wife Definition A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.
- English Word Wife Definition The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband.
- English Word Wifehood Definition Womanhood.
- English Word Wifehood Definition The state of being a wife; the character of a wife.
- English Word Wifeless Definition Without a wife; unmarried.
- English Word Wifelike Definition Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman.
- English Word Wifely Definition Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife.
- English Word Wig Definition A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.
- English Word Wig Definition An old seal; -- so called by fishermen.
- English Word Wig Definition To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
- English Word Wig Definition A kind of raised seedcake.
- English Word Wigan Definition A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England.
- English Word Wigeon Definition A widgeon.
- English Word Wigg Definition Alt. of Wig
- English Word Wigged Definition of Wig
- English Word Wigged Definition Having the head covered with a wig; wearing a wig.
- English Word Wiggery Definition A wig or wigs; false hair.
- English Word Wiggery Definition Any cover or screen, as red-tapism.
- English Word Wigging Definition of Wig
- English Word Wiggle Definition To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.