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Wisdom: Definition and part of speech

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Wisdom

  1. a. The results of wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition.
  2. a. The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wireworm: Definition and part of speech

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Wireworm

  1. n. A galleyworm.
  2. n. One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; — so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wire-pulling: Definition and part of speech

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Wire-pulling

  1. n. The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wire-tailed: Definition and part of speech

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Wire-tailed

  1. a. Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wiredraw: Definition and part of speech

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Wiredraw

  1. v. t. To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.
  2. v. t. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.
  3. v. t. Hence, to draw by art or violence.
  4. v. t. Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.