Wend: Definition and part of speech

Wend

  1. p. p. of Wene.
  2. v. i. To go; to pass; to betake one’s self.
  3. v. i. To turn round.
  4. v. t. To direct; to betake; — used chiefly in the phrase to wend one’s way. Also used reflexively.

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.

Welter: Definition and part of speech

Welter

  1. n. A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.
  2. v. i. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.
  3. v. i. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
  4. v. i. To wither; to wilt.
  5. a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.
  6. n. That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.
  7. 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.

Welwitschia: Definition and part of speech

Welwitschia

  1. n. An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.

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.

Wem: Definition and part of speech

Wem

  1. v. t. To stain; to blemish; to harm; to corrupt.
  2. n. The abdomen; the uterus; the womb.
  3. n. Spot; blemish; harm; hurt.

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.