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Wallow: Definition and part of speech

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Wallow

  1. n. A kind of rolling walk.
  2. n. To roll one’s self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.
  3. n. To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one’s self in a beastly and unworthy manner.
  4. n. To wither; to fade.
  5. v. t. To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.

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.

Wallflower: Definition and part of speech

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Wallflower

  1. n. A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator.
  2. n. A perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls.

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.

Walloons: Definition and part of speech

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Walloons

  1. n. pl. A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liege, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.

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.

Wallop: Definition and part of speech

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Wallop

  1. n. A quick, rolling movement; a gallop.
  2. v. i. To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.
  3. v. i. To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
  4. v. i. To be slatternly.
  5. v. t. To beat soundly; to flog; to whip.
  6. v. t. To wrap up temporarily.
  7. v. t. To throw or tumble over.
  8. n. A thick piece of fat.

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.

Wallerian degeneration: Definition and part of speech

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Wallerian degeneration

  1. A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; — so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850.

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.

Wallet: Definition and part of speech

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Wallet

  1. n. Anything protuberant and swagging.
  2. n. A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar’s receptacle for charity; a peddler’s pack.
  3. n. A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.

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.

Wall-eye: Definition and part of speech

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Wall-eye

  1. n. The alewife; — called also wall-eyed herring.
  2. n. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; — said usually of horses.
  3. n. An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion vitreum) having large and prominent eyes; — called also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and wall-eyed perch.
  4. n. A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus).

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.