Wall-eye: Definition and part of speech

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.

Wallaby: Definition and part of speech

Wallaby

  1. n. Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.

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.

Wallaroo: Definition and part of speech

Wallaroo

  1. n. Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially M. robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo.

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: Definition and part of speech

Wall

  1. n. The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
  2. n. A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
  3. n. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room.
  4. n. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
  5. n. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.
  6. n. The side of a level or drift.
  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.