WHIP-POOR-WILL 



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WINDS 



Whip-poor-will. 



Genista, q.v. Petty 



TF. = Genista Aug- 



lica ; also called 



Needle - furze. W. 



chat = Saxicola ru 



betra. 

 Whip-poor-will = Ca- 



primulgus vociferus: 



a bird named from 



its note. 

 Whip tongue=Galium 



aparine. 

 Whirl, (hwerl). 



fA.-S. hicyr 'fan, 



to turn.] = Eddy, 



Whirligig beetles= 

 Gyrinidfe: a family 

 of water beetles. 



Whirlwig = Whirli- 

 gig beetle. 



Whiskers, (hwisTjerz). [Ger. icisken, to 

 whisk.] Common to men and some of the 

 apes. 



Whistle fish=Mot.ella vulgaris, q.v. 



Whistle-mouth=Butterfly boiler. 



White. W. ttH<=Termes,i?.v Not really ants; 

 also called Soldiers. W. um/u'c=Arsenious 

 acid. W. bait = 

 Clupea-alba: asmall 

 herring -like fish. 

 W. bream = Abra- 

 mis blicca. W. but- 

 terflies = Pieridse. White-bait. 

 IF. cap=Microcheraparvirostris: thesmallest 

 humming bird. W. cedaj-=Melia azedarach. 

 W. c?'<7=Coralline crag: an older Pliocene 

 bed, found in Suffolk. W. of <#c/=Glairin, 

 q.v. W. eyelid monkey: resembles Cercopi- 

 thecus. W. flux: a compound of potassic 

 carbonate and nitre. W. garnet=Leucite, 

 q.v. W. gunpowder: a variety of gunpowder, 

 consisting of potassic chlorate, potassic 

 ferro-cyanide and sugar. W. hellebore, v. 

 Hellebore. W. i?idi(/o=Indigogen, q.v. W. 

 kangaroo, v. Kangaroo. W. laurel=~M.ag- 

 nolia glauca. W. Jead=Carbonate of lead= 

 PbCO 3 . W. lead o)-e=Cerussite. W. light= 

 Ordinary light. W. niowW=Mucedines, q.v. 

 W. muncftc=Mispickel, q.v. W. mustard = 

 Brassica alba=Sinapis alba. W. pepper, v. 

 Pepper. W. pigments: obtained from lead, 

 chalk , zinc, &c. W. poplar: populus alba. 

 W. poppy, v. Papaver. W. precipitate= 

 HgHgNCl: chloride of ammonium, in which 

 two equivalents of hydrogen are replaced 

 by mercury. TF. race: Teutons, Latins, 

 Slavonians, Greeks, Libyans, Semitics, Per- 

 sians, Georgians, and Circassians. W. rot= 

 Hydrocotyle, q.v. W. rust = Cysiop\is: a 

 fungus. TF. s/ia?-fc=Carcbarias vulgaris: the 

 largest known shark. TF. stars: Sirius, 

 Regulus, Fomalhaut, Denebola, Polaris, 

 Alpherat, Vega, &c. TF. thorn=Cra,tseg\is. 

 TF. i/troa(z=Sylvia cinerea; also called Nettle- 

 creeper. TF. vitriol = Goslarite, q.v. TF. 

 ?cootf=Liriodendron, q.v. W. worm=Larva. 

 of cock-chafer. 



Whiting, (hwlt'ing). l=Morrhua vulgaris= 



Merlangus = Gadus 



merlangus: a fish 



belonging to Ga- 



dida;. 2=Soft white 



chalk; also called 



Spanish white. Whiting. 



Whitlow, (hwit'lo). [A.-S. hwit, white; low, 



firs.] An inflammation of the fingers; some- 

 times of the toes. TF. grrass=Draba, q.v. 



Vernal TF. G. =Erophila, q.v. 

 Whitworth gun has a hexagonal spiral bore. 



v. Gun. 

 Whortle-berry, (hwor-tl-ber'ri). [Heortberg, 



the A.-S. name.]=Vaccinum myrtillus. 

 Widgeon, (wij'un). [Vinjeon, the French 



name. ] = Mareca 



Penelope Anas 



Penelope: a duck- 

 like bird. 

 Widow-bird =Vidua 



paradisea : a bird 



belonging to Plo- 



Wife. Sea TF. 



Acantholabrus Ya- 



rellii: a fish. 

 Wild. TF. apple= Widgeon. 



Pyrus mains. TF. ass = Onager = Asinus 



onager. TF. hyacinth=Sci\la. nutans. TF. 



e=Allium ampeloprasum. TF. lemon-= 



Podophyllum peltatum: has poisonous leaves. 



W. liquorice=Oiioi\ia arvensis. TF. olive= 



Oleaster. [cyanide. 



Williamson's blue = Ferrous potassic ferri- 

 Willow, (wil'16). [Wilig, the A.-S. word.]= 



Salix, q.v. Goat W.= 



Salix caprea. Moun- 

 tain W. = Saliz mir- 



sinites. Sea TF.=Gor- 



gonia anceps: a coral , 



polype. TF. herbEpi- 



lobium, q.v. TF. leaves: 



a name given to the Willow. 



small bright spots on the photosphere of the 



Sun, or in its atmosphere. TF. warbler= 



Phylloscopus trochilus. 

 Willows=Salicaceae, q.v. 

 Winch, (winsh). [Wince, the A.-S. word.] A 



cylinder revolving on 



its axis: resembles a 



solid wheel of great 



thickness and small 



diameter ; used for 



raising weights, &c. 

 Wind, (wind). [The 



A.-S. word.] Air in 



motion, v. Winds. 



Hurricane: a violent 



wind moving at from 30 to 120 miles per 



hour. Mistrale: a N.-W. wind. Simoom; a 



hot dry wind. Sirocco: a warm S* or S.-W. 



wind. W. flower= Anemone: the leaves of 



which are easily blown off. 

 Windage.(win'daj). [Wind.] Space bet ween the 



internal surface of a gun and the projectile. 

 Windpipe=Trachea, q.v. 

 Winds, (windz). [Wind, q.v.} Air tides: the 



motion of the air consequent upon the action 



of the Sun. Trade W., v. Trade winds. 



