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W. 
Walnut Brown, n. A deep warm brown color, like heart-wood of the 
black walnut. (Sepia + purple madder.) (Plate III. fig. 7.) 
War'bler Green, n. (See Olive-Green.) (Plate X. fig. 18.) 
Wash'ed (L. affla'tus ; perfu'sus ; lava'tus), a. Thinly overlaid with a 
different color. 
Wat'tle (L. pa' lea ; verru'ca), n. A pendulous, somewhat fleshy cutaneous 
flap, usually brightly colored, and often more or less wrinkled, as the 
" dewlap " of a turkey and the " gills " of the domestic cock. 
Wa'ved (L. undula'tus), a. Marked with narrow undulating lines of color. 
Wax Yellow (L. cera'ceus), n. A deep but dull yellow, resembling the 
color of fresh bees-wax. (Winsor & Newton's "aureolin," or Sehoen- 
feld's "gelber krapplack.") (Plate VI. fig. 7.) 
Web (L. pogo'nium), n. Either lateral half of the vane of a feather, 
exclusive of the shaft. 
Wedge-shaped (L. cunea'tus), a. A wedge-shaped tail has the middle 
pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, 
all more or less attenuate. (Plate XIV. fig. 13.) 
Whis'kered (L. mystaca'lis ; harba'tus), a. Ornamented by lengthened 
feathers on the malar region or contiguous portions of the head. 
Wine Pur'ple (L. vina'ceo-purpu'reus), n. A clear reddish purple of a 
slightly brownish cast. (Madder carmine + violet madder.) (Plate 
VIII. fig. 15.) 
Wood Brown, n. A light brown color, like some varieties of wood, 
(Raw umber -f- burnt sienna + white.) (Plate III. fig. 19.) 
x. 
Xipb/oid, a. Sword-shaped. 
Y. 
Yel'low O'chre, n. A bright yellowish ochraceous or ochre-yellow color. 
(Yellow ochre.) (Plate V. fig. 9.) 
