Wallerian 
Wallerian (wo-le-ri-an), a. [< JTallm- (see 
I'd T,'"'/V-^ .?^^'°'"S to or associated with 
w.^ti'"'' 1'^'®*' ^^^^' "" English phvsiologist.- 
Iv?T:!?^ degeneration. See degeneration.-'WaMen- 
an law a law in legaM to degeneration in nerves.Vvhere- 
th'^.^L'Sn m""'";' '""r-^ 'J'*' course of the imp'ulses'n 
the atf^ted fll,ers toward either the center or the periph- 
SSrX^^^'Hf method, the method of idenWytog 
WaUet (wol'et), «. [< ME. loalet, walette, pos- 
sibly a transposition or corruption of watel, a 
bag : see icattle. For a similar transposition, cf 
neeUl tor needle.^ 1. A long bag with a slit in 
the middle, and space for the contents at the 
two ends: a form familiar in silk knitted 
purses, and revived for larger bags for women's 
use. 
His walet lay biforn him on his lappe. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 686. 
A Wallet, . . . G. Blsic, i. bis saccus, a double sacke or 
""««*• Mimheu, 1617. 
As an instance of another form of the waUet — and that 
il/ft'L" ""*.:: ""■?■} ">«""'"' the little triangular piece 
of stuff, something lilie a bag, that is suspended from be- 
hind the left slioulder of a junior barrister's gown as now 
worn? . -a/xiut eight or nine inches in length, and di- 
vided by a slit at the bottom into two compartments, one 
of which IS open and the other enclosed and capable of 
holding small articles. N. and Q., 7th ser., IV. 78' 
2t. Anything protuberant and swagging. Com- 
pare wattle. 
Who would believe that there were mountaineers 
^w-lapp'd like bulU, whose throats had hanging at em 
WaUeU of flesh? shak.. Tempest, iii. 3. 46. 
3. A flat bag of leather, with a flap, or a hinged 
opening with a clasp, at the top : used for tools, 
etc., or in a small size for carrying coin on the 
person. 
„ '^l "*".%'• ","■ tooljw*, is generally supplied with the 
machine [bicycle ortricycle]. 
Bury and Billitr, Cycling, p. 43i 
4. A pocketbook, especially a large one for 
containing papers, bank-notes laid flat and not 
folded, and the like.— 5. A small kit carried 
LS"^'®'!'' * *.*"«' Kf^'ierally Includes thread and 
needles, awl, waxed ends, shoemakers' wax, a few hob. 
naflB, coarse and fine twine, a pair of small pliers, a file 
» spring-balance to weigh flsh. court-plaster, shellac var^ 
niah, prepared glue, boiled linseed-oil, etc. 
6. In her., a bearing representing a scrip. See 
f!^^ -i:;;^""'* "X!^ '" *"■•' » '»»'^"« representing a 
•crip with the moutli open, usually having a sort of flap 
or cover turned back. *^ 
walleteert (wol-e-ter'), >,. [< wallet + -eer.] 
One who bears a wallet; hence, a traveler on 
foot ; a pilgrim. Toilet. (.Jorirell.) 
walletful (wol'et-ful), n. As much as a wallet 
contains; a purseful. 
Wedden hnre for hare welthe and wisshen on the raorwe 
That hus wyf were wei, other a watet-ful of nobles. 
««■» Plowman (C), xi. 260. 
walleye (w&l'i), n. [Early mod. E. waule eye; 
a back-formation from wall-eyed.'] 1. An eye 
in a condition in which it presents little or 
no color, the iris being light-colored or white, 
or opacity of the cornea being present; also, 
this condition itself. 
Olaueiolut, An horse with a tmufc et/t. 
Conper'i Themurut. 
2. Divergent strabismus, in which the white 
of the eye is conspicuous.— 3. A large staring 
eye, as of some fishes.— 4. A wall-eyed fish. 
E«pecUIIy--(a) A pike-perch (which see). (6) The ale- 
Z5;."'' "^^If,*'' "."!'"»■ ("> ^ ™rf-flsh,'ffoicOT«,««» ar. 
genleus. (Califomla.1 
wall-eyed (wai'id), a. [Formerly icanle-eiird, 
irhalle-, ictiaule-, whall-eyed (also tchall, etc 
separately), prob. < Icel. vald-eyqthr, a corrup- 
tion of lagl-eyf/r, wall-eyed, said of a horse, 
< vagi, a disease of the eye, + eyqthr. eyed, < 
aiuja, eye: see walli and eyel.] 1. Having a 
walleye or walleyes, as a horse. 
Wallflower iCheiranthus 
Cheirt). 
6811 
wallflower (wal'flou"er), H. 1. An old favor- 
ite garden flower and pot-plant, Cheirantlim 
Cheiri, native in south- 
ern Europe, where it 
grows on old walls, 
cliffs, and the sides of 
quarries. Tlie flowers have 
four petals, with a spreading 
limb on long claws, colored 
a deep-orange, or in culti- 
vation varying from pale- 
yellow to deep-red, are clus- 
tered in short racemes, and 
are sweet-scented. It is 
grown in many varieties, 
classed as single and double 
biennials and double peren- 
nials. It glows by prefer- 
ence upon walls, forming 
there an enduring bush, but 
may be planted on rocky 
banks, and is also one of the 
finest of border-plants. It 
formerly shared the name of 
heart' a.ea«e : and in western 
England a dark-red variety 
IS called bleeding-heart. A 
common name also is 171%- 
Jiou-er, or, for distinction 
wall-ffillyjlotcer. The name 
'oiefot'l^ntun,!'' '"'"'' °' ""^ «""■' ^"^ '" ^<""» «P- 
2. A man or woman who, at a ball or party, sits 
by the wall, or looks on without dancing, either 
from choice or from being unable to dance or to 
obtain a partner. [Colloq.] 
I believe there are men who have shown aa much self- 
devotion in carrying a lone wall-flower down to the supper- 
table as ever saint or martyr in the act that bas canonized 
nis name. 0. W. Holmes, Professor, vi. 
of'iw.!r*"^°^^'^'iL*"l'"*"»' ^«"«»*« daphnoklo., 
SLvlt ^^i'«''!'"<"'«- Western wallflower of the United 
states, Unjnmum atperum, a plant found in Ohio and 
Z'"L';°T"".'^-r!i"'*''''','"'t" orange-yellow flowers of 
the size of and like those of the wallflower 
WaU-fniit (wal'frot), n. Fruit which, to be 
ripened, must be planted against a wall. 
'^,f^^-efCko{wa.Vgek"6), „. A gecko, especially 
/ latydacfyhis murolis of southern Europe 
wall-germander (wal'Jer-man"di'r), K. See 
Ti)icrii(m. 
wall-gillyflower (warjil"i-flou-er), n. See 
leaUJtotcer. 
wall-grenade (wal'gre-nSd''), «. a bombshell 
somewhat larger than the hand-grenade, it was 
thrown by hand from the rampart of a fortification, or 
from a small mortar called a hand-mortar. 
wall-hawkweed (wal'hak'wed), «. a Euro- 
pean hawkweed, Uieraeiiim murorum, often 
growing on walls. Also French or qolden liitin- 
wort. ■' 
wallhick (wal'hik), 11. The lesser spotted 
woodpecker, Picus minor. Montagu. See hiek- 
icall. [Local, British.] 
wallingt (wa'ling), H. [< miin + -ingi.] 1 
Walls collectively; materials for walls. 
■The general character of the Koinaii wallina is described 
m Hartshorns essay "Porchester Castle. " 
C. Elton, Ori;;ins of Eng. Hist., p. 323. 
2. In mining, the brick or stone lining of a 
shaft; steining.-Dry walling, walling without the 
use of mortar or cement. 
walling"- (wa'ling), H. [Verbal n. of wam, v.] 
The act of boiling; a boiling. Grose. [Prov 
Eng.] 
The xmllinn or making of salt, Ac. 
stei ' " 
Walking would be twenty times more genteel than such 
a paltry conveyance, as Blackberry was teatt-eyed, and the 
colt wanted a Ull. OoldtinUh, Vicar, x. 
2. Showing much of the whito of the eye; 
having a large staring or glaring eye : as, the 
wull-eyedmke. See pike"^, and cut under p«e- 
perch.~3. See the quotation. [Provincial.] 
., h "^r,'"'' '"e^u'^'y or 111 done is called a umlUyed 
joo. It Is applied abo to any very irregular action. 
4/-,, . . , Halliuxtl. 
. Olanng; fierce; threatening. 
This is . . . the vilest stroke 
That ever iralleyed wrath or staring rage 
Presented to the tears of soft remorse. 
Shak.,K. John.lv. 3. 49. 
Wall-eyed herring, the alewlfe or walleye. 
wall-fern (warfi-m), n. a small evergreen fern. 
Polupodiitm vulgnre, which grows on cliffs or 
walln. See polypody. 
tecord Soc. Lancashire and Cheshire, XI. 114. 
wall-ink (wal'ingk), 71. The brook-lime, Fe- 
ronica Beccabunga, a creeping plant of wet 
places in the northern Old World. [Scotland 
and Ireland : in the latter sometimes well-ink ] 
Wallis's theorem. See theorem. 
wall-knot (wiil'not), n. [Formerly also wale- 
knot.] ^'aut., a large knot made on the end 
of a rope by interweaving the strands in a par- 
ticular manner, 
wall-less (wal'les),rt. [< wain + -le.is.l Having 
no wall. ^ 
The blood was poured into wall-less lacuiiie. 
Huxley, Aiiat. Invert., p. 283. 
wall-lettnce (wal'let'is), «. A European let- 
tuce, LactHca (Prenanthe-i) mnralix. 
wall-light (wal'lit), n. A bracket or girandole 
for candles or lamps. 
wall-lizard (wariiz"ard), n. 1. Agecko; any 
lizard of the family Gccconidsp. See Cecconidie, 
and cuts under ftrec^-oand Platijdactiilus.— Z. A 
common European lizard, Liicerta muralis. 
wall-louse (wal'lous), n. The bedbug, Cimex 
lectularius (Ar.antha lectularia). See cut un- 
der hug. 
wall-moss (wal'mos), n. 1. The yellow wall- 
lichen, Parmclia parietaria.— 2. The stone- 
crop or wall-pepper, Sedum acre. Britten and 
Holland. [Prov. Eng.] 
wallow 
wall-net (wal'net), «. A vertical net formiuo- 
the wall of an inclosed space, as of a pound- 
net. See cut MTidiiv pound-net. 
wall-newt (wal'nut), «. Same as wall-lizard. 
The toad, the tadpole, the wall-newt. 
Shak., Lear, iii. 4. 136. 
Tol°°?- ^,r°"'°n''^ "• ''"^ "■ [< F. Wallon, 
<,?^-J','!"°'^' ""'""' <^''««?o« (also n-allin), < 
Mh. Wallus,!^. Gallus, a Gaul, Celt; cf. Gann 
Helsh.] I. «. 1. A member of a people found 
chiefly m southern and southeastern Belgium 
also m the neighboring parts of France, and in a 
tew places m Rhenish Prussia near Maimedy 
Ihey are descended from the ancient BeWii 
mixed with Germanic and Roman elements!— 
2. In America, especially colonial New York 
one of the Huguenot settlers from Artois, in 
northern France, etc.— 3. A French dialect 
spoken by the Walloons of Belgium, France 
etc. ' 
., ^•rJ;,^^ "^ pertaining to the Walloons: as, 
the IValloon language. 
wallopl (wol'op), V. i. [< ME. walopen, < OF 
waloper, galoper, boil, gallop, < OFlem. waloi) 
a gallop; with an element -op, perhaps orig. 
OFlem. op, E. up (cf. the E. dial. var. wall-u,,), 
< OFlem. walku = OS. wallan = AS. tccallan, 
boil, spring forth as water does : see wall^, wein 
tt. gallop.] 1. To boil with a continued bub- 
bling or heaving and rolling of the liquor, ac- 
companied with noise. [Prov. Eng.] 
The yellow flour, bestrew'd and stir'd with haste 
Swells in the flood and thickens to a paste 
Then puffs and n-alloiis, rises to the lirini 
Drinks the dry knobs that on the surface swim. 
Joel Barlow, Hasty Pudding, i. 
2. To move quickly with great but somewhat 
clumsy effort; gallop. See gallop. [Obsolete 
or prov. Eng.] 
And he anon to hym com waloping. 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3325. 
Swerdez swangene in two, sweltand knyglitez 
Lyes wyde opyne welterande one ualopande stedez 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. .S.), 1. 2147. 
She [a seal] wallopped away with all the grace of tri- 
"'"P"' Scoff, Antiquary, xxx. 
wallopl (wol'op), H. [< ME. wallop, walop : see 
the verb.] A quick motion with much agitation 
or effort; a gallop. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
Or he wiste, he was war of the white beres 
Thei went a-wai a jra«op as thei wo.l [mad] s'emed. 
nilliam 0/ Palenie (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1770. 
Than the kynge rode formest hym-self a Krete u-alov 
for sore hym onged to wite liow the kynge Tradilyuaunt 
hym conteiied. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 233. 
wallops (wol'op), J', t. [Origin obscure; per- 
Jnips a particular use of wallop^. It is appar 
confused with walcl, tchale^. There is an ab- 
surd notion that the verb is derived from the 
name of Sir John irallop, an ancestor of the 
liarl of Portsmouth, Knight of the Garter, who 
in Henry VIII.'s time distinguished himself by 
walloping the French.] 1. To ca.stigate ; beat 
soundly; drub; thrash. [Slang.] 
^f^iJ'wi'r"''^ *" engineer's labourer, and the first cause 
wallJpedmT^ "'''" """ '"" ""P' "''' ■""""" e^"''' ""<» 
Mayhe.w, London Labour and London Poor, I. 468. 
2. To tumble over; dash down. [Obsolete or 
prov. Eng.] 
Wallop2 (wol'op), V. [< wallop-i, r.] A severe 
blow. [Slang.] 
walloperl (wol'op-er), v. [< n-allopl -1- -^,1 n 
A not-walloper. 
wallopers (wol'op-er), n. [Also walloper; < wal- 
r«i t ■' *^"'' ^''° "'■ *''^* "''"'^'^ wallops. 
[Slang.] --Cod-waUoper, a cod-fishing vessel. [Prov- 
incetown, Massachusetts.] 
■walloping (woroi>ing), a. Great; bouncing. 
[Prov. Eng. and U. S.] 
''^^1^1?^' ' vvol '6), r. [Early mod. E. also walow ; 
< ME. walowcn, walcweu, walicen, welwen, wallow, 
< AS. wcalwian, roll round, = Goth, walwjan 
wallow, roll, = L. volvere, roll (whence ult. e' 
volute, volvc, devolve, etc.).] I. infrans. 1 To 
roll; tumble about. [Obsolete or archaic!] 
Mi witte is waste nowe in wede, 
I U'alotve, I walke, nowe woo is me. 
I'urA- Plays, p. 421. 
He watweth and he turnoth to and fro, 
Chaucer, Wife of Bath's 'i'ale, 1. 220. 
There saw I our great galliasses tost 
Upon the imllowing waves. 
Chapman, Monsieur D'Olive, ii. 1. 
Through the deep gulf of the chimney wide 
Wallows the Yule-log's roaring tide. 
Lojcell, Vision of Sir Launfal, ii., Prol. 
2. To roll the body in sand, mire, water, or 
other yielding substance. 
