wallow 
The fysshe . . . foloweth them with equal pase although 
they make neuer such haste wyth full wynd aud sailes, 
and waloweth on euery syde and about the shyppe. 
R. Eden, tr. of OouEalus Oviedus (First Books on America, 
[ed. Arber, p. 231). 
Part huge of bulk, 
Waltotcinq unwieldy, enormous in their gait, 
Tempest the ocean. Milton, V. L., vii. 411. 
The name of the slough was Despond. Here, therefore, 
they walloiced for a time, being grievously bedaubed with 
the dirt. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, i. 
3. To plunge into some course or condition; 
dwell with satisfaction in, addict one's self to, 
or remain in some way of life or habit, espe- 
cially a sensual or vicious one. 
Pale death oft spares the wretched wight : 
And woundeth you, who wallow in delight, 
Q. Whetstone, Remembrance of Gascoigne. 
n.t trans. To roll. 
He walewide a greet stoon to the dore of the biriel, and 
wente awei. Wydif, Mat. xxvii. 60. 
These swine, that will not leave wallowing themselves 
in every mire and puddle. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc. , 1850), p. 276. 
wallowl (wol'o), H. [< J(.Y(HoM!l, f .] 1. The act 
of rolling or tumbling, as in sand or mire. 
Wrothely thei wrythyne and wrystille to-gederz 
With welters and watowes over with-in thase buskez. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1142. 
2t. A rolling gait. 
One taught the toss, .ind one the new French wallow; 
His sword-knot this, his cravat that designed. 
Drijden, Epil. to Etherege's Man of Mode. 
3. A place to which an animal, as a buffalo, re- 
sorts to wallow; also, the traces of its wallow- 
ing left in the mire. Some localities called hy this 
name (notably the " hog- wallows " of the San Joaquin 
Valley, in California) are on too large a scale to have 
been formed in this way. Their origin has not been sat- 
isfactorily explained. 
They had come to an alkali mud-hole, an old buflalo- 
wallow, which had filled up and was covered with a sun- 
baked crust, that let them through as if they had stepped 
on a trai)-door. T. Roosevelt, The Century, XXXV. 668. 
4. The alder-tree. HalUwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
wallow^ (wol'o), V. i. [< ME. wallowen, wele- 
K-en, n-clhen, ioeoJeicen,<.AS. weiilwian, wealowian, 
icealuwian, fade, wither ; perhaps ult. connected 
with wc/fen, wither : see tcett.] To fade away; 
wither; droop. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
The grond stud barrant, widderit dosk or gray, 
HerbiB, Howris, and gersis waWnvyt away. 
Gavin Doufflas. 
She had ua read a word but twa. 
Till she wallmift like a lily. 
Geordie (Child's Ballads, VIII. 93). 
wallow^ (wol'o), a. [Also Sc. wauch, icaiigh; < 
ME. walow, tcalwhc, walh, < Icel. vdlgr, luke- 
warm, insipid. Cf. D. walg, disgust, aversion 
(> tcalfien, loathe, turn the stomach).] Insipid ; 
tasteless. [Prov. Eng.] 
wallower (wol'o-er), «. [< icaKoiol -1- -erl.] 1. 
One who or that which wallows. 
Lo, huge heaps of gold, 
And to and fro amidst them a mighty Serpent rolled : 
... I knew that the Worm was Fafnir, the Wallower on 
the Gold. WUliam Morris, Sigurd, ii. 
2. In mcch., same as laitteni-iohccl. 
wallowing (wol'o-ing), ». [< ME. wehoynge, 
wildivjiiiye ; verbal n. of leallow'^, v.'] The act 
of rolling, as in mire. 
wallO'wish (vvol'o-ish), a. [Early mod. E. also 
walowish, also contr. walsh; < ivalloio^ + -js/il.] 
Insipid; ilat; nauseous. [Obsolete or prov. 
Eng.] 
In Persia are kine ; . . . their milke is waZowi$h sweet, 
Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 400. 
Poncille [F.], the Assyrian citron, a fruit as big as two 
leynKuis, and of a verie good smell, l)ut of a faint-sweet or 
walloimsh taste. Cotgrave. 
As unwelcome to any true conceit as sluttish morsels 
or xvalloun^h jiotions to a nice stomack. 
Sir T. Ovcrlmry, Characters, A Dunce. 
wall-painting (wa,rpan''''ting),«. 1. The paint- 
ing of the surface of a wall, or of kindred sur- 
faces, with ornamental designs or figure-sub- 
jects, as a decoration. Such painting is usually 
classified as encanatic or as fresco or tempera 
painting. — 2. An example or work of painting 
of this kind. 
wall-paper (wal'pa'''per), n. Paper, usually 
decorated in color, used for pasting on walls 
or ceilings of rooms; paper-hangings. Modern 
wall-papers are printed from blocks by hand or in color- 
printing machines. A great variety of styles are now 
used, including plain papers in single colors, 8trii)ed pat- 
terns, geometrical patterns, and arabescnie, flower, picto- 
rial and conventional, and even comic designs. Large pic- 
torial papers, with life-sized figures, were poi)ular fifty 
years ago, and are still made in limited quantities. The 
styles also include a vaiiety of surface-effects, as satin- 
finish, flock-papers, and watered, cmtKissed, and stamped 
patterns. Gilding and bronzing are also largely used. 
Cartridge-papers are thick, heavy papers in single colo»"8. 
6812 
Japanese papers include imitations of crape and leather, 
either plain, gilded, or in patterns. Veneers of wood 
pasted on paper also are used. 
wall-pellitory (warpel''i-to-ri), re. A plant, 
I'arietaria officinalis, with a diuretic and re- 
frigerant property, considerably used in con- 
tinental Europe, especially in domestic prac- 
tice. See pellitory. 
wall-pennywort ( warpen"i-wert), n. See pen- 
nywort (a). 
wall-pepper (warpep'^'fer), n. The stouecrop, 
Sedum acre, an intensely acrid plant formerly 
used as a remedy in scorbutic diseases. See 
stonecrop. 
wall-pie (wal'pi), n. Same as wall-rue. 
wall-piece (wal'pes), n. A i>ieee of artillery 
Ijrepared for mounting on the wall of a fortress, 
as distinguished from one intended for trans- 
portation from place to place ; especially, of an- 
cient firearms, a light gun, a long musket, or the 
like, mounted on a swivel. 
As muzzle-loaders, wall-pieces, on account of the length 
of their barrels, were most difficult to load, so that we 
find more breech-loading wall-pieces than early breech- 
loading small-arms. W. W. Greener, 'ITie Gun, p. 91. 
wall-plat (war plat), M. l. Sa,me as wall-lnrd. 
— 2. Same as wallr-plate, 1. HalUwell. 
wall-plate (wal'plat), n. 1. In building, a tim- 
ber placed horizontally in or on a wall, under 
the ends of girders, joists, and other timbers. 
Its function is to insure even distribution of pressures, 
and to bind the wall together. The wall-plate of a roof of 
circular or elliptical plan is called a curb-plate. See cuts 
under plate, 7, and roof. 
2. In mining, one of the two long pieces of 
timber which with two short ones (end pieces) 
make up a set in the timbering of a shaft. The 
sets are usually from 5 to 6 feet apart, and are themselves 
supported by the studdles in the comers of the shaft. 
3. In macli., a vertical plate at the back of a 
plumber-block bracket, for attaching it to a 
wall or post. JC. H. Knight. — 4. A plaque, like 
that of a sconce ; especially, a mirror from the 
face of which projects the bracket or arm sup- 
porting a candle. 
wall-pocket (warpok"et), n. A flat pouch or 
receptacle for newspapers or other articles, de- 
signed to be hung upon the wall of a room. 
WJlll-rib (wal'rib), n. In medieval vaulting, a 
common English name for the longitudinal rib 
at one end of a vaulting-compartment ; an arc 
formeret. in the fully developed style there is no wall 
at the ends of the compartments, but a window filling the 
whole space ; one of the other names is therefore to be 
preferred to that of wall-rib. 
wall-rock (wal'rok), re. In mining, the rock 
forming the walls of a vein; the country-rock. 
wall-rocket (warrok'et), H. See rocl-ef^. 
wall-rue (w^l'ro), n. A small delicate fern, 
Asplenium Rxda-muraria, growing on walls and 
cliffs. Also called rue-fern, wall-jne, tentwort, 
and wall-rue spleenwort. 
wall-saltpeter (wal'salt-pe'^ttr), n. Nitrocal- 
cite. 
wall-scraper (wal'skra'^per), re. A chisel-edged 
tool for scraping down walls preparatory to 
papering. 
Wallsend (walz'end), re. A variety of English 
coal extensively used in London : so called be- 
cause originally dug at Wallsend on the Tyne, 
close to the spot where the Roman Wall ended. 
It is of very superior quality for household use, and is 
mined in the district extending from the Tyne to the 
Wear, and from the Wear to Castle Eden, and in another 
area about Bishop Auckland. The most important coal 
in the Newcastle district is the "High main" or " Walls- 
end" Seam. It is the highest workable coal, and varies 
from 5 to 6 feet in thickness. 
Hull, Coal-Fields of Gt. Brit., 4th ed., p. 274. 
wall-sided (wal'si''''ded), a. Having sides nearly 
])erpendicular, as a ship: opposed to tiimhlc- 
homc. 
wall-space (war spas), n. In arch., an expanse 
of wall unbroken by architectural features or 
ornaments; especially, such an expanse con- 
sidered as a feature of design, or as a field 
for decoration in painting, or of any other na- 
ture. 
wall-spleenwort (warsplen''wert), re. Same 
as wall-riic. 
wall-spring ( wal'spring), n. A spring of water 
issuing from stratified rocks. 
wall-tent (wal'tent), H. See tent^. 
wall-tooth (wal'toth), re. A large double tooth. 
HaUiiccll. [Prov. Eng.] 
wall-tower (wal'tou'er), re. A tower built in 
couiH'i-tion with or forming an essential part 
of a wall : especially one of the series of tow- 
ers wliich strengthened the mural fortifica- 
tions of former times, from remote antiquity 
until the advance of artillery compelled the 
walnut 
WaU-tower, 13th century.— Fortifications of Carcassonne, France. 
(From Viollet-le-Duc's " Diet, de r Architecture") 
modification of military engineering. See also 
cut under ca.stle. 
wall-tree (wal'tre), «. In hort., a fruit-tree 
trained upon a wall for the better exposure of 
the fruit to the sun, for utilizing the radiation 
of the heat of the wall, and for protection from 
high winds. 
wall-'Vase (wal'vas), re. In Oriental decorative 
art, a small vase, having one side flat, and with a 
hole near the top by which it can be hung upon 
the wall. In some cases the form is that of half an ordi- 
nary vase having a surface of revolution ; but sometimes 
the form is specially fitted to its purpose, irregular, or even 
fantastic, and may be suggested by a draped figure. 
wall-washer (warwosh'er), H. A plate on the 
end of a tie-rod or tension-rod, and in contact 
with the face of the wall strengthened or sup- 
ported by the rod. These washers are named 
from their shape : as, bonnet-was/ier, S-icasAer, 
star-was/ier. E. H. Knight. 
wall-wasp (wal'wosp), n. A wasp that makes 
its nest in walls; specifically, Odynerun niura- 
riii.-i. 
wall-'wightt, a. Same as wale-wight. 
Turn four-and-twenty wall-wight men. 
Like storks, in feathers gray. 
The Earl of Mars Daughter (Child's Ballads, L 176). 
wallwort (wal'wert), re. [< ME. wahcorte, wal- 
irurt, wallwort, < AS. wcalwyrt, < ireall, waU, 
-t- wyrf, wort.] The dwarf elder, or danewort, 
Sambucns Ebulus; sometimes, also, the waU- 
pellitory, I'arietaria officinalis; the stonecrop, 
Sedum acre; and the navelwort. Cotyledon Um- 
bilicus. 
wallyl (wol'i), V. t. [Origin obscure.] To 
cocker ; indxilge. [Prov. Eng.] 
wally2 (wol'i), (Hfoy. Same as ira/y2. [Provin- 
cial.] — Wally fa' you! ill luck befall you! 
Waily/a' you, Willie. 
That ye could nae prove a man. 
Epine Morrie (Child's Ballads, VI. 262). 
wallydraigle, wallydraggle (wol'i -dra-gl, 
-drag-1), H. The youngest of a family; a bird 
in the nest ; hence, any feeble, ill-grown crea- 
ture. Ramsay. [Scotch.] 
walmt, "■ [ME. walm, < AS. *wealm, waslm (= 
OHG. irabn), lit. a boiling up, < weallan, boil, 
gush forth, as water: see icall^, uy7/i.] A bub- 
ble in boiling. 
Wyth vij. walmes that are so telle, 
Hote spryngyng out of helle. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 137. (HaUitreU.) 
walmt, ''• «• [< ME. walmen, welmen, boil; < 
walm, H.] To rise; boil up; bubble. 
The wikkid werchinge that walined in her dales, 
And 3it well here-after but wisdome it lette. 
Richard the Rtdelest, iii. 114. 
walnotet, "■ A Middle English form of walnut. 
walnut (war nut), «. [Formerly also wall nut, 
wallnutte; < ME. walnot, walnote, < AS. "wealh- 
hnutu, walhhnutu (= MD. icalnote, D. walnoot 
— G. walnuss = Icel. ralhnot = Sw. ralnot = 
Dan. ralniid), lit. 'foreign nut' (so called with 
ref. to Italy and France, whence the nut was 
first brought to the Germans and English), < 
wealh, foreign (see ll'clsh), + hnutn, nut. Cf. 
