war-fain 
(iuttorn the young ami the u-ar-/ain. 
William Morris, Sigurd, iii. 
warfare (war'far), «. [Early mod. E. icarre- 
fure; < m7/)1 + farc^.'\ 1. A warlike or mili- 
tary expedition; military operatioDs; hostili- 
ties ; war ; armed contest. 
What iniurie (li)th the Prince to the Capteine that 
sendes him a H-arrefare, if he malies liini sure to haue the 
victorie? Guecaia, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577X p. 88. 
The Philistines gathered tlieir armies together lor uur- 
/arf. 1 Sam. xxviii. 1. 
2. Figuratively, any contest, struggle, or strife. 
The weapons of our war/are are not carnal. 2 Cor. x. 4. 
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warm 
sheathed witli lead, sometimes a tube sun-ounding a cable 
of wu'es, and sometimes a multiple tube surrounding a 
series of parallel wires. 
Waring S method. [Named after the inven- 
tor, Edward Waring (1736-98).] A method for 
the separation of the roots of an equation by 
means of the equation of the squared differ- 
ences of the roots. 
How truly a warfare is this life, if the kingdom of waringtonite (wor'ing-ton-it), n. [Named after 
heaven itself have not this peace in P|,'*^ti™ ^^^^^^j^^ ^^j WarinytOH W. Smith (1817-90), an English ge- 
, ,, . ,.. „' n 'm' ologist.] A variety of the copper sulphate bro- 
warfare (war'far), c (. [< irarjorc, «.] To ghantite, found in CornwaU. 
caiTy on warfare or engage m war ; contend ; yarishlt (war'ish), v. [< ME. warisshen, war- 
struggle. ischen, waricen, warissen, ijarissen, cure, heal, < 
He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her _ . . . 
Waring cable. [Named after Richard S. War- knife of the Anglo-Saxons ; the war-knife of the 
)■«;/, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.] In elect., a New Zealanders. 
cable in which the separate conductors are in- warlawt, «. An obsolete variant of warloekl. 
sulated with cotton or other fiber saturated warld (warld), n. A Scotch form of world. 
with a heavy oil derived from petroleum and warlike (war'lik), a. 1. Fond of war; easily 
mixed with an absorbent material. Tlie wires are provoked to war; ready to engage in war; fit or 
baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet dis- 
tinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is 
the true tmr/aring Christian. Milton, Areopagitica. 
warfarer (war'far-er), H. One engaged in war, 
or in a contest or struggle of any sort. 
warfaring (war'far-ing), «. The act of carry- 
ing on war. [Rare.] 
The Burg of the Niblung people and the heart of their 
warfarimj. William Morris, Sigurd, iii. 
war-flail (war'flal), 11. A weapon used in the 
middle ages, resembling the agricultural flail 
in its general character. Sometimes it was a pole 
to the end of which a strong bag of leather was secured 
by a thong, or by rings of metal. The bag seems to have 
been stuffed with sand. Compai'e «and-6af/, J{am^c^«&, and «Tnria>i2* 
see Shakspere's 2 Hen. VI., Iv. 3. See also cut under „„"„„„i' 
mwrnintj-star. ^wm-^on 
war-flame (war'flam), H. A bale-fire used as a 
signal in time of war, as of the approach of an 
enemy. See balc-Jire and halc^. 
war-fork (war'fork), w. A weapon, used in 
Europe in the middle ages, consisting of a 
metal fork with several prongs made fast to 
the end of a long pole. 
warfult, "• [^ icrtrl + -fid.'i Warlike. 
WarfuU, bataillcux. Palsf/rave, p. 328. 
wargul (war'gul), n. [E. Ind.] The Indian 
otter, Liitra {Barangia) leptonijx. 
wargUSt ( war'gus), n. [AL. reflex of AS. wearg, 
outlaw: see wnrriangle, worry.'] An outlaw. 
And if any wicked person shall presume contumeliously 
to dig up or despoil any body placed in the earth, or in a 
wooden coffin, or in a rock, or under any obelisk or other 
stnicture, let him be accounted a wargtis. 
Laws of Hen. I., quoted in Ribton-Turner's Vagrants and 
[Vagrancy, p. 22. 
war-hablet (war'ha"bl), a. [< warl -t- hahJe for 
able.'] Pit for war; of an age that fits one for 
soldiering. Spenser, F. Q., II. x. 62. 
war-hammer (war'ham"er), M. A weapon hav- wark^ 
ing a lilunt, hammer-like head on one side of 
the haiuUe or shaft, and usually a beak or point 
OF. warir, garir, F. guerir, keep, guard, protect, 
heal, < OHG. werjati, MHG. weren, 6. wehren, 
defend, restrain (cf . AS. warian), = MD. vareii, 
keep, guard, = Goth, warjaii, bid beware, for- 
bid, ward off, protect: see ware^, wear'^, and cf. 
warison.'] I. trans. To heal; cure. 
prepared for war; martial: as, a icarlike nation. 
She . . . made her people by peace ivarlike. 
Sir P. Sidney. 
2. Of or pertaining to war ; martial; military. 
They were two knights of perelesse puissaunce. 
And famous far abroad lor tvarlike gest 
Spenxr, F. Q., II. ii. 16. 
The great arcliangel from his warlike toil 
Surceased. Milton, P. L., tL 257. 
3. Betokening or threatening war; hostile. 
The warlike tone again he took. Scott, Rokeby, v. 19. 
4. Having a martial appearance; having the 
qualities of a soldier; befitting a soldier. 
By the buried hand of warlike Gaunt 
Shak., Kich. II., 
iiL 3. 1(19. 
etc. 8«e 
Thanne were my brother warisehed ol his wo. 
Chaucer, Franklin's Tale, 1. 434. 
Tliai ware alle warisht ol thaire stange. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 117. 
Thow hast warsched me wel with thi mede wordes. 
William of Paleme (E. E. T. S.), 1. 604. 
II. intrans. To be healed or cured ; recover. 
Youre doughter . . , shal warisshe and escape. 
Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus. 
a. See wearisli. 
warisont (war'i-son), n. [< ME. warison, wari- 
soKii, wareson, < OF. warison, guarison, garison, 
guard, protection, < warir, guard; see warish.'] 
1. Healing. — 2. Protection. 
War thoru hym & ys men in fair wareson he broghte. 
Rob. of Gloucester, p. 114. 
3. Reward; guerdon; requital. 
And thus his warisoun he took 
For the lady that he forsook. 
Bom. of the Rose, 1. 1538. 
Ho wol winne his wareson now wistly him spede 
Forto saue my sone. 
William of Palerne {K E. T. S.), 1. 2379. 
He made a crye thoroowt al the towtn], 
Whedur he be zoman or knave. 
That cowthe brynge hym Eobyu Hode, 
His warisone he shuld haue. 
Robin Hood and the Monk (Child's Ballads, V. 14). 
4. Erroneously, in the following passage, a note 
of assault. 
Either receive within thy towera 
Two hundred of my master's powers. 
Or straight they sound the warrison. 
And stonn and spoil thy garrison. 
Scott, L. of L. M., iv. 24. 
(wark), H. [< ME. werk, warcli, < AS. 
ware (= IceLcerAr), pain.] Pain; ache. [Prov. 
de Galle, island of Ceylon, it is generally manned 
by four or five lascars, who sit grouped together at the 
Eng. and Scotch.] 
on the opposite side, it was used for breaking the wark^ (wiirk), )). «. [< ME. werken, warchen, < 
aiTOor of an antagonist, and was generally a weapon for AS. weercian (= Icel. verkja, rirkja), pain : see 
one hand only. .,,-,. ,^ Wrtrt'l, «.] To be in pain; ache. 
war-horse (war hors^«. 1. A horse used by a .^^rk^ (wiirk), n. A dialectal (Scotch) form of 
mounted soldier or officer m battle; especially, ./.nrf: 
in a somewhat poetical sense, the horse of a ^arkamoowee (wiir-ka-me'we), ». [Cinga- 
knight or commander. Compare cuts under j^gg-, ^ ^^^^^ ^j^jj outriggers, used at Point 
caparisoned aua muzzle. - - - - - ■ 
Waiting by the doors the lear-horse neigh'd, 
As at a friend's voice. Tennyson, Guinevere. 
2. A veteran, as a veteran soldier or politi- 
cian. [CoUoq.] 
warianglet, «• See warriangJe. 
wariated (wa'ri-a-ted), a. In lier., same as var- 
rated: especially noting an ordinary, which is 
sometimes wariated on one side, sometimes on 
both. 
waricet, t'. Same as warish. 
warily (wa'ri-li), arfr. [<j()«n/i -t- -/)/2j "butper- 
liaj)S orig. an error for wareli/.i In a wary man- 
ner; cautiously; with prudence or wise fore- 
sight or care. 
She 's kept as warily as is your gold. 
n. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. 
warimentt (wa'ri-ment), II. [Irreg. (.wari/^ + 
-iiient.'] Wariness; caution; heed. Spenser, 
F. (jl., IV. iii. 17. 
wariness (wa'ri-nes), (i. [< HYin/l -t- -He.v.s'.] The 
character or habit of being wary; caution; pru- 
dent care to foresee and guard against evil. 
To make sure work. Young Hoyden is loi'k'd up at the , j. ..■■■ii.». 
first approach of the Enemy. Here you liiive prudence ..„' _i,i '._, /•.i.x^t'uir., ^ « 
and wariness to the excess of Fable, and Krensy. WarKlOOm (^\ arK lum;, n 
Jeremy Collier, Sliort View (ed. 16ft8), p. 216. 
They were forced to march witli the greatest wariness, 
circumspection, and silence. Addison, Freeholder. 
= Syn. See icaiy. 
Warkamoowee of Point de Galle. 
end of the lever, adding or taking away a man according 
to the strength of the wind. Tlie warkamoowees, during 
the northeast monsoon, even when it is blowing very 
hard, venture 20 or 25 miles from land for the purpose of 
fishing, or to carry fruits to vessels in the offing. They 
often sail in miles an hour. 
warkandt, «• [ME. also warcliond ; pp. of wark. 
] Painful 
A tool ; an instru 
ment. [Scotch.] 
war-knife (war'nif ), «. A large knife used in 
war: especially applied to weapons of primi- 
tive times and in a general sense: as, the war- 
=iyn. 1. Bellicose, hoBtUe.— 1-4. Military, 
martial. 
warlikeness (war'lik-nes), H. A warlike dis- 
position or character. [Rare.] 
Braveness of mind and warlikeness. 
Sir E. Sandys, State of Religion, cap. i. b. (Latham.) 
warlingt, « . [Appar. a word coined to rime with 
darting (see del. ), either < war^ + -ling\ mean- 
ing ' one often warred, contended, or quarreled 
with,' or perhaps < worry, curse, + -ling^.] A 
word occurring only in the proverb " Better be 
an old man's darling than a young man's war- 
ling," Camden, Remains. 
warlockl (war'lok), H. [Also warluck; a 8c. 
foi'm, preserving the orig. guttural (the reg. 
mod. E. form would be *warl&w),< ME. warloghe, 
warlaghc, werloghe, worlow, warlowe, warlaw, 
warlawe, < AS. wSrloga (— OHG. wdrlogo), a 
traitor, deceiver, liar, truce-breaker, < wser, a 
covenant, truce, compact, the truth (cf. wxr- 
leds, truthless, false), -I- 'logo, a liar, < leogan 
(pp. logen), lie: see very and lie'^.'] If. A de- 
ceiver ; a truce-breaker ; a traitor. 
Quen fundin was this hali crois, 
the warlaghe saide on-loft with vols. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 121. 
2. A person in league with the devil; a sor- 
cerer; a wizard. 
Where is this warlowe with his wande, 
That wolde thus Wynne oure folke away? 
York Plays, p. 81. 
Ye're but some witch or wil warlock. 
Or mermaid o' the flood. 
The Lass of Loehroyan (Child's Ballads, IL 109). 
It seems he [.Eneas] was no Warluck, ns the Scots com- 
monly call such men, who, they say, are iron-free, or lead- 
free. Dryden, Epic Poetry. 
3t. A monster. 
Loke ol lyuyaton [leviathan) in the lyffe ol saynt 
Brandon, 
There this warloghe, I wis, a water eddur is cald. 
That this saint there seghe in the se occiane. 
Destruction of Troy (E.. E. T. S.\ I. 4439. 
warlock^t (war'lok), w. [ME. warlok, warl^- 
< war- (uncertain) + lock^.'] A fetterlock. 
Warlok, a fetyr lok (warloQ of leterloc, P.), Serapedica- 
lis, vel compedlcalis (compedalis, S. P.). 
Prompt Parv., p. 517. 
I com wyth those tythynges, thay tame bylyue, 
Pynez me in a prysoun, put me in stokkes, 
Wrythe me in » warlok, wrast out myn yjen. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), iii. 80. 
warlockry (war'lok-ri), H. [< warlock^ + -ry : 
see -ery.] The condition or practices of a war- 
lock; impishness. [Rare.] 
The true mark of warlockry. J. Baillie. 
warlowt, "• An obsolete variant of irorlock^. 
warluck, «. Same as warlock^. 
warly^t, "• and odv. See warely. 
warly- (war'li), a. [< iro»-i + -/yl.] Warlike. 
Warly feats. Chaloner, in Nugre Antiquse, II. 388. 
warly^ (war'li), o. A Scotch form of worldly. 
Awa', ye selfish war'ly race. 
Bums, First Epistlo to J. Lapraik. 
warm (warm), a. and n. [< ME. warm, < AS. 
wearm = OS. OFries. D. warm = OHG. MHG. G. 
irorm = Icel. rannr = Dan. Sw. rarm = Goth. 
*warms (in verb warnijan), warm; with forma- 
tive -m, < ■/ war, be hot, seen in OBulg. i-an'i, 
heat, rrieti, be hot, boil, rrulii, hot, Russ. rariti, 
boil, brew, scorch, Lith. irirti. cook, seethe, boil. 
In another view, the word is connected with 
L. formus, Gr. Hepfwc, hot, Skt. gharnia, heat.] 
I. fl. 1. Having a moderate degree of heat ; not 
cold: as, irorm water; if«r»imilk; warm blood; 
a warm bath. 
He stretched himself on the child, and the flesh ol the 
child waxed irann. 2 Ki. iv. 34. 
