warry 
warryti »■• <• [< ME. icanien, warien, wnryen, 
werien, wergen, curse, execrate, revile, < AS. 
wergian, icergeiin, wijrgian, cm-se, revile, exe- 
crate (= OHG. for-weryen = Gotli. gawargjan, 
condemn), < wearg, weark, accursed, as a noun, 
an accursed person, an outlaw, felon, wretch, 
= AS. warag = OHG. warg, a felon, = Icel. 
vargr, an outlaw, felon, an ill-tempered person, 
= Goth, 'wargs, an evil-doer, in comp. launci- 
wargs, ungrateful ; in AS. and Icel. applied also 
to a wolf. Hence also (from AS. icearg) E. 
warriangle, and worry, a parallel form to warry. ~\ 
To curse ; execrate ; abuse ; speak evil of. 
Answerde of this ech werse of hem than other, 
And Poliphete they gonnen thus to wan/en. 
Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 1019. 
Thurgh the craft of that cursed, knighthode may shame 
And tcary all onre workes to the worldes end. 
De»tniction of Troy (E. E. T. .S.), 1. 12212. 
war-saddle (war'sad"l), n. See sdddle. 
Warsaw (war'sa), ». [A corruption of i/Hflsa.] 
A serranoid fish, Promicrops gmisu or /'. itaim. 
See cut unAer jeufinh. 
warscht, r. Same as warigli. 
warscott ( war'skot), n. [< AS. (cited in a Latin 
text) tcarscot, prop, 'icfrscot, bunlen of war, 
contribution toward war; as icar^ + srot'-^.l 
A payment made by the retainer to his lord, 
usually as a kind of commutation of military 
services. 
war-scythe (war'siTH), h. A weapon consist- 
ing of a blade set on a long handle or stalT, 
and having the edge on the concave side of the 
blade, which is curved like that of a scythe, 
differing in that respect from the hallierd, par- 
tizan, fauchard, guisarm, etc. 
warse (wars), a. An obsolete or dialectal form 
of icorsf. 
warsen (w^r'sn), r. An obsolete or dialectal 
form of worsen. 
war-ship (war'ship), H. A ship built or armed 
for use in war; a vessel for war. 
war-song (war'sdng), H. 1. A song or chant 
raised by warriors about to engage in warfare. 
or at a dance or ceremony which represents 
actual warfare, especially among savage tribes. 
— 2. A song in which military deeds are nar- 
rated or praised. 
warst(warst), «. andarff. A dialectal (Scotch) 
form of worst. 
warstle (wiir'sl), r. and «. A dialectal form of 
icra^tle for wrestle. 
wartl (wart), «. [Also dial. im;,at, wrnt; < ME. 
tcert, wcrte. sometimes wreie, < AS. irrarfc (])1. 
wearfan) = MU. warte, wratte, D. wrat = OHG. 
warza, MHG. G. wur:e = Icel. rartti = Dan. 
rorte = Sw. vArt^i, a wart, excrescence on tlie 
skin ; cf. OBulg. rredii, eruption ; i)erhaps con- 
nected with AS. wearre (ami L. rrrruro), a 
wart.] 1. A small circumscribed elevatiou oil 
the skin, usually with an uneven papillary sur- 
face and a broad l)ase, causetl by a localized 
overgrowth of the papillae and epidermis; ver- 
ruca ; hence, a similar natural excrescence of 
the skin. Any partof the skin <if inammals, liorts about 
the head and lieak of birds, tlic skiiia of various iciitiles, 
batracliians, fishes, and numberless invertebrates, may 
lie >tudde<l with such formations, to which the name wart 
commonly and not improperly applies. The toad is a 
good example. 
ITpon the cop right of his nose he hade 
A werte, and theron stood a tuft of heres. 
Chaucer, (Jen. I'rol. to C. T. , 1. 5r,.5. 
6829 
wart-grass (wart'gi'as), ». The sun-spurge. 
Euphorbia Helioscopia, and sometimes E. I'ep- 
lus. Also wartweed and wartwort : so named 
from the popular notion that its juice removes 
warts. [Prov. Eng.] 
warth (wiirth), )i. [< ME. warth, wariith, <AS. 
wearth, wearoth (= OHG. warid), shore; pvob. 
from the root of wcrian, protect, defeud: see 
wear^, icarrfl, ward'^, etc.] A ford. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
At vche icarihe other water ther the wyse iiassed, 
He fonde a foo hym byfore, bot feiiy hit were, 
& that so fonlc tt so telle, that fegt hym by-hode. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Kniijht (E. E. T. S.), 1. 715. 
wart-herb (wart'erb), «. See Hhyncliosia. 
wart-hog (wart'hog), n. A swine of the genus 
Phacocharns, of which there are several species, 
the best-known being the halluf of North Af- 
rica, P. aeliani, and the vlack-vark of South 
Africa, P. setltiopiciis. The wart-hogs are so named 
from the warty excrescences of the face. They are with- 
out exception the ugliest of mammals. The canine teeth 
project outward from both jaws, the head is large and un- 
shapely, and the whole form ungainly. See cut under 
PhatvchaeruK 
war-thought (wiir'that), ». A thought of war; 
martial reflection, consideration, or delibera- 
tion. [Rare.] 
Now . . . that ivar-thoughts 
Have left their places vacant. 
Shak., Much Ado, i. 1. 3113. 
wartleSB (wart'les), a. [< wart"^ + -less.'] Hav- 
ing no warts; not warted or wartv. 
wartlet (wart'let), H. [< wart + -Jet.] 1. In 
hot., a little wart. — 2. One of several different 
sea-anemones, as the warty sea-rose. (Inssc, 
Actinologia Britaimica, p. 206. 
wart-poCE (wiirt'pok), n. The eniption of vari- 
cella or chicken-pox, when it occurs in the 
form of acuminate vesicles containing a clear 
Huid. 
wart-shaped (wart'shapt), a. In hot., of I he 
form of a wart; verrucieforra. 
wart-snake (wart'sniik), ». A harmless polu- 
1>riform viviparous serpent, of the family Acro- 
chordidm, having the scales warty or verrucose. 
We Monntaina to the land like imrln or wens to be, 
By which fair'at living things ilisfigur'd oft they see. 
Uraylim, I'idyolbion, vii. 7.1. 
2. In farriery, a spongy excrescence on the 
pastern of the horse.— 3. In hot., a firm glan- 
dular or gland-like excrescence on the surface 
of a plant. — 4. In enfom., a small obtuse, round- 
ed, or flattened elevation of a surface, often of 
a distinct color from the rest of the part: used 
principallv in descritniiglarva?. -Flg-wart. Same 
Mflcttn.-A. - t>eruvlan warts, same .is ivr,"//fix.- Vene- 
real warts. See renerriil. — Vltrcous warts of Des- 
cemet's membrane. See citreowi. —'Waxt-like can- 
cer, papillary epithfdioma. 
war-tax (wir'taks), ». A tax imposed for the 
purpose of providing funds for the prosecution 
of a war. 
wart-cress (wiirt'kres), H. See Senthiera. 
wartet. An old form of ware*, preterit of wear"^. 
warted (war'ted), ff. [< icac/' -I- -('/'•'.] 1. In 
bot., having little knobs on the surface; ver- 
rucose: as, a wart/d capsule. — 2. In -o»V., ver- 
rucose; warty; liuviiig a wart or warts; stud- 
ded with warts Warted gourds, varieties of win- 
ter squash with a warted rind. -Warted grass, an Aus- 
tralian grass, C'Aion* rentriccta, with other species of its 
genus useful for grazing. 
42!) 
Wartsnakc i^Acroihordus javanitus). 
The leading sjiecies is Acrochordus jananicus. Another, 
Ckerin/drun granulatiix, is aquatic. These snakes belong 
to the Oriental or Indian region ; they were formerly 
grouped with the llydruphidfe, and erroneously supposed 
to l>e venomous. 
wart-spurge (wart'sperj), n. The sun-spurge, 
Eiiiiliorhia Helioscopia. See leartwecd. 
wartweed (wart'wed), ». The sun-spurge, Eii- 
jiliorhia Helioscopia, the acrid milky juice of 
which is used to cure warts. Also cufs-niiik, 
wart-grass, and wartwort. Tlio name is given 
rarely to E. Peplus, and to the celandine, Chdi- 
doniuni majus. [Prov. Eng.] 
wartwort (wart'wert), »i. 1. A eoiuinon name 
for certain verrueariaceous lichens, so called 
from the warty appearance of the thallus. — 2. 
Same as wartweed. The name is occasionally 
applied also to tlie wart-cress or swine-cress, 
iSciiehicra Coroiiopits, and the cudweed, Gnapha- 
liitm uligiiiosum. Britten and Holland. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
warty (war'ti),n. [< «•«)•/! -I- -.!/!.] Resembling 
a wart; of or relating to a wart or warts; cov- 
ere<l with warts or wart-liki^ excrescences ; ver- 
rucous Warty cicatricial tumor, a new growtli, ap- 
jiearing in the form of nearly parallel iii»« of wart-like tu- 
mors, coming on occa.sionally in old scars. It usually ul- 
cerates, forming the warty ulcer. — Warty sea-rose, the 
sea-anemone Urtu-ina nodom —Warty ulcer, Slarjolin's 
ulcer; an ulcer resulting from the brcakingdown of a warty 
cicatricial tumor. —Warty Venus. See Venux. 
warty-faced (war'ti-fast), a. Noting a certain 
honey-eater, the wattle-bird, of the family Me- 
liphagidse. See wattle-hird. 
war-wasted (war-was"ted), a. Wasted or de- 
vastated Ijy war. Coleridge. 
war-wearied (war'wer"id), a. Wearied by war; 
fatigued by fighting. 
The honourable captain there 
Drops bloody sweat from his war-wearied limbs. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iv. 4. 18. 
war-whip (wiir'hwip), n. Same as scorpion, 5. 
war-whoop (war'hop), n. A whoop or yell of 
a particular intonation, raised as a signal for 
attack, and to strike terror into the enemy: 
used generally with reference to the American 
Indians. 
Well-knoAvn and terrific war-whoop. 
J. F. Cooper, Last of Mohicans, xxx. 
They never raise the war-xvhoop here. 
And never twang the bow. 
Bryant, White-Footed Deer. 
warwickite (war'wik-it), n. [< Warwick (see 
def.) -I- -ite'^.] A borotitanate of magnesium 
and iron, occurring in dark-brown to black 
aeicular crystals embedded in granular lime- 
stone. Named from the locality of its occur- 
rence, near Warwick, New York. 
warwolPt, ». Same as werwolf. 
Warwolf^ (war'wiilf), H. [< wall -I- wolf, or 
perliaps a particular use of warwolf^, iverwolf] 
A military engine used in the early middle ages 
in the defense of fortresses. 
He [Edward I.], with another engine named the warwolf, 
pierced with one stone, and cut as even as a thread, two 
vaunt-mures. Camden, Remains, Artillery, p. 206. 
The war-wolfs there 
Hurl'd their huge stones. 
Soutticy, Joan of Arc, viii. 
war-worn (war'worn), (I. Worn with military 
service : especially applied to a veteran soldier, 
or one grown old in arms. 
The stout old general whose battles and campaigns are 
over, who has come home to rest his war-worn limbs, . . . 
what must be his feelings? Thackeray, Philip, xvi. 
wary' (wil'ri), a. [All extended form of jonrcl 
(< t(7(rcl -1- -^1), perhaps orig. due to misread- 
ing the adv. warchj as a trisyllable.] 1. Cau- 
tious of danger; carefully watching and guard- 
ing against deception, artifices, and dangers; 
watchful ; on the alert against surprise or dan- 
ger; ever on one's guard. 
Be icary then ; best safety lies in fear. 
Shak., Hamlet, 1. 3. 43. 
-Are there none here? 
Let me look round ; we cannot be too wary. 
Fletcher, Rule a Wife, v. .5. 
All things work for good, and tend to make you more 
wary. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, ii. 
2. Guarded; careful as to doing or not doing 
something; chary. 
Yet this I can say, I was very wary of giving them occa- 
sion, by any unseemly action, to make them averse to go- 
ing on pilgrimage. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, i. 
3. Characterized by caution ; guarded. 
And in 
Wary hypocrisy lets slip her hand 
Much farther than she seemed to understand. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, i. 156. 
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder ; 
And that craves wary walking. Shak., J. C ii. 1. 15. 
4. Prudent; circumspect; wise. 
Neither is it safe, or warie, or indeed Christianly, that 
the French King, of a different Faith, should afford our 
neerest Allyes as good protection as we. 
Milton, Refoi-mation in Eng., ii. 
= SyTl. Careful, circumspect, etc. .Scelist under cautious. 
wary-+, r. t. Same as warry. 
warysonet, "• Same as warLmn. 
was (woz), v. [< ME. 1 was, we.i, Wifs, 2 were, 3 
was, toes, wees, pi. 1, 2, 3 tcerc, ware, wore, wcren, 
waren, woren, weorcn, < AS. 1 wies, 2 wiere, were, 
3 wies, pi. wairon, weron = OS. loas = OFries. 
was, wes = D. wa.<< — OHG. MHtr. G. war = 
Icel. Dan. Sw. rar = Goth. was. pi. wc.siim 
(siibj. AS. irairc, pi. wSren — D. waar, etc., = 
Goth. we,yau); pret. of a vcrli otherwise used 
in AS. only in the present imperative wes, and 
the inf. wcsan (pp. gcwcsen ), = OFries. we-ia = 
D. we-en = MLG. LG. wesen = OHG. wcsan, 
MHG. we.'icn (G. we.fen, n.) = Icel. rcsa, vera — 
Sw. x:ara = Dan. ra-re, be, = Goth, wisan, 
dwell, remain, be; = L. •\/ res (in rcrna for 
'resna, one dwelling in the house, a home-i)orn 
slave: see reniaenlar) = Gr. •/ pic (in aarr. 
city, orig. dvvelling-jilaee) = Skt. y'rrt.s-, dwell. 
The inipv. of the verb of which was is the 
ju'et. is contained, unrecognized, in the word 
was.iail. 'the. verb has no connection with is, 
which is a form of the verb represented by the 
